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Physiotherapy

Volume 79, Issue 11, 10 November 1993, Pages 762-765
Physiotherapy

Research Report
Measuring Physiotherapy Outcome in Stroke Rehabilitation

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Summary

This paper outlines the process of identifying a suitable system for use in a project to evaluate the characteristics of effective physiotherapy in the rehabilitation of patients following acute cerebral infarction.

Based on a review of existing standardised measures that were deemed reliable and valid and an assessment of need, the researcher describes specifications for a measure of physiotherapy outcome and discusses the value of both standardised measures and the goal attainment approach used in the TELER system. The potential value of TELER as a facilitator of clinical audit is discussed and an outline of the proposed research to be implemented at the Northern General Hospital, Sheffield, to assess the feasibility of using the system and to validate normal movement indicators, is presented.

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