Clare Pickering chats with Dr Bernadette Brady APAM, MACP about her 2016 PRF Seeding Grant and the power of culturally responsible physiotherapy practices ensuring good health outcomes for all Australians.

Clare Pickering chats with Dr Breanne Kunstler APAM about her 2016 PRF Tagged Grant and the success of behaviour change techniques in empowering patients to be physically active.

Clare Pickering chats with Julie Hides APAM, FACP about how her 1994 PRF Seeding Grant led her all the way into the Women in Space Doctors Hall of Fame.

While the benefits of exercise for pregnant women are well publicised, perhaps the advantages of water-based movement are less renowned.

According to APA member Amanda Brearley, and her observational study published in the Journal of Physiotherapy, the buoyancy properties of water herald unique benefits for pre- and post-natal women.

In what follows, Amanda is joined by Associate Professor Mark Elkins, Editor of the Journal, as the pair elaborate on how the former’s research is helping inform current best practice guidelines.

Each year, the Journal of Physiotherapy’s International Advisory Board singles out a paper published in the last calendar year that best encompasses the intersection between scientific merit and clinical development.

With 2014’s Paper of the Year award resulting in a tied vote, this podcast sees Associate Professor Mark Elkins, the Journal’s editor, catch up with Dr Vincent Paramanandam, the lead researcher of one of the year’s winning papers, to discuss the latest research into weight-training and lymphoedema.

PEDro has been informing physiotherapy practice for over 21 years. It is a free database of over 50,000 trials, reviews and guidelines evaluating physiotherapy interventions. Produced on a not-for-profit basis by the Centre for Evidence-Based Physiotherapy at the George Institute, the Physiotherapy Evidence Database offers more than 32 000 randomised trials, systematic reviews and clinical practice guidelines in physiotherapy, for free.

In an effort to provide a blueprint for the physiotherapy private practice of the future, the APA’s InPractice 2025 report underlined the importance of digital technology as a key strategic driver.

Now, when one considers the growing number of physiotherapists using social media, the increased connectivity between healthcare professionals, and the marketing opportunities available, it is clear that this growing area encompasses a boundless degree of potential.

Australia’s leading stroke rehabilitation trialist, APA member Julie Bernhardt completed the largest, international trial of early mobility-based rehabilitation ever conducted — the AVERT trial.

Featuring over 2000 patients from five different countries, the trial offered a unique perspective into both the burden of stroke-related disability as well as the rehabilitation interventions considered to encompass best practice.

In this podcast, the editor of Journal of Physiotherapy, Associate Professor Mark Elkins, joins Dr Stephanie Filbay to discuss her paper in the April issue of the journal, titled “Activity preferences, lifestyle modifications and re-injury fears influence longer-term quality of life in people with knee symptoms following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: a qualitative study”.

In what follows, the pair discuss how finding a way to maintain a physically active lifestyle seems to have a major influence on quality of life after cruciate ligament reconstruction.

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