Pub Date : 2023-09-12DOI: 10.1080/21679169.2023.2256371
Linda Eikeland, Eli Narum, Liv Heide Magnussen, Stian Hammer, Tiina Maarit Andersen
Question This study aimed to develop and assess a protocol for evaluating upper limb strength and its association with functional abilities in children and adolescents diagnosed with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD).Design A cross-sectional study.Participants Eleven male individuals diagnosed with DMD (aged 11 to 18 years).Intervention A systematic protocol for assessing the maximum voluntary isometric contraction (MVIC) of the upper limbs using grip and pull dynamometers was developed and conducted in conjunction with the Performance of Upper Limb (PUL) scale.Outcome measures Feasibility was evaluated by appraising the number of participants capable of successfully executing the strength test protocol. Correlations were conducted to examine the relationship between upper limb strength and PUL scores.Results The grip strength assessment was feasible for all participants, while the complete strength testing protocol was feasible for nine, excluding two individuals with non-ambulatory mobility. Significant correlations were found between overall upper limb strength and total PUL scores (rs = 0.742, p = 0.022), grip strength and distal PUL scores (rs=0.733, p = 0.010), shoulder abduction strength and PUL shoulder scores (rs=0.905, p = 0.005), and grip strength and overall PUL scores (rs=0.794, p = 0.004). The middle-level correlation was not statistically significant (rs=0.590, p = 0.094).Conclusion The established strength test protocol demonstrated feasibility among ambulatory participants. However, alternative approaches are essential for those with limited ambulation. The study identified a robust correlation between upper limb strength and functional abilities. Further extensive studies are required to validate these findings.Trial registration The present study is a part of a longitudinal intervention study registered at the ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT03963453).
本研究旨在制定和评估诊断为杜氏肌营养不良症(DMD)的儿童和青少年上肢力量及其与功能能力的关系的方案。设计横断面研究。参与者11名被诊断为DMD的男性个体(11 - 18岁)。采用握力和拉力测功仪评估上肢最大自主等距收缩(MVIC)的系统方案与上肢性能(PUL)量表一起开发和实施。通过评估能够成功执行强度测试方案的参与者人数来评估可行性。采用相关性分析来检验上肢力量与PUL评分之间的关系。结果所有参与者的握力评估都是可行的，而完整的握力测试方案对9名参与者是可行的，除了2名非移动能力的个体。上肢总力量与PUL总分(rs= 0.742, p = 0.022)、握力与远端PUL总分(rs=0.733, p = 0.010)、肩外展力量与PUL肩总分(rs=0.905, p = 0.005)、握力与PUL总分(rs=0.794, p = 0.004)之间存在显著相关性。中等水平相关性无统计学意义(rs=0.590, p = 0.094)。结论所建立的强度测试方案在非卧床参与者中是可行的。然而，对于那些行动受限的人来说，替代方法是必不可少的。该研究确定了上肢力量和功能能力之间的强烈相关性。需要进一步的广泛研究来验证这些发现。本研究是在ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT03963453)注册的纵向干预研究的一部分。
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Pub Date : 2023-09-03DOI: 10.1080/21679169.2023.2240997
Saurab Sharma, Arianne Verhagen, Mark Elkins, Jean-Michel Brismée, George D. Fulk, Jakub Taradaj, Lois Steen, Alan Jette, Ann Moore, Aimee Stewart, Barbara J. Hoogenboom, Anne Söderlund, Michele Harms, Rafael Z. Pinto
Disparities in research publications are common in the physiotherapy and rehabilitation fields [1]. A small proportion of published research arises from low-income and middleincome countries (LMICs) [1,2], home to 85% of the world’s population. Systems-level, institutional-level, and individuallevel factors contribute to these disparities. With urgent and unified actions, global health and the standard of physiotherapy research in LMICs can be improved and strengthened. In this editorial, we will discuss the challenges encountered by researchers from LMICs in conducting and publishing highquality research and propose potential strategies to address these challenges.
