Model System:

TBI

Reference Type:

Journal

Accession No.:

J67519

Journal:


Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Year, Volume, Issue, Page(s):

, 95, 1 (Supplement 1), S24-S32

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Abstract:

The authors reviewed a range of treatments from published research articles, rehabilitation textbooks, and the clinical experiences of the authors to begin the development of a system of classification of rehabilitation treatments and services that is based on their active ingredients. These treatment examples were used to develop preliminary rules for defining discrete treatments, identifying the area of function they directly treat, and identifying their active ingredients. These preliminary rules were then tested against additional treatment examples and problems in their application were used to revise the rules in an iterative fashion. The following concepts that emerged from this process are defined and discussed in relation to the development of a rehabilitation treatment taxonomy: rehabilitation treatment taxonomy; treatment and enablement theory; recipient (of treatment); essential, active, and inactive ingredients; mechanism of action; targets and aims of treatment; session; progression; dosing parameters; and social and physical environment.

Author(s):


Whyte, John, Dijkers, Marcel P., Hart, Tessa, Zanca, Jeanne M., Packel, Andrew, Ferraro, Mary, Tsaousides, Theodore

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