Access, use and satisfaction with physiotherapy services among adults with cerebral palsy living in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
Manjula ManikandanElizabeth CassidyGemma CookCherry KilbrideClaire KerrAisling WalshMichael WalshJennifer M RyanPublished in: Disability and rehabilitation (2022)
Adults with CP did not receive the physiotherapy services that they perceived they needed. There is a need to develop physiotherapy services in collaboration with people living with CP.Implications of rehabilitationAdults with cerebral palsy (CP) needed physiotherapy services, but were not receiving the physiotherapy services that they perceive they needed.Adults were not satisfied with the availability or quality of physiotherapy services received.Adults with scoliosis and mobility decline were less likely to report that they received the physiotherapy they needed.There is a need to develop physiotherapy services from a life-span perspective for adults living with CP.