Associate Professor Natalie Collins and Professor Michael Rathleff have co-authored an Invited Topical Review on physiotherapy management of patellofemoral pain in adolescents. The authors agreed to answer some questions about their review.

In the first instalment of our series on making it easier to treat WorkCover patients, Dr Mary Wyatt and the It Pays to Care physiotherapy advisory group discuss the role of psychosocial factors in workers compensation.

PD BRIEFS The APA runs a significant number of professional development courses, both face-to-face and online, throughout the year. Here are some highlights among the upcoming courses.

A recent PRF Seeding Grant recipient is investigating the use of a swimming program to help people with chronic low back pain.

Rebecca Snowden has taken many small, deliberate steps in her paediatric physiotherapist career journey. But she took a big leap of faith when she was invited to help children and babies with a genetic condition known as club foot.

Structured exercise and education programs for management of knee osteoarthritis can be cost-effective through delaying the need for knee replacement surgery, says new research from Monash and La Trobe Universities.

Your personal liability as a practitioner may be covered but what about your practice? The APA’s insurance partner BMS explains entity risks and how to protect your business.

The recent RESTORE clinical trial found large and sustained benefits of cognitive functional therapy (CFT) compared with usual care in people with chronic low back pain. While these effects were larger than what is typically reported in the literature, there was variability in the outcomes reported by patients who received CFT. The authors therefore conducted a secondary analysis to determine to what extent five prospectively selected, theoretically derived, baseline moderators identify patients who respond best to CFT compared with usual care.

A group of physiotherapists in Brazil and Australia conducted a trial to assess the effect of adding mobilisation with movement to a standard exercise program for people with shoulder pain. Lead author Rafael Baeske agreed to answer some questions about the trial.

Course coordinator Emma Holly discusses her two-day ‘Scar therapy practitioner’ course, led by Vickie Maher, which teaches physiotherapists a comprehensive range of manual scar massage techniques.