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Archives of Physiotherapy is an open-access journal disseminating research covering all aspects of physiotherapy. Featured topics include clinical trials in different areas of disability (musculoskeletal, neurological, cardio-pulmonary), diagnostic, measurement-focused, observational, prognostic, and qualitative studies, as well as systematic reviews, meta-analyses, and case reports. The..
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Primary health care systems have a key role in meeting health needs of community, including function. The aim of this paper is to describe the population involved in the Community Physiotherapist project and t ..read more
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6M ago
The role of rehabilitation after surgery in patients with low back pain is well recognized. The aim of this systematic review is to summarize and update the existing evidence according to the type of clinical ..read more
BMC » Archives of Physiotherapy
7M ago
Evidence based medicine (EBM) should be an endeavor within all healthcare professions. Knowledge and understanding of science are important prerequisites of EBM ..read more
BMC » Archives of Physiotherapy
7M ago
Evidence-based practice (EBP) is being rapidly adopted by the Italian physiotherapy community, although a knowledge gap persists at clinical level with consequent lack of integration of EBP into ground roots p ..read more
BMC » Archives of Physiotherapy
7M ago
Osteoarthritis is a leading cause of disability worldwide. Current treatment supports coping strategies to improve health-related quality of life (HRQoL). The need to predict response to treatment has been rai ..read more
BMC » Archives of Physiotherapy
8M ago
People with neuropathic-like symptoms had more unfavourable pain features than people with nociceptive. Moreover, deficient conditioned pain modulation is common in people with neuropathic-like symptoms. PainD ..read more
BMC » Archives of Physiotherapy
9M ago
Learning more about the physiotherapists’ experience, perceived role and perception of events during the COVID-19 crisis, as well as their recovery and projection into the post-crisis future, may be useful to ..read more
BMC » Archives of Physiotherapy
9M ago
Neck pain is one of the leading causes of years lived with disability, and approximately half of people with neck pain experience recurrent episodes. Deficits in the sensorimotor system can persist even after ..read more
Cracking the code: unveiling the specific and shared mechanisms behind musculoskeletal interventions
BMC » Archives of Physiotherapy
10M ago
Mechanisms reflect the steps or processes through which an intervention unfolds and produces change in a specified outcome variable. Mechanisms are responsible for determining “how treatments work” which has e ..read more
BMC » Archives of Physiotherapy
11M ago
In neurorehabilitation clinical practice, assessment is usually more oriented to evaluate patient’s present status, than to plan interventions according to predicted outcomes. Therefore, we conducted an extens ..read more