Physiotherapy Journal December 2023

Developing an application for the UK Pre-Doctoral Clinical and Practitioner Academic Fellowship (PCAF): the collective experience of a community of physiotherapists

Authors: Pauline May, Kieran Mitham, Natasha Maher, Lisa Pitt, Gareth Whelan, Bruno Mazuquin, Maria Moffatt, James Selfe, Gillian Yeowell, Chris Littlewood Pages: 0001-0004

Does pain duration and other variables measured at baseline predict re-referral of low back pain patients managed on an evidence-based pathway? A cohort study

Authors: Mary-Anne Jess, Cormac Ryan, Shaun Wellburn, Greg Atkinson, Charles Greenough, Glynis Peat, Andrew Coxon, Helena Roper, Francis Fatoye, Diarmaid Ferguson, Alastair Dickson, Helen Ridley, Denis Martin Pages: 0005-0012

Effect of exercise on the inter-rectus distance in pregnant women with diastasis recti abdominis: an experimental longitudinal study

Authors: Nina-Margrethe Theodorsen, Rolf Moe-Nilssen, Kari Bø, Inger Haukenes Pages: 0013-0020

Turkey and Syria earthquakes: frontline insights of primary care physiotherapy

Authors: Richard C. Armitage, Claire Dexter Pages: 0021-0022

The effectiveness of high-intensity laser therapy in individuals with neck pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Authors: Yu-Hua Xie, Man-Xia Liao, Freddy M.H. Lam, Yue-Ming Gu, W.C. Hewith.A.Fernando, Lin-Rong Liao, Marco Y.C. Pang Pages: 0023-0036

Outcomes of physiotherapy for people living with bronchiectasis: qualitative study to inform development of a core outcome set

Authors: Hayat Hamzeh, Carol Kelly, Sally Spencer Pages: 0037-0045

The effects of physiotherapeutic scoliosis-specific exercise on idiopathic scoliosis in children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Authors: Kaiyue Ma, Chao Wang, Yajun Huang, Yu Wang, Dongsheng Li, Gang He Pages: 0046-0057

Consensus on occupational health competencies for UK first contact physiotherapists

Authors: Cameron Black, Sivaramkumar Shanmugam, Heather Gray Pages: 0058-0068

Research from low-income and middle-income countries will benefit global health and the physiotherapy profession, but it requires support

Authors: Saurab Sharma, Arianne Verhagen, Mark Elkins, Jean-Michel Brismée, George D. Fulk, Jakub Taradaj, Lois Steen, Alan Jette, Ann Moore, Aimee Stewart, Barbara J. Hoogenboom, Anne Söderlund, Michele Harms, Rafael Zambelli Pinto Pages: PA1-A5