Abstract
This paper is written in honor of the memory of the late Jules Rothstein, editor in chief “emeritus” of the Physical Therapy (the journal of the American Physical Therapy Association - APTA) who passed away on the 27-08-2005. It is fitting to dedicate a paper on disability to Dr. Rothstein, as he himself likened disability with the identity of physiotherapy. A paper focusing on disability at this time might be the wake up call needed to make physiotherapists heed the African decade of the disabled person, which is more than halfway through. The paper highlights the problem of sparse evidence in rehabilitation and emphasizes the need for an evidence-based approach to rehabilitation. Practical suggestions for the implementation of EBP in rehabilitation using the International Classification of Functioning, Disability (ICF) as a framework are proposed. This paper is envisaged to enthuse rehabilitation physiotherapists to embrace EBP, so that their focus is redirected to the ‘eradication of disability’.
Highlights
INTRODUCTIONThe first time I was in Reykjavik, Iceland in June 2000 at the Nordic research symposium on ‘Evidence Based Practice – bridging the research practice gap’
I met Jules Rothstein on two occasions only
I was captivated by his thought provoking editorials, his writings of measurements in science, and his passion for disability
Summary
The first time I was in Reykjavik, Iceland in June 2000 at the Nordic research symposium on ‘Evidence Based Practice – bridging the research practice gap’. He was one of the keynote speakers and conducted a practical workshop on EBP. My second encounter with Jules was the 2003 congress of the World Confederation for Physical Therapy in Barcelona From these two encounters and from reading his work, Jules left an impression on me as a rehabilitation therapist that says ‘go back to your roots – focus on disability and have an evidence based approach to rehabili-
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