The report is available in English with a French summary - KCE

150 Musculoskeletal & Neurological Rehabilitation KCE reports 57
Key points
• There are only few clinical pathways available for rehabilitation of lower
extremity amputation, multiple sclerosis and spinal cord injury.
• A lot of clinical pathways exist for rehabilitation of total hip replacement
and stroke, but they are mostly limited to the acute phase of the disease
trajectory.
• Characteristics of the available pathways are:
Only part of the disease trajectory is covered and there is no information
about duration of the whole rehabilitation process;
Intensity and content of therapy are mostly not mentioned;
The involvement of a multidisciplinary team is nearly always mentioned;
Outcome measures are not commonly used;
Some pathways focus on outcome criteria, other focus on time-related steps
of the rehabilitation process;
• The selected clinical pathways are difficult to compare. Variability can not
be confirmed nor rejected.