Deans' stroke musings: Knowledge and application of upper limb prediction models and attitude toward prognosis among physiotherapists and occupational therapists in the clinical stroke setting

Changing stroke rehab and research worldwide now.Time is Brain! trillions and trillions of neurons that DIE each day because there are NO effective hyperacute therapies besides tPA(only 12% effective). I have 523 posts on hyperacute therapy, enough for researchers to spend decades proving them out. These are my personal ideas and blog on stroke rehabilitation and stroke research. Do not attempt any of these without checking with your medical provider. Unless you join me in agitating, when you need these therapies they won't be there.

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My blog is not to help survivors recover, it is to have the 10 million yearly stroke survivors light fires underneath their doctors, stroke hospitals and stroke researchers to get stroke solved. 100% recovery. The stroke medical world is completely failing at that goal, they don't even have it as a goal. Shortly after getting out of the hospital and getting NO information on the process or protocols of stroke rehabilitation and recovery I started searching on the internet and found that no other survivor received useful information. This is an attempt to cover all stroke rehabilitation information that should be readily available to survivors so they can talk with informed knowledge to their medical staff. It lays out what needs to be done to get stroke survivors closer to 100% recovery. It's quite disgusting that this information is not available from every stroke association and doctors group.

Tuesday, June 22, 2021

Knowledge and application of upper limb prediction models and attitude toward prognosis among physiotherapists and occupational therapists in the clinical stroke setting

Wrong, wrong, wrong. Survivors don't give a shit about your predictions of failure to recover. THEY WANT EXACT STROKE PROTOCOLS THAT DELIVER RECOVERY. GET THERE!

Knowledge and application of upper limb prediction models and attitude toward prognosis among physiotherapists and occupational therapists in the clinical stroke setting

Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation , Volume 28(2) , Pgs. 135-141.

NARIC Accession Number: J86306. What's this?
ISSN: 1074-9357.
Author(s): Kiær, Camilla ; Lundquist, Camilla B. ; Brunner, Iris.
Publication Year: 2021.
Number of Pages: 7.

Abstract:

Study investigated whether Danish physical therapists (PTs) and occupational therapists (OTs) who evaluate and rehabilitate stroke patients know about and apply prediction models for the recovery of upper-limb (UL) function. The study also examined PTs and OTs attitudes toward the clinical relevance of prognosis for UL function in stroke rehabilitation. PTs and OTs from Danish hospitals with acute stroke or rehabilitation wards were invited to complete an online survey specifically developed to investigate this study’s objectives. Of the 380 therapists invited, 58 percent responded to the survey. Among those, 35 percent reported that they knew of prediction models for UL function after stroke. More PTs than OTs were familiar with prediction models. Of all respondents, 9 percent confirmed the use of prediction models for UL function in clinical practice. Most therapists (89 percent) stated that it was important to know how UL function will develop after stroke. Results from this study indicate that prediction models for UL function after stroke are not yet a part of daily practice in Danish stroke rehabilitation. At the same time, knowledge of prognosis seems to be relevant for most therapists in their clinical work.
Descriptor Terms: ATTITUDES, CLINICAL MANAGEMENT, FUNCTIONAL STATUS, INTERNATIONAL REHABILITATION, LIMBS, OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY, OUTCOMES, PHYSICAL THERAPY, PREDICTION, PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION, REHABILITATION SERVICES, RESEARCH UTILIZATION, STROKE.

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Citation: Kiær, Camilla , Lundquist, Camilla B. , Brunner, Iris. (2021). Knowledge and application of upper limb prediction models and attitude toward prognosis among physiotherapists and occupational therapists in the clinical stroke setting. Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation , 28(2), Pgs. 135-141. Retrieved 6/22/2021, from REHABDATA database.