From Aide to Diagnostician: An American Physical Therapy Transformation
How current physical therapists became diagnosticians illuminates the trajectory of the profession and the value we offer. My recent exploration into this American story was recently published as an historical essay in Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Journal (PTJ). Here, I…
The Sunlight League
Physiotherapist Cora Wilding founded the Sunlight League in New Zealand, was instrumental in establishing the Youth Hostel Association and was one of the most passionate advocates for the physical culture movement. The Physical Culture Movement was a health and fitness…
The Unique Case of Doctors becoming Physiotherapists
The health workforce is hierarchical and movement across professions is almost always upwards as individuals seek higher reward, recompense and status. Only rarely is there is movement downward. This story tells of a unique occurrence in Israel in the late…
The Mother of #GlobalPT
The hashtag #GlobalPT emerged on the social media network Twitter at the World Confederation of Physical Therapy (now World Physiotherapy) Congress in Capetown, South Africa in 2017. It worked to connect digital commentary and build international camaraderie amongst practitioners, including…
Great Leaders Create More Leaders
Amongst the many organisations in the history of the world’s physiotherapy profession, none have contributed to the profession so profoundly as the United Kingdom’s Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP). Founded in 1894 as the Society of Trained Masseuses, the CSP…
The New Zealand Private Practice Boom
In the years before 1974, private physiotherapy practices were few and far between in New Zealand. Patients either paid the full cost of treatment themselves, or claimed against private insurance schemes which had highly unregulated fee structures and were unwilling…
Next PEDro and DiTA updates (August 2023)
The next PEDro and DiTA updates are on 7 August 2023. The post Next PEDro and DiTA updates (August 2023) first appeared on PEDro.
As próximas atualizações do PEDro e DiTA (Agosto2023)
As próximas atualizações do PEDro e DiTA serão na próxima segunda-feira 7 de agosto de 2023 The post As próximas atualizações do PEDro e DiTA (Agosto2023) first appeared on PEDro.
PEDro update (7 August 2023)
PEDro contains 59,720 records. In the 7 August 2023 update you will find: 45,706 Reports of randomised controlled trials (44,230 of these trials have confirmed ratings of methodological quality using the PEDro scale) 13,249 reports of systematic reviews, and 765…
Atualização do PEDro (7 de agosto de 2023)
O PEDro possui 59.720 registros. Na última atualização do dia 7 de agosto de 2023 você encontrará: 45.706 ensaios clínicos (44.230 com avaliação da qualidade metodológica pela escala PEDro confirmada) 13.249 revisões sistemáticas 765 diretrizes de prática clínica. Acesse Evidência…