Encourage them to do their home exercises as instructed, emphasizing the role doing so plays in both the length and success of their recovery, as you would for any patient. However, patient compliance with the home exercise program is distinct from physical therapist compliance with the treatment protocol. When completing the Physical Therapist Report Form(s) [...]
Even if you made some modifications to the treatment protocol, you should still answer YES on the PT Report form that the prescribed PT Protocol was followed. Further on in the report you should indicate which sets of exercises, if any, weren’t performed and why. However, if you did not follow the treatment protocol at [...]
You will be referred to the site lead physical therapist for a call to discuss the treatment protocol changes. If needed, you can access the appropriate non-op or post-op PT treatment protocol on the study website: shoulderstudy.org/studies/arc-trial/physical-therapists. After the patient finishes physical therapy, you will receive an additional retrospective PT report form, which you will [...]
If a post-operative patient has had alternate or additional surgical procedures, you may modify the treatment protocol as appropriate based on the procedures they received. For example, if an operative patient had a debridement only, you should follow the post-operative treatment protocol but may advance the patient through each phase as tolerated (as opposed to [...]
Contact your site Lead PT at any time with questions, concerns or for clarification as needed.
An email will be sent to you when it is time to complete each report. You do not need to keep track of when reports are due.
A link to the form will be emailed to you. Simply click on that link and answer the questions in the online survey. It should only take about 5 minutes to complete.
You do not need to let us know if the patient self-terminates as this information will be captured in the PT Report Form(s) you will complete.
For the post-op protocol, the patient needs to meet 4 out of the 5 criteria for discharge. For the non-op protocol, the criterion for progression is listed for each phase and should be followed.
Yes. The Non-Op protocol stages do not have specified time frames. Once the goals of a stage are met, the patient may be progressed to the next phase.