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Free Online Access to all SAGE Journals until October 15, 2010

Posted by Rachael Lowe on September 2, 2010 · Leave a Comment

The next generation of SAGE Journals Online, SAGE's award-winning journal platform, is now live! To celebrate, free online access to must-have content back to 1999 is available until October 15, 2010. Experience the enhanced user-friendly features and functionality, including:

Redesigned main portal page
Expanded discipline search and browse across 50+ disciplines
Abstract previews on tables of contents and search results
Popular article lists for most-viewed and most-cited articles
Feature hideaway options

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First Real-Time MRI of Moving Organs and Joints

Posted by Rachael Lowe on August 31, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Moving MRI images of the heart and other organs are nothing new. However, up until now these were always reconstructed afterwards by combining signals and images from the same cardiac phase acquired during breath-holding into the resulting images. Researchers at the Max Planck in Göttingen have now proven it is possible to acquire images in real-time with up to fifty frames per second. Previously it… Continue reading

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Prescription Drug Vending Machines Go on Trial in the UK

Posted by Rachael Lowe on August 23, 2010 · Leave a Comment

The UK supermarket chain Sainsbury's is running a trial with two different drug vending machines in two of its West Sussex stores. Basically you can drop your prescription at the machine, the pharmacy will collect the prescriptions and deliver the medications which you can later pick up. As the machines are placed in stores with an in-store pharmacy service, the only benefit seems to be… Continue reading

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Three versus six months of exercise training in breast cancer survivors.

Posted by Rachael Lowe on August 23, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Breast cancer is the most prevalent type of cancer in American women. Exercise appears to diminish many of the side effects resulting from breast cancer and its treatment. Very little research, however, has compared the outcomes of varying lengths of combined aerobic and resistance training exercise interventions on physiological and psychological parameters in breast cancer survivors. The purpose of this study was to compare the physiological and psychological outcomes following… Continue reading

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HPC start consultation on proposed changes to the generic standards of proficiency

Posted by Rachael Lowe on August 13, 2010 · Leave a Comment

The Health Professions Council (UK) are consulting on proposed changes to the generic standards of proficiency. The standards of proficiency are the standards that we consider necessary for the safe and effective practice of professions they regulate. The changes are being proposed to ensure that the generic standards are applicable to all the professions they regulate. There are consultations on a number of changes to… Continue reading

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Physiotherapists and exercise professionals set up joint working party

Posted by Rachael Lowe on August 6, 2010 · Leave a Comment

The CSP and the Fitness Industry Association have agreed a timetable to improve ways of working together for patients’ benefit. A new joint working party will spend the next 12 months producing referral guidance and reviewing issues of ‘mutual concern.’ Traditionally, physiotherapists have worked predominantly in functional rehabilitation in the health sector, whereas fitness instructors have helped healthy clients work towards specific fitness goals. But developments in… Continue reading

Likely cuts to student physio numbers in NZ

Posted by Rachael Lowe on August 2, 2010 · Leave a Comment

The government is looking at cutting the number of people training to be physiotherapists. The decision is likely because of an increase in the number of physios being laid off since the introduction of patient part-charges in November. Since then, physios say patient visits have fallen and many staff have lost their jobs. ACC confirmed there's been a 33% drop in people going to the physio. The changes were put… Continue reading

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World Physical Therapy Day

Posted by Rachael Lowe on August 2, 2010 · Leave a Comment

With just over 5 weeks to go there is no time to waste in planning your events for 8 September. New information is now available to download for World Physical Therapy Day 2010 at from the WCPT:

New clinical area sheet on active aging
New clinical area sheet on HIV and AIDS
Updated article about physical therapy by Marilyn

Changing the Brain for Movement, Pain and Function – 26/27 Sept – London/UK

Posted by Rachael Lowe on July 16, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Changing the Brain for Movement, Pain and Function: Proprioceptive Sensory Motor Training and Primitive Reflex Inhibition How to help your most frustrating clients A sub group of patients have difficulty understanding the exercises or education we give them. During this two day course, the clinical application of sensory motor and primitive reflex testing and rehabilitation is described in detail to improve motor… Continue reading

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Are you ready for World Physical Therapy Day 2010?

Posted by Rachael Lowe on July 16, 2010 · Leave a Comment

It's approaching that time of the year when planning for World Physical Therapy Day gets started. With nearly 40 of our member organisations marking the day during 2009, the WCPT are looking to make the events taking place in 2010 even bigger and better! The highly topical Movement for Health theme will be continued with new materials to be added on active ageing, as well as a new article by

Free Online Access to all SAGE Journals until October 15, 2010

First Real-Time MRI of Moving Organs and Joints

Prescription Drug Vending Machines Go on Trial in the UK

Three versus six months of exercise training in breast cancer survivors.

HPC start consultation on proposed changes to the generic standards of proficiency

Physiotherapists and exercise professionals set up joint working party

Likely cuts to student physio numbers in NZ

World Physical Therapy Day

Changing the Brain for Movement, Pain and Function – 26/27 Sept – London/UK

Are you ready for World Physical Therapy Day 2010?

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