Hi,
maybe we don't understand your question. ???
Firstly: what do your colleagues use? Can they not provide you with the commonly used assessment form of the unit?
Secondly:
These days, the trend is to use assessment forms which go alongside the ICF model (WHO | International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF).
Meaning, that you use a general Physiotherapy assessment form, regardless of disease and complete only the neccessary components.
Example: If the patient suffers from pain, elevate on the topic, using outcome measures (e.g. the Visual Analogue Scale or body charts) and whatever is commonly used in your country. If the patient does not suffer from pain - comment that this is not currently applicable.
For a hemiplegic patient, look at impairments like e.g. strength and tone and functional components (see gcoe's suggestions). Depending on the severity of these patients, you will have to include neurological, but also respiratory, musculoskeletal aspects into the physical examination, so, yes, the assessment is huge.
It will be pretty much impossible to send you an assessment sample, since privacy and ethical responsibilities would not allow this. I hope you understand.
If you have not been given any guidelines on the assessment of neurological patients, you will have to get some of the suggested books, in order to do an appropriate assessment and analyse your findings. This will ultimately help you with making informed clinical decisions and justify re-assessments and treatment.
Kind regards,
Fyzzio





 
			
			 
							 
					
					
					
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