Patient education, advice on returning to normal activities and (home-based) exercise therapy are established treatment options for patients with non-specific low back pain (LBP). However, the effectiveness of physiotherapy interventions on physical functioning and prevention of recurrent events largely d...
Costs and effectiveness of pre- and postoperative home physiotherapy for total knee replacement: a randomised controlled trial. Total knee replacement (TKR) is a common effective intervention for knee osteoarthritis (OA) with potential to further improve patient outcomes. There is a lack of evidence ...
To allow interpretation of negative ICURs, we report incremental net benefit (INB). The primary clinical outcome was the Western Ontario and McMaster Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC). Of 206 patients, 186 (90路3%) were retained at 2-year follow-up. Exercise physiotherapy and manual physiotherapy ...
Complex care for children with neurodevelopmental disorders includes multi-disciplinary specialists from a range of disciplines, including psychiatry, psychology, general and developmental paediatrics, speech and language therapy, physiotherapy, and occupational therapy.1 Given the importance of this topic, it...
Should COVID-19 restrictions return that prevent the provision of physiotherapy treatment in-person, the interventions of both groups will be updated such that all in-person sessions are instead provided via telehealth (either telephone call or videoconferencing via Zoom). Further, if COVID-19 rest...
A multicentre, pragmatic, parallel group, randomised controlled trial to compare the clinical and cost-effectiveness of three physiotherapy-led exercise interventions for knee osteoarthritis in older adults: the BEEP trial protocol (ISRCTN: 93634563) Nadine E Foster, Emma L Healey, Melanie A Holden...
Cost-effectiveness of surgical interventions for the management of osteoarthritis: a systematic review of the literature Article Open access 10 May 2017 Clinical and cost-effectiveness of physiotherapy interventions following total knee replacement: a systematic review and meta-analysis Article Open acce...
Complex care for children with neurodevelopmental disorders includes multi-disciplinary specialists from a range of disciplines, including psychiatry, psychology, general and developmental paediatrics, speech and language therapy, physiotherapy, and occupational therapy.1 Given the importance of this topic, it...
Hence, essential interventions intended to improve quality of life during the PC period—medications, physiotherapy, psychotherapy, social work advice, outpatient visits, and formal caregivers—are not properly recorded and invoiced, which leads to the incomplete calculation of PC service costs and the ...