Physical Therapy (Specialty) - Manpower
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Strategies for rehabilitation professionals to move evidence-based knowledge into practice: a systematic review.

30 Oct 2009 RATIONALE: Rehabilitation clinicians need to stay current regarding best practices, especially since adherence to clinical guidelines can significantly improve patient outcomes. However, little is known about the benefits of knowledge translation ... Read more...

A survey of respiratory and sleep services in New Zealand undertaken by the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand (TSANZ).

11 Feb 2009 AIMS: In 2004, the NZ Branch of the TSANZ published "Standards for Adult Respiratory and Sleep Services" on the Ministry of Health's (MoH) website.1 The aim of this survey was to evaluate each of the 21 District Health Boards' (DHBs) performance ... Read more...

Physical therapy health human resource ratios: a comparative analysis of the United States and Canada.

6 Jan 2009 BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Health human resource (HHR) ratios are a measure of workforce supply and are expressed as a ratio of the number of health care practitioners to a subset of the population. Health human resource ratios for physical therapists ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Physical Therapy (Specialty) - Manpower'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Commentary on "Strategies for rehabilitation professionals to move evidence-based knowledge into practice: a systematic review". 30 Oct 2009
• Strategies for rehabilitation professionals to move evidence-based knowledge into practice: a systematic review. 30 Oct 2009
• [Dialogue--but on the physicians' premises] 4 Apr 2009
• A survey of respiratory and sleep services in New Zealand undertaken by the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand (TSANZ). 11 Feb 2009
• Physical therapy health human resource ratios: a comparative analysis of the United States and Canada. 6 Jan 2009
• Trends in the rehabilitation therapist workforce in underserved areas: 1980-2000. 30 Dec 2008
• Interobserver reproducibility of the Berg Balance Scale by novice and experienced physiotherapists. 30 Dec 2008
• Physical therapists' perspectives on practice errors in geriatric, neurologic, or orthopedic clinical settings. 30 Dec 2008
• After-hour physiotherapy services in a tertiary general hospital. 30 Oct 2008
• An ethnographic study of physiotherapists' perceptions of their interactions with patients on a chronic pain unit. 30 Oct 2008
• Interprofessional education in gross anatomy: experience with first-year medical and physical therapy students at Mayo Clinic. 30 Oct 2008
• An increasing need. 29 Sep 2008
• Invited commentary. 30 Aug 2008
• Invited commentary. 30 Aug 2008
• Predictors of physical therapy clinic performance in the treatment of patients with low back pain syndromes. 6 Aug 2008
• High inter-tester reliability of the new mobility score in patients with hip fracture. 29 Jun 2008
• Successful recruitment: what now? 29 Jun 2008
• Extended scope practitioners and clinical specialists: a place in rural health? 30 May 2008
• Identification and comparison of rehabilitation goals after multiple injuries: an ICF analysis of the patients', physiotherapists' and other allied professionals' reported goals. 29 Apr 2008
• Perceptions of goal setting in a neurological rehabilitation unit: a qualitative study of patients, carers and staff. 28 Feb 2008

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Technical information about 'Physical Therapy (Specialty)'

Definition: The auxiliary health profession which makes use of PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES to prevent, correct, and alleviate movement dysfunction of anatomic or physiologic origin.

Descriptor UI: D026761

Alternative terms: Physical Therapy (Specialty); Physical Therapies (Specialty); Therapies, Physical (Specialty); Therapy, Physical (Specialty); Physiotherapy (Specialty); Physiotherapies (Specialty);

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; education; history; instrumentation; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: H02.010.625;

History Note: 2002

Technical Notes: SPEC only; for therapy use MUSCULOSKELETAL MANIPULATIONS or PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES or their specifics