Biomedical subjects
Publications and source records attributed to C J Partridge.
Collecting descriptive data on patterns of recovery from a disabling condition could provide a baseline for assessing treatment methods and for monitoring the progress of individual patients. An illustrative study of patients recovering from stroke is presented and the strengths and weaknesses of such studies are discussed.
In 368 patients with residual hemiplegia after stroke, monitoring of recovery over eight weeks showed a distinct time-related pattern. Patterns of this sort could provide useful baselines in various conditions entailing physical disability, allowing comparison of individual scores with the average for that phase of the illness, the setting of precise goals, and the examination of factors that influence recovery.
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A survey of community physiotherapy services operating within the National Health Service throughout England and Wales in 1980 showed a considerable increase in the availability of physiotherapy outside hospital, with 159 health districts (75 per cent) having some form of community physiotherapy. Additional information obtained about access by general practitioners to hospital physiotherapy departments showed that in 140 districts (66 per cent), some direct access was available.
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