Wednesday 23 July 2014

Physiopedia: open access research



More and more research is being brought out from behind cost ineffective paywalls and being made available at low cost or for free. Open access journals make it easy for us to access new research and are listed below:

The European Burns Association


European Burns Association

The European Burns Association is a non-profit making organisation for the benefit of the public, to promote burn prevention, to study the prevention of burn injury and all other aspects of burn treatment.

It also serves as a resource to facilitate communication and collaboration between burn care specialists. An exchange of information between the various burn centres in Europe will help us to promote the goal of the EBA.

The purpose of this forum is to bring medical specialists, researchers, paramedics, nurses and other workers in contact to discuss aspects of burn treatment and research.

Please now click on www.prevention.euroburn.org to access the Prevention site.

You can also find here the European Practice Guidelines for Burn Care.

Tuesday 22 July 2014

NEMEX-TJR neuromuscular training program



Neuromuscular training seems to gain ground in the therapeutic interventions for almost all the musculoskeletal disorders. It gradually becomes clear to everyone that the neuromuscular adaptations are much more profound and important for our body and its effort to heal itself. Recently, one more study showed the immediate efficacy of neuromuscular exercise in patients with severe osteoarthritis of the hip or knee - See more at Physiospot.

A very nice guideline for the NEMEX-TJR training program presented in this study can be found here.

Embryogenesis and organogenesis



Online course in embryology for medicine students developed by the universities of Fribourg, Lausanne and Bern (Switzerland) with the support of the Swiss Virtual Campus © Copyright protected.

Saturday 12 July 2014

Parkinson Disease: Treatment by a Physical Therapist



To learn more about how a physical therapist can help you, and find a physical therapist in your area, visit www.MoveForwardPT.com.

Tuesday 8 July 2014

New device allows brain to bypass spinal cord and move paralysed limbs


Ian Burkhart

For the first time ever, a paralysed man has moved his fingers and hand with his own thoughts after an electronic neural bypass for spinal cord injuries that reconnects the brain directly to muscles, allowing voluntary and functional control of a paralysed limb. This innovation comes from a partnership between The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and Battelle.

Read more on NeuroNews.