Strength in alignment

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Microaggressions in physiotherapy

1. Mukerjee, R. et al (ed). Clinician’s Guide to LGBTQIA+ Care: Cultural Safety and Social Justice in Primary, Sexual, and Reproductive Healthcare. Springer Publishing Company, Incorporated, 2021.

Direct referrals are a no-brainer reform

1. See Medicare Benefits Schedule—Note GN.6.16 on Referral of patients to Specialists or Consultant Physicians.
2. Breadon, P., Romanes, D., Fox, L., Bolton, J., and Richardson, L. (2022). A new Medicare: Strengthening general practice. Grattan Institute.

5 facts about physiotherapy and sports-related concussion

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Complex wrist fractures increase car accident risk

1. Stinton, Susan & Pappas, Evangelos & Edgar, Dale & Moloney, Niamh. (2019). Driving performance following a wrist fracture: A pilot study using a driving simulator. Hand Therapy. 25. DOI: doi.org/10.1177/1758998319887526 
2. Stinton, Susan & Pappas, Evangelos & Nettel-Aguirre, Alberto & Moloney, Niamh & Refshauge, Kathryn & Edgar, Dale. (2023). Who crashes their car following wrist fracture? Journal of Hand Therapy. DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.jht.2023.09.002 

Effective falls prevention in aged care

1. Suen J et al. Critical features of multifactorial interventions for effective falls reduction in residential aged care: a systematic review, intervention component analysis and qualitative comparative analysis. Age and Ageing. 2023;52, 11, afad185. doi.org/10.1093/ageing/ afad185
2. Dyer S et al. Exercise for falls prevention in aged care: systematic review and trial endpoint meta-analyses. Age and Ageing. 2023;52, 12, afad217. doi.org/10.1093/ ageing/afad217