ArticlePostgraduate medical journal2003
A physiotherapy specialist clinic in paediatric orthopaedics: is it effective?
Article in Postgraduate medical journal, 2003. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
8 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Service redesign interventions to reduce waiting time for paediatric rehabilitation and therapy services: A systematic review of the literature.Health & social care in the community · 2022Pooled it
- Economic evaluation of advanced practice physiotherapy models of care: a systematic review with meta-analyses.BMC health services research · 2021Pooled it
- Using Best-Worst Scaling Survey to Investigate the Relative Importance of Attributes Associated with Public Hospital Outpatient Appointments.The patient · 2025Article
- Are primary care referrals to the paediatric orthopaedic speciality clinic always clinically indicated?Singapore medical journal · 2024Article
- Advanced practice physiotherapy in paediatrics: Implementation results.Paediatrics & child health · 2022Article
- Advanced practice physiotherapy in paediatric orthopaedics: innovation and collaboration to improve service delivery.Irish journal of medical science · 2018Review
- The efficacy of an extended scope physiotherapy clinic in paediatric orthopaedics.Journal of children's orthopaedics · 2016Article
- The challenge of obtaining information necessary for multi-criteria decision analysis implementation: the case of physiotherapy services in Canada.Cost effectiveness and resource allocation : C/E · 2013Article
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Abstract
A physiotherapy specialist clinic was set up to reduce waiting times for non-urgent, new paediatric orthopaedic referrals. The outcome was reviewed at a minimum of 12 months for 1046 referrals assessed in the physiotherapy support clinic to analyse its effectiveness. Altogether 114 patients failed to attend the clinic. The remaining 932 patients form the basis of this study. Ninety three percent of these patients were managed without direct consultant intervention-72% with advice and reassurance, 17% by referral to the physiotherapy department, and 4% with surgical appliances. Only 7% needed consultant evaluation. Median waiting time for non-urgent conditions was reduced from 72 weeks in May 1996 to five weeks in May 1999. A majority of the parents were satisfied with the clinic. The clinic was found to be cost effective. The success of the clinic was attributable to good cooperation between the consultant and physiotherapist and a well defined protocol for assessment and management of patients.
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