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What is Physical Therapy (PT)?

Physical therapy (PT) is a component of rehabilitation to build strength, mobility and fitness. PT may be used short term after an injury or long term following traumatic injury or serious illness such as a stroke to regain as much independence and functioning as possible. 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
Balance problems 4 1
neck spasms 1 1
General health 1 1
Treat my MSA 1 0
Other 1 1

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0 0%
Moderate
1 50%
Mild
0 0%
None
1 50%

Most commonly reported side effects

msa symtoms are much intensyfied
1 50%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Schedules

  daily weekly 60 min monthly 900 min yearly 60 min weekly 30 min daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Going to Physical Therapy (PT) (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work
1 33% Did not seem to work: 33%

See all 1 patient who’ve stopped going to Physical Therapy (PT)

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Going to Physical Therapy (PT)

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

Stopped Going to Physical Therapy (PT)

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

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
0 0%
Usually
2 100%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
0 0%
A little
2 100%
Not at all
0 0%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

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

Report created on November 22, 2009.