Physical therapy provision in multiple sclerosis across Europe: a regional lottery?

This paper provides information about an ongoing multi-staged online web questionnaire survey established by a core group within the Special Interest Group in Mobility, Rehabilitation in Multiple Sclerosis (www.eurims.org). The aims of the survey were to document the following across Europe: the availability and setting in which physical therapy for multiple sclerosis (MS) is delivered; the level of awareness and knowledge of different physical therapy approaches; the actual content of physical therapy and applied evaluation tools.

Description

Indexed keywords: MeSH Europe; Health Services Accessibility; Humans; Multiple Sclerosis; Physical Therapy Modalities; Surveys and Questionnaires EMTREE medical terms Europe; health care delivery; human; multiple sclerosis; physiotherapy; questionnaire; utilization
Document type - Letter (https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84958180336).

Keywords

Physical therapy provision sclerosis

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/10400.8/13302

Citation

Rasova, Kamila & Martinkova, Patricia & Pavlikova, Marketa & Cattaneo, Davide & Jonsdottir, Johanna & Henze, T & Baert, Ilse & Asch, Paul & Santoyo, Carme & Smedal, Tori & Beiske, Antonie & Stachowiak, M & Kovalewski, M & Nedeljkovic, Una & Bakalidou, D & Alves-Guerreiro, J & Nilsagård, Ylva & Dimitrova, E & Habek, Mario & Feys, Peter. (2015). Physical therapy provision in multiple sclerosis across Europe: A regional lottery?. European journal of physical and rehabilitation medicine. 51(6), pp. 850-852.