Strong For Recommendation
People with a newly acquired SCI should receive physiotherapy services throughout their acute and rehabilitation phases.
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| P | People with a newly acquired SCI | Evidence recommendation No evidence recommendation Reason: No RCTs | Strong opinion statement FOR People with a newly acquired SCI should receive physiotherapy services throughout their acute and rehabilitation phases. |
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| I | Physiotherapy Services | |||
| C | Optimal outcome | Consensus-based opinion statement Strong for (100%) |
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| O | Not stated | |||
The Australian and NZ SCI Physiotherapy guideline committee recommends people with a newly acquired SCI should receive physiotherapy services. This is a consensus-based opinion statement supported by the opinions of the experts. There are no randomized controlled trials on this topic. The guideline states:
People with a newly acquired SCI should receive physiotherapy services throughout their acute and rehabilitation phases.
This statement was formed by considering the opinions of the experts alongside other factors. The other factors that were considered were benefits and harms, values and preferences, resource use, equity, accessibility, and feasibility.
This is a consensus-based opinion statement. Consensus-based opinion statements are less robust than evidence-based recommendations. They can be strong or weak. This is a strong consensus-based opinion statement which means that the guideline panel is confident they can recommend that people with a newly acquired SCI should receive physiotherapy serviceĀ based on opinion.
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