Current Issue March 2012, Vol. 98, No. 1

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Narrative review

Management of respiratory problems in people with neurodegenerative conditions: a narrative review
March 2012(Vol. 98 | No. 1 | Pages 1-12)
U. Jones, S. Enright, M. Busse

Systematic reviews

Do patients with chronic low back pain have an altered level and/or pattern of physical activity compared to healthy individuals? A systematic review of the literature
March 2012(Vol. 98 | No. 1 | Pages 13-23)
D.W. Griffin, D.C. Harmon, N.M. Kennedy

A systematic review of early rehabilitation methods following a rupture of the Achilles tendon
March 2012(Vol. 98 | No. 1 | Pages 24-32)
Rebecca S. Kearney, Katie R. McGuinness, Juul Achten, Matthew L. Costa

Do illness perceptions of people with chronic low back pain differ from people without chronic low back pain?
24 January 2012
C. Paul van Wilgen, Miriam W. van Ittersum, Ad A. Kaptein
Abstract: Objectives: To determine why some people develop chronic low back pain, and whether illness perceptions are an important risk factor in the transition from acute to chronic low back pain. De...
Exploring the negative social evaluation of patients by specialist physiotherapists working in residential intermediate care
24 January 2012
Di Thomson, Helen Love
Abstract: Background: Residential intermediate care represents an innovative model of care that facilitates early hospital discharge and avoids unnecessary hospital admission. It also represents an en...
Book review
20 January 2012
Charikleia Sinani
The principal theme of this book concerns the law and practice of community care. More specifically, it is about social care, health care and some housing services, provided for certain groups of peop...
Book review
19 January 2012
Howard Turner
It is hard to know how widely understood is combined movement theory but its principles are simple and intuitive: where there is mechanical pain it is sensible to apply mechanical treatment and where ...
Patient-centered research
19 January 2012
Amos Peter Lee
I wish to commend the authors of the article, ‘User experiences, preferences and choices relating to functional electrical stimulation and ankle foot orthoses for foot-drop after stroke’ , for taking ...

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