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University of South Australia
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Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 06-2021
DOI: 10.2147/JPR.S312202
Publisher: Society of Physical Therapy Science
Date: 2013
DOI: 10.1589/JPTS.25.865
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 09-09-2019
DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2019.1661525
Abstract: This study examined the differences in neck muscle activity at various neck flexion angles in smartphone users with and without neck pain. Forty-four participants performed texting tasks for 1 min and 30 s. Neck muscle activity and pain in the neck were measured at different neck flexion angles. There was a difference in neck muscle activity for each of the neck flexion angles the Cervical Erector Spinae (CES) muscle activity increased while the Upper Trapezius (UT) muscle activity decreased when at increased neck flexion angles. At neck flexion angle of 0°-15°, the activity of both CES and UT muscles were acceptably low. Smartphone users with neck pain had slightly higher muscle activity levels than smartphone users without neck pain. In conclusion, smartphone users should consider adopting neck flexion angles between 0 and 15 degrees during smartphone use as there is an association between this neck flexion angle range and reduced CES muscle activity.
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 23-07-2021
Abstract: Trunk stability exercises that focus on either deep or superficial muscles might produce different effects on lumbar segmental motion. This study compared outcomes in 34 lumbar instability patients in two exercises at 10 weeks and 12 months follow up. Participants were ided into either Core stabilization (deep) exercise, incorporating abdominal drawing-in maneuver technique (CSE with ADIM), or General strengthening (superficial) exercise (STE). Outcome measures were pain, muscle activation, and lumbar segmental motion. Participants in CSE with ADIM had significantly less pain than those in STE at 10 weeks. They showed significantly more improvement of abdominal muscle activity ratio than participants in STE at 10 weeks and 12 months follow-up. Participants in CSE with ADIM had significantly reduced sagittal translation at L4-L5 and L5-S1 compared with STE at 10 weeks. Participants in CSE with ADIM had significantly reduced sagittal translations at L4-L5 and L5-S1 compared with participants in STE at 10 weeks, whereas STE demonstrated significantly increased sagittal rotation at L4-L5. However, at 12 months follow-up, levels of lumbar sagittal translation were increased in both groups. CSE with ADIM which focuses on increasing deep trunk muscle activity can reduce lumbar segmental translation and should be recommended for lumbar instability.
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 03-2019
DOI: 10.2147/JPR.S190125
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 06-2015
DOI: 10.2147/PPA.S81898
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 12-2008
Publisher: Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
Date: 26-06-2020
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 10-2013
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 09-2021
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 04-2020
DOI: 10.2147/JPR.S232080
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 30-11-2021
DOI: 10.1186/S12891-021-04858-6
Abstract: Therapeutic exercises are used in clinical practice for patients with low back pain (LBP). Core stabilization exercises can retrain the important function of local trunk muscles and increase the accuracy of the sensory integration process for stability of the spine in in iduals with LBP. The aim of this study was to compare the effects of two different exercise regimes, Core stabilization exercises (CSE) and Strengthening exercise (STE), on proprioception, balance, muscle thickness and pain-related outcomes in patients with subacute non-specific low back pain (NSLBP). Thirty-six subacute NSLBP patients, [mean age, 34.78 ± 9.07 years BMI, 24.03 ± 3.20 Kg/m 2 and duration of current pain, 8.22 ± 1.61 weeks], were included in this study. They were randomly allocated into either CSE ( n = 18) or STE groups (n = 18). Exercise training was given for 30 min, three times per week, for up to 4 weeks. Proprioception, standing balance, muscle thickness of transversus abdominis (TrA) and lumbar multifidus (LM), and pain-related outcomes, comprising pain, functional disability and fear of movement, were assessed at baseline and after 4 weeks of intervention. The CSE group demonstrated significantly more improvement than the STE group after 4 weeks of intervention. Improvements were in: proprioception [mean difference (95% CI): − 0.295 (− 0.37 to − 0.2), effect size: 1.38, ( p 0.001)], balance: single leg standing with eyes open and eyes closed on both stable and unstable surfaces ( p 0.05), and percentage change of muscle thickness of TrA and LM ( p 0.01). Although both exercise groups gained relief from pain, the CSE group demonstrated greater reduction of functional disability [effect size: 0.61, ( p 0.05)] and fear of movement [effect size: 0.80, ( p 0.01)]. There were no significant adverse effects in either type of exercise program. Despite both core stabilization and strengthening exercises reducing pain, core stabilization exercise is superior to strengthening exercise. It is effective in improving proprioception, balance, and percentage change of muscle thickness of TrA and LM, and reducing functional disability and fear of movement in patients with subacute NSLBP. Thai Clinical Trial Registry ( TCTR20180822001 August 21, 2018).
