SYNAPSE Spring 2009 - acpin

Syn’apse
JOURNAL AND NEWSLETTER OF THE
ASSOCIATION OF CHARTERED
PHYSIOTHERAPISTS INTERESTED
IN NEUROLOGY
SPRING 2009
ISSN 1369-958X
CONTENTS
From the Chairs 2
Article 1
Research degrees or doing a PhD Part 1: Getting started
A personal account of some thoughts and advice 3
Article 2
What is Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis and how
might it inform physiotherapy practice in neurorehabilitation?
An overview with reference to an analysis of the lived experience
of ataxia 5
Article 3
What do student physiotherapists perceive the Bobath concept
and the Motor Relearning Programme to be and do they feel
confident to use these approaches in stroke rehabilitation? 11
Articles in other journals 19
Focus on…
Gardening for hearts and minds
Using horticultural therapy to support rehabilitation and
recovery for people affected by stroke 22
ACPIN news 24
General news 29
ACPIN’S AIMS
1. To encourage, promote and
facilitate the exchange of ideas
between ACPIN members within
clinical and educational areas.
2. To promote the educational
development of ACPIN members by
encouraging the use of evidencebased
practice and continuing
professional development.
3. To encourage members to
participate in research activities
and the dissemination of
information.
4.To develop and maintain a
reciprocal communication process
with the Chartered Society of
Physiotherapy on all issues related
to neurology.
5. To promote networking with
related organisations and
profes- sional groups and improve
the public’s perception of
neurological physiotherapy.
Sharing good practice
Thrombolysis and hyper-acute stroke care
a new role for extended scope practitioners 30
Five minutes with…
Anne Shumway-Cook 31
ACPIN national conference & AGM 2009
The upper limb – reaching into the future 32
Some thoughts on dosage in upper limb rehabilitation
Reflections from the ACPIN national conference 40
Regional reports 43
Guidelines for authors 47
Regional representatives 48