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Fall 2015
Background The therapeutic relationship (TR) in physiotherapy, sometimes described as the rapport or the alliance between physiotherapist and patient, is an important aspect of clinical interactions. Physiotherapists are expected attend to the TR as a standard of patient-centred practice. Recent...
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Developing a competency profile for international standardization of Advanced Practice Physiotherapy
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Background: Advanced practice physiotherapy has been developed as an innovative model of care to manage the rising impact of musculoskeletal conditions. There is evidence that advanced practice roles have improved patient outcomes, improved wait times for patients, and reduced the cost of care....
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Identifying the factors contributing to Canadian physiotherapists’ decisions to supervise physiotherapy students: Results from a national survey
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Clinical education is a critical component of physiotherapy student training; however, clinical coordinators report increasing difficulty in securing sufficient, appropriate clinical placement experiences for students to meet national education requirements (Baldry Currens & Bithell, 2000)....
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Spring 2022
The ‘therapeutic relationship’ refers to the relationship between a patient and their healthcare provider, which is assumed to be therapeutic when the quality of the relationship affects the well-being and clinical outcomes of treatment. In physiotherapy, therapeutic relationship can be thought...
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The effectiveness of Return to Duty Intervention: Evaluating an interdisciplinary approach to supporting Canadian Armed Forces members who have physical and non-physical disorders
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The rate of musculoskeletal and mental health disorders is high in the Canadian Armed Forces, and can preclude service members from being employable and deployable. The aim of this thesis was to analyze the effectiveness of the Return to Duty intervention at decreasing morbidity and assisting...
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Therapeutic Contextual Factors in Physiotherapy: Magnitude, Mechanisms and Contributors of Placebo Mediated Analgesia in Chronic Low Back Pain
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Fuentes Contreras, Jorge Patricio
Mechanisms through which physiotherapy influence musculoskeletal pain include both the specific ingredient of an intervention as well as contextual factors inherent to clinical encounters including the therapist, patient and setting. These contextual factors are often termed “non-specific”...