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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. Read more...Click to read more below

Reasons gone to & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons gone to # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
Stiffness/Spasticity 24 3
General health 11 0
Slow my ALS progress 10 2
Other 4 1
disease-related symptoms 2 0
Pain 1 0

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0 0%
Moderate
0 0%
Mild
0 0%
None
6 100%

Schedules

Top 10 dosages based on patients currently going to Physiotherapy. See all 25 dosages

  1hours as needed 3hours as needed monthly weekly 1 hr monthly 0.5 hours weekly 1 hr weekly 2 hr weekly 2 weekly 3 hr weekly 5 hr weekly 1 daily 1 hr daily 8 hr weekly 1.5 hours daily 2 hr daily 30 min every other week 3 hr daily 60 min weekly 70 min weekly 90 min weekly 100 min weekly 120 min weekly 180 min weekly 30 min daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 5 Number of Patients: 5 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 10 Number of Patients: 10 4 Number of Patients: 4 3 Number of Patients: 3 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Going to Physiotherapy (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Side effects too severe
2 33% Side effects too severe: 33%
Other
2 33% Other: 33%
Course of treatment ended
2 33% Course of treatment ended: 33%
Doctor's advice
1 17% Doctor's advice: 17%

See all 6 patients who’ve stopped going to Physiotherapy

Currently Going to Physiotherapy

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
1
0
2
9
13

Stopped Going to Physiotherapy

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

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
3 50%
Usually
3 50%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
0 0%
A little
3 50%
Not at all
3 50%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
1 17%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
0 0%
< $25
2 33%

Report created on November 23, 2009.