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Treatment goals and treatment in exercise therapy.

Zuijderduin, W.M., Dekker, J. Treatment goals and treatment in exercise therapy. Journal of Rehabilitation Sciences: 1994, 7(3), 80-87
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In the present study a quantitative description is given of treatment in exercise therapy according to Cesar and according to Mensendieck. Information was gathered from saurvey on exercise therapy in the Netherlands. Characteristics of treatment are described including treatment goals, emphasis of the exercise program, number of visits, duration of the treatment, reason for termination of treatment, and extent
of achievement of treatment goals. The study focuses on the relationship between treatment goals and the emphasis of the exercise program, number of visits, duration of the treatment, reason for termination of treatment, and extent of achievement of treatment goals. The study focuses on the relationship between treatment goals and the emphasis of the exercise program. The patients on average visited their theapists 14-15 times. The period between the first and the last contact on average lasted 14-16 weeks. Treatment goals related to impairments were more frequently indicated than those related to disabilities. Significant relationships between treatment goals and emphasis of the exercise program were found. Most of these relationships were self-evident; e.g. postural exercise were relatively frequently applied to pursue the improvement of posture. But also more information (i.e. less self-evident) relationships were found. In about two-thirds of the patients treatment was terminated, because a positive result was achieved. Treatment goals were almost or fully achieved in more than half of the patients. (aut.ref.)