Shaping ethical attitude of physiotherapist

Magdalena Rusin, Wojciech Kiebzak, Marek Kiljański, Michał Dwornik, Zbigniew Śliwiński

M. Rusin, W. Kiebzak, M. Kiljański, M. Dwornik, Z. Śliwiński – Kształtowanie postawy etycznej fizjoterapeuty. FP 2013; 13(4); 51-56

Abstract

Common behavioural and ethical patterns existing in modern medicine are subject to many social debates in which physiotherapist, alongside ethicists, philosophers and doctors, have their say. All of them express their points of view, which more often than not, coincide. The differences in opinions constitute the consequences of applying deontology in certain professional cases. Forming behavioural patterns in the process of academic studies is a hard and long-lasting task. Further development of ethical attitudes of a physiotherapist will be influenced by work. Even though physiotherapists embark upon their professional paths with already formed attitudes, these will be prone to further changes, both negative and positive, depending on the environment.

Key words:
physiotherapy, ethical stance, humanistic education

Professional culture versus physiotherapist’s culture

Wojciech Kiebzak, Magdalena Rusin, Zbigniew Śliwiński, Michał Dwornik, Marek Kiljański

W. Kiebzak, M. Rusin, Z. Śliwiński, M. Dwornik, M. Kiljański – Kultura zawodu a kultura osobowa fizjoterapeuty. FP 2013; 13(4); 44-50

Abstract

The social role of a physiotherapist must not be reduced to displaying instrumental professional knowledge and propriety; it demands from a physiotherapist to employ humane and ethical streak in his or her practice. A physiotherapist, in collaboration with the whole medical team, creates proper conditions for full recovery. Physiotherapists develop professional identity and awareness by furthering their education, raising their professional competence, belonging to physiotherapist associations and building bonds between other representatives of this profession. What influences the level of professionalism of the group and all the same determine the quality of physiotherapeutic services and a proper approach towards the patient are mutual attempt to standardise education, create role models as well as professional culture and ethical values. The aim of this study is to present physiotherapy as a profession, and the physiotherapist both as a professional who has the highest level of professional command to treat the ill and needed, and as a member of the rehabilitation (therapeutic) team – a humanist who treats a patient as a summum bonum of medicine.

Key words:
physiotherapy, professional culture, propriety, ethics, profession

sEMG assessment of the activity of the rectus abdominis and multifidus muscles in different sitting postures

Wojciech Kiebzak, Michał Dwornik, Justyna Żurawska, Arkadiusz Żurawski

W. Kiebzak, M. Dwornik, J. Żurawska, A. Żurawski – sEMG assessment of the activity of the rectus abdominis and multifidus muscles in different sitting postures. FP 2017; 17(3); 52-62

Abstract

Aim. To assess the activity of the rectus abdominis (RA) and multifidus (MF) muscles during slump and active sitting.
Material and method. The study involved 30 participants aged 19-23 years. The activity of the rectus abdominis (RA) and multifidus (MF) muscles was assessed by surface electromyography in four different sitting postures. A questionnaire was also used to assess the degree of difficulty associated with maintaining a particular position. The results were subjected to a statistical analysis.
Results. The highest RA tone of 2.34 was recorded in the adjusted position with backward tilting of the trunk, and the lowest of 1.16 in the slump position. The MF muscle was most active (33.01) in the adjusted position with forward tilting of the trunk, and least active (18.66) in the slump position. The highest proportion of the participants considered the adjusted position with forward tilting of the trunk to be the easiest, followed by the slump position (86.67% and 83.33%, respectively). The adjusted position with backward tilting of the trunk turned out to be the most difficult to maintain (for 90% of the participants). T1 scores indicate a normal distribution of the empirical data.
Conclusions
1. The adjusted sitting position with forward tilting of the trunk is compatible with the clinical assumptions of correct body posture.
2. The adjusted sitting position with forward tilting of the trunk should become an element of national programmes of back overload prevention.

Key words:
sitting posture, sEMG, RA & MF activity, T1 scores

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