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Telehealth by physiotherapists in Australia during the COVID-19 pandemic
Physiotherapists are invited to participate in a research project being led by the Department of Physiotherapy at The University of Melbourne in conjunction with researchers at the University of Queensland and Flinders University and the Australian Physiotherapy Association.
April Falls: Sunbeam trial shines a light on falls prevention exercise
The very first day that physiotherapist Jennifer Hewitt began working in an aged care facility she fell in love with the older population—and she has never looked back. However, frustration at the funding model for physiotherapy in the aged care setting led her to conduct some ground-breaking research.
Aiming to make a difference to young lives
Rachel Kennedy received a 2019 Physiotherapy Research Foundation Seeding Grant to assist her study into falls in children and adolescents with cerebral palsy.
Growth of research funds is the focus for new chair
The Grants Review Committee has a new chair after the appointment of Associate Professor Cathy Said to the role at the end of last year.
Putting a passion for supporting researchers to work
The PRF Grants Review Committee has five new members, and one of them, Verity Pacey, talks to Skye Mitchell about her new appointment.
Back to the future
It has been described as Australian physiotherapy’s coming of age—a golden era during which saw Sydney host the 10th World Confederation for Physical Therapy Congress and the subsequent emergence of the Physiotherapy Research Foundation. Next month, the impact of those two combined events in the ‘80s will be felt on the world stage.