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What is Physiotherapy?

Physiotherapy is an allied health profession concerned with the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of disease and disability through physical means. It is based upon principles of medical science, and is generally held to be within the sphere of conventional medicine.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Stiffness/Spasticity 65 15 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Pain 31 10 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
General health 25 6 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate
Improve mobility 16 5 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) 16 3 Efficacy_major Efficacy_slight
Other 13 2 Efficacy_moderate

See all 157 patients currently going to Physiotherapy

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 1
Moderate
 4
Mild
 9
None
 39

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Physiotherapy

Tenderness 3
Hospitalization 2
Fatigue 1
Bruising 1
Muscle and joint pain 1
Soreness 1

Reported Schedules

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently going to Physiotherapy. See all 64 dosages ►

  weekly 1 hr weekly 2 hr weekly 1 hr daily 60 min monthly 30 min weekly 45 min weekly 60 min weekly 90 min weekly 180 min weekly
  7 Number of Patients: 7 12 Number of Patients: 12 10 Number of Patients: 10 5 Number of Patients: 5 11 Number of Patients: 11 5 Number of Patients: 5 5 Number of Patients: 5 17 Number of Patients: 17 8 Number of Patients: 8 8 Number of Patients: 8  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Going to Physiotherapy (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Course of treatment ended 35   Course of treatment ended: 52%
Other 11   Other: 16%
Did not seem to work 11   Did not seem to work: 16%
Expense 9   Expense: 13%
Side effects too severe 6   Side effects too severe: 9%
Doctor's advice 5   Doctor's advice: 7%
Change in health plan coverage 1   Change in health plan coverage: 1%

See all 66 patients who’ve stopped going to Physiotherapy

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Going to Physiotherapy

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0

Stopped Going to Physiotherapy

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Physiotherapy

Always
 25 47%
Usually
 19 36%
Sometimes
 4 8%
Never
 5 9%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Physiotherapy

Very
 5 9%
Somewhat
 6 11%
A little
 23 43%
Not at all
 19 36%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Physiotherapy

$200+
 9 27%
$100-199
 4 12%
$50-99
 5 15%
$25-49
 2 6%
< $25
 11 33%

Report created on May 25, 2012.