Member organisations of the European Region of the World Confederation for Physical Therapy (ER-WCPT) are developing a European Guideline for Physiotherapy in Parkinson’s Disease. This European Guideline will update the only existing guideline for physiotherapy in Parkinson’s, which was published in 2004 by the Royal Dutch Society for Physical Therapy (KGNF). The new, updated guideline aims to meet the needs of individual European countries’ Parkinson’s needs (in relation to physiotherapy) and will fulfil international accepted standards.
The guidelines will include key questions based on currently unmet needs; conclusions to these questions, based on a systematic literature review; feasibility and costs of treatment; physiotherapy practice recommendations; a ‘quick reference card’ for daily care; advice for adaptations of the guideline within the ER-WCPT member countries; and patient information to be used for leaflets and the web. An article intended for publication in an international, peer-reviewed medical journal is also planned.
