The last issue of the European Journal of Physiotherapy for the year 2016 is due. Time goes fast. In this issue, seven papers are included. One of the studies describes neurological physiotherapy and another rehabilitation and participation in brain injury, which are research areas with limited number of published studies. I am glad that European Journal of Physiotherapy has thus contributed to these research areas. Further, participation is also in focus in a study where client’s role in stroke physiotherapy encounters was investigated. Cognitive problems that often follow stroke are a challenge for the physiotherapists when enabling patients’ participation in clinical practice as it is in research context. Two studies contribute to the research in assessment area. The first is about the assessment of postural instability and the second is a meta-analysis of clinical tests in ankle ligament injury. Both are valuable studies for physiotherapy. Spinal curvature and its association with balance in elderly women at the risk of osteoporotic fractures was investigated in one study. These patients were seeking primary health care, and thus represent a population of women who we are definitively going to see more of due to globally increasing number of elderly persons. Another group of patients where the incidence has not stabilized is those with musculoskeletal disorders. Evidence for different types of treatments still demand studies to be conducted. In this issue, a group-based aquatic exercises was investigated regarding patients with musculoskeletal disorders quality of life after an exercise period.
Thus, the last issue of the European Journal of Physiotherapy for the year 2016 is filled with interesting studies worth reading and taking with you to the clinical practice, and also to be further researched.