Physiotherapist Outcome Measurement Analysis

Standardized measurement instruments which were used to measure the client's health status were used in physical rehabilitation by the physiotherapist many years ago (Garland, Kruse, & Aarons, 2003). Different terms were used in the literature in referring to these instruments as "disability measure", "health status measure", "quality of life measures", and "outcome measures". In general, the outcomes measure is created to assess the individual's level of activity and normal life participation as active daily living and work involvement. However, the physiotherapists defined the outcome measure to include the body physical function as literature mentioned (Haigh et al., 2001). Deciding and selecting the relevant and most appropriate outcome measures requires an understanding of the clinical situation and the outcome measure properties (Roach, 2006). Outcome measure is an impotent aspect of physiotherapy which concerns about the client's health care and applying the profession …show more content…
In addition, it forms the objective baseline of the client's status which can be referenced later to find the any needed comparison in the future. Thus, the physiotherapist can evaluate the level of success of his/her interventions as well as to compare the effect of the intervention with other interventions. (APTA) http://www.apta.org/OutcomeMeasures/ About 90% of low back pain patients present with non specific causes or pathologies (O’sullivan & Lin 2104). In our physiotherapy clinic use O'sullivan approach is widely used for NSLBP to diagnose and treat the patients. In NSLBP cases, the outcome measures are based on the region" back pain" and specifically they are: pain, functional level, and the psychological status. To evaluate these outcome