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References for August 2026
Melissa Trudinger

Practising while parenting

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  1. APA Workforce Census (2023). Australian Physiotherapy Association. australian.physio/sites/default/files/advocacy/APA_2023_Workforce_Census_Report_FA_May24.pdf
  2. Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency. (2020, September 7). Return to practice webinar transcript. Physiotherapy Board of Australia. physiotherapyboard.gov.au/News/2020-08-17-Webinar-Return-to-practice.aspx
  3. Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency. (July 2019). Common FAQs: recency of practice.
  4. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (February 2026). Australia’s mothers and babies. aihw.gov.au/reports/mothers-babies/australias-mothers-babies/contents/overview-and-demographics/maternal-age
  5. Chartered Society of Physiotherapy. (January 2026). HCPC registration renewals. csp.org.uk/professional-clinical/professional-guidance/hcpc-re-registration

Small steps, big impact for older hospital patients

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  • AIHW. Admitted patient care 2024–25 2: How much activity was there? https://www.aihw.gov.au/hospitals/topics/admitted-patient-care
  • Chen Y, Almirall-Sánchez A, Mockler D, Adrion E, Domínguez-Vivero C, Romero-Ortuño R. Hospital-associated deconditioning: not only physical, but also cognitive. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 2022;37(3) doi:https://doi.org/10.1002/gps.5687
  • Loyd C, Markland AD, Zhang Y, et al. Prevalence of hospital-associated disability in older adults: a meta-analysis. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2020;21(4):455-461.e5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2019.09.015
  • Mudge AM, McRae P, Hubbard RE, et al. Hospital-associated complications of older people: a proposed multicomponent outcome for acute care. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2019;67(2):352-356. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.15662
  • Baldwin CE, Phillips AC, Edney SM, Lewis LK. Recommendations for older adults’ physical activity and sedentary behaviour during hospitalisation for an acute medical illness: an international Delphi study. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2020;17(1):69. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-020-00970-3
  • Adsett JA, Mudge AM. Interventions to Promote Physical Activity and Reduce Functional Decline in Medical Inpatients: An Umbrella Review. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2024;25(8):105052. http://10.1016/j.jamda.2024.105052
  • Grealish L, Ranse K, Todd J-A, et al. Barriers and enablers to embedding fundamental nursing care for older patients—Implications of a mixed methods study for nursing leadership. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 2023;79(3):1162-1173. doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.15194
  • Baldwin, C., Lynch, E., Munn, Z., Bail, K., Dolan, B., Dunstan, D., … Lewis, L. K. (2026). Incorporating “moving more and sitting less” into daily activities of hospitalised older medical patients: a stakeholder-directed systematic review with meta-analysis of complex interventions. Disability and Rehabilitation, 48(9), 2630–2652. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2025.2584961

