Physiotherapy September 2020

Covid-19 pandemic experience: can it serve as a clarion call to establish or revamp a specialty known as ‘Infectious Diseases Physiotherapy’?

Authors: Auwal Abdullahi Pages: 00001

Provision of first contact physiotherapy in primary care across the UK: a survey of the service

Authors: Serena Halls, Rachel Thomas, Hannah Stott, Margaret E. Cupples, Paula Kersten, Fiona Cramp, Dave Foster, Nicola Walsh Pages: 0002-0009

Delayed knee flexion is a safe and effective pathway for Total Knee Replacement

Authors: Cathy Jenkins, William Jackson, Nicholas Bottomley, Andrew Price, David Murray, Karen Barker Pages: 00045

Core competencies for physiotherapists working with refugees: a scoping review

Authors: Emer McGowan, Nicole Beamish, Emma Stokes, Rachael Lowe Pages: 0010-0021

Can a brief behavioural change intervention encourage hospital patients with low physical activity levels to engage and initiate a change in physical activity behaviour?

Authors: I. Waite, D. Grant, J. Mayes, S. Greenwood Pages: 022-028

First point of contact physiotherapy; a qualitative study

Authors: Rob Goodwin, Fiona Moffatt, Paul Hendrick, Stephen Timmons, Neil Chadborn, Pip Logan Pages: 029-036

Effect of an abdominal hypopressive technique programme on pelvic floor muscle tone and urinary incontinence in women: a randomised crossover trial

Authors: L. Soriano, C. González-Millán, M.M. Álvarez Sáez, R. Curbelo, L. Carmona Pages: 037-044

Investigating physiotherapy stakeholders’ preferences for the development of performance-based assessment in practice education

Authors: A. O’Connor, N. Krucien, P. Cantillon, M. Parker, A. McCurtin Pages: 046-054

Hot and cold knees: exploring differences in patella skin temperature in patients with patellofemoral pain

Authors: Jessie Janssen, James Selfe, Phillip Gichuru, Jim Richards, Hayri Baran Yosmaoğlu, Emel Sönmezer, Renuka Erande, Peter Resteghini, Paola Dey Pages: 055-062

Patients’ perceptions of rehabilitation in the community following hip fracture surgery. A qualitative thematic synthesis

Authors: J. Blackburn, G. Yeowell Pages: 063-075

Risk of COVID-19 disease in the elderly population and physiotherapy

Authors: Mehmet Özkeskin, Nuray Elibol, Serkan Bakırhan Pages: 076-077

Airway clearance techniques and use of mucoactive agents for adult critically ill patients with acute respiratory failure: a qualitative study exploring UK physiotherapy practice

Authors: Bronwen Connolly, Matthew Barclay, Bronagh Blackwood, Judy Bradley, Rohan Anand, Mark Borthwick, Marc Chikhani, Paul Dark, Murali Shyamsundar, John Warburton, Daniel F. McAuley, Brenda O’Neill Pages: 078-087

Effect of exercise interventions in the early phase to improve physical function after hip fracture – A systematic review and meta-analysis

Authors: Monica Beckmann, Vigdis Bruun-Olsen, Are Hugo Pripp, Astrid Bergland, Toby Smith, Kristi E. Heiberg Pages: 090-097

Cost-effectiveness of physiotherapeutic interventions for low back pain: a systematic review

Authors: F. Fatoye, J.M. Wright,T. Gebrye Pages: 098-107

Letter to the Editor re ‘Volume of water added to crushed ice affects the efficacy of cryotherapy: a randomised, single-blind, crossover trial’

Authors: Susan Y. Kwiecien Pages: 108-109

Response to Letter to the Editor re ‘Volume of water added to crushed ice affects the efficacy of cryotherapy: a randomised, single-blind, crossover trial’

Authors: Daniela de Estéfani, Caroline Ruschel, Inaihá Laureano Benincá, Núbia Carelli Pereira de Avelar, Daniela Pacheco dos Santos Haupenthal, Alessandro Haupenthal Pages: 110-111

Characteristics of patients with knee and ankle symptoms accessing physiotherapy: self-referral vs general practitioner’s referral

Authors: N.E. Lankhorst, J.A. Barten, R. Meerhof, S.M.A. Bierma-Zeinstra, M. van Middelkoop Pages: 112-119

Effect of extended scope physiotherapists assessments in orthopaedic diagnostic setting: a systematic review

Authors: J. Trøstrup, C.B. Juhl, L.R. Mikkelsen Pages: 120-128

Outcomes of physical activity for people living with dementia: qualitative study to inform a Core Outcome Set

Authors: Ana-Carolina Gonçalves, Alda Marques, Dinesh Samuel, Sara Demain Pages: 129-139