August InMotion featured the Judges’ Award and People’s Choice Award winners from PitchFest, held virtually in April. Here we meet the four other finalists whose projects once again show the breadth of ideas among the contestants. 

A cancer exercise toolkit developed by La Trobe University researcher Amy Dennett provides education and resources to both clinicians and patients on exercise for cancer patients and survivors.

Physiotherapists Ricardo Kenji Nawa and Aléxia Gabriela da Silva Vieira and colleagues in Brazil recently published a systematic review of trials of telerehabilitation for people with COVID-19 or post-COVID conditions (more commonly known as long COVID).

Sydney physiotherapist Melissa McConaghy has received a Hesta Impact Award for the PD Warrior program she developed for people living with Parkinson’s disease. A conversation with her about the program.

In 2021, Luke Davies and colleagues published a much-needed set of core competencies for physiotherapists managing patients via videoconferencing. Luke now answers questions about his subsequent study, which establishes core competencies for physiotherapists managing patients via telephone consultations.

The electronic sports industry is booming across the globe and while physical injuries are highly prevalent in competitors, physiotherapy evidence-based practice is currently lacking. That’s something Caitlin McGee, Matthew Hwu and Kevin Ho—part of an international team that provides health and performance services for the gaming industry—want to see addressed. Here, they outline typical musculoskeletal injuries and the role of physiotherapists in esports.

Nils Vesk, a veteran global speaker on the topic of innovation for 20 years, is excited to hear ideas that could potentially transform business at the Physiotherapy Research Foundation Physio Pitchfest.

Time is running out to get your applications in for the Physiotherapy Research Foundation Physio Pitchfest, to be held at the APA conference this October. To whet your appetite, InMotion speaks with Leo Ng, who won the People’s Choice Award at the inaugural event in 2019.

Physiotherapists from the Centre for Health, Exercise and Sports Medicine at the University of Melbourne have developed free digital resources to help people with knee osteoarthritis start and stick to regular exercise. Rachel Nelligan, the physiotherapist who led the development and evaluation of these resources during her PhD, discusses how they can assist both patients and physiotherapists.

The interim findings of a PRF-funded study bode well for the advocacy of ongoing funding for physiotherapy telehealth services.