Mayanja, F. (1996). African Centre for the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture Victims. 26 pages. 

This booklet was reviewed by Stephanie Green, doctoral physical therapy student at the University of Minnesota, 2014. 

The booklet is available free of charge from Dignity-Danish Institute Against Torture. Please email them at library@dignityinstitute.dk to request this booklet. 

The African Centre for the Treatment and Rehab of Torture Victims in Uganda is continuing to grow and become recognized by various institutions.

Jacobsen et al.

Link and reference information will be posted soon.

This article was reviewed by Mark Deschepper, physical therapy doctoral student at the University of Minnesota, 2014.

 

Introduction:

Most torture survivors complain of pain the locomotor system with many experiencing pain through all daily routines including sleep. Living with pain and performing daily tasks are significantly difficult for survivors. Physical torture leads to damage in the muscles, joints, and neurovascular system, concentration, and memory.

Roche, P. (1992). Australian Physiotherapy, 38(2), 156-157.

This article was reviewed by a physical therapy student at the University of Minnesota. More information is to follow. 

A copy of the article may be obtained free of charge from Dignity-Danish Institute Against Torture by emailing them at library@dignityinstitute.dk and including your mailing address.

This brief letter describes where physical therapists may find more information about the special needs of torture survivors as well as common sequelae from torture and recommendations for physical therapy treatment.

 

Two major sources of

Skylv,G. (1992). Poster presented at 2nd World Congress on Myofascial Pain and Fibromyalgia, Copenhagen, Denmark. 

 

This article was reviewed by Brittany Burton, doctoral physical therapy student at the University of Minnesota, 2014.

 

A free copy of the article may be requested from Dignity-Danish Institute Against Torture, by emailing library@dignityinstiture.dk.

 

Background: The aim of torture is not only physical but psychological as well, and globally seems to be focused on the vulnerabilities of the victim.

World Confederation for Physical Therapy, (1996), Torture Quarterly, 6(4), 103.

This article was reviewed by Charlotte Hoium, doctoral physical therapy student from the University of Minnesota, 2014.

The exact wording of the declaration from the 1995 World Confederation of Physiotherapy  is listed below.

Prip, K. & Amris, K. Torture Quarterly: Journal on Rehabilitation of Torture Victims and Prevention of Torture, 10(3), 73-76.

 

This article was reviewed by doctoral physical therapy student, Angela Pitar, from the University of Minnesota, 2014. 

 

A link to the article from the Dignity-Danish Institute Against Torture library is below.

 

Background - Throughout the years, several chronic muscular pain syndromes have been described in victims of torture with common findings of:  regional or diffuse pain in the musculoskeletal system often associated with poor sleep, tiredness, paresthesia, headache,

Vargas, C., O’Rourke, D. & Esfandian, M. Refuge: Canada’s Periodical on Refugees, 22(1), 129-137.

 

This article was reviewed by doctoral physical therapy student from the University of Minnesota, Angela Pitar, 2014.

 

Link to full text article from the Dignity-Danish Institute Against Torture is below.

 

Background - the assumptions that physical pain, unexplained by medical or physical findings, is psychosomatic in nature has been long standing and pervasive as was pain reported by survivors of torture attributed to psychological trauma.

 Skjoerboek, I. (1994). Torture Quarterly, Suppl. 1, 33-35.

 

This article was reviewed by Angela Pitar, doctoral physical therapy student at the University of Minnesota, 2014. 

 

The link to the article from the Dignity-Danish Institute Against Torture, is below.

 

Background - the definition of pain is an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with the actual or potential tissue damage, or described by the patient in terms of such damage. Detailed descriptions of mechanisms of pain and treatment implications are made.

 

Physiology of pain - the perception of pain is either affected