Links :: Organisations and Groups

Adaptive and Assistive Technology @ RehabTool.com

Leading edge assistive and adaptive technology products and services for people with disabilities. FREE product search and referrals. High-tech augmentative and alternative communication devices, computer access equipment, multilingual speech synthesis and voice recognition software, on-screen keyboards, cognitive rehabilitation tools adapted to the special needs of the physically challenged.

www.rehabtool.com

 
ACTIVE Physiotherapy Rehabilitation Group

Fully coordinated national network of physiotherapy clinics in Canada. The Expertise of Many. The Strength of One.

www.activephysiotherapy.com

 
University of Hertfordshire - Department of Physiotherapy

perseus.herts.ac.uk/uhinfo/extrel/subject.cfm?subj...

 
Medic International

Medic International can provide therapists, technicians, doctors and other medical professionals on a temporary or permanent basis.

www.medicnet.co.uk

 
MediStaff - A division of Worldwide Staffing Inc.

Specialists in the placement of Physical Therapists, PTA's, Occupational Therapists, COTA's, Speech Language Pathologists, Registered Nurses & Practical Nurses into PERMANENT and TRAVELING POSITIONS ACROSS AMERICA

www.onwardhealthcare.com

 
Neurological Therapy Specialists

www.neurological-therapy-specialists.com

 
PEDro - The Physiotherapy Evidence Database

PEDro is the Physiotherapy Evidence Database. It has been developed to give rapid access to bibliographic details and abstracts of randomised controlled trials and systematic reviews in physiotherapy. Most trials on the database have been rated for quality to help you quickly discriminate between trials that are likely to be valid and interpretable and those which are not.

You can search the database with PEDros easy-to-use search engine. The search engine will give you access to all records on the PEDro database.

www.pedro.fhs.usyd.edu.au

 
Prowrap Bandage

The ProWrap bandage represents the next generation in bandage technology and offers the patient the right support and compression exactly where it is needed.

www.prowrap.net

 
Queen Margaret University College (Edinburgh) Department of Physiotherapy

About the dept.

www.qmuc.ac.uk

 
TherapyCeu.com

Continuing education for physical and occupational therapists entirely online. A wide variety of courses. Choose a course, pass the post test, pay on our secure server, print your certificate. Fast, easy, secure.

www.therapyceu.com

 
UWE School of Physiotherapy & Occupational Therapy

Info about the school, courses, staff etc.

www.uwe.ac.uk/hsc

 
European Policy Centre

The European Policy Centre (EPC) is an independent, not-for-profit think-tank, committed to making European integration work.

The EPC works at the ‘cutting edge’ of European policy-making providing its members and the wider public with rapid, high-quality information and analysis on the EU policy agenda. It aims to promote a balanced dialogue between the different constituencies of its membership, spanning all aspects of economic and social life.

www.theepc.be

 
International Society for Quality in Health Care (ISQua)

ISQua, The International Society for Quality in Health Care, is a non-profit, independent organisation with members in over 70 countries. ISQua works to provide services to guide health professionals, providers, researchers, agencies, policy makers and consumers, to achieve excellence in healthcare delivery to all people, and to continuously improve the quality and safety of care.

www.isqua.org.au

 
European Public Health Alliance

The European Public Health Alliance (EPHA) represents over 100 non-governmental and other not-for-profit organisations working in support of health in Europe. 32 EPHA members are pan-European networks.

EPHA aims to promote and protect the health interests of all people living in Europe and to strengthen the dialogue between the EU institutions, citizens and NGOs in support of healthy public policies.

www.epha.org

 
Standing Committee of European Doctors

The Standing Committee of European Doctors is composed of 25 members.

www.cpme.be

 
Standing Committee of the Hospitals of the EU (Hope)

The Standing Committee of the Hospitals of the European Union (HOPE) is a non-governmental European association, which was created in 1966 and is since 1995 an international association for social gain.

www.hope.be

 
World Health Organisation (WHO)

The World Health Organization is the United Nations specialized agency for health. It was established on 7 April 1948. WHO's objective, as set out in its Constitution, is the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of health. Health is defined in WHO's Constitution as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.

WHO is governed by 192 Member States through the World Health Assembly. The Health Assembly is composed of representatives from WHO's Member States. The main tasks of the World Health Assembly are to approve the WHO programme and the budget for the following biennium and to decide major policy questions.

www.who.int

 
The Bone and Joint Decade

On January 13, 2000, the Bone and Joint Decade was formally launched at the headquarters of the World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland. This came on the heels of the November 30, 1999 endorsement by the United Nations.

The goal of the Bone and Joint Decade is to improve the health- related quality of life for people with musculoskeletal disorders throughout the world. These disorders are the most notorious and common causes of severe long-term pain and physical disability, affecting hundreds of millions of people across the world. The Decade aims to raise awareness and promote positive actions to combat the suffering and costs to society associated with musculoskeletal disorders such as joint diseases, osteoporosis, spinal disorders, severe trauma to the extremities and crippling diseases and deformities in children.

www.boneandjointdecade.org