The Category of Conventional Physiotherapy: The Case of Parkinson’s Disease Guidelines
This opinion paper reviews the use of the category of “conventional physiotherapy” (CPT) in Parkinson’s disease (PD)-relevant reviews and meta-analyses and points out serious inconsistencies within and among them. These are first discussed in general, leading to the conclusion that, in most cases, t...
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| description | This opinion paper reviews the use of the category of “conventional physiotherapy” (CPT) in Parkinson’s disease (PD)-relevant reviews and meta-analyses and points out serious inconsistencies within and among them. These are first discussed in general, leading to the conclusion that, in most cases, the category of CPT encompasses a range of incompatible interventions. This undermines previous conclusions about their superiority or inferiority relative to various other treatment modalities. Next, the update to the European Physiotherapy Guidelines is discussed in detail, since it treats CPT as a global and time-independent category per se, ascribing effects in various domains to it. This introduces several important biases into the findings presented in this publication. These are subsequently discussed, and it is concluded that the categorisation of various physiotherapy techniques under the umbrella term of CPT is empty, or even dangerous, and should be abandoned. Other categories are suggested as a replacement, including “Other Physiotherapy Techniques” and “Multimodal Training”. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d0c2b5df21624687a8b9d6b482a181782023-11-23T11:43:50ZengMDPI AGJournal of Personalized Medicine2075-44262022-04-0112573010.3390/jpm12050730The Category of Conventional Physiotherapy: The Case of Parkinson’s Disease GuidelinesMartina Hoskovcová0Evžen Růžička1Ota Gál2on behalf of the iCARE-PD Consortium3Department of Neurology, Centre of Clinical Neuroscience, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, General University Hospital in Prague, 128 21 Prague, Czech RepublicDepartment of Neurology, Centre of Clinical Neuroscience, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, General University Hospital in Prague, 128 21 Prague, Czech RepublicDepartment of Neurology, Centre of Clinical Neuroscience, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, General University Hospital in Prague, 128 21 Prague, Czech RepublicDepartment of Neurology, Centre of Clinical Neuroscience, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, General University Hospital in Prague, 128 21 Prague, Czech RepublicThis opinion paper reviews the use of the category of “conventional physiotherapy” (CPT) in Parkinson’s disease (PD)-relevant reviews and meta-analyses and points out serious inconsistencies within and among them. These are first discussed in general, leading to the conclusion that, in most cases, the category of CPT encompasses a range of incompatible interventions. This undermines previous conclusions about their superiority or inferiority relative to various other treatment modalities. Next, the update to the European Physiotherapy Guidelines is discussed in detail, since it treats CPT as a global and time-independent category per se, ascribing effects in various domains to it. This introduces several important biases into the findings presented in this publication. These are subsequently discussed, and it is concluded that the categorisation of various physiotherapy techniques under the umbrella term of CPT is empty, or even dangerous, and should be abandoned. Other categories are suggested as a replacement, including “Other Physiotherapy Techniques” and “Multimodal Training”.https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4426/12/5/730conventional physiotherapyParkinson’s diseaseguidelinemeta-analysesreviews |
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| title | The Category of Conventional Physiotherapy: The Case of Parkinson’s Disease Guidelines |
| title_full | The Category of Conventional Physiotherapy: The Case of Parkinson’s Disease Guidelines |
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| title_short | The Category of Conventional Physiotherapy: The Case of Parkinson’s Disease Guidelines |
| title_sort | category of conventional physiotherapy the case of parkinson s disease guidelines |
| topic | conventional physiotherapy Parkinson’s disease guideline meta-analyses reviews |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4426/12/5/730 |
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