ArticleThe Journal of manual & manipulative therapy2020
COVID 19 and manual therapy: international lessons and perspectives on current and future clinical practice and education.
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- Development of a basic evaluation model for manual therapy learning in rehabilitation students based on the Delphi method.BMC medical education · 2024Article
- Remote, asynchronous training and feedback enables development of neurodynamic skills in physiotherapy students.BMC medical education · 2023Article
- An analysis of anatomy education before and during Covid-19: August-December 2020.Anatomical sciences education · 2022Article
- Deep Learning Approaches to Automated Video Classification of Upper Limb Tension Test.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Post-COVID-19 Rehabilitation: Perception and Experience of Austrian Physiotherapists and Physiotherapy Students.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Sport and exercise participation in time of Covid-19-A narrative review of medical and health perspective.Translational sports medicine · 2021Review
- COVID-19: how has a global pandemic changed manual therapy technique education in chiropractic programs around the world?Chiropractic & manual therapies · 2021Article
- Teacher Training Can Make a Difference: Tools to Overcome the Impact of COVID-19 on Primary Schools. An Experimental Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
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6 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic has altered clinical practice and education in manual therapy globally. Social distancing has limited in-person care and changed health-care provision. Education in manual therapy has moved to online platforms with in-person instruction restricted. The global impact on the clinical practice of manual therapy and education has to date not been explored.
methodsa questionnaire survey methodology was used. A sample of convenience of global leaders in manual therapy practice and education received an electronic link to two surveys: one on clinical practice and one on education. Contributors could complete one or both surveys.
resultsTwenty-five surveys were received on clinical practice and 23 on education in manual therapy, representing the six major continents. Global themes in clinical practice demonstrated a sudden and dramatic shift away from patient contact, with limited modifications to manual therapy in patient care currently adopted. Themes in education were of a major shift to online learning, development of new modes of student instruction including video-based assessment and virtual case-based instruction.
conclusionThe international perspectives provided demonstrate a major change in manual therapy practice and education globally. Various approaches have been taken in practice and education without a uniform approach being demonstrated.
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