Development of a theory- and evidence-based intervention to enhance implementation of physical therapy guidelines for the management of low back pain.

Background: Systematic planning could improve the generally moderate effectiveness of interventions to enhance adherence to clinical practice guidelines. The aim of our study was to demonstrate how the process of Intervention Mapping was used to develop an intervention to address the lack of adherence to the national CPG for low back pain by Dutch physical therapists.

Methods: We systematically developed a program to improve adherence to the Dutch physical therapy guidelines for low back pain.

Development of a movement quality measurement tool for children.

Background: Pediatric physical therapists assess the quantity and quality of children's motor skills. Several quantitative motor tests are currently available, but a concise measurement tool of observable movement quality (OMQ) is lacking.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to develop an OMQ measurement tool for children from the perspective of pediatric physical therapists.

Outcome measures in physiotherapy management of patients with stroke: a survey into self-reported use, and barriers to and facilitators for use.

Unlabelled: OBJECTIVE. To investigate physiotherapists' self-reported use of outcome measures as recommended in the Dutch Clinical Practice Guideline on Physiotherapy Management of Patients with Stroke (CPGPS) and to assess perceived barriers to and facilitators for the use of outcome measures in everyday practice.

Method: A 41-item survey, including the barriers and facilitators questionnaire (BFQ), was sent by post to 400 physiotherapists in each of the following settings in the Netherlands: acute care hospitals (ACH; n = 100), rehabilitation centres (RC; n = 100), nursing homes (NH; n = 100) and private physiotherapy practices (PPP; n = 100).