title: Rehabilitation treatment taxonomy: implications and continuations.
abstract: In relation to the conceptual framework for a rehabilitation treatment taxonomy (RTT), which has been proposed in other articles in this supplement, this article discusses a number of issues relevant to its further development, including creating distinctions within the major target classes; the nature and quantity of allowable targets of treatment; and bracketing as a way of specifying (1) the skill or knowledge taught; (2) the nature of compensation afforded by changes in the environment, assistive technology, and orthotics/prosthetics; and (3) the ingredients in homework a clinician assigns. Clarification is provided regarding the role of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health, focusing a taxonomy on ingredients versus other observable aspects of treatment, and regarding our lack of knowledge and its impact on taxonomy development. Finally, this article discusses the immediate implications of the work to date and presents the need for rehabilitation stakeholders of all disciplines to be involved in further RTT development.
authors.affiliation: Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY. Electronic address: marcel.dijkers@mssm.edu.
authors.forename: Marcel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: P Dijkers
authors.affiliation: Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute, Elkins Park, PA.
authors.forename: Tessa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hart
authors.affiliation: Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute, Elkins Park, PA.
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Whyte
authors.affiliation: Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY.
authors.forename: Jeanne
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: M Zanca
authors.affiliation: Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute, Elkins Park, PA.
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Packel
authors.affiliation: Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY.
authors.forename: Theodore
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tsaousides
mesh_terms: D003071:Cognition; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D004777:Environment; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D064702:International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D010347:Patient Care Planning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration; D026761:Physical Therapy Specialty / Q000145:classification* / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011597:Psychomotor Performance; D012656:Self-Help Devices
keywords: ADL; Classification; ICF; International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health; RTT; Rehabilitation; SCI; Systems theory; Terminology as topic; Therapeutics; activities of daily living; rehabilitation treatment taxonomy; spinal cord injury