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 17-09-2019
DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2019.1663941
Abstract: Ergonomists measure height loss in relation to loads imposed on the spine. It is difficult to interpret whether height loss responses recorded on different days are accurate due to natural daily fluctuations in height loss and measurement variability. The objective of this research was to investigate whether the variability of height loss in the sitting position is affected by time of day and to analyse day-to-day variability in asymptomatic participants. Fifty asymptomatic participants attended two sessions (morning and afternoon) of stadiometry testing on four separate days. The results showed that a variability of height loss response changes in excess of 0.886 mm in morning and 1.128 mm in afternoon between days indicates that an intervention itself has influenced height loss. Future investigations on height loss in sitting should take these results into consideration to confidently state that an intervention has influenced height loss response at each time of day.
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 14-09-2020
DOI: 10.1093/PTJ/PZAA166
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 12-2022
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 19-11-2021
Abstract: Lumbar instability (LI) comprises one subgroup of those with chronic low back pain (CLBP) it indicates the impairment of at least one of the spinal stabilizing systems, and radiographic criteria of translation and rotation are used for its diagnosis. Previous studies have developed and tested a screening tool for LI where patients with sub-threshold lumbar instability (STLI) were detected in the initial stage of lumbar pathology using radiographs as a gold standard for diagnosis. The radiographic measurement in STLI lies between the range of translation and rotation of the LI and asymptomatic lumbar motion. However, there are no studies indicating the validity and cut-off points of the screening tool for STLI. The current study aimed to determine the validity of an LI screening tool to support the diagnostic process in patients with STLI. This study design was cross-sectional in nature. A total of 135 participants with CLBP, aged between 20 and 60 years, who had undergone flexion and extension radiographs, answered a screening tool with 14 questions. The cut-off score for identifying STLI using the screening tool was at least 6/14 positive responses to the LI questions. The findings suggested that the LI screening tool we tested is effective for the detection of STLI. The tool can be used in outpatient settings.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 09-2016
DOI: 10.1016/J.NEPR.2016.07.005
Abstract: Because nursing is a high risk profession in terms of occupational health and safety (OHS), the topic of OHS is an important component of student nurse education and practice. Seeking ways to enhance curricular content and foster student health, safety and wellbeing is an ongoing pursuit. This pilot study explored nursing student perspectives about OHS in the clinical setting to develop an understanding of student views that could enlighten teaching about this topic within the undergraduate nursing course. Focus groups were held with pre-registration student nurses in two discrete cohort levels (first and third year). Themes were identified from the focus group discussion about trust, knowledge and responsibility. The students demonstrated a sound grasp of clinical hazards and associated administrative controls. Strengthening student awareness of higher order controls and their evaluation would augment their knowledge of legislative requirements. Students may benefit from learning about a risk management approach to OHS which would provide them with a structured basis for problem solving. This may assist them with clinical reasoning about health and safety issues and empower them in aspects of self-care.
