This category includes all featured articles, research, news, publications, jobs and courses that will be of interest to those whose interests and work relate to the clinical area of paediatrics.

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

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First Real-Time MRI of Moving Organs and Joints

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

Prescription Drug Vending Machines Go on Trial in the UK

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

Evidence for prescribing exercise as treatment in pediatric rheumatic diseases.

There has been an increasing recognition of adverse short-, mid-, or long-term effects associated with the treatment as well as the disease itself that impair the health-related quality of life and functional capacity of children and adolescents with rheumatic diseases. Interestingly, cumulative evidence has suggested that exercise training may benefit patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis, juvenile systemic lupus erythematosus, juvenile dermatomyositis and juvenile fibromyalgia, attenuating several clinical symptoms related to… Continue reading

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

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

A randomized, controlled trial of immersive virtual reality analgesia, during physical therapy for pediatric burns.

This randomized, controlled, within-subjects (crossover design) study examined the effects of immersive virtual reality as an adjunctive analgesic technique for hospitalized pediatric burn inpatients undergoing painful physical therapy. Fifty-four subjects (6-19 years old) performed range-of-motion exercises under a therapist's direction for 1-5 days. During each session, subjects spent equivalent time in both the virtual reality and the control conditions (treatment order randomized and counterbalanced). Graphic rating scale scores assessing the… Continue reading

Physiotherapists and exercise professionals set up joint working party

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

The effect of injections of botulinum toxin type A combined with casting on the equinus gait of children with cerebral palsy

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of adding inhibitory casting to the treatment of young children with cerebral palsy who received injections of botulinum neurotoxin A (BoNT-A) to gastrocnemius for equinus gait. Of the 20 patients in the series, 11 in group A had inhibitory casts applied on the day of the first set of BoNT-A injections and nine in group

Likely cuts to student physio numbers in NZ

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

World Physical Therapy Day

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:

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