Bertha Oppong-Yeboah

University of Ghana | Legon · Department of Physiotherapy

Background: Neck pain is a common complaint worldwide and ranked seventh in 2010 as the cause of ‘years lived with disability’ in Ghana. Proprioceptive dysfunction, measured by joint position error (JPE) tests, indicates an association with neck pain frequency, dizziness and balance problems in patients. Objectives: To examine proprioceptive defic...

Aim:To determine the prevalence of musculoskeletal pain and body-chair mismatch among Junior High School (JHS) students in Ghana. Study Design:This was a cross sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: The study was conducted at the Ministry of Health Basic School (MoH), Korle-Bu, Accra Ghana, in May 2016. Methodology: Two hundred and fifty-f...

Aim: To determine the prevalence of musculoskeletal pain and body-chair mismatch among Junior High School (JHS) students in Ghana. Study Design: This was a cross sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: The study was conducted at the Ministry of Health Basic School (MoH), Korle-Bu, Accra Ghana, in May 2016. Methodology: Two hundred and fifty-f...

Practice variation exists in the physiotherapy management of low back pain (LBP) across several countries. Previous studies indicate that treatment strategies used may not always be in line with evidence-based practice. Most of these studies however were conducted in developed countries. This study sought to investigate the management of LBP in Gha...

This study determined and compared the knowledge of nosocomial infections among clinical health care students at the College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana. Two hundred undergraduate health care students from four academic programs participated in the study. The study sample was drawn from each academic program by a simple random sampling...

Background: The non-availability of a structured assessment format on Ghana is often accompanied by diverse outcomes in back pain (LBP) assessment. Aim: This study investigated the compliance of physiotherapists to the introduction of an objective assessment pro forma in the evaluation of patients with LBP at three referral centers in the Accra Me...

Haig AJ, Jayarajan S, Maslowski E, Yamakawa KS, Tinney M, Beier KP, Juang D, Chan L, Boggess T, Loar J, Owusu-Ansah B, Kalpakjian C. Development of a language-independent functional evaluation. To design, validate, and critique a tool for self-report of physical functioning that is independent of language and literacy. Software design and 2 prospec...