Functional Outcomes Documentation for Rehabilitation: A Guide to Clinical Decision Making in Physical Therapy

Functional outcomes are at the core of physical therapy practice, helping to improve client function and reduce disability. Documentation allows therapists to identify, record, measure, and evaluate treatments and therapies in a uniform record, as well as providing evidence of functional progress for insurance payment and reimbursement. This hands-on textbook/workbook teaches users to document functional outcomes in a clear, logical progression.

• Provides both theoretical foundations and a practical approach to functional outcomes documentation.
• Presents a top-down perspective on rehabilitation, based on the Nagi disablement model.
• Numerous examples and exercises in every chapter allow readers to put documentation skills into practice as they learn essential theoretical concepts.
• An overview of key legal issues related to physical therapy documentation is provided.
• Functional outcomes documentation in a variety of settings is covered, including acute care, rehabilitation, outpatient, home care, nursing homes, pediatrics, school settings, and group homes.
• Examples illustrate a range of impairments featuring different client groups that challenge students to consider real-life scenarios.

Lori Quinn, EdD, PT, Associate Professor, Program in Physical Therapy, New York Medical College, School of Public Health, Valhalla, NY; and James Gordon, EdD, PT, Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA