Recently added articles from New Zealand Journal of Physiotherapy:
The development of a questionnaire to assess motivation in stroke survivors: a pilot study.(Research Report)(Report)
Jul 01, 2009; ... INTRODUCTION The World Health Organisation defines motivation as "a global mental function--a conscious and unconscious drive--that produces the incentive to act" (W.H.O 2001). Motivation for a particular behaviour can be described along a continuum of self-determination first ...
Factors influencing team working and strategies to facilitate successful collaborative teamwork.(Professional Perspective)(Report)
Jul 01, 2009; ... INTRODUCTION "Team working is increasingly vital for the delivery of effective health and social care services" (Forte and Fowler, 2009, p. 58). The current expectation in Canada and Europe, at least, is that health professionals will engage in collaborative practice that ...
Neuropathic pain: an evidence-based update.(Invited Clinical Commentary)(Report)
Jul 01, 2009; ... BACKGROUND Neuropathic pain (NeP) is defined by the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) as pain arising as a direct consequence of a lesion or disease affecting the somatosensory system (Loeser and Treede, 2008). Symptoms of NeP often include a reported lack ...
Evaluation of outcomes in patients with neck pain treated with thoracic spine manipulation and exercise: a case series.(Clinical report)
Jul 01, 2009; ... BACKGROUND It has been reported that more than one in five people are currently experiencing neck pain, over 50% of the population has had neck pain in the last 6 months and the lifetime prevalence has been reported to range from 22%-70% (Cote et al 1998, 2000, Palmer et al ...
The perceptions of physical activity in an elderly population at risk of falling: a focus group study.(ML Roberts Prize Winner)(Report)
Jul 01, 2009; ... INTRODUCTION The New Zealand Health Strategy lists increasing physical activity as one of the 13 population health objectives for short to medium term action (New Zealand Ministry of Heath 2000), based on the many well known benefits to be gained through an active lifestyle ....