{"title":"Research from low-income and middle-income countries will benefit global health and the physiotherapy profession, but it requires support","authors":"Saurab Sharma, Arianne Verhagen, Mark Elkins, Jean-Michel Brismée, George D. Fulk, Jakub Taradaj, Lois Steen, Alan Jette, Ann Moore, Aimee Stewart, Barbara J. Hoogenboom, Anne Söderlund, Michele Harms, Rafael Z. Pinto","doi":"10.1080/21679169.2023.2240997","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21679169.2023.2240997","url":null,"abstract":"Disparities in research publications are common in the physiotherapy and rehabilitation fields [1]. A small proportion of published research arises from low-income and middleincome countries (LMICs) [1,2], home to 85% of the world’s population. Systems-level, institutional-level, and individuallevel factors contribute to these disparities. With urgent and unified actions, global health and the standard of physiotherapy research in LMICs can be improved and strengthened. In this editorial, we will discuss the challenges encountered by researchers from LMICs in conducting and publishing highquality research and propose potential strategies to address these challenges.","PeriodicalId":45694,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Physiotherapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134948818","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-08-29DOI: 10.1080/21679169.2023.2252470
A. McDermott, D. Bradley
{"title":"Physiotherapists’ perceptions of the use of digital health to promote physical activity in people living with Parkinson’s disease","authors":"A. McDermott, D. Bradley","doi":"10.1080/21679169.2023.2252470","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21679169.2023.2252470","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45694,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Physiotherapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2023-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47905829","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-08-09DOI: 10.1080/21679169.2023.2244989
Alexa von Bosse, Carlos González Blum, R. Richter
{"title":"The therapeutic relationship within the patient-caregiver-physiotherapist triangle in the rehabilitation of neurological diseases","authors":"Alexa von Bosse, Carlos González Blum, R. Richter","doi":"10.1080/21679169.2023.2244989","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21679169.2023.2244989","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45694,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Physiotherapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2023-08-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45971919","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-07-24DOI: 10.1080/21679169.2023.2240370
S. Säteri, Ari Heinonen, T. Sjögren
{"title":"How was remote technology accepted among cardiac rehabilitees in outpatient self-rehabilitation context?","authors":"S. Säteri, Ari Heinonen, T. Sjögren","doi":"10.1080/21679169.2023.2240370","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21679169.2023.2240370","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45694,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Physiotherapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2023-07-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45750097","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-07-24DOI: 10.1080/21679169.2023.2233560
Thomas Hellstén, J. Arokoski, T. Sjögren, Anna-Maija Jäppinen, J. Kettunen
Abstract Objective To investigate physiotherapists’ views on suitability, usability and factors affecting the use of remote physiotherapy in Finland. Design A cross-sectional, web-based questionnaire study. Subjects Members of the Finnish Association of Physiotherapists and a private physiotherapy organisation. Methods The questionnaire included questions on remote physiotherapy′s suitability (0 = not suitable at all to 10 = fully suitable) for different physiotherapy tasks (consultation, guidance and counselling, exercise, assessment and corrective act at the workplace), a reason to implement remote physiotherapy, how often remote physiotherapy is used at different stages of the physiotherapy process and factors affecting the use of remote physiotherapy. Results The response rate was 9.9% (N=662/6525; 76.1% female). The mean suitability ‘score’ for remote physiotherapy differed from 7.6 (consultation, guidance and counselling) to 3.8 (corrective act at a workplace). Physiotherapists with at least one year experience of working with remote physiotherapy reported that it is better suited to consultation, guidance and counselling, exercise and assessment (p-values <.05) than did those with less experience. Of the responders (physiotherapists), 72.5% used conventional physiotherapy, 7.2% used remote physiotherapy and 20.2% used a combination of the two as primary work method. Conclusion Physiotherapists stated that remote physiotherapy suits especially for consultation, guidance and counselling, but it is still minimally used as primary work method in different stages of the physiotherapy process.
