[M_T]: EN>IT physical therapy

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Dear list-mates, I'm translating an article on physical therapy entitled

_Variation by Diagnostic and Practice Pattern Groups in the Mobility

Outcomes of Inpatient Rehabilitation Programs for Children and Youth_. I

wonder what is the meaning of the words starrred in this sentence:

documenting gains in mobility within groups using uniform functional

measures allows program clinician to evaluate mobility outcomes, develop

high-quality improvement initiatives, compare findings from other programs,

and *meet accreditation requirement for performance measures* and

*benchmarking*

Later on, the authors say that through the search of a hospital database and

*by confirmatory chart review* they identifed the children who were admitted

to the Rehabilitation.

Finally, with reference to the assessment used to evaluate functional

change, they say:

-The range of values for *inter-interviewer realiability* for the clinical

standardization sample has been reported to be between .84 and 99.

-Reliability studies have demonstrated what we consider good *interrater

reliability* and *intrarater reliability*.

Hope you can help me.

MTIA

Miriam