Statistical process control: A feasibility study of the application of time-series measurement in early neurorehabilitation after acquired brain injury
Gabriela Markovic , Marie-Louise Schult, Aniko Bartfai, Mattias Elg
Karolinska Institutet, Department of Clinical Sciences, , Division of Rehabilitation Medicine, Danderyd Hospital, 182 88 Stockholm, Sweden. E-mail: gabriela.markovic@sll.se
DOI: 10.2340/16501977-2172
Lay Abstract
A new tool for statistics in early rehabilitation
Patients with acquired brain injury recover in an uneven and unpredictable way. Therefore it is difficult to evaluate the effectiveness of rehabilitation interventions. We studied the feasibility of a statistical technique called “statistical process control” in 27 patients with stroke or traumatic brain injury. It could be concluded that “statistical process control” is a promising tool to evaluate recovery in rehabilitation, especially when patients show different patterns like rapid, steady or stationary.
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