Leveraging the Medical Context to Increase Upper Extremity Reconstruction among Patients with Tetraplegia: A Qualitative Analysis.

CONCLUSIONS: In appropriate candidates, UER produces substantial functional gains, but reconstruction remains underutilized in the tetraplegic population. By analyzing how patients achieve health and build trust in early recovery/injury, our study provides strategies to improve UER access. We propose that interventions targeting highly trusted points of care (transfer hospitals) and avoiding low-trust points (PCPs, home health) will be most effective. Urology may represent a novel entry point for UER interventions. PMID: 28782539 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Physica Medica - Category: Physics Authors: Tags: Arch Phys Med Rehabil Source Type: research