Informativo World Physiotherapy - Junho 2021

June 2021   Texto original em inglês  via:  World Physiotherapy    World Physiotherapy board members are elected Representatives of World Physiotherapy member organisations in the Europe, North America Caribbean, and South America regions have elected new board members. The new board members will begin their terms on 1 July 2021 and each will serve a 4-year term from 2021-2025. The following people have been elected to serve on the board: Europe region John Xerri de Caro, member of the Malta Association of Physiotherapists North America Caribbean region Stacy de Gale, member of the Physiotherapy Association of Trinidad and Tobago South America region Karim Martina Alvis Gómez, member of the Colombian Association of Physiotherapy Read the news story and press release World PT Day 2021: new materials published The focus for this year’s World PT Day on 8 September is rehabilitation and Long COVID, and the role of physiotherapists in the treatment and management of people affected by Long COVID. Following on from the materials produced for World PT Day 2020, which focused on rehabilitation and COVID-19, this year's materials will have a specific focus on Long COVID. The information sheets and posters are currently available in English, Spanish, Arabic and Bulgarian. French and Italian translations will be added very shortly. We have also had offers from volunteers to translate the materials into more than 50 additional languages, these will be added to the World Physiotherapy website as and when they become available.  Access the toolkit for World PT Day 2021

NEW briefing paper on Long COVID published The latest World Physiotherapy briefing paper focuses on safe rehabilitation for people living with Long COVID. World Physiotherapy has published a new briefing paper, Safe rehabilitation approaches for people living with Long COVID: physical activity and exercise. The briefing paper presents considerations for safe rehabilitation specific to physical activity, including exercise or sport, for people living with Long COVID. The statements presented in the briefing paper may be used by physiotherapists, and other healthcare professionals, assessing and treating people living with Long COVID, to consider how post-exertional symptom exacerbation, cardiac impairment, exertional oxygen desaturation, and autonomic nervous system dysfunction impact on safe prescription of rehabilitation, including physical activity. Versions of the briefing paper in Bulgarian, French, Polish, Portuguese (European and Brazilian), and Spanish will be available on the World Physiotherapy website shortly. Volunteer translators are working on versions of the briefing paper in more languages. Download the briefing paper Materials added to positive practice environments campaign  The World Health Professions Alliance (WHPA) has added materials on the mental wellbeing of health professionals. Evidence shows that that poor mental health and wellbeing among health professionals impairs quality of patient care. Poor mental health can drive health professionals away from their caregiving roles, increasing the gap between the supply of health professionals and the demand for their services. As part of its positive practice environments (PPE) campaign, WHPA has produced a series of posters, factsheets and social media graphics on the importance of good mental wellbeing for health professionals. Access the materials New Facebook groups Participants at the World Physiotherapy Congress 2021 online have initiated two Facebook groups to see if there is longer term interest in networking and building a community of practice in the areas of digital health, and hospital-based practice, that could potentially lead to new World Physiotherapy networks. See the groups below for more information and to join.   Physiotherapy in the digital age networking group This Facebook group is open to all physiotherapists around the world interested in digital physiotherapy and/or informatics. Join the Facebook group Hospital based physiotherapists networking group A new Facebook group will help physiotherapists working in a hospital setting (private and public sector) around the world to network.