Issue n. 1 January - February 2024

A guide to physical therapist practice

Clinical reasoning & decision making Meniscus injuries and post-surgical rehabilitationRiccardo Gambugini

Clinical test & research Traumatic meniscal injuryAlessandro Ruggeri, Valentina Toscano

Outcome measures & clinimetric assessment Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the Italian versions of the Kujala, Larsen, Lysholm and Fulkerson scores in patients with patellofemoral disordersAnnalisa Corradini

Manual therapy Integrated management of meniscal injuries: surgical approaches, postoperative rehabilitation, and the role of manual therapyMarco Primavera, Marta Rossi

Therapeutic exercise Traumatic meniscal pathology: post-surgical rehabilitation managementTommaso Pagnanelli

Biomedical statistics & clinical epidemiology Rehabilitation criteria and return to play following meniscal repairMassimo Bitocchi

Articles

I TREAT We who care: we, who are we?Giacomo Delvecchio

TO ERR IS HUMAN Optimism biasGiulia Cesetti

OFF LABEL… EVIDENTLY USEFUL… What’s important is to participate: towards an empowerment careLaura de Cristofaro, Gianluca Ruggiero

NEUROMUSCULAR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION NeuroMuscular Electrical Stimulation for the treatment of the patient with sarcopeniaFrancesco Superchi, Fabrizio Gervasoni, Antonella Lo Mauro, Vincenzo Ricci, Arnaldo Andreoli, Antonino Michele Previtera

Neurological rehabilitation Narrative Medicine to assess the impact of facial paralysis on patient’s quality of lifeAnna Barberino, Manuela Vanoli, Fabrizio Gervasoni, Rossella Pagani, Antonino Michele Previtera

RADIOLOGY & IMAGING IN PHYSIOTHERAPY Can ultrasound predict the development of achilles and patellar tendinopathy?Mauro Branchini

REHABILITATION AND PHYSIOTHERAPY “Weekend warriors”: achilles tendon injuryMichela Beni, Giorgia Corpina