Bruce Greenfield,Gail M Jensen
Bruce Greenfield
Physical therapy, like all health-care professions, governs itself through a code of ethics that defines its obligations of professional behaviours. The code of ethics provides professions with a consistent and common moral language and pri...
Moral reasoning among physical therapists: results of the Defining Issues Test [0.03%]
物理治疗师的道德推理:定义问题测试的结果分析
Laura Lee Swisher
Laura Lee Swisher
Background and purpose: Although there is extensive literature in other health care fields about the ability to make ethical judgements (moral reasoning), there is a paucity of research addressing the moral reasoning of p...
Julius Sim
Julius Sim
This paper explores some ethical conflicts that may arise in physiotherapy-related research, focusing particularly on the issues of informed consent and avoidance of harm. These central issues in research ethics are defined and related to f...
Short wave diathermy in the symptomatic management of chronic pelvic inflammatory disease pain: A randomized controlled trial [0.03%]
短波透热疗法可改善慢性盆腔炎性疾病的疼痛症状:一项随机对照试验
Sikiru Lamina,Shmaila Hanif,Yusuf Saidu Gagarawa
Sikiru Lamina
Background and purpose: Chronic pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) refers to both residue of acute and sub-acute recurrence of a previous infection or/and as a result of late detection of and intervention for upper tract ...
Physiotherapy-provided operant conditioning in the management of low back pain disability: A systematic review [0.03%]
作业治疗提供操作性条件反射在管理慢性下腰痛致残中的应用:系统综述
Samantha Bunzli,David Gillham,Adrian Esterman
Samantha Bunzli
Background and purpose: Non-specific low back pain (LBP) is a leading cause of disability in developed countries. Behavioural interventions have been found efficacious in reducing disability in LBP. Operant conditioning ...
Physiotherapists' participation in peer review in New Zealand: implications for the profession [0.03%]
新西兰物理治疗师参与同行评审及其对物理治疗行业的影响
Ta-Mera Rolland,Clare Hocking,Marion Jones
Ta-Mera Rolland
Background and purpose: Peer review is increasingly used for professional development and to monitor physiotherapists' competence to practice. This study set out to describe the experience of participating in peer review....
Mapping of a standard documentation template to the ICF core sets for arthritis and low back pain [0.03%]
arthritis和腰背痛ICF核心集合的标准化文档模板映射
Reuben Escorpizo,Kandace Davis,Teri Stumbo
Reuben Escorpizo
Background and purpose: To identify the contents of a documentation template in The Guide to Physical Therapist Practice using the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF) Core Sets for rh...
The thermal and nonthermal effects of high and low doses of pulsed short wave therapy (PSWT) [0.03%]
不同剂量脉冲短波治疗的热效应和非热效应研究
Maryam M Al-Mandeel,Tim Watson
Maryam M Al-Mandeel
Background and purpose: The study aimed to investigate the thermal and non-thermal effects of pulsed short wave therapy (PSWT) using high and low dose of PSWT together with placebo and control conditions in healthy subjec...
Learning to be a physiotherapist: a metasynthesis of qualitative studies [0.03%]
物理治疗师的成长历程——质性研究的元合成分析报告
Ingrid Lindquist,Margareta Engardt,Barbara Richardson
Ingrid Lindquist
Background and purpose: The health system is increasingly engaging in a wider concept of health which includes lifestyle conditions and well being as well as disease. This challenges physiotherapy educators to take an act...
Barbara Richardson,Ingrid Lindquist
Barbara Richardson
Background: The current emphasis on evidence based physiotherapy focuses on building knowledge through systematic review of quantitative inquiry studies. Knowledge that provides a framework for practice can help practitio...