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GuidelineSpinal cord2025

An Australian and New Zealand clinical practice guideline for the physiotherapy management of people with spinal cord injuries.

Joanne V Glinsky, Lisa A Harvey, Keira E Tranter, Leanne Rees, Mark McDonald, Brooke Wadsworth, Emilie Gollan, Verna Stavric, Jo Nunnerley, Jennifer Dunn and 2 more

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Guideline in Spinal cord, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Joanne V GlinskyJohn Walsh Centre for Rehabilitation Research, Kolling Institute, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia. joanne.glinsky@sydney.edu.au.ORCID 0000-0002-8188-3583
Lisa A HarveyJohn Walsh Centre for Rehabilitation Research, Kolling Institute, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-4365-0236
Keira E TranterJohn Walsh Centre for Rehabilitation Research, Kolling Institute, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.ORCID 0009-0002-9748-9051
Leanne ReesVictorian Spinal Cord Service, Austin Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-7911-2464
Mark McDonaldVictorian Spinal Cord Service, Austin Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Brooke WadsworthMetro North Health, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-4207-1136
Emilie GollanPrincess Alexandra Hospital, Metro South Health, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
Verna StavricAuckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand.ORCID 0000-0002-9144-4189
Jo NunnerleyOrthopaedic Surgery and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand.ORCID 0000-0002-3378-2702
Jennifer DunnOrthopaedic Surgery and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand.ORCID 0000-0002-2894-7533
Deanne WilsonSpinal Outreach Team, South Australian Spinal Cord Injury Service, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
Australian and New Zealand Clinical Practice Guidelines Consortium

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

STUDY

designDevelopment of a Clinical Practice Guideline (CPG).

objectiveTo develop a CPG for the physiotherapy management of people with Spinal Cord Injuries (SCI).

settingAustralia and New Zealand.

methodsSystematic reviews of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) of physiotherapy interventions for adults with SCI were conducted to address over 100 clinical questions. Questions were decided a priori and written in PICO format (Participant, Intervention, Comparison and Outcome). Meta-analyses were conducted across trials that made similar comparisons. A Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) approach was used to assess evidence certainty and formulate recommendations. A Guideline panel made evidence recommendations and consensus-based opinion statements based on a standardised process that included voting.

resultsSeventy-six RCTs met the inclusion criteria for the systematic reviews. These RCTs informed 20 meta-analyses that were used in the development of the CPG. More than one hundred evidence recommendations and consensus-based opinion statements across 13 categories of physiotherapy interventions were made by the panel.

conclusionThe Australian and New Zealand CPG for the Physiotherapy Management of people with SCI provide clear and readily accessible guidance to physiotherapists based on evidence and consensus of clinical experts. The Guideline is available at www.sciptguide.com .

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Physical Therapy ModalitiesSpinal Cord InjuriesAustraliaHumansNew ZealandRandomized Controlled Trials as Topic

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PMID40797108
PMCPMC12413318

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