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Specific Interest Groups (GIS) of physiotherapists around specific rehabilitation specialties

General presentation of GIS

What are SIG ?

Specific Interest Groups (SIG) are subgroups created under the supervision of ALK, following the model of the "Specialty groups of World Physiotherapy"

The primary goal of SIG is to develop networks of physiotherapists sharing common interests in various specialties of rehabilitation.

Thus, SIG will establish themselves in the territory with all healthcare professionals, and particularly doctors, in order to improve the patient care pathway by facilitating continuity between hospital care and outpatient care.

Sports physiotherapy

Sports physiotherapy is the rehabilitation of sports-related pathologies, such as cartilage defects and osteoarthrosis, ankle sprains, meniscal lesions, knee cruciate ligament, muscle injuries, etc.

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SIG Pediatrics

Pediatric physiotherapy is a paramedical discipline that treats neurological, cardio-respiratory, orthopedic, and traumatological pathologies encountered in infants, children, and adolescents.

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SIG Hand

Hand rehabilitation is a separate specialty from orthopedic rehabilitation. The care and protocols are very specific depending on the operation performed.

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SIG Cardio-Respiratory

Respiratory physiotherapy comprises all the techniques aimed at maintaining or returning to normal breathing both qualitatively and quantitatively.

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SIG Oncology

For all patients during or after their cancer treatment (chemotherapy, radiotherapy, surgery, etc.)

Physiotherapy aims to combat the side effects of treatment such as muscle and neuropathic pain, combat fatigue, maintain physical capacity and autonomy, work on post-surgical scars, lymphatic drainage, etc.

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SIG Perineology

Perineal and pelvic rehabilitation is an approach that treats dysfunctions of the pelvic floor such as incontinence, organ prolapse, certain sexual disorders, or pain in the pelvi-perineal, ano-rectal regions, and the lumbopelvic belt.

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SIG Neurology

Neurological rehabilitation intervenes in the context of caring for patients suffering from neurological pathologies or the sequelae related to them. Examples of pathologies: stroke, Parkinson's, multiple sclerosis, etc.

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SIG Vestibular

Vestibular rehabilitation allows fighting against affections of the vestibular system for the treatment of vertigo and balance disorders.

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SIG Maxillo-Facial

Maxillofacial physiotherapy is a specialty dedicated to the rehabilitation of dysfunctions of the jaw, face, and neck. It allows treating acute or chronic pathologies affecting the temporomandibular joint (TMJ), masticatory muscles, as well as disorders related to facial paralysis, oro-facial pain, and post-surgical sequelae.

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SIG MSKOT

Rehabilitation of the locomotor apparatus (or musculoskeletal). These can be:

  • Stationary They are then performed in the hospital during the first postoperative days
  • Outpatient (e.g., after cruciate ligament surgery, herniated disc, femur fracture, etc.)
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SIG Burn

Rehabilitation after burns aims to guide healing, prevent limitations of amplitudes to maintain functional capacities and autonomy, combat complications of bed rest, and help to reappropriate one's new "envelope".

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SIG Geriatrics

Rehabilitation in geriatrics aims to give patients the opportunity to achieve maximum autonomy in order to return home with or without the help of a third party.

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