Abstract
The aim of this special communication is to describe a clinician/researcher collaboration that supported implementation of the segmental approach to trunk control into physical therapy practice at a large, multisite, pediatric hospital. A 6-phase, multifaceted iterative process including use of educational strategies, the knowledge-to-action (KTA) cycle, the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research, and the Theoretical Domains Framework was used. The total number of Segmental Assessments of Trunk Control (SATCos) completed increased from 0 to 57. Fifteen of 23 physical therapists representing 7 clinic locations referred a child for a SATCo. Using education alone or education plus the KTA cycle resulted in minimal uptake. Using more formal contextual assessments and mapping of barriers to strategies using implementation frameworks, collaborative goal setting, and planning resulted in more effective strategies and increase in uptake of the segmental approach in later phases.
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