Research Articles (Physiotherapy)

Institutional culture and academic career progression: Perceptions and experiences of academic staf

Barnes, Nina; Plessis, Marieta du; Frantz, Jose (AOSIS (pty) Ltd, 2021-09-17)

Orientation: The South African higher education system is highly dependent on institutional cultures to enable the progression of academics with the aim to unlock the research potential of the country. Institutional cultures ...

Perceptions, attitudes and understanding of health professionals of interprofessional practice at a selected community health centre

Kock, Luzaan; Mlezana, Nondwe B.; Frantz, José M. (AOSIS, 2021)

Despite being identified as a solution to the challenges related to healthcare service delivery, the incorporation of interprofessional practice (IPP) into clinical practice has been limited. To implement an interprofessional ...

Assessment of risk factors for Non-Communicable diseases among a cohort of community health workers in Western Cape, South Africa

Johnson, Levona; Schopp, Laura; Waggie, Firdouza; Frantz, J.M (The College of Medicine and the Medical Association of Malawi, 2021-09)

Community Health Workers (CHWs) have been identified as the key health professionals to drive the agenda of the prevention of health risk behaviours, linked to noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) in South Africa. They ...

Stroke in Africa: Profile, progress, prospects and priorities

Akinyemi, R.O.; Ovbiagele, B.; Adeniji, O.A.; Sarfo, F.S.; Ogah O.S.a, k,Naidoo P.l,Damasceno A.m,Walker R.W.a, n, o,Ogunniyi A.a, c,Kalaria R.N.a, d; Adoukonou, T.; Ogah, O.S.; Naidoo, P.; Damasceno, A.; Walker, R.W.; Ogunniyi, A.; Kalaria, R.N.; Abd-Allah, Foad (Spring Nature Limited, 2021)

Stroke is a leading cause of disability, dementia, and death worldwide. Approximately 70% of deaths from stroke and 87% of stroke-related disabilities occur in low-income and middle-income countries. At the turn of the ...

Barriers experienced by service providers and caregivers in clubfoot management in Kenya

Kingau, Naomi Wanjiru; Rhoda, Anthea; Mlenzana, Nondwe (SAGE Publications, 2015)

Disability in childhood remains a challenge globally. Linked to this disability is an apparent increase in the prevalence of infants born with congenital clubfoot. Clubfoot can, however, be effectively managed but this ...

Exercise therapy education enriched through interprofessional teaching

Yu, Tak Wing; Achmat, Ghaleelullah; Kock, Luzaan (Wiley, 2021)

Biokineticist and physiotherapy professional scopes of practice are explicit that they are both exercise therapists, meaning that they use exercise as a treatment modality. Despite these well-defined scopes of the ...

The modular socket system in a rural setting in Indonesia

Giesberts, Bob; Ennion, Liezel; Hjelmstrom, Olle (Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2018)

Background: Prosthetic services are inaccessible to people living in rural areas. Systems like the modular socket system have the potential to be fabricated outside of the prosthetic workshop. Objectives: This study ...

Another piece to the epidemiological puzzle of traumatic spinal cord injury in Cape Town, South Africa: A population-based study2018

Phillips, J; Braaf, J; Joseph, C (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2018)

The epidemiology of traumatic spinal cord injury (TSCI) is poorly understood in developing countries. In South Africa (SA) specifically, two healthcare systems (private v. government funded) exist, and it is therefore ...

The role of rehabilitation care workers in South African healthcare: A Q-methodological study

Gamiet, Shamila; Rowe, Michael (AOSIS, 2019)

The South African Department of Health identified the need to train a new cadre of community health worker (CHW) in the field of rehabilitation as part of their 2030 Health Plan that aims to improve primary healthcare (PHC) ...

Participation restrictions and vocational rehabilitation needs experienced by persons with a unilateral lower limb amputation in the Western Cape, South Africa

Yu, Tak Wing; Ennion, Liezel (AOSIS, 2019)

Vocational rehabilitation (VR) aims to rehabilitate a person with an amputation back into actively participating in society. Even though lower limb amputation (LLA) surgery is commonly performed in South Africa (SA), little ...

Barriers and facilitators to utilisation of rehabilitation services amongst persons with lower-limb amputations in a rural community in South Africa

Naidoo, Ugendrie; Ennion, Liezel (Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2019)

Persons with disabilities who reside in rural areas experience challenges accessing and utilising health services and rehabilitation. Due to the high prevalence of diabetes mellitus in rural regions, the risk of having a ...

A knowledge assessment questionnaire

Unknown author (UWC, 2008)

Recommendations of behavioural facilitators for success in a physiotherapy clinical practice module: Successful students’ perspectives

Ennion, Liezel; Hess, Danelle (PubMed, 2020)

Background: Students struggle to bridge the gap between theory and application thereof in clinical settings. Exploring the behaviours of students who have been shown to be successful in the clinical practice module of ...

Reflections of academic and professional leaders on leadership in a higher education institution

Frantz, José M.; Lawack, Vivienne; Rhoda, Anthea J. (OpenJournals Publishing AOSIS (Pty) Ltd, 2020)

Higher education institutions are under pressure to address the challenge of the leadership pipeline. Therefore, the need exists to explore the potential of current leaders and their views of leadership in higher education. ...

Outcome evaluation of highly challenging balance training for people with Parkinson disease: A multicenter effectiveness-implementation study

Leavy, Breiffni; Joseph, Conran; Löfgren, Niklas (Wolters Kluwer Health, 2020)

In order for people with Parkinson disease (PwPD) to benefit from neurorehabilitation research, interventions tested in research settings require assessment in real-world clinical practice. There is little evidence for ...

Satisfaction with quality of healthcare at primary healthcare settings: Perspectives of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Steyl, Tania (OpenJournals Publishing AOSIS (Pty) Ltd, 2020)

Measuring client satisfaction is part of the quality assurance process and has become an integral part of healthcare management strategies globally. It is essential for improvement of amenities in healthcare facilities

Recommendations of behavioural facilitators for success in a physiotherapy clinical practice module: Successful students’ perspectives

Ennion, Liezel; Hess, Danelle (OpenJournals Publishing AOSIS (Pty) Ltd, 2020)

Students struggle to bridge the gap between theory and application thereof in clinical settings. Exploring the behaviours of students who have been shown to be successful in the clinical practice module of physiotherapy ...