Dr. Kirsten Potter joins the podcast to talk about outcome measures! She discusses her experiences with outcome measures, from witnessing initial clinician resistance toward leading the charge as a change agent through her work in developing the core set of outcome measures and her role as MS Edge Chair. Dr. Potter and Dr. Powers highlight the evolution of evidence-based practice and data within neurologic physical therapy, including how the use of the core set measures leads to improved clinical decision-making and patient outcomes. After this episode, you will have added the core set measures into your toolkit while also appreciating the tremendous work (past and present!) being done to supply clinicians with the best available evidence in neurologic physical therapy!

References and Took Kit

• ANPT Core Set of Outcome Measures: https://www.neuropt.org/practice-resources/anpt-clinical-practice-guidelines/core-outcome-measure-cpg
• Core Set of Outcome Measures Clinical Practice Guideline: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6023606/
• Self-Report Measures of Fatigue for People with Multiple Sclerosis - A Systematic Review: https://journals.lww.com/jnpt/fulltext/2024/01000/self_report_measures_of_fatigue_for_people_with.2.aspx
• Modified Fatigue Impact Scale: https://www.sralab.org/rehabilitation-measures/modified-fatigue-impact-scale
• Fatigue Severity Scale: https://www.sralab.org/rehabilitation-measures/fatigue-severity-scale

All music courtesy of Free Music Archive and used via attribution 4.0 international license.

• Intro and Outro: Stylin' by JMHBM
• Transitional: Our Reality by Ketsa

Contact Dr. Powers

• Email: [email protected]
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-powers-pt-dpt-edd/

Contact Dr. Potter: 

• Email: [email protected] 
• LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/kirstenpotter/