{"title":"Remote physiotherapy in Finland—suitability, usability and factors affecting its use","authors":"Thomas Hellstén, J. Arokoski, T. Sjögren, Anna-Maija Jäppinen, J. Kettunen","doi":"10.1080/21679169.2023.2233560","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21679169.2023.2233560","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Objective To investigate physiotherapists’ views on suitability, usability and factors affecting the use of remote physiotherapy in Finland. Design A cross-sectional, web-based questionnaire study. Subjects Members of the Finnish Association of Physiotherapists and a private physiotherapy organisation. Methods The questionnaire included questions on remote physiotherapy′s suitability (0 = not suitable at all to 10 = fully suitable) for different physiotherapy tasks (consultation, guidance and counselling, exercise, assessment and corrective act at the workplace), a reason to implement remote physiotherapy, how often remote physiotherapy is used at different stages of the physiotherapy process and factors affecting the use of remote physiotherapy. Results The response rate was 9.9% (N=662/6525; 76.1% female). The mean suitability ‘score’ for remote physiotherapy differed from 7.6 (consultation, guidance and counselling) to 3.8 (corrective act at a workplace). Physiotherapists with at least one year experience of working with remote physiotherapy reported that it is better suited to consultation, guidance and counselling, exercise and assessment (p-values <.05) than did those with less experience. Of the responders (physiotherapists), 72.5% used conventional physiotherapy, 7.2% used remote physiotherapy and 20.2% used a combination of the two as primary work method. Conclusion Physiotherapists stated that remote physiotherapy suits especially for consultation, guidance and counselling, but it is still minimally used as primary work method in different stages of the physiotherapy process.","PeriodicalId":45694,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Physiotherapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2023-07-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48634905","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-07-18DOI: 10.1080/21679169.2023.2233563
Essi Sinkkonen, H. Korpi, T. Sjögren
{"title":"The added value of remote technology and the background factors explaining the changes in biopsychosocial functioning in cardiac rehabilitation: cluster randomised controlled trial","authors":"Essi Sinkkonen, H. Korpi, T. Sjögren","doi":"10.1080/21679169.2023.2233563","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21679169.2023.2233563","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45694,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Physiotherapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2023-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47626965","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-07-13DOI: 10.1080/21679169.2023.2234404
Samuel Krogh Pedersen, Oscar Just Platzer, M. Rathleff, Morten Hoegh
{"title":"‘What scientific evidence supports this?’ how do physiotherapists in private practice use evidence-based practice and what are the main challenges? A convergent parallel mixed-methods study","authors":"Samuel Krogh Pedersen, Oscar Just Platzer, M. Rathleff, Morten Hoegh","doi":"10.1080/21679169.2023.2234404","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21679169.2023.2234404","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45694,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Physiotherapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2023-07-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42562251","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-07-05DOI: 10.1080/21679169.2023.2229392
C. N. Di Leone, Clara Pinto Diniz, Thais Marvila Vieira de Araújo, Mauricio de Sant’ Anna, C. Lamas, M. Mediano, T. F. Guimarães, L. F. Rodrigues
{"title":"Aerobic exercise simultaneous with non-invasive ventilation reduces the length of stay in intensive care in patients with heart failure: a randomised clinical trial","authors":"C. N. Di Leone, Clara Pinto Diniz, Thais Marvila Vieira de Araújo, Mauricio de Sant’ Anna, C. Lamas, M. Mediano, T. F. Guimarães, L. F. Rodrigues","doi":"10.1080/21679169.2023.2229392","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21679169.2023.2229392","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45694,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Physiotherapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2023-07-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48018615","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-07-04DOI: 10.1080/21679169.2023.2228635
Ulrika Olsson Möller
{"title":"Collaboration make us unique – Editorial","authors":"Ulrika Olsson Möller","doi":"10.1080/21679169.2023.2228635","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21679169.2023.2228635","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45694,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Physiotherapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2023-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44065759","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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