Is there any place for the physiotherapist service in the fracture clinic?
M. Nashi
(Associate Specialist, Tameside and Glossop Acute Services NHS Trust, Tameside ACUTE CARE, Fountain Street, Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire OL6 9RW, UK)
Verna Ashby
(Senior Physiotherapist, Tameside and Glossop Acute Services NHS Trust, Tameside ACUTE CARE, Fountain Street, Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire OL6 9RW, UK)
B.N. Muddu
(Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Tameside and Glossop Acute Services NHS Trust, Tameside ACUTE CARE, Fountain Street, Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire OL6 9RW, UK)
Maggie Tate
(Senior Clinical Audit Officer, Tameside and Glossop Acute Services NHS Trust, Tameside ACUTE CARE, Fountain Street, Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire OL6 9RW, UK)
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Abstract
The role of the physiotherapist's services in the fracture clinic was audited to evaluate whether the number of treatments required by the patients was reduced, whether waiting time for an appointment was reduced, and patients' views of the physiotherapy services in the fracture clinic.
Citation
Nashi, M., Ashby, V., Muddu, B.N. and Tate, M. (1998), "Is there any place for the physiotherapist service in the fracture clinic?", Journal of Clinical Effectiveness, Vol. 3 No. 3, pp. 134-136. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb020888
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
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