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‘Prehabilitation Should Adapt to the Person, not the Other Way Around’: A Qualitative Study Exploring Stakeholder Perceptions of Prehabilitation for Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty

ABSTRACT Background Prehabilitation aims to increase functional capacity and physiological reserve prior to surgery, to improve post‐operative outcomes. Despite growing research on prehabilitation for total hip arthroplasty (THA) and total knee arthroplasty (TKA), its acceptabili...

Ethnography of Singing for Breathing in COPD and ILD: Understanding Group Dynamics and Experiences

Background/Aim A growing body of evidence exists detailing the benefits of singing for lung health programs in improving participants’ breathlessness and quality of life. However, the pandemic prompted a shift to online delivery, and there is limited understanding of how this mod...

Issues in the clinical assessment and management of people living with motor neurone disease (MND): a survey of Australian healthcare professionals

Objective: To inform the development of the Australian MND Guideline, this study aimed to identify challenges Australian healthcare professionals (HCPs) face in the clinical assessment and management of people living with MND (plwMND) including where practice varies from evidence...