Physiotherapy

The Department of Physiotherapy is part of the School of Therapeutic Sciences in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. It is a department within the school, which in turn sits in the faculty.

Its research strengths, as shown by the publication data, include rehabilitation after trauma, neurological rehabilitation, spinal cord injury, stroke recovery, pelvic health and osteoarthritis management. Work on thoracic trauma and early mobilisation points to a further emphasis on acute care and rehabilitation following injury.

Other themes include pain, community reintegration, urogynaecological service access, culturally adapted exercise interventions and disability inclusion in sport, with attention to resource-constrained settings. The research is focused on South Africa and other countries in sub-Saharan Africa, including cross-national comparisons.