The CSP office will be closed between Christmas and New Year (25 December-2 January).  If you need urgent advice during this period visit "Advice for members during the holiday closure"

Physiotherapy Journal December 2023

Articles

  • Developing an application for the UK Pre-Doctoral Clinical and Practitioner Academic Fellowship (PCAF): the collective experience of a community of physiotherapists

    Short communication
    Authors: Pauline May, Kieran Mitham, Natasha Maher, Lisa Pitt, Gareth Whelan, Bruno Mazuquin, Maria Moffatt, James Selfe, Gillian Yeowell, Chris Littlewood Pages: 0001-0004 See more

  • Does pain duration and other variables measured at baseline predict re-referral of low back pain patients managed on an evidence-based pathway? A cohort study

    Original research
    Authors: Mary-Anne Jess, Cormac Ryan, Shaun Wellburn, Greg Atkinson, Charles Greenough, Glynis Peat, Andrew Coxon, Helena Roper, Francis Fatoye, Diarmaid Ferguson, Alastair Dickson, Helen Ridley, Denis Martin Pages: 0005-0012 See more

  • Effect of exercise on the inter-rectus distance in pregnant women with diastasis recti abdominis: an experimental longitudinal study

    Original research
    Authors: Nina-Margrethe Theodorsen, Rolf Moe-Nilssen, Kari Bø, Inger Haukenes Pages: 0013-0020 See more

  • Turkey and Syria earthquakes: frontline insights of primary care physiotherapy

    Correspondence
    Authors: Richard C. Armitage, Claire Dexter Pages: 0021-0022 See more

  • The effectiveness of high-intensity laser therapy in individuals with neck pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Review
    Authors: Yu-Hua Xie, Man-Xia Liao, Freddy M.H. Lam, Yue-Ming Gu, W.C. Hewith.A.Fernando, Lin-Rong Liao, Marco Y.C. Pang Pages: 0023-0036 See more

  • Outcomes of physiotherapy for people living with bronchiectasis: qualitative study to inform development of a core outcome set

    Original research
    Authors: Hayat Hamzeh, Carol Kelly, Sally Spencer Pages: 0037-0045 See more

  • The effects of physiotherapeutic scoliosis-specific exercise on idiopathic scoliosis in children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Review
    Authors: Kaiyue Ma, Chao Wang, Yajun Huang, Yu Wang, Dongsheng Li, Gang He Pages: 0046-0057 See more

  • Consensus on occupational health competencies for UK first contact physiotherapists

    Original research
    Authors: Cameron Black, Sivaramkumar Shanmugam, Heather Gray Pages: 0058-0068 See more

  • Research from low-income and middle-income countries will benefit global health and the physiotherapy profession, but it requires support

    Correspondence
    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 Zambelli Pinto Pages: PA1-A5 See more