Physiotherapy Licensing case studies

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A physiotherapy licensing examination is the entry-to-practice assessment that a regulatory body uses to decide whether a graduate is ready to practise unsupervised. It is written for candidates who have completed an accredited physiotherapy programme and are applying for registration or licensure in a given jurisdiction. The Physiotherapy Licensing case studies are 5 cases and about 4,478 words.

Chest Pain at Day Two After Hip Fracture Surgery

Nakamura is an 81-year-old woman on day two after a cemented hemiarthroplasty for a displaced femoral neck fracture sustained in a fall at home. She had spinal anaesthesia, has an indwelling urinary catheter, and is receiving dalteparin 5000 units nightly.

917 words, about 5 min 2

Pressure to Continue Daily Therapy for a Patient Who Has Plateaued

You are the only physiotherapist in a 60-bed skilled nursing facility operated by a company that circulates a quarterly 'therapy utilisation' target to its directors. Okafor is 84 and is in week nine after a left middle cerebral artery stroke.

986 words, about 5 min 3

Mid-Thoracic Pain After Lifting in a Woman on Long-Term Steroids

Halvorsen is a 71-year-old woman referred to your outpatient clinic with a three-week history of mid-thoracic pain that began suddenly while she lifted a 10 kg bag of compost. The pain is 6/10 at worst, sharp when she rises from a chair or coughs, and she now wakes twice most nights when she rolls over.

886 words, about 4 min 4

A Faster Fix? Load Progression in Mid-Portion Achilles Tendinopathy

Ferreira is a 38-year-old recreational soccer player with a four-month history of pain in the left Achilles, 3 cm above the calcaneal insertion. He trains twice weekly and plays a match most weekends.

929 words, about 5 min 5

Exercise Intensity in a Patient Taking a Beta-Blocker with Type 2 Diabetes

Delgado is a 63-year-old former bus driver in week 10 of your outpatient cardiac rehabilitation programme after an uncomplicated ST-elevation myocardial infarction treated by PCI to the left anterior descending artery (ejection fraction 42%). His medications are metoprolol succinate 100 mg daily, aspirin, atorvastatin, metformin and empagliflozin; his most recent HbA1c was 8.1%.

760 words, about 4 min