Physical Therapists
Treatment preferences amongst physical therapists and chiropractors for the management of neck pain: results of an international survey
... the physical therapists and chiro- practors were demonstrated in their utilization of electro- therapeutics, thermal agents, sonic agents, acupuncture, manual therapies, mechanical traction, ergonomic and ...
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Knowledge and Attitude of Physical Therapists towards Sleep Quality Assessment
... 158 therapists only ...the physical therapists believed that assessment of patient’s sleep habits and quality is important ...of physical therapists in the ...
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Treatment preferences of physical therapists in low back pain a cross sectional survey
... 462 physical therapists, Jette and Jette (1997) found that the use of heat and cold modalities was related not only to the acuity and severity of lumbar impairment, but also to the therapist's academic ...
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The propensity to adopt evidence based practice among physical therapists
... expert in continuing education of medical professionals, has proposed that if "physicians are going to make good clinical judgments they need to learn from their experi- ence in the swamp of practice."[42]The ...
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Work-related complaints and diseases of physical therapists – protocol for the establishment of a “Physical Therapist Cohort” (PTC) in Germany
... self-employed physical therapist in Germany is le- gally obliged to insure his or her employees within the ...of physical therapists who work for private (non-governmental) insti- tutions can be ...
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A bibliometric analysis of statistical terms used in American Physical Therapy Association journals (2011-2012): evidence for educating physical therapists
... concepts physical therapists are likely to en- counter in the physical therapy literature that need to be included in professional education curricula?” By identify- ing the most common statistical ...
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Work-related exposures and disorders among physical therapists: experiences and beliefs of professional representatives assessed using a qualitative approach
... therapists in Germany according to data of the German Institution for Statutory Accident Insurance and Prevention in the Health and Welfare Services (BGW) in 2014 (per- sonal information of the BGW, 2015). The ...
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Reliability and validity of the AGREE instrument used by physical therapists in assessment of clinical practice guidelines
... entry-level physical therapists (students) uniformly agreed that the AGREE instrument provided a useful struc- ture and guidance in the evaluation of the ...
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Work related musculoskeletal disorders : A survey of physical therapists in Izmir Turkey
... [2,9-12]. Physical therapists routinely perform manual therapy, such as soft-tissue mobilization, which means that the upper limb is also exposed to risk factors associated with ...
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Effectiveness of the tailored Evidence Based Practice training program for Filipino physical therapists: a randomized controlled trial
... of physical therapists in the waitlist control group at post training who agreed to be more confident in undertaking literature search and critical ...the physical therapists in the control ...
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LYMPHEDEMA TREATMENT CERTIFIED PHYSICAL THERAPISTS' AWARENESS OF AND PRACTICE PATTERNS FOR SIDE EFFECT RISK REDUCTION AFTER BREAST CANCER TREATMENTS
... hospitals physical therapists check for postoperative respiratory problems and also provide instructions for shoulder mobilizationas recommended by ‘best practice’ guidelines ...any physical ...
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Promoting physical therapists’ use of research evidence to inform clinical practice: part 3 – long term feasibility assessment of the PEAK program
... among physical therapists prac- ticing in a geographically dispersed academic medical ...with therapists’ adherence data ...to physical therapists [35], our par- ticipants saw a ...
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A description of physical therapists' knowledge in managing musculoskeletal conditions
... education, physical therapy educational programs do not utilize standardized curricula, thus exposure to didac- tic and clinical education experiences related to the man- agement of musculoskeletal conditions ...
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A comparison of work related physical activity levels between inpatient and outpatient physical therapists: an observational cohort trial
... documented physical demands required to perform the job that PTs would tend to be physically active during their workday to complete their job tasks ...the physical activity demands that are placed on them ...
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Teaching evidence based practice in physical therapy in a developing country: a national survey of Philippine schools
... edly, physical therapists have limited autonomy in decision making which may not galvanize efforts toward EBP ...Filipino physical therapists appear to experience some lati- tude in making ...
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Telerehabilitation: Policy Issues and Research Tools
... (physical therapists, occupational therapists, rehabilitation engineers, speech-language pathologists, and vocational rehabilitation counselors), health information, business and indu[r] ...
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Team players against headache: multidisciplinary treatment of primary headaches and medication overuse headache
... of physical therapy treatments in migraine and tension type headache (TTH) patients is the prevention of headache episodes rather than the alleviation of symp- toms once an attack has begun ...of physical ...
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Questionnaire survey on nutritional supplement therapy and exercise training at hemodialysis facilities in Japan
... Multiple logistic analyses were used to explore the factors associated with nutritional support and ET offered by the facility. Dependent variables included the provision of meals, ONS, IDPN, and ET at each facility. The ...
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A strategy for workplace health promotion on German dairy farms
... complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or ...four physical therapists, eight dairy executives and 25 milking parlor operatives were interviewed using ...
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A central nervous system focused treatment approach for people with frozen shoulder: protocol for a randomized clinical trial
... study. Physical therapists and primary care practitioners will be con- tacted and invited to recruit participants after providing them with brief information about the ...
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