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Utility of Treatment Implementation methodsin clinical trial with rehabilitation teams

Alan B. Stevens, PhD, et al.

Figure. Usefulness of intervention components as reported by participants of rehabilitation team-training intervention.

Rehabilitation medicine uses ateam approach to promote therecovery of function in individu-als with disabilities. These pro-fessionals bring complementaryskills to assist in the recovery of,for example, ambulation (physi-cal therapy), self-care (occupational therapy), and languagedifficulties (speech-language pathology). While some teamsare better than others, researchers have limited tools withwhich to scientifically study teams. This article describesTreatment Implementation (TI), an approach that promotesand tracks a complex team-training intervention. The TImethods were useful in demonstrating that the participantsreceived and enacted the intervention strategies.


Volume 44 Number 4 2007
Pages 537 — 546

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