Activator Method Treatment Report

Category: Physical Therapy

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Generic Name: Chiropractic

What is Activator Method?

An example of Activator Method

Activator Methods is a technique used in chiropractic care.

Reported Purpose & Perceived Effectiveness

Reasons and Perceived effectiveness
Perceived Effectiveness
Purpose # of patients # of patients with evaluations
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Fibromyalgia 7 1 Efficacy_major
General health 3 0
Pain 3 2 Efficacy_major Efficacy_slight
Muscle spasms 3 0
Pain in lower back 1 1 Efficacy_major
Pain in right hand and wrist 1 1 Efficacy_major

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0
Moderate
0
Mild
3
None
1

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Activator Method

Muscle and joint pain 1
Soreness 1
Muscle aches 1
Hospitalization 1

Reported Schedules

  3 min monthly 172 min yearly 180 min yearly 15 min monthly 7 min weekly 15 min weekly 30 min weekly 60 min weekly 10 min daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Going to Activator Method (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 4   Other: 80%
Did not seem to work 2   Did not seem to work: 40%
Expense 2   Expense: 40%

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Currently Going to Activator Method

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

Stopped Going to Activator Method

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

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Activator Method

Always
2 50%
Usually
2 50%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Activator Method

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
2 50%
A little
2 50%
Not at all
0 0%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Activator Method

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

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1 patient evaluation for Activator Method

Purposes: Fibromyalgia, Central Pain Syndrome, Pain in upper back, Pain in lower back, Muscle and joint pain, and Pain in right hand and wrist (Started Jan 01, 2007)
Date Dosage Fibromyalgia Perceived effectiveness Central Pain Syndrome Perceived effectiveness Pain in upper back Perceived effectiveness Pain in lower back Perceived effectiveness Muscle and joint pain Perceived effectiveness Pain in right hand and wrist Perceived effectiveness Side Effects Adherence Burden
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