Jess Hempsall, Daniel Edwards, Charlie Baker, Millie Bensoussan, Jarryd Croxford and Zac Lowth of the APA Occupational Health national group present five discussion points on spinal health in the workplace.
CLINICAL PRACTICE May is Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes and Hypermobility Spectrum Disorders Awareness Month. This is what you should know about hypermobility disorders.
Hypermobility spectrum disorders (HSD) are heritable connective tissue disorders that typically present with joint hypermobility, instability, risk of injury and pain.
Related problems can include fatigue, anxiety, headaches, gastrointestinal problems and autonomic dysfunction/dysautonomia.
A group of physiotherapists in Brazil collaborated on a randomised trial comparing high- and low-intensity Pilates in people with low back pain. The first author, Anita Coelho, answers some questions about the review.
A multidisciplinary team from the University of Sydney conducted a benefit–harm trade-off study to determine how much additional benefit people with sciatica would need to receive from discectomy to consider it worthwhile compared to non-surgical management. The corresponding author, Dr Giovanni Ferreira, agreed to answer some questions about the trial.
Dr Angie Fearon has authored a comprehensive Invited Topical Review on the optimal management strategies for gluteal tendinopathy—a leading cause of hip pain. Angie agreed to answer a few questions on her review.
A recent recipient of a PRF Seeding Grant is investigating whether neurophysiological changes after a muscle or tendon injury increase the risk of re-injury.
Molly Coventry APAM is a Perth-based physiotherapist who began her career working with athletes.
Over the years she has taken on some research roles through her honours supervisor, Dr Myles Murphy MACP, which led to her starting her own PhD, looking at neural drive to the calf muscle complex.
Five discussion points about physiotherapy for people with functional neurological disorder are explored by Anna Jones, Daniel Luther, Dharsha Petrie, Rielan Newell and Sara Issak of the APA Neurology national group.
FND is diagnosed with positive clinical signs
Functional neurological disorder (FND) is characterised by involuntary movements and other symptoms that arise from a disruption to how the brain processes information, rather than from structural damage to the brain or nervous system itself.
Over the past few decades, research has helped increase
our understanding of autism and neurodivergence. It has also helped to highlight the benefits of physiotherapy
for autistic and neurodivergent people. Brendan Bugeja, Melissa Mitchell and Melissa Trudinger report.
It is estimated that around one in 40 Australians is an autistic or neurodivergent person, an increase on a previous estimate of one in 70.
JOURNAL OF PHYSIOTHERAPY The April issue of the Journal offers an exceptional deep dive into one of the most prevalent and challenging conditions physiotherapists manage: low back pain. Scientific editor Mark Elkins provides a summary of the content.
While our issues typically feature a diverse mix of physiotherapy subdisciplines, this one—by coincidence— brings together a remarkable collection of research, clinical insights and evidence-based approaches specifically related to low back pain.
