Assessment of Walking Speed and Distance Post-Stroke Increases After Providing a Theory-Based Toolkit.

ABSTRACT:

Background and purpose

While underutilized, poststroke administration of the 10-m walk test (10mWT) and 6-minute walk test (6MWT) can improve care and is considered best practice. We aimed to evaluate provision of a toolkit designed to increase use of these tests by physical therapists (PTs).

Methods

In a before-and-after study, 54 PTs and professional leaders in 9 hospitals were provided a toolkit and access to a clinical expert over a 5-month period. The toolkit comprised a guide, smartphone app, and video, and described how to set up walkways, implement learning sessions, administer walk tests, and interpret and apply test results clinically. The proportion of hospital visits for which each walk test score was documented at least once (based on abstracted health records o

SUBMITTER: Salbach NM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9462135 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature