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CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINES ON SPLINTING ADULTS WITH NEUROLOGICAL DYSFUNCTION
The guidelines on splinting presented in this document resulted from an opprtunity created by the 'Clinical Guidelines' initiative of the CSP, funded through the NHS Executive.
The project team were all chartered physiotherapists with considerable clinical experience. This publication covers four main objectives around the current knowledge base on clinical effectiveness of splinting; guidelines based on present knowledge, expert opinion, and a consensus conference; an independent review and means of disseminating the information.
It is recommended that these guidelines form a basis for physiotherapists to set local standards and clinical audit as appropriate.
Published in March 1998, this document is no longer available. The working party reconvened in 2003 to review these guidelines. Further information will be published in Synapse.
GUIDANCE ON MANUAL HANDLING IN TREATMENT
This document was produced via the ACPIN Working Party and some regional groups. The Working Party was chaired by Anthea Dendy, and included Monica Busse, Vikki Sparkes and Dot Tussler.
Manual handling in rehabilitation continues to be a challenging area. ACPIN's members have been asking for some time for some practical assistance in addressing the problems of manual handling particularly during treatment intervention. As a group, ACPIN is very aware that our members are working in a potentially high-risk environment. The aim of the document is to assist members in the development of local risk assessment policies for manual handling tasks within treatment by physiotherapists working in neurology.
The document contains the following sections: Introduction, The Assessment Process, Sample Protocols of Treatment Interventions, and practical Examples of Manual Handling Risk Assessment Protocols.
The document does not address generic risk assessment or delegation of tasks. A clear statement is made within the document that ACPIN does not recommend or endorse any specific handling techniques, and that a full risk assessment must be carried out and documented as part of any assessment and treatment programme.
This document is now out of print and no longer available.
