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Browsing Physiotherapy by Type "Article"
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(JMIR Publications, 2022-01-31)BACKGROUND : Since the introduction of antiretroviral therapy (ART), the incidence of HIV-associated dementia has drastically fallen. Despite using ART, people living with HIV continue to experience less severe but limiting ...
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(LAM Publications Limited, 2016-03)Shoulder dysfunction inhibits 80% of competitive swimmers from performing optimally. The most common contributing factor to shoulder dysfunction is an altered scapula position. A standard for the distance between T4 and ...
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(BMJ Publishing Group, 2024-11)INTRODUCTION: Life satisfaction is a key indicator of successful ageing and reflects well-being. There is evidence of the association between life satisfaction and health behaviours among older adults. Therefore, ...
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(Springer, 2024-10)BACKGROUND : The influence of menstrual cycle phases (MCPs), menstrual irregularities (MI) and hormonal contraceptive (HC) use on injury among female athletes has been scrutinised. Existing systematic reviews investigating ...
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(Karger Publishers, 2024-04)OBJECTIVE : This review aimed to systematically quantify the association between pre-operative total prostate-specific antigen (tPSA) and survivorship of prostate cancer (PCa). METHODS : Data sources for the review ...
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(AOSIS Open Journals, 2019-06-11)BACKGROUND : The development of secondary health conditions (SHCs) after spinal cord injury (SCI) is common and can affect an individual’s emotional well-being, and his or her health-related quality of life (QOL). ...
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(Academy of Science of South Africa, 2024-01)Postpartum depression (PPD) is a significant public health concern in resource-constrained sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Efforts to combat this burden are hampered by the region’s wide variation in reported prevalence. This ...
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(LAM Publications Limited, 2016-06)Childhood disabilities are conditions that affect or are likely to influence the development of children into adulthood. Childhood disabilities are common in both high-income as well as lowincome countries. UNICEF estimated ...
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(BMC, 2024-01)OBJECTIVES: Clinical research is the bedrock of clinical innovation, education and practice. We characterized and critically appraised physiotherapy clinical research to avoid implementing misleading research findings into ...
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(BMC, 2023-08-30)INTRODUCTION : What is known about checklists for interpreting chest radiographs? The question will guide the development of the inclusion criteria for the scoping review. Breaking down the scoping review question will ...
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(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2010)Urbanisation, a sedentary lifestyle and increasing obesity due to westernization and changed eating habits have been identified as independent risk factors for diabetes in the South African population. To establish the ...
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(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2017-12)BACKGROUND : Interprofessional education aims to prepare learners to collaborate across specialties to provide high-quality healthcare. Internationally and nationally, the emerging need for integrated healthcare and ...
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(AOSIS, 2022-07-27)BACKGROUND: Pain after spinal cord injury (SCI) is common, and physiotherapy plays a pivotal role in alleviating pain for people with SCI. OBJECTIVE: To determine the modalities that physiotherapists in South Africa use ...
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(BioMed Central, 2024-12)BACKGROUND: Falls are a common problem experienced by people living with HIV yet predictive models specific to this population remain underdeveloped. We aimed to identify, assess and stratify the predictive strength of ...
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(F1000 Research Ltd, 2024-10)BACKGROUND: The triple planetary crisis of climate change, environmental pollution, and biodiversity loss is increasingly driving poor health outcomes worldwide. Healthcare systems and services are often not environmentally ...
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(AOSIS, 2023-10-26)BACKGROUND : Pain is the most common reason for medical visits to primary health care practitioners. Pain self-management interventions are encouraged and there is no known self-management intervention framework available ...
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(South African Society of Occupational Medicine (SASOM), 2010-05)INTRODUCTION: Although evidence for the effectiveness of single physiotherapy modalities in treating work-related upper-extremity musculoskeletal disorders (WRUEMDs) exists, only limited effectiveness has been shown for ...
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(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2012)OBJECTIVE: To determine the short-term effect of kinesio tape on the explosive gluteus maximus power of male athletes, comparing a recommended application pattern with a placebo. METHODS: Sixty healthy university male ...
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(College of Allied Health & Nursing at Nova Southeastern University, 2010)Pressure ulcers heal slowly and this often results in prolonged hospitalization. Wound infection delays healing in decubitus ulcers and standard treatment include wound dressing and use of antibiotics. However, there is ...
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(BMJ Publishing Group, 2024-07)INTRODUCTION: Chronic non-specific low back pain (CNLBP) is among the most common musculoskeletal system conditions reported worldwide; however, few studies are available from low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). ...
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