Rapid 5 interactive poster session

Dr Alison Rushton

University of Birmingham Academic Lead Physiotherapy

Chair Standards Committee IFOMPT

Format of session

5 presenters

x 5 minute

presentations on

their posters

Poster viewing and

opportunity to ask

questions

Plenary discussion

session

Concluding remarks

Physiotherapy

management (of LBP)

Methodological

approaches employed

UK MRC framework of complex

interventions

UK MRC framework of complex

interventions

Helen Challinor MSc, MCSP, mMACP

Extended scope practitioner spinal services

Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust

Clinical

– Patient assessment and direct listing for investigation, surgery,

and injection interventions

– Runs a weekly theatre list performing facet joint injections, nerve

root blocks, and MUA & injection for coccydynia

Research

– Feasibility study of brain MRI & LBP

Does a regular compression combined

movement test diagnose lumbar facet joint pain?

Emmanuel Defever MSc, MCSP

Research Officer at the Centre for Health Research in

the University of Brighton

BSc Sport and Exercise Science

MSc Rehabilitation Science (pre-reg Physiotherapy)

Involved in a NIHR Research for Patient Benefit funded

study

Q-methodology study exploring the viewpoints of self-

management in chronic low back pain: “changing myself”

vs “others must change”

Gwyn Owen MSc, MCSP

Professional Adviser

The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy

Currently seconded to the CSP’s Championing CPD

Project

Gwyn is in the final stages of a PhD in Social

Sciences at Cardiff University

Physiotherapy’s hands on – hands off debate: a

critical discourse analysis

Robert Stenner PhD, MSc, MCSP

Somerset Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

27 years+ experience in the musculoskeletal field

Extended scope role 1995

Now Consultant Physiotherapist, clinical lead for:

– musculoskeletal physiotherapy service

(13 community hospitals)

– orthopaedic assessment service (9 clinic locations)

Exercise prescription for people with non-specific chronic

low back pain (NSCLBP): a qualitative exploration of

patient experiences

Sian MacRae PhD, MSc, MCSP

Part time within the NHS at Chelsea and

Westminster Hospital

– Musculoskeletal Extended Scope Physiotherapy

Practitioner; special interest in the lower quadrant

Part time Lecturer in Physiotherapy at Brunel

University

Research was part of her PhD which was conducted

through Kings College London

Effectiveness of rocker sole shoes in chronic low

back pain. A randomised controlled trial

Plenary discussion

What insights have we gained into

physiotherapy management of LBP from

these presentations?

What broader insights have we gained

regarding physiotherapy practice?

What can we learn from the methodological

approaches employed in these studies?

for LBP research and more broadly?

How do these studies inform the direction

of physiotherapy research for the future?

for LBP research and more broadly?

Conclusions

Physiotherapy requires a systematic approach to research

Involving all stages in the MRC framework

Range of studies and methodological approaches