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Showing 1 to 20 of 358 for “"physiotherapy"”.
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Actuation and control for robotic physiotherapy
… robots that are capable of administering physiotherapy, however, these devices tend to be complex and expensive. The use of modem pneumatic servo systems as actuators would make such devices simpler and cheaper. This thesis assesses the feasibility of a pneumatically actuated robotic …
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Investigating professional identity in undergraduate physiotherapy education
… remains an integral part of the training of physiotherapy students. It is seen as an effective way of socialising students into the profession. By placing students in a clinical setting where under the guidance of clinicians and clinical educators, they are able to put their classroom taught …
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Maintaining the quality of clinical education in physiotherapy
Government demands to increase the number of physiotherapy students have led to problems in acquiring extra placements in which these students can experience their clinical education. This problem has been accentuated by difficulties with recruitment and retention of physiotherapy staff that might …
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Physiotherapy palliative cancer care: a case study approach.
… was to explore a local palliative cancer care physiotherapy service provision in the light of best practice recommendations, using both my own practice development and a research study. For my research a qualitative approach using a single case study design was chosen as it provided a framework …
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Reporting of ethical requirements in published physiotherapy research
Includes bibliographical references.
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Physiotherapy in a Danish private context - a social and ethical practice
Physiotherapy is a social and ethical practice which unfolds under specific historical, political, socio-cultural and economic circumstances. Danish physiotherapy in a private context is practiced, administered and managed within a neoliberal ideology which generates challenges for both …
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Epidemiology of soccer injuries in Rwanda: A need for physiotherapy intervention
… teams in Rwanda and to establish the need for physiotherapy intervention. This deals with the first two stages of injury prevention, which included identification and description of the extent of the problem and the identification of factors and mechanisms that play a part in the occurrence of …
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University students' perceptions of neurology and experiences of learning neurological physiotherapy.
… neurological conditions is essential. If physiotherapy students’ are experiencing neurophobia, the fear of neurology (Jozefowicz 1994: 328) it is important to understand the underlying reasons, to inform future teaching practice. The purpose of this research was to explore physiotherapy …
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Outcome feedback in physiotherapy: What works for whom in which circumstances?
A realist evaluation study researching the impact of feeding back patient reported outcome measures to patients with shoulder pain and the impact on behaviour.
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Physiotherapy students' knowledge of the diagnosis, assessment and management of concussion
Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references.
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Fibromyalgia and chronic widespread pain. Dimensions of fatigue and effects of physiotherapy.
… investigate the effects of different types of physiotherapy on fatigue and other health related aspects in patients with FM and CWP. Methods. The patients in the thesis were mainly recruited from primary health care. Two methodological studies were performed to investigate psychometric …
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Developing and evaluating physiotherapy rehabilitation interventions for people with vertebral fragility fractures
… risk of further fractures and falls. In 2010, physiotherapy was an established treatment, but there was limited evidence about which interventions were safe and effective or about key outcome measures. This thesis is based on a coherent programme of research conducted from 2010 to 2025, that …
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The meeting of cultured worlds: professional identification in Indian postgraduate physiotherapy students
… so it develops current critical perspectives of physiotherapy, focussing on issues of internationalisation. The impetus for the research was my concern for the relevance of a Masters’ degree for Indian physiotherapists studying at an English university when their future working lives lie in …
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Reconceptualising Parkinson’s from illness to wellness: Advancing physiotherapy practice through Action Research
… by whom. It is hard to define, yet is an aim of physiotherapy professional practice, and a main goal of health policy in the United Kingdom. The Doctoral Research Project was undertaken to explore the role of physiotherapy for people affected by Parkinson’s undertaking activities to attain …
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The Impact of Physiotherapy on Cardiopulmonary Function in Post Covid-19 Patients
… function were all consistently enhanced by physiotherapy therapies. The most successful programs were multimodal ones, however home-based models and telerehabilitation provided workable substitutes. Although they need more study, novel techniques including neuromodulation showed promise. …
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Development of spike train algorithms for physiotherapy assessment using deep learning approaches
Physiotherapy nowadays has become a demanding medication for curing bones related injuries and pain to restore someone's to health in order to gain back the ability to cope with daily living tasks. As the technologies of sensors have risen, smart physiotherapy monitoring systems become trendy …
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