PTJ
HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced]


     

PHYS THER
Vol. 86, No. 7, July 2006, pp. 1033-1037
This Article
Right arrow Full Text
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Submit a response
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me when Rapid Responses are posted
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow reprints & permissions
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Irrgang, J. J
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow Articles by Irrgang, J. J
Related Collections
Right arrow Injuries and Conditions: Shoulder
Right arrow Diagnosis/Prognosis: Other
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Complore   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us   Add to Digg   Add to Reddit   Add to Technorati  
What's this?

Research Reports

Invited Commentary

James J Irrgang

Associate Professor and Director of Clinical Research, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Room 911, Kaufman Building, 3471 Fifth Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15260

jirrgang@pitt.edu


Because this article has no abstract, we have provided an extract of the full text and any section headings.


   Introduction
 
Prognosis is an important aspect of evidence-based care provided by physical therapists. The Guide to Physical Therapist Practice defines prognosis as the "determination of the level of optimal improvement that might be obtained from intervention and the amount of time required to reach that level of improvement."1 According to Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary, prognosis is "a forecast as to the probable outcome of an attack of disease; the prospect as to recovery from a disease as indicated by the nature of symptoms of the case."2 The ability to accurately predict the outcomes of a health condition and the likelihood that each outcome will occur could greatly enhance the care provided by physical therapists. An accurate method to predict the outcome of care would allow clinicians to distinguish between those patients who are most likely to have a favorable outcome from those who are at risk for a less favorable outcome. . . . [Full Text of this Article]


Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Complore Complore   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us   Add to Digg Digg   Add to Reddit Reddit   Add to Technorati Technorati    What's this?




HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
Copyright © 2006 by the American Physical Therapy Association.