Elizabeth Dean

TL;DR: There is a need to standardize pathways for clinical decision-making and education, to define the professional profile of physiotherapists, and increase the awareness of the benefits of prevention and treatment of immobility and deconditioning for critically ill adult patients.

TL;DR: Compared with maximal exercise testing, submaximal exercise testing appears to have greater applicability to physical therapists in their role as clinical exercise specialists and to apply the tests selectively based on their indications.

TL;DR: A compelling argument can be made that clinical competencies in 21st century physical therapy need to include assessment of smoking and smoking cessation, basic nutritional assessment and counseling, recommendations for physical activity and exercise, stress assessment andbasic stress reduction recommendations, and sleep assessment and basic sleep hygiene recommendations.

TL;DR: The role of body positioning on lung function and the clinical implications of this as a treatment priority are described and the principles of therapeutic positioning for optimal gas exchange and lung function are investigated.

TL;DR: The evidence-based clinical management algorithm developed through an established Delphi process of consensus by an international inter-professional panel provides the clinician with a synthesis of current evidence and clinical expert opinion and can be used to facilitate clinical decision making within the context of a given patient.