CALL FOR PAPERS
Physiotherapy Canada Special Series
Exercise Prescription for Persons Living with Complex Health Conditions
Guest Editor: Dr. Trisha L. Parsons
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Exercise is one of the most evidence-based instruments in the physiotherapist’s toolbox. There is a growing appreciation that exercise may work like medicine in terms of its role in chronic disease prevention and management: exercise and its effects are dose-dependent in nature, exercise is often used in combination with other agents to magnify outcomes, and ultimately, adherence determines the long-term impact of interventions.
Because physiotherapists’ scope of practice includes the prescription of therapeutic exercise, Physiotherapy Canada will be running a special series of articles that explore the use of therapeutic exercise (aerobic, resistance, etc.) in the management of complex health conditions.
This series will include articles that address
1. Choosing the best dose: e.g., Which prescription parameters yield the best outcomes? What are the necessary screening tools to ensure safe and effective exercise prescription for people living with complex and/or chronic health conditions? What are the most effective modes in different populations?
2. Creative Solutions: e.g., Innovative delivery models which show the value of exercise in the context of the management of complex and/or chronic health conditions. Which patient groups are best served by exercise and why?
3. Exercise as an adjunctive therapy: e.g., How does exercise interact with and/or augment other treatments? How is the scope of exercise prescription shared among members of the inter-professional team?
4. Adherence: e.g., What are the best strategies for promoting exercise adherence among people living with complex and/or chronic health conditions? How is adherence best measured?
Submissions directly or indirectly related to the above topics are requested now and throughout 2016.
All submissions must follow the journal’s author guidelines and must be submitted to our online peer-review system, PRESTO. You can find the guidelines here or on the “For Author and Reviewers” page at http://bit.ly/ptc_guide. To submit to PRESTO, please click here or visit http://bit.ly/PTCpresto.
If you have questions about the relevance of a project you are working on or require more detail, please contact Dr. Trisha Parsons at [log in to unmask] or (613) 533-2640.
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The official journal of the Canadian Physiotherapy Association (CPA), Physiotherapy Canada is published quarterly and is a scholarly, refereed journal that promotes excellence in physiotherapy by providing an international forum for the publication and review of information generated through research findings and their application, as well as innovation in clinical practice.
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