EFFECTIVENESS OF A PHYSIOTHERAPIST-LED TRIAGE AND TREATMENT SERVICE ON WAITING TIME FOR ADULTS WITH MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN REFERRED TO AUSTRALIAN PUBLIC HOSPITAL PHYSIOTHERAPY CLINICS: A PROTOCOL FOR THE WAIT-LESS TRIAL

Introduction Musculoskeletal pain is the second leading cause of disease burden in Australia, and there is a need to investigate new models of care to cope with the increasing demand for health services.This paper describes the protocol for a randomised controlled trial investigating whether a physiotherapist-led triage and treatment service is non

Background: Acute ischemic stroke occurs when blood clots obstruct blood vessels within the brain.Platelets (Plts) are integral to the pathophysiology of stroke.This research aimed to explore the relationship between Plt quality and Plt indices in the context of acute ischemic stroke.Methods: This cross-sectional investigation involved 100 patients

Priapism is defined as a form of erectile dysfunction characterized by a prolonged and involuntary penile erection, either partial or complete, occurring without sexual stimulation and lasting for more than 4 hours.Its Star Trek incidence is estimated to be 0.5-0.9 cases per 100,000 people per year.The most frequent form is ischemic priapism, resul

Abstract Anthropogenic activities like trade facilitate increasing rates of biological invasions.Asian long-horned beetle (ALB), which is naturally distributed in eastern Asia (China, Korean peninsula), was introduced via wood packing materials (WPM) used in trade to North America (1996) and Europe (2001).We used 7810 single nucleotide polymorphism