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Which questionnaire to choose for the assessment of the shoulder in physiotherapy?
DASH, QuickDASH, SPADI or Constant-Murley Caught up in our daily routines, we rarely take the time to truly choose our assessment tools. Yet shoulder questionnaires do not measure the same things…and do not serve the same clinical purposes. 👉 In just a few minutes, here are the key points to help you choose the right…
🧠Hop Tests: Understanding, Selecting and Using Them Effectively in Sports Physiotherapy
Why Hop Tests Have Become Essential After Lower Limb Injury Hop tests now occupy a central place in the functional assessment of the lower limb, particularly after anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction and during return-to-sport (RTS) preparation. Simple to implement, low-cost, reproducible, and closely aligned with real sport-specific demands, they allow clinicians to objectively assess…
🧠Chair stand tests – Simple tools… but not interchangeable
Sit-to-stand tests are among the most widely used functional assessment tools in physiotherapy. Easy to implement—requiring only a chair, a stopwatch, and standardized instructions—they may seem interchangeable at first glance. In reality, they encompass a very heterogeneous family of tests, each with distinct clinical objectives, physiological determinants, and fields of application. Since the initial work…