Five facts about physiotherapy and return to work

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  • Cullen, K. L., Irvin, E., Collie, A., Clay, F., Gensby, U., Jennings, P. A., Hogg-Johnson, S., Kristman, V., Laberge, M., McKenzie, D., Newnam, S., Palagyi, A., Ruseckaite, R., Sheppard, D. M., Shourie, S., Steenstra, I., Van Eerd, D., & Amick, B. C., 3rd (2018). Effectiveness of Workplace Interventions in Return-to-Work for Musculoskeletal, Pain-Related and Mental Health Conditions: An Update of the Evidence and Messages for Practitioners. Journal of occupational rehabilitation, 28(1), 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10926-016-9690-x
  • Akbarzadeh Khorshidi, H., Aickelin, U., & de Silva, A. (2023). Evaluation of the Early Intervention Physiotherapist Framework for Injured Workers in Victoria, Australia: Data Analysis Follow-Up. Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland), 11(15), 2205. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11152205
  • Maher, C. G., Archambeau, A., Buchbinder, R., French, S. D., Morphet, J., Nicholas, M. K., O’Sullivan, P., Pirotta, M., Yelland, M. J., Zeller, L., Saad, N., Marles, E., Bhasale, A. L., & Lane, C. (2023). Introducing Australia’s clinical care standard for low back pain: A new clinical care standard provides evidence-based guidance to help clinicians deliver best care for people with low back pain. Chiropractic & manual therapies, 31(1), 17. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12998-023-00485-1
  • Morgan M., Shinost C., Mendez S., Klose J., Lee G., Forte R., Lane T., Klinker M. (2025) The Effect of Early Physical Therapy Intervention on Case Duration and Physical Therapy Visits in Acute Work-Related Musculoskeletal Injuries Across Body Regions: A Retrospective Cohort Study. JOSPT Open; 3(3):333-353. Epub 7 April 2025. doi:10.2519/josptopen.2025.0135
  • ACSQHC. Low Back Pain Clinical Care Standard, 2022. pp. 3–6. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
  • Gragnano, A., Villotti, P., Larivière, C. et al. A Systematic Search and Review of Questionnaires Measuring Individual psychosocial Factors Predicting Return to Work After Musculoskeletal and Common Mental Disorders. J Occup Rehabil 31, 491–511 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10926-020-09935-6
  • Hoefsmit, N., Houkes, I. & Nijhuis, F.J.N. Intervention Characteristics that Facilitate Return to Work After Sickness Absence: A Systematic Literature Review. J Occup Rehabil 22, 462–477 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10926-012-9359-z
  • Kalski L, Völkel L, Häußler S, Wolfarth B. Efficacy of occupational rehabilitation in return to work for back pain: A systematic literature review. Work. 2024;78(1):29-43. doi: 10.3233/WOR-230277. PMID: 37781855.
  • Shrestha N, Kukkonen-Harjula KT,, Verbeek JH, Ijaz S, Hermans V, Pedisic Z. Workplace interventions for reducing sitting at work (Cochrane Review). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2018;(6): CD010912.pub4.
  • Waddell G. Simple low back pain: rest or active exercise? Ann Rheum Dis 1993;52:317–9. Search PubMed
  • Franche RL, Cullen K, Clarke J, Irvin E, Sinclair S, Frank J; Institute for Work & Health (IWH) Workplace-Based RTW Intervention Literature Review Research Team. Workplace-based return-to-work interventions: a systematic review of the quantitative literature. J Occup Rehabil. 2005a Dec;15(4):607-31. doi: 10.1007/s10926-005-8038-8. PMID: 16254759. FACT 3
  • Legge J. The evolving role of physiotherapists in pre-employment screening for workplace injury prevention: are functional capacity evaluations the answer? Phys Ther Rev. 2013 Oct;18(5):350-357. doi: 10.1179/1743288X13Y.0000000101. PMID: 24124346; PMCID: PMC3782716.
  • Franche, RL., Baril, R., Shaw, W. et al. Workplace-Based Return-to-Work Interventions: Optimizing the Role of Stakeholders in Implementation and Research. J Occup Rehabil 15, 525–542 (2005b). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10926-005-8032-1 FACT 4/5
  • Jensen, C., Rajalahti Kvalheim, T., Tjøsvoll, S. O., Linge, A. D., & Johansen, T. (2026). Self-rated work ability predicts return to work after occupational rehabilitation. Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences, 7, 1731625. https://doi.org/10.3389/fresc.2026.1731625
  • Safe Work Australia. (2023). National return to work strategy 2020–2030. Canberra, ACT: Commonwealth of Australia.

Implementing injury prevention in football

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  • Patterson et al (2026). Supported implementation enhances injury prevention programme (Prep-to-Play) use in women and girls playing Australian Football: a pragmatic type III hybrid implementation-effectiveness stepped wedge cluster randomised trial. British Journal of Sports Medicine 2026;60:788-799. DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2025-110894.
  • Patterson BE, Crossley KM, Haberfield MJ, Mosler AB, Cowan SM, Lawrence J, et al (2024). Injury prevention for women and girls playing Australian Football: programme cocreation, dissemination and early adopter coach feedback. BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine. 2024;10:e001711. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjsem-2023-001711