TY  - JOUR
A1  - Lobet, Sébastien
A1  - Timmer, Merel
A1  - Königs, Christoph
A1  - Stephensen, David
A1  - McLaughlin, Paul
A1  - Duport, Gaetan
A1  - Hermans, Cédric
A1  - Mancuso, Maria Elisa
T1  - The role of physiotherapy in the new treatment landscape for haemophilia
T2  - Journal of Clinical Medicine
N2  - The physiotherapist plays an essential role for people with haemophilia, an inherited bleeding disease responsible for musculoskeletal complications. Yet, with the advent of new and advanced therapies, the medical landscape is changing, and physiotherapy must adapt alongside. This paper considers whether there will still be a need for physiotherapy in the era of advanced therapies, and discusses ways in which services should evolve to complement emerging treatment paradigms for haemostasis in people with haemophilia. Ultimately, physiotherapy will remain an important element of care, even for people with little joint damage and low risks in the era of the new mild phenotype. However, competencies will need to evolve, and physiotherapists in both primary care and specialist treatment centres should work with haematology colleagues to develop more sensitive tools for detecting early joint changes. Physiotherapists will also play a crucial role in counselling and physically coaching, monitoring the musculoskeletal status of people with haemophilia who have transitioned to new treatments.
KW  - physiotherapy
KW  - haemophilia
KW  - EHL concentrates
KW  - emicizumab
KW  - trough levels
KW  - gene therapy
Y1  - 2021
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/62166
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-621668
SN  - 2077-0383
N1  - This research was funded by an unrestricted educational grant from BioMarin, which was handled by ELM Medical. BioMarin had no involvement in the planning, nor in the writing of the manuscript, which was developed by the authors alone in collaboration with ELM and Synthesis Editorial Ltd. The funders had no role in the design of the study; in the collection, analyses, or interpretation of data; in the writing of the manuscript, or in the decision to publish the results.
VL  - 10
IS  - 13, art. 2822
SP  - 1
EP  - 11
PB  - MDPI
CY  - Basel
ER  -