Stroke rehabilitation in Europe: what do physiotherapists and occupational therapists actually do? Export

@article{citeulike:5779017, abstract = {BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Physiotherapy (PT) and occupational therapy (OT) are key components of stroke rehabilitation. Little is known about their content. This study aimed to define and compare the content of PT and OT for stroke patients between 4 European rehabilitation centers. METHODS: In each center, 15 individual PT and 15 OT sessions of patients fitting predetermined criteria were videotaped. The content was recorded using a list comprising 12 therapeutic categories. A generalized estimating equation model was fitted to the relative frequency of each category resulting in odds ratios. RESULTS: Comparison of PT and OT between centers revealed significant differences for only 2 of the 12 categories: ambulatory exercises and selective movements. Comparison of the 2 therapeutic disciplines on the pooled data of the 4 centers revealed that ambulatory exercises, transfers, exercises, and balance in standing and lying occurred significantly more often in PT sessions. Activities of daily living, domestic activities, leisure activities, and sensory, perceptual training, and cognition occurred significantly more often in OT sessions. CONCLUSIONS: This study revealed that the content of each therapeutic discipline was consistent between the 4 centers. PT and OT proved to be distinct professions with clear demarcation of roles.}, author = {De Wit, Liesbet and Putman, Koen and Lincoln, Nadina and Baert, Ilse and Berman, Peter and Beyens, Hilde and Bogaerts, Kris and Brinkmann, Nadine and Connell, Louise and Dejaeger, Eddy and De Weerdt, Willy and Jenni, Walter and Lesaffre, Emmanuel and Leys, Mark and Louckx, Fred and Schuback, Birgit and Schupp, Wilfried and Smith, Bozena and Feys, Hilde}, citeulike-article-id = {5779017}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/01.STR.0000221709.23293.c2}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16645135}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=16645135}, doi = {10.1161/01.STR.0000221709.23293.c2}, issn = {1524-4628}, journal = {Stroke}, keywords = {stroke, stroke\_treatment}, month = {June}, number = {6}, pages = {1483--1489}, posted-at = {2009-09-13 11:53:38}, priority = {2}, title = {Stroke rehabilitation in Europe: what do physiotherapists and occupational therapists actually do?}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/01.STR.0000221709.23293.c2}, volume = {37}, year = {2006} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5779017 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5779017 N2 - BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Physiotherapy (PT) and occupational therapy (OT) are key components of stroke rehabilitation. Little is known about their content. This study aimed to define and compare the content of PT and OT for stroke patients between 4 European rehabilitation centers. METHODS: In each center, 15 individual PT and 15 OT sessions of patients fitting predetermined criteria were videotaped. The content was recorded using a list comprising 12 therapeutic categories. A generalized estimating equation model was fitted to the relative frequency of each category resulting in odds ratios. RESULTS: Comparison of PT and OT between centers revealed significant differences for only 2 of the 12 categories: ambulatory exercises and selective movements. Comparison of the 2 therapeutic disciplines on the pooled data of the 4 centers revealed that ambulatory exercises, transfers, exercises, and balance in standing and lying occurred significantly more often in PT sessions. Activities of daily living, domestic activities, leisure activities, and sensory, perceptual training, and cognition occurred significantly more often in OT sessions. CONCLUSIONS: This study revealed that the content of each therapeutic discipline was consistent between the 4 centers. PT and OT proved to be distinct professions with clear demarcation of roles. IS - 6 JF - Stroke SN - 1524-4628 EP - 1489 TI - Stroke rehabilitation in Europe: what do physiotherapists and occupational therapists actually do? VL - 37 SP - 1483 KW - stroke KW - stroke_treatment AU - De Wit, Liesbet AU - Putman, Koen AU - Lincoln, Nadina AU - Baert, Ilse AU - Berman, Peter AU - Beyens, Hilde AU - Bogaerts, Kris AU - Brinkmann, Nadine AU - Connell, Louise AU - Dejaeger, Eddy AU - De Weerdt, Willy AU - Jenni, Walter AU - Lesaffre, Emmanuel AU - Leys, Mark AU - Louckx, Fred AU - Schuback, Birgit AU - Schupp, Wilfried AU - Smith, Bozena AU - Feys, Hilde PY - 2006/06// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/01.STR.0000221709.23293.c2 ER -