Physiotherapy CanadaPub Date : 2025-08-01Epub Date: 2025-08-31DOI: 10.3138/ptc-2023-0089-cc
Jennifer L Moore
{"title":"Commentary on Sibley et al.","authors":"Jennifer L Moore","doi":"10.3138/ptc-2023-0089-cc","DOIUrl":"10.3138/ptc-2023-0089-cc","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54606,"journal":{"name":"Physiotherapy Canada","volume":"77 3","pages":"394-395"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13134885/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147822930","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Merna Seliman, Julianne Hong, Kaitlyn Gonzaga, Dalton L Wolfe, Jean-François Lemay, Andrea Chase, Kristen Walden, Sarah J Donkers
{"title":"Factors Affecting Standing and Walking Outcomes for Individuals With Spinal Cord Injury During In-Patient Rehabilitation: A Qualitative Study on the Perspectives of Physiotherapists.","authors":"Merna Seliman, Julianne Hong, Kaitlyn Gonzaga, Dalton L Wolfe, Jean-François Lemay, Andrea Chase, Kristen Walden, Sarah J Donkers","doi":"10.3138/ptc-2023-0070","DOIUrl":"10.3138/ptc-2023-0070","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Standing and walking outcomes following spinal cord injury (SCI) vary across rehabilitation centres and therapists. Much of this variation has been attributed to individual patient characteristics. However, insight from frontline health care providers, as well as exploration of comprehensive contributing factors, have been under-investigated. This study aimed to explore the perspectives of physiotherapists on factors affecting standing and walking recovery and outcomes during in-patient SCI rehabilitation.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>An exploratory qualitative study was conducted using semi-structured focus group interviews. Our qualitative approach was grounded in interpretive description and used reflexive thematic analysis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Ten physiotherapy representatives of seven different in-patient SCI rehabilitation sites across Canada participated. Dosage, organizational culture, length of stay, staffing, equipment, relationships, atmosphere, and mindset were the key factors identified. Our findings also highlight that how factors impact a site may differ, but perspectives on which factors influence standing and walking outcomes were similar. Factors beyond the individual and the relationship of these factors on training dosage were emphasized.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Future work is needed to better understand the role of institutional culture, to design and implement potential ways to address key contributing factors, and to evaluate if such initiatives lead to improvements in standing and walking outcomes.</p>","PeriodicalId":54606,"journal":{"name":"Physiotherapy Canada","volume":"77 3","pages":"286-297"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13134895/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147822952","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Physiotherapy CanadaPub Date : 2025-08-01Epub Date: 2025-08-31DOI: 10.3138/ptc-2023-0043-cc
William Gibson
{"title":"Commentary on Roberts et al.","authors":"William Gibson","doi":"10.3138/ptc-2023-0043-cc","DOIUrl":"10.3138/ptc-2023-0043-cc","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54606,"journal":{"name":"Physiotherapy Canada","volume":"77 3","pages":"337-338"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13134867/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147822984","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Physiotherapy CanadaPub Date : 2025-08-01Epub Date: 2025-08-31DOI: 10.3138/ptc-2023-0049-cc
Mark M Mañago
{"title":"Commentary on Bercovitch et al.","authors":"Mark M Mañago","doi":"10.3138/ptc-2023-0049-cc","DOIUrl":"10.3138/ptc-2023-0049-cc","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54606,"journal":{"name":"Physiotherapy Canada","volume":"77 3","pages":"311-312"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13134866/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147823578","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Physiotherapy CanadaPub Date : 2025-08-01Epub Date: 2025-08-31DOI: 10.3138/ptc-77-3-gef
Carol L Richards, Francine Malouin, Molly Verrier, Marilyn MacKay-Lyons
{"title":"Hommage au legs de leaders canadiens en physiothérapie : l’influence durable de Sharon Wood Dauphinee.","authors":"Carol L Richards, Francine Malouin, Molly Verrier, Marilyn MacKay-Lyons","doi":"10.3138/ptc-77-3-gef","DOIUrl":"10.3138/ptc-77-3-gef","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54606,"journal":{"name":"Physiotherapy Canada","volume":"77 3","pages":"283-285"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13134880/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147822916","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Physiotherapy CanadaPub Date : 2025-05-01Epub Date: 2025-05-31DOI: 10.3138/ptc-2022-0079-gee
