January 2010
Marten Munneke,
Maarten J Nijkrake,
Samyra HJ Keus,
Gert Kwakkel,
Henk W Berendse,
Raymund AC Roos,
George F Borm,
Eddy M Adang,
Sebastiaan Overeem,
Bastiaan R Bloem,
on behalf of the
ParkinsonNet Trial Study Group
The community-based professional network (ParkinsonNet) trial based in The Netherlands involved training of a selected number of expert physiotherapists to work according to evidence-based recommendations. Structured referrals to these trained physiotherapists to increase the numbers of patients they treated during the course of the trial indicated that a ParkinsonNet network provides an improved quality of care at substantially reduced costs compared with usual-care networks.
For more information on ParkinsonNet, visit
www.parkinsonnet.nl (
Dutch)
