Manipulating practices: A critical physiotherapy reader

is an Associate Professor in the School of Public Health and Psychosocial Studies, AUT University, Auckland (New Zealand). He is a physiotherapist, lecturer, researcher and writer, and the founder of the Critical Physiotherapy Network. His research focuses on the past, present and future for physiotherapy.

Karen Synne Groven er ansatt som professor ved VID vitenskapelige høgskole og ved OsloMet – storbyuniversitet. Grovens forskning fokuserer på kropp, kjønn, rehabilitering og helse spesielt knyttet til personer med langvarige helseplager og kroniske plager, inkludert smerter.

is a physical therapist and bioethicist whose research investigates how social, cultural, and institutional practices intersect in producing health, inclusion/exclusion, and identity with disabled young people. She has led two books aimed at transforming rehabilitation practices and is a co-founder of the Critical Physiotherapy Network. She has over 60 peer reviewed publications and holds the Bloorview Children’s Hospital Foundation Chair in Childhood Disability Studies.

Jenny Setchell holds conjoint Research Fellowships at the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, The University of Queensland (Australia), and Bloorview Research Institute, Holland Bloorview Hospital (Canada). Her research interests include critical perspective on healthcare broadly, and physiotherapy specifically. Jenny’s PhD was in psychology, focussing on weight stigma in physiotherapy. She has 20 years of diverse clinical physiotherapy experience, primarily in the musculoskeletal and sports sub-disciplines. Jenny is a founding member of, and co-chairs, the Critical Physiotherapy Network.