Treatment Infidelity: Causes, Consequences, and Cures

Presenters:

Gitendra Uswatte, PhD
Professor of Psychology and Physical Therapy
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Tessa Hart, PhD, FACRM
Institute Scientist; Director, TBI Clinical Research Laboratory
Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute

 

Moderator: 

Pamela Roberts, PhD, OTR/L, SCFES, FAOTA, CPHQ, FNAP, FACRM
Executive Director and Professor
Cedars-Sinai

 

Description:

Our failure to implement treatments with precision in physical rehabilitation research and practice is receiving growing attention. Although it is a common concern in healthcare, implementing treatment protocols with high fidelity represents a particular challenge for physical rehabilitation because of the complex nature of our interventions. This presentation will illustrate the scope of these problems by examining the literature on Constraint-Induced Movement therapy. It will provide a theoretically driven approach to specifying the targets, active ingredients, and mechanisms of action of rehabilitation interventions, regardless of discipline, and will discuss other steps needed to improve treatment fidelity.

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