Standardized tools for assessing balance and mobility in stroke clinical practice guidelines worldwide: A scoping review.

Background: Use of standardized tools to assess balance and mobility limitations is a recommended practice in stroke rehabilitation. The extent to which clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) for stroke rehabilitation recommend specific tools and provide resources to support their implementation is unknown.

Purpose: To identify and describe standardized, performance-based tools for assessing balance and/or mobility and describe postural control components challenged, the approach used to select tools, and resources provided for clinical implementation, in CPGs for stroke.

'We don't have to do it together': a qualitative study of physiotherapists' and patients' perceptions about collaborative goal setting in Nigeria.

Background: The adoption of Collaborative Goal Setting (CGS) is limited in most rehabilitation settings in Nigeria despite its recommendations in clinical practice guidelines.

Objective: To explore the perceptions of physiotherapists and patients about CGS at a tertiary healthcare facility in Ibadan, Nigeria.

Methods: We conducted focus group discussions among purposively selected physiotherapists (n = 8) and patients (4 stroke survivors, 3 patients with brain injury) to qualitatively explore their perceptions.

Integrating physiotherapy into primary health care in Nigeria: Perceptions of primary health care practitioners.

The perception of Primary Health Care (PHC) practitioners about integrating physiotherapy into PHC in Nigeria is still unknown. The aim of this study was to examine the knowledge and attitude of PHC practitioners in Nigeria regarding the integration of physiotherapy into PHC. The participants in this cross-sectional study were 183 PHC practitioners (physicians, nurses, and community health workers).

Expectations of individuals with neurological conditions from rehabilitation: A mixed-method study of needs.

Background: Knowledge of the specific expectations of patients with neurological conditions (NCs) from rehabilitation helps in setting attainable goals. Such expectations may vary from situation to situation. There are no studies investigating rehabilitation expectations amongst individuals with NCs in Nigeria.

Pragmatic Solutions for Stroke Recovery and Improved Quality of Life in Low- and Middle-Income Countries-A Systematic Review.

Given the limited healthcare resources in low and middle income countries (LMICs), effective rehabilitation strategies that can be realistically adopted in such settings are required. A systematic review of literature was conducted to identify pragmatic solutions and outcomes capable of enhancing stroke recovery and quality of life of stroke survivors for low- and middle- income countries. PubMed, HINARI, and Directory of Open Access Journals databases were searched for published Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs) till November 2018.

Relationships Between Community Reintegration and Clinical and Psychosocial Attributes in Individuals With Spinal Cord Injury in a Nigerian City.

The bio-psychosocial model for comprehensive understanding of community reintegration among individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI) varies across communities. Yet, information about community reintegration in Nigeria is not available. To investigate the association between community reintegration and clinical and psychosocial attributes among Nigerians with SCI.

Utilization of physiotherapy in the continuum of stroke care at a tertiary hospital in Ibadan, Nigeria.

Objectives: To investigate the pattern of referral for and utilisation of physiotherapy in the continuum of stroke care at a tertiary hospital in Ibadan, Nigeria.

Methods: Referral notes and medical records of patients admitted in the University College Hospital, Ibadan with a clinical diagnosis of stroke between January, 2009 and December, 2013 were retrospectively reviewed. Information on age, sex, type of stroke, length of hospital stay, referral for physiotherapy and utilisation of physiotherapy were retrieved.

Satisfaction of Nigerian stroke survivors with outpatient physiotherapy care.

Objective: To investigate the satisfaction of stroke survivors with outpatient physiotherapy care.

Methods: Sixty stroke survivors were surveyed using the European Physiotherapy Treatment Outpatient Satisfaction Survey (EPTOPS). Focus group discussion (FGD) was also conducted with four stroke survivors from the same sample.

Perceived quality of physiotherapy services among informal caregivers of children with cerebral palsy in Ibadan, Nigeria.

Objective: Effective physiotherapy intervention for children with cerebral palsy (CP) requires that expectations of their caregivers be incorporated into treatment plans and strategies. This study explored the perceived Quality of Physiotherapy (QoP) for children with CP in Ibadan, Nigeria

Methods: This cross-sectional survey explored the perceived QoP using the SERVQUAL instrument among informal caregivers of children with CP from two different healthcare facilities. Data was analysed using Mann Whiney U and Wilcoxon Signed Rank tests at p ≤ 0.

Stroke rehabilitation: should physiotherapy intervention be provided at a primary health care centre or the patients' place of domicile?

Purpose: This randomized controlled trial compared the outcomes of physiotherapy intervention on selected indices of recovery for stroke survivors treated at a primary health centre group (PHCG) with those treated in their respective places of domicile group (DG).

Methods: Participants were 52 individuals comprising 24 males and 28 females who had suffered a stroke and were recently discharged from two inpatient health facilities in Ibadan, Nigeria. They were randomly assigned into either the PHCG (n = 25) or DG (n = 27) and treated twice weekly for 10 consecutive weeks using a physiotherapy intervention protocol comprising a battery of task-specific exercises.