Emeritus Professor Sheila Lennon is semi-retired but still manages to keep driving powerful change for neuro patients. She's from Flinders university in Adelaide South Australia, has worked all over the world, and stays involved on the Physiotherapy Board of Australia and the Chartered society of Physiotherapy in the UK. She's a clinician and educator, continues clinical work for the MS society, has been an important contributor to our global body World Physiotherapy and has edited neurology textbooks. This episode covers her divisive research on the bobath concept, her thoughts on the complex interventions we provide and whether they are effective, clinical reasoning frameworks and her passionate work in self-management in multiple sclerosis. Sheila has fantastic perspectives on physio from her broad worldview
3:30 - Intro
4:24 - Experience around the world
13:00 - Be a healthy sceptic
15:30 - Keeping the passion
19:25 - Sheila's career growth
20:45 - Balancing part time PhD
22:40 - Bobath and theoretical assumptions
28:35 - Complex interventions
31:10 - Taking the RCT to interventions
33:15 - Is the RCT the gold standard for physio research
36:28 - Work with MS
42:25 - What is unique for physio management of MS
44:55 - The importance of motivation
48:05 - Reflection and clinical reasoning
51:20 - New inclusions to undergrad
53:30 - Flinders University Chronic Disease Management
55:30 - INPA
References and Papers:
Self-Management:
– Feasibility of an integrated stroke self-management programme: a cluster randomised controlled trial
– Self-management programmes for people post stroke: a systematic review
Bobath:
– The Effectiveness of the Bobath Concept in Stroke Rehabilitation
– Gait outcome following outpatient physiotherapy based on the Bobath concept in people post stroke
– The Bobath concept: a critical review of the theoretical assumptions that guide physiotherapy practice in stroke rehabilitation
Links:
Please contact Sheila on sheila.lennon@flinders.edu.au if you are interested in obtaining free access to materials for clients and therapists on the MSFP program offered by the MS Society of SA
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