Knee Pain Assessment What You Need to Know Introduction For any patient presenting with knee pain, the initial evaluation should focus in excluding urgent cases and considering the need for referral to a more appropriate specialist. Patients for urgent referral include those with; Severe pain or swelling Severe instability Patients unable to bear weight (Associated …
Physiotherapy in Stroke Rehabilitation ‘Rehabilitation Phase’ Introduction During the ‘rehabilitation phase’, the main aim for the patient is to undergo treatment to maximize movement related ability/ function. The physiotherapist aims to achieve this by delivering interventions that aim to reduce impairments and disability. (Connell, Busse, & Lennon, 2009) In this article we will discuss the …
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Physiotherapy in Stroke Rehabilitation ‘Acute Phase’ Introduction The Acute/Assessment phase is the period when the physiotherapist/stroke team are primarily gathering information about the patient identifying impairments and disability, assessing the social and personal context and environment, monitoring response to treatment, etc. In most cases this would be a short-lived stage – a few days – …
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