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 10-2022
DOI: 10.2147/JPR.S381270
Publisher: Society of Physical Therapy Science
Date: 2018
DOI: 10.1589/JPTS.30.1390
Publisher: College of Graduate Studies, Walailak University
Date: 15-11-2021
Abstract: Measurements of stature change have been used to compare spinal loading in the sitting posture. However, it is difficult to interpret whether the stature change response recorded is truly due to an intervention or to the natural fluctuation of stature change response between the days. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of time of day (morning and afternoon) on the variability of stature change in participants with chronic low back pain (CLBP) on 2 consecutive days. Forty-four participants with CLBP attended 2 sessions (morning and afternoon) of stature change testing on 4 separate days. A stature change response of more than 0.985 mm in the morning and 1.149 mm in the afternoon on 2 consecutive days indicates that an intervention itself has influenced stature change measurement in CLBP participants. The magnitude of stature change response on different days and times of day established specific levels of natural variation meaning changes above these levels can be attributed to intervention effects in participants with CLBP. HIGHLIGHTS The findings suggest that it is important to control the time at which stature change investigations are conducted Seated stadiometry measurement, changes above 0.985 mm (morning) and 1.149 mm (afternoon) can be attributed to intervention effects between consecutive 2 days The results of the current study presented no significant difference in magnitude of stature change response in the morning versus the afternoon in chronic low back pain participants GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 25-08-2020
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 28-07-2021
Abstract: The manual wheelchair skills training programme is used to structure teaching manual wheelchair use for people following injury or disability. This pilot study aimed to explore the outcomes of introducing a group wheelchair skills training programme on skill performance, confidence and frequency of wheelchair use for people with lower limb utation in a rehabilitation setting from the perspective of participants and group facilitators. This pilot study used a two‐phase mixed methods nested design. Eleven people with lower limb utations received a minimum of two 45‐min wheelchair skills sessions, using the Wheelchair Skills Training Program, delivered in a mix of group and one‐to‐one sessions. In phase one, wheelchair skill performance, confidence and frequency were measured using the Wheelchair Skills Test Questionnaire‐Version 5.0, goal achievement was measured through the Functional Independence Measure and Goal Attainment Scale. These measures were repeated in phase two. Nested within phase two was qualitative data collection. Interviews were conducted with eight participants and a focus group held with three programme facilitators, to gather their perceptions of the training process. Descriptive statistics were used to analyse and report quantitative data and thematic analysis was used to combine qualitative data from the two participant groups. Post intervention, the mean Wheelchair Skills Test Questionnaire score increased in performance (42.3 ± 13.4), confidence (33.9 ± 20.7) and frequency (33.9 ± 27.3). Goal Attainment was achieved or exceeded by 91% of all participants. Four themes were developed from qualitative data including, “motivators driving learning,” “delivery methods, structure and profile of the Wheelchair Skills Training Program,” “managing risk and safety” and “confidence in wheelchair use.” The pilot study found that The Wheelchair Skills Training Program can improve wheelchair performance, confidence and frequency to support enhanced safety, independence and quality of life for people with lower limb utations.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 03-2020
Publisher: Society of Physical Therapy Science
Date: 2015
DOI: 10.1589/JPTS.27.2239
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 06-2020
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 2008
DOI: 10.1080/09593980701686658
Abstract: Physiotherapists have an established role in occupational health, and their undergraduate education is important in preparation for such practice. At the University of South Australia students undertake small occupational health and safety projects on-site in industry. These industry placements are a challenge to secure, and the supervising industry hosts are generally not physiotherapists. This study sought to uncover influences involved when organisations consider hosting students. A qualitative approach was taken where semistructured interviews were conducted with a purposeful s le of nine industry hosts to explore their views about placements. Seven hosts were managers and two were physiotherapists. Three main themes came from the data analysis. The first and overriding theme was the "mutual benefit" in hosting students, where students gained valuable experience from working in industry on real problems, and hosts gained from the students' activities. The second theme related to what the host organisation gained - "the transfer and acquisition of resources, knowledge and skills" provided by the students, the nature and quality of which were important to hosts. The last theme had two components of "timing and time." The timing of student activities and how that fits with other activities simultaneously happening within the organisation was an important factor. Finally, participants reported consideration of the time taken to supervise the students in relation to time saved through student activities which assisted the host organization. Knowldege about influencing factors gained from this study may assist physiotherapy educators in securing student placements in industry.
