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Bone and Joint Institute

2017

Physiotherapy

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Determining The Impact Of A New Physiotherapist-Led Primary Care Model For Back Pain: Protocol For A Pilot Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial, Jordan Miller, David Barber, Catherine Donnelly, Simon French, Michael Green, Jonathan Hill, Joy Macdermid, Jacquelyn Marsh, Kathleen Norman, Julie Richardson, Monica Taljaard, Timothy Wideman, Lynn Cooper, Colleen Mcphee Nov 2017

Determining The Impact Of A New Physiotherapist-Led Primary Care Model For Back Pain: Protocol For A Pilot Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial, Jordan Miller, David Barber, Catherine Donnelly, Simon French, Michael Green, Jonathan Hill, Joy Macdermid, Jacquelyn Marsh, Kathleen Norman, Julie Richardson, Monica Taljaard, Timothy Wideman, Lynn Cooper, Colleen Mcphee

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© 2017 The Author(s). Background: Back pain is a leading contributor to disability, healthcare costs, and lost work. Family physicians are the most common first point of contact in the healthcare system for people with back pain, but physiotherapists (PTs) may be able to support the primary care team through evidence-based primary care. A cluster randomized trial is needed to determine the clinical, health system, and societal impact of a primary care model that integrates physiotherapists at the first visit for people with back pain. Prior to conducting a future fully powered cluster randomized trial, we need to demonstrate feasibility …


Characteristics Of Therapeutic Alliance In Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy And Occupational Therapy Practice: A Scoping Review Of The Literature, Folarin Babatunde, Joy Macdermid, Norma Macintyre May 2017

Characteristics Of Therapeutic Alliance In Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy And Occupational Therapy Practice: A Scoping Review Of The Literature, Folarin Babatunde, Joy Macdermid, Norma Macintyre

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© 2017 The Author(s). Background: Most conventional treatment for musculoskeletal conditions continue to show moderate effects, prompting calls for ways to increase effectiveness, including drawing from strategies used across other health conditions. Therapeutic alliance refers to the relational processes at play in treatment which can act in combination or independently of specific interventions. Current evidence guiding the use of therapeutic alliance in health care arises largely from psychotherapy and medicine literature. The objective of this review was to map out the available literature on therapeutic alliance conceptual frameworks, themes, measures and determinants in musculoskeletal rehabilitation across physiotherapy and occupational therapy …