Rose Gagnon, Luc J Hébert, Jason R Guertin, Simon Berthelot, François Desmeules, Kadija Perreault
{"title":"Economic Evaluation in Physiotherapy or How to Get the Best Value for Money.","authors":"Rose Gagnon, Luc J Hébert, Jason R Guertin, Simon Berthelot, François Desmeules, Kadija Perreault","doi":"10.3138/ptc-2022-0079-gee","DOIUrl":"10.3138/ptc-2022-0079-gee","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54606,"journal":{"name":"Physiotherapy Canada","volume":"77 2","pages":"141-147"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13134869/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147823584","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Physiotherapy CanadaPub Date : 2025-05-01Epub Date: 2025-05-31DOI: 10.3138/ptc-2023-0017-cc
Anastasia Newman
{"title":"Commentary on Hiser et al.","authors":"Anastasia Newman","doi":"10.3138/ptc-2023-0017-cc","DOIUrl":"10.3138/ptc-2023-0017-cc","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54606,"journal":{"name":"Physiotherapy Canada","volume":"77 2","pages":"244-245"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13134871/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147823612","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Physiotherapy CanadaPub Date : 2025-05-01Epub Date: 2023-07-17DOI: 10.3138/ptc-2022-0095
Amanda McIntyre, Marcus Saikaley, Shannon Janzen, Peiwen Cao, Deena Lala, Robert Teasell, Ricardo Viana
{"title":"Awareness and Use of Stroke Rehabilitation Interventions in Clinical Practice Among Physiotherapists.","authors":"Amanda McIntyre, Marcus Saikaley, Shannon Janzen, Peiwen Cao, Deena Lala, Robert Teasell, Ricardo Viana","doi":"10.3138/ptc-2022-0095","DOIUrl":"10.3138/ptc-2022-0095","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b><i>Purpose:</i></b> This study collected data about the current awareness and use of stroke rehabilitation interventions among a Canadian sample of physiotherapists as a foundational step toward future endeavours to inform the translation of rehabilitation research literature into practice. <b><i>Methods:</i></b> Participants were recruited from health care centres providing stroke rehabilitation to patients in each of the 10 provinces across Canada. Physiotherapists who provided direct rehabilitative care to individuals after a stroke, were ≥18 years old, and could read and write in English completed an electronic survey. Questions were asked about therapists' work setting, patient demographics, how they stay up-to-date, and their awareness and use of stroke rehabilitation interventions. <b><i>Results:</i></b> One hundred seventy-five individuals (female = 82.9%) mainly from Ontario and Alberta (57.7%) were included. Therapists had high awareness and use of non-technological, peripherally-applied interventions (e.g., task-specific training, trunk training, overground walking). Except for mirror therapy and bilateral arm training, therapists had low or no awareness and use of brain priming interventions with or without a technological component. <b><i>Conclusions:</i></b> Therapists had low awareness and use of interventions that fall outside of standard education and training. This is an important area for future research on initiatives to increase knowledge translation and implementation into clinical practice.</p>","PeriodicalId":54606,"journal":{"name":"Physiotherapy Canada","volume":" ","pages":"186-194"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13134872/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45137672","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Physiotherapy CanadaPub Date : 2025-05-01Epub Date: 2025-05-31DOI: 10.3138/ptc-2023-0039-cc
Janelle Unger
{"title":"Commentary on Aranas et al.","authors":"Janelle Unger","doi":"10.3138/ptc-2023-0039-cc","DOIUrl":"10.3138/ptc-2023-0039-cc","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54606,"journal":{"name":"Physiotherapy Canada","volume":"77 2","pages":"231-232"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13134883/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147823552","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Physiotherapy CanadaPub Date : 2025-05-01Epub Date: 2025-05-31DOI: 10.3138/ptc-2023-0006-cc
Megan H Ross
{"title":"Commentary on Bakaa et al.","authors":"Megan H Ross","doi":"10.3138/ptc-2023-0006-cc","DOIUrl":"10.3138/ptc-2023-0006-cc","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54606,"journal":{"name":"Physiotherapy Canada","volume":"77 2","pages":"215-216"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13134886/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147823586","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}