With the use of a population-based series of incident stroke patients who were resident in South Madrid (SM) and followed up during 6 months, we sought to describe (1) impairment, disability, and handicap; (2) the use of health care and social resources and of informal care; and (3) the complications of stroke.
On the other hand, the fact that professional physiotherapists are the main agents of absorption of new professionals in this sector should place additional responsibility on them, since the employers have a crucial role in the promotion of professional development of the personnel in charge and should support and promote initiatives that instil an organisational culture that promotes knowledge sharing and clinical practice based on scientific evidence.
From the Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre (M.J.M.), Servicio de Rehabilitación, Madrid, Spain; Division of Neurology (M.J.M., J. de P.-C., L.W.H.) and Department of Physical Therapy (M.J.M., L.W.H.), Karolinska Institute, Huddinge University Hospital, Huddinge, Sweden; and National Centre for Epidemiology (J. de P.-C., J.A.I.), Carlos III Institute of Public Health, Madrid, Spain.
The certification has been awarded not only because of the demonstrated experience in state-of-the-art techniques in the diagnosis and treatment of injuries but also during the recovery period, for applying knowledgeable skill to the prevention of injuries and disorders, for the psychological care of patients, their dietary needs and the institutions involvement in antidoping matters.
Taking into account the results presented here, a global picture of the current market for physiotherapy clinics can be drawn, in which more than 90% of the work is focused on the private practice of physical therapy through small, individual units or those employing four physiotherapists at most.
The clinic’s headquarters are located in Murcia, and at the present moment, there are also other outpatient clinics in Alicante, Elche, Almería and Madrid, with fully equipped physiotherapy and health facilities that allow for adequate diagnostic, surgery, rehabilitation and injury prevention procedures.
Over 95% of the patients surveyed who received osteopathic treatments indicated great satisfaction with their treatments, followed by 91% who received chiropractic treatments, 86% by those who received massage therapy, 75% by those who received physiotherapy, 60% by those who received acupuncture and 30% by those who received medical care for their low back pain.
Despite limitations due to the predominantly hospital-based nature of the study, the results provide a view of stroke in SM from a clinical and epidemiological perspective. For more information about CIM Center Centro Integral de La Mama in Madrid please contact the clinic.
This work has been the first to analyse, from the point of view of the group of physiotherapists, the training needs that are demanded and how this professional group behaves at the graduate level. On Monday he attended the first of a series of physiotherapy sessions at a private clinic, the Hospital Internacional HC Marbella.
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