by Ian McMillan | Aug 30, 2022 | Trauma & Orthopaedic
People with longstanding anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries appear to fare better if they go straight to having reconstructive surgery, rather than following rehabilitation programmes run by physiotherapists first. That is the conclusion of a team of...
by Ian McMillan | Aug 23, 2022 | Sponsored
Manual Muscle Testing (MMT) is subjective and known to be an inaccurate method to measure muscle strength. The MMT Scale is not something patients fully understand and is often debated amongst physiotherapists and other healthcare professionals. Dynamometers are a...
by Ian McMillan | Aug 22, 2022 | Sports & Exercise
Engaging in physical activity on a regular basis might help to reduce the severity of Covid-19 infection and even fend it off, a team of Spain-based researchers has suggested in article an online article published today (23 August) by the British Journal of...
by Ian McMillan | Aug 19, 2022 | Service design
Physiotherapists and other allied health professionals (AHPs) will be expected to deliver rehabilitation services ‘closer to home’ for patients in Wales. The aspiration is spelled out by physiotherapist Claire Madsen in a forward to document published...
by Ian McMillan | Aug 17, 2022 | Service design
Healthcare centres should receive extra support to enable them to cope with a rise in the number of people who will develop neurological and mental health conditions linked to Covid-19 infections. That is one of the suggestions made by researchers in a...
