OMT-France publishes the first French physiotherapy guide for triage of patients with neuromusculoskeletal conditions – a step toward direct access in French speaking countries

Brismée, Jean-Michel Froment, Frédéric P. Bellot, Nicolas Mambriani, Aurore Chauvet, Guillaume Chevrier, Solenne Desjardins, Thibault Riquier, Sylvain Rakotoarivelo, Lanto Harisoa Datoussaid, Kader Pitance, Laurent [UCL] et al.[show all]

(eng) Earlier this year, the Organization for Musculoskeletal Therapy of France (OMT-France) in collaboration with the Preuve et Evidence en Kinésithérapie Association de Bretagne (PEKAB) association produced in French language an open-access triage guide (https://www.omt-france.fr/le-guide-du-triage-en-kinesitherapie-musculo-squelettique/) for physiotherapists assessing patients with neuro-musculoskeletal conditions. The aims of this first screening guide were to introduce the notions of triage and to provide information on common red flags organized by systems. An appropriate triage makes it possible to redirect patients either directly to the emergency room (ER) or to their attending physician or to be able to safely initiate physiotherapy treatment. This guide will be regularly updated in order to offer a document based on current scientific data. The information that will emerge from the latest scientific studies, as well as new recommendations in the field of triage, will therefore be integrated and updated. [...]