Physiotherapy theory and practice
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Physiother Theory Pract · May 2015
Observational StudyPatients' and therapists' perception of change following physiotherapy in an orthopedic hospital's outpatient clinic.
The aims of this observational, prospective cohort study were to: assess the patients' and therapists' perception of change after physiotherapy in an orthopedic hospital's outpatient clinic; relate these retrospective assessments to a serial assessment of pain; and study the influence of patient characteristics on the perceived change. ⋯ The addition of at least one GPC scale might be valuable in evaluating the outcome in physical therapy, which requires little time and thus may be ideal for a clinical setting. Patients' and therapists' perception of change is significantly influenced by the patients' education level and the number of problems, which might be of relevance when choosing adequate treatment strategies.