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 31-12-2022
Abstract: This study explores the challenges facing a pilot project aiming to foster homeless cats in an Australian residential aged care facility. The global COVID-19 pandemic stalled the project but also presented an opportunity to gain reflective insights into the perceived barriers, enablers and tensions involved in seeking to implement pet animal inclusion in residential aged care. Perspectives from aged care management, animal welfare services and researchers roject managers were all sought using semi-structured interviews, and themes developed using a qualitative descriptive analysis. Perceived barriers to the project before and after the pandemic were not dissimilar with four key themes emerging: competing priorities, risk and safety, resources, and timing. All existed differently across stakeholder groups creating tensions to be negotiated. These themes are then mapped to the competencies established by the International Union of Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE) for undertaking health promotion, demonstrating that this skill base can be drawn on when seeking to implement human–animal inclusive projects. Creating supportive healthful environments for frail older persons is a moral imperative of extended lives. Health Promotion skills as outlined in the Ottawa Charter and IUHPE competencies for health promotion workers need to be extended to include animal services, agendas and cultures to promote multi-species health promotion into the future.
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 21-01-2021
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 12-2013
Publisher: Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Date: 30-08-2018
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 30-06-2015
DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2015.1052570
Abstract: Prolonged sitting during sedentary work has been reported as a potential risk factor for low back pain. Furthermore, prolonged sitting can result in both reduced spinal height (SH) and lumbar range of motion (LROM). This study compared the effects of no intervention (control) with two recovery postures on SH and LROM (flexion and extension) during prolonged sitting. Twenty-four participants were randomly assigned to three interventions for three consecutive days. The interventions comprised two seated lumbar extension recovery postures (unsupported sustained and supported dynamic lumbar extension postures) and a control. Both interventions facilitated a relatively short recovery period for both SH and LROM. Supported dynamic lumbar extension conditions significantly helped SH recovery, as compared with control condition, after the first recovery posture intervention, and both postures have potential to maintain LROM. However, both postures failed to induce SH recovery over an extended time. Unsupported sustained lumbar extension and supported dynamic lumbar extension postures may serve as effective and practical methods for reducing rate of SH loss and maintaining LROM. However, these postures should be further examined in various ‘doses’ to define optimal protocol for effectively minimising SH loss over time.
Publisher: Japanese Physical Therapy Association
Date: 20-08-2021
DOI: 10.1298/PTR.R0014
Publisher: RCN Publishing Ltd.
Date: 02-08-2017
Abstract: Ensuring and maintaining patient safety is an essential aspect of care provision. Safety is a multidimensional concept, which incorporates interrelated elements such as physical and psychosocial safety. An effective nurse-patient relationship should ensure that these elements are considered when planning and providing care. This article discusses the importance of an effective nurse-patient relationship, as well as healthcare environments and working practices that promote safety, thus ensuring optimal patient care.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 09-2021
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 2015
DOI: 10.2147/NDT.S69579
Publisher: Athens Institute for Education and Research ATINER
Date: 22-09-2022
DOI: 10.30958/AJHMS.9-4-1
Abstract: Occupational health and safety (OHS) education is integral to healthcare practice. Nurses/nursing students are particularly vulnerable during their work in this high-risk industry. Current clinical teaching appears to focus on in idual risks rather than provide a broader overview of the complex issues involved. A novel educational resource, the Safety Assessment Framework for Evaluation and Assessment (SAFER), is presented, addressing a gap in current education resources for nursing students to broaden understanding about OHS. The study re-examined pilot focus group data from first- and third- year student OHS focus groups in an Australian university School of Nursing. The SAFER framework was informed by student nurses impressions/ experiences of OHS (published in 2015 and 2016), supported by a literature review. Central to the SAFER framework is OHS ‘risk management’. It incorporates stakeholders and Australian legislation, all in relation to ‘responsibility’ and ‘trust’. Ex les use focus group participant voice, linked with researcher interpretation and supporting documentation. Clinical educators now have a broad resource to facilitate student group discussions about OHS from multiple perspectives. SAFER’s value beyond face validity should be tested, to confirm its applicability as a teaching resource in various university and training environments. Keywords: occupational health, education, nursing, curriculum, student
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