Outcome Measures and Innovative Approaches in Rehabilitation—2nd Edition

Dear Colleagues,

Due to changes in population health and features, it is anticipated that there will be an increase in the requirement for rehabilitation globally. People are living longer but with more chronic illnesses and disabilities, for instance. The requirement for rehabilitation is now largely unmet: more than 50% of people do not obtain the rehabilitative services they need in several low- and middle-income nations. Along with the promotion of health, the prevention of disease, the treatment of illness, and palliative care, rehabilitation is a crucial component of universal health coverage.

Health professionals of rehabilitation are a part of multi-professional and interdisciplinary teams targeted at improving activities of daily living and quality of life and preventing secondary complications and comorbidities. Several studies have reported the effectiveness of rehabilitative treatments including physiotherapy, speech therapy, and occupational and cognitive therapy. Recently, challenging innovative therapeutic approaches tailored to patients’ needs have progressed substantially.

There is a strong heterogeneity in validated tools among various national contexts. This heterogeneity can be assumed to have a positive meaning if one thinks about the multiple needs of the clinical context; however, clinicians have conflicting or incomplete information available to use when making decisions in patient care. Furthermore, the lack of consistency and the deficiency of standardization in outcome assessment have hindered comparative research and meta-analysis.

With this Special Issue, we would like to offer the opportunity to increase and improve evidence about the role of rehabilitation professionals in the management and treatment of patients with different clinical conditions through conventional and innovative therapeutic approaches.

On the other hand, we encourage the use of practical and appropriate outcome measures allowing comparisons and meta-analyses of high-quality randomized controlled trials.

Dr. Marco Tramontano
Dr. Giovanni Galeoto
Guest Editors

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• rehabilitation
• physiotherapy
• rehabilitative treatments
• neurologic disorders
• speech therapy
• occupational therapy
• cognitive therapy
• outcome measures
• innovative therapeutic approaches

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