Volume 37, Issue 1

“Fidelity Tool” Helps Pediatric Physical Therapists Implement Guidelines for Patients with Cerebral Palsy

Findings from a study looking at a method of ensuring physical therapists can more easily implement evidence-based guideline therapy for children with cerebral palsy has been published in Pediatric Physical Therapy journal. First author Michelle Jackman PhD, Occupational Therapist & Research Fellow, at the Cerebral Palsy Research Institute of University of Sydney, Australia and the CP Alliance Research Foundation in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia has been discussing her group’s findings in the latest edition of the Pediatric Physical Therapy podcast with correspondent Sarah Maxwell, in the company of Editor-in-Chief, Linda Fetters PhD PT FAPTA, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA.

JOURNAL TITLE: Implementing Clinical Practice Guidelines for improving function in Cerebral Palsy: Development of a Fidelity Tool