Application Physiotherapy In Rehabilitation Rheumatoid Arthritis

Nogas, A. O.; Grygus, Igor; Prymachok, Liudmyla

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“…Physiotherapy (PT) is an effective and vital component of rehabilitation for people in many different circumstances, such as but not limited to those with poststroke complications [1,2], chronic diseases [3,4], and those recovering from surgery [5]. Wait times for public physiotherapy are lengthy in multiple Canadian jurisdictions [6][7][8] though they vary between people seeking care for acute compared to chronic conditions [9,10].…”

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Evaluating Wait Time Management Strategies for Canadian Physiotherapy Services: A Scoping Review

Wenzel,

Duggleby Wenzel

2024

URNCST Journal

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Background: Wait times for publicly-funded physiotherapy (PT) services in Canadasuch as those for outpatients recovering from surgery or children with disabilitiesare high, which may force people to pay for care or face deteriorating quality of life. Specific waitlist management strategies are needed to address this problem, but there is no review on the subject in Cochrane and much of the current research focuses on reducing wait times in emergency rooms or surgery departments. PT is a different context with more flexibility in appointment structure (i.e. length of time or number of patients) and thus more possible strategies to reduce wait times. This scoping review aims to identify which of those have already been studied in the Canadian context. Methods: This review was conducted using Arksey and O'Malley's 2005 framework. EMBASE, Medline, CINAHL, SportDiscus, Canada Commons and Canada Research Index were searched for articles which evaluated wait time management strategies (WTMS) specific for PT services in Canada. A gray literature search of all the PT association and college websites across Canada was also conducted. Results:The eleven studies meeting inclusion criteria were conducted across Canada and evaluated diverse strategies through a range of outcomes. The most frequent were structural/organizational outcomes, but wait times and feedback from professionals were also common. Most often, strategies involved changing how PT services were delivered. Discussion: Further research needs to be done as very few studies were found meeting inclusion criteria. Included studies did not consistently report the context, population, or outcome measurement in enough detail for stakeholders in healthcare to examine the clinical applicability or for future researchers to compare the effectiveness of interventions. No results from the gray literature search were included, suggesting that WTMS for PT are not an area of focus for PT associations and colleges in Canada. Conclusions: There is a need for further evaluation of wait time management strategies in the unique context of PT, with improved reporting in order to make evidence based practice feasible. We suggest that stakeholder groups in healthcare should consider wait time management for PT a higher priority and encourage further research.

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Evaluating Wait Time Management Strategies for Canadian Physiotherapy Services: A Scoping Review

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Duggleby Wenzel

2024

URNCST Journal

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“…1,10,11,16,17 According to most authors, in order to increase the effectiveness of drug treatment, a special role is given to physical therapy, which should be an integral part of the comprehensive restorative treatment of patients with rheumatoid arthritis. 6,9,13,14,18,19 As of today, there is a need for the development and implementation of effective physical therapy technology, which would include an individual approach to the use of innovative restorative physical therapy measures, objective methods of evaluating the effectiveness of the measures and predicting the results. 4,15,20,21 The lack of such works devoted to a personalized approach to physical therapy of patients with rheumatoid arthritis determined the relevance of the presented work.…”

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The effect of a physical therapy programme on the condition of upper limb muscles in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Grygus,

Nogas

2023

Eur J Clin Exp Med

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Introduction and aim. Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic progressive systemic disease of the connective tissue affecting the joints, mainly small, of the erosive-destructive polyarthritis type, and frequent systemic inflammatory damage to internal organs. The purpose of the research is to evaluate the effectiveness of physical therapy on the muscles of upper limbs in patients with rheumatoid arthritis by the dynamics of muscle strength and strength index. Material and methods. To determine the strength of the muscles of the affected upper limbs were used dynamometry, calculated strength index as a percentage to assess the functional ability of the affected limb. All patients were divided into control (n=92) and main (n=96) groups, taking into account the functional insufficiency of the joints. Results. After 6 months of physical therapy, muscle strength indicators in the main group of patients with 1st degree of functional joints insufficiency (FJI) in the affected right limb increased by 3.1 kg, in the left by 3 kg; with 2nd degree FJI – in the right limb by 4.2 kg, in the left – by 3.7 kg, significantly exceeded the same indicators in patients of the control group (р<0.05). Similarly, there was an increase in the strength index in the patients of the main group. Conclusion. Physical therapy technology has been developed and implemented effectively influenced the increase in muscle strength and strength index of affected upper limbs of the main group of patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

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Application Physiotherapy In Rehabilitation Rheumatoid Arthritis

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Evaluating Wait Time Management Strategies for Canadian Physiotherapy Services: A Scoping Review

Evaluating Wait Time Management Strategies for Canadian Physiotherapy Services: A Scoping Review

The effect of a physical therapy programme on the condition of upper limb muscles in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

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