Professionals Page
The purpose of this section is:
- To showcase important high quality studies that demonstrate the effectiveness of physiotherapy.
- To educate healthcare professionals including physiotherapists on various clinical topics.
- To stimulate further interest in clinical research in physiotherapy
On this page are specially chosen articles, abstracts and reviews of high quality and very relevant to clinical musculoskeletal practice. These chosen articles involve studying the effects of physiotherapy using randomized clinical trials (RCT). Randomized clinical trials analyzing physiotherapy are rare but they are also the most valuable research in terms of demonstrating the effectiveness of physiotherapy.
- Acupuncture RCT and pregnancy
- Cancer and PT briefing for Drs.pdf
- Cervical headaches, exercise and manipulation therapy
- Chronic low back pain and McKenzie therapy
- Comparison of general exercise, motor control exercise and spinal manipulation
- Effectiveness of manual therapy and exercise for mechanical neck pain
- Evidences for early physical therapy and acute LBP
- Falls in seniors briefing for Dr's
- Laser Therapy literature review 2008
- Low back pain and PT briefing for Dr's
- Lumbar traction, who benefits
- Physiotherapy for patellofemoral pain
- PT vs. cortisone for tennis elbow
- Obesity and PT briefing for Dr's
- RCT of arthroscopic surgery vs. PT for OA of the knee
- RCT of exercise and LBP
- RCT of two physiotherapy interventions for back and neck pain
- Shoulder impingement and effects of exercise
- Shoulder surgical decompression and PT
- Stroke rehab. briefing for Dr's
- Vestibular rehab. briefing for Dr's
- Whiplash review briefing for Dr's.pdf