Out come measure in physiotherapy

Outcome measures are tools (e.g., instruments, questionnaires, scales, rating form etc.) used to uncover or identify the outcome of intervention for the client. Outcome measures are used to document change in client characteristics, functional abilities, or behaviours, overtime.

In the neurological rehabilitation department most of the patients come with impaired movement and abnormal muscle tone which is a common sequel of following central or peripheral lesion of the nervous system.

Patients have different neurological pathologies such as stroke, subarchnoid haemmorhage, multiple sclerosis, and ataxia, Parkinson’s disease etc; with the wide range of adult age. Most of them have difficulties in activity of daily living such as moving; reaching to the objects, balance, posture and co-ordination of movement particularly in walking.

Most commonly used assessment technique with in the neurology rehabilitation depa

The timed 10 m walk test is commonly used tool in clinical practice for measuring outcome following stroke it is quick simple and inexpensive. (Wade, 1992)

(Berg K, Wood-Dauphinee S, Hewer RL)

I have seen patients with different neurological pathologies such as stroke, multiple sclerosis, and ataxia, Parkinson’s disease most of patient have been using the walking aid or they were not able to walk at all. Most of them were strongly conscious about their walking they want to walk independently and safely for a long distance.

Walking is the most important function of daily living limited walking ability that follows a stroke restricts the patients independent mobility in the home and community and causes a low blood pressure, spasm, depression, degenerative changes in joints etc.

I am going to talk about the timed 10 m walk as a neurological rehabilitation assessment tool in this writing why it is suitable to apply and what we are trying to measure in the patient with this tool.

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Clinical Experience, Introduction World, Body Timed, Stephen Activity, Wood Wade, Richard Malouin, Mulroy SJ, Wood VA, 10 walk, timed 10 walk, timed 10, 10 walk test, walk test, lower limb, able walk, based measures, range motion, wheel chair, using walking, patients neurological, ataxia parkinson’s disease, sclerosis ataxia parkinson’s, performance based measures, Berg Wood-Dauphinee, Wood-Dauphinee Hewer,