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This website is for medical and paramedical professionals working in the field of spinal cord injuries. It contains learning modules for the whole team as well as for doctors, nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, assistive technologists, social workers, psychologists and peer counsellors. The modules are intended for medical and paramedical students and junior clinicians. Others who have yet not assimilated sufficient knowledge on comprehensive management.

Physiotherapists

Learn about SCI physiotherapy

The health essentials
Principles of management
Assessment
Setting goals
Bed mobility and transfers: understanding movement
Wheelchair mobility: understanding movement
Gait: understanding movement
Upper limb function: understanding movement
Strength: assessing and treating
Contractures: assessing and treating
Poor skill: assessing and treating
Fitness: assessing and treating
Respiratory: assessing and treating
Pain: assessing and treating
Evidence tips

The physiotherapy module covers 14 topics including assessment, setting goals, formulating treatment plans and administering interventions. The module includes videos, case studies, interactive activities and interviews with physiotherapists and patients from around the world.

The module focuses on developing problem-solving skills. Learners are required to devise treatments for patients with different clinical problems.

Authors and contributors

Name Country
Coordinators and primary authors
Professor Lisa Harvey Australia
Dr Joanne Glinsky Australia
Secondary authors
Dr Joy Bruce*  USA
Vivien Jørgensen Norway
Associate Professor Jennifer Hastings USA
Mark McDonald Australia
Dr Annelies De Wolf Australia
Primary reviewers
Assistant Professor Aurelian Anghelescu Romania
Julia Batty Australia
Dominiek Beckers Netherlands
Marsha Ben Australia
Ulla Bergner Germany
Hollie Booth Australia
Associate Professor Colleen Canning Australia
Sophie Denis Australia
Fernanda DiNatal Australia
Paul Dobbelsteijn Netherlands
Paula Garcia Molinari Chile
Dr Nalina Gupta India
Dr Chitra Kataria India
Lyndall Katte Australia
Fateh Muhammad Pakistan
Susanne Nielsen Denmark/China
Professor Gelu Onose Romania
Rohana Perera Sri Lanka
Karin Postma Netherlands
Therese Powell Australia
Keira Ralston Australia
Narongrat Sawattikanon Thailand
Professor Narasimman Swaminathan India
Dr Annemie Spooren Netherlands
Carey Bayliss Australia
Professor Lori Walton USA
Leanne Rees Australia
Secondary reviewers
Debbie Hill UK
Ines Bersch-Porada Switzerland
Darryl Caves Canada
Amukwachi Cornelius Kenya
Rebecca Dytor UK
Abdul Ghafoor Ahmad Pakistan
Grant Huston Canada
Muzaffor Hossain Bangladesh
Shofiqul Islam Bangladesh
Veena Laxman Raigangar United Arab Emirates
Trung Mong Hang Vietnam
Kiichi Satou Japan
Professor Sue Ann Sisto USA
Melanie Skeen South Africa
Ilyas Syed Pakistan
Fumihiro Towatari Japan
Contributors of images and videos
Mohit Arora India
Jenni Barker Australia
Ulla Bergner Germany
Dominiek Beckers Netherlands
Marsha Ben Australia
Dr Joy Bruce* USA
Lavinia Buchanan New Zealand
Associate Professor Colleen Canning Australia
Darryl Caves Canada
David Constantine Motivation, UK
Paula Cunningham New Zealand
Sophie Dennis Australia
Paul Dobbelsteijn Netherlands
Associate Professor Lisa Harvey Australia
Associate Professor Jennifer Hastings USA
Muzaffor Hossain Bangladesh
Assistant Professor Sohrab Hossain Bangladesh
Shofiqul Islam Bangladesh
Vivien Jørgensen Norway
Dr Chitra Kataria India
Jonathon Kwan New Zealand
Korny Marina Momen Bangladesh
Kishan Muthukuda Sri Lanka
Susanne Nielsen Denmark/China
Anca-Sanda Mihăescu Romania
Karin Postma Netherlands
Dr Ehsanaur Rahman Bangladesh
Keira Ralston Australia
Narongrat Sawattikanon Thailand
Melanie Skeen South Africa
Dr Annemie Spooren Netherlands
Joy Teo Singapore
www.physiotherapyexercises.com
Contributors of interviews
Julia Batty Australia
Ulla Bergner Germany
Dr Joy Bruce* USA
Mr Gopinath India
Vivien Jørgensen Norway
Dr Chitra Kataria India
Hamish Murray Australia
Karin Postma Netherlands
Narongrat Sawattikanon Thailand
Melanie Skeen South Africa
Professor Narasimman Swaminathan India
Dot Tussler UK
*Deceased


2nd Edition (2023)
Professor Lisa Harvey (co-ordinator)Australia
Associate Professor Joanne Glinsky (co-ordinator)Australia
Dr Chitra KatariaIndia
Darryl CavesCanada
Melanie SkeenSouth Africa
Shofiqul IslamBangladesh
Dr Sue Ann SistoUSA
Ulla BergnerGermany
Jessica DeckerSwitzerland
Marlena AhrensGermany
Yuan XiongChina
Sue PaddisonUK