Executive Half Year Report – June 2025
The Executive Committee met on three occasions by Zoom teleconference in the first half of 2025. During this period we farewelled Ryan McGrath (Australia) and welcomed new member Ken Miller (USA). The current Executive Committee membership consists of Glenn Ruscoe,…
American Physical Therapy Before the War
The commonly accepted premise of the origins of the physical therapy profession in the United States is that it began in response to the First World War (Hansson & Ottosson, 2015). This understanding has likely arisen from the hegemonic American…
Dubious Electrotherapy
The word physiotherapy was used by many different practitioners in the first part of the twentieth century; including French physicians, American electrotherapeutists and later British radiologists as medical radiation was first grouped with electrotherapy. The word physiotherapy was also also…
The Physiotherapy Institutions of Mexico City
Prior to the turn of the 19th century individuals with lesser physical capacity from congenital diseases or acquired from work accidents, war wounds, etc., were commonly excluded from work and social environments because they were considered incapable of contributing to…
On the Origins of Netball
The international game of netball can trace its popularity and codification to a unique college of Swedish gymnastics in the United Kingdom at the turn of the nineteenth century. The all-female college was also at the heart of the development…
Dr Bum’s Famous Institute of Mechanotherapy
The term ‘mechanotherapy’ was introduced by Swedish physician Gustav Zander to define a method of treating certain illnesses through massage and exercise, particularly using mechanical equipment. The exercises were drawn from the work of countryman Pehr Henrik Ling, but the…
Highlights from PEDro at World Physiotherapy Congress 2025
Thanks for Visiting PEDro at #WorldPhysio2025! A heartfelt thank you to everyone who stopped by the PEDro stall at #WorldPhysio2025! It was a pleasure connecting with so many physiotherapists, educators, researchers, and students from around the world. We loved hearing…
Destaques do PEDro no Congresso Mundial de Fisioterapia 2025
Obrigado por visitar o PEDro no #WorldPhysio2025! Um sincero agradecimento a todos que passaram pelo estande do PEDro no #WorldPhysio2025! Foi um prazer conectar-nos com tantos fisioterapeutas, educadores, pesquisadores e estudantes de todo o mundo. Adoramos ouvir como o PEDro…
A fadiga relacionada ao câncer é o sintoma mais comum e grave do câncer e do seu tratamento
A fadiga relacionada ao câncer é o sintoma mais comum e grave do câncer e do seu tratamento. A prevalência varia entre 50% e 90% e está associada à redução da qualidade de vida. Esta revisão sistemática teve como objetivo…