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頁(
2012
年 )物 理 療 法
物 理 療 法
の
EBM
臨床 的推 論
・
医療 判 断 学
*GOH
Ah
−
Cheng
i
)
2
)
要 旨
Van
der
Vleuten
ら に よ る と,
臨床
的推論
技術 は,
治療
技術
と 同様
に重要 な ものだ と 述べ て い るOu
臨床
的推論
プロセスは
,
起きて いる問題の原囚を特 定
し,
正 しい 治療
目 的 を 設定し,
さ ら に最
適な治 療 技 術を施 すた め に重要 なもの で あり,
患 者 に 治療を 施 す 前 に 行 わ れ る もので あ る。
た と え優れ た 技 術 を もっ た 治療者 で あっ て も.
適 切 な 臨 床 的 推 論 技 術 な し に は効 呆的 な 治療を 患 者 に行 うこ と はで き ない。
適 切 な 治療技 術 に 関 係 す る 事 項 につ い て 述べる こ と は,
今 回の目 的 で は ない.
し か し,
よい 臨床的 推 論 技 術 が,
治療結 果 を 成 功 に導
く前 提 条 件 で あ る とい う こ と を 認 識 す る こ と は 重 要 で あ る。
理学療法士 は,
専 門 分 野 や 臨床 経験年数の違い,
バ イ オ メ ディカルサ イエ ン ス につ い ての知 識 量 に より,
様々な 臨 床 的推 論プロセスが用い ら れ てい る。 こ れ らの要 素につ い て は,
物理 療 法を例に用い な が ら述べてい く。 物 理 療 法の臨 床 的推 論プロセス は,
図1
に示し た。 ス テ ッ プ1
で は,
標 的 組 織に どの ような 生物 物理学 的変 化をもた ら し たいか を決 定する。 た と え ば急 性 損傷の場 合,
炎 症 過 程に おいて,
熱 感,
発 赤,
疼 痛,
腫 脹の4
つ の兆候が み ら れる。 そのた め.
急 性 炎 症の治 療では,
組 織を冷やすこ と が 必要と なる。
ス テ ップ1
で他に必要と な るのは,
生物 物 理 学 的 変 化をもた らすた めに.
最 適 な物理療 法 介 入が な んであるか を判 断 することである,
,
今 回の例では,
寒 冷 療 法(
ア イスパ ックやアイス マ ッサー
ジ)が,
損 傷 組 織の温 度を下 げるた めにもっ と も よく用いら れ る方 法である。
ス テ ップ2
で は,
標 的 組 織に対し期 待 する生 理学 的 効 果を決 定 する。
た と え ば,
組 織 湿 度が15
℃ まで減 少し た時には.
血管 収 縮が起こり,
血流が減 少 する.一・
方,
組 織温 度が10
℃ まで減 少 するか,
寒 冷 療 法を15
分以.
ヒ行 うと,
]II
[管 拡 張が 起こり,
結 果として血流 が 増 加 する。
こ の よう なこと か ら,
求める生 理学 的 効 果が損 傷 組 織 周 囲の1
血流 を減 少 するこ とであ れ ば,
寒 冷 療 法は15
分 以.
.
ドと し,
組 織 温 度の減 少は15
℃ 程 度とする。
ステップ1
と2
で行われた決 定に より,
ス テ ップ3
の臨 床 効 果へ と続い て行 く。
今 回の例では,
臨 床 効 果 は 腫 脹の減 少に より得 るこ とがで きる。 今 まで述べ た臨 床 的 推 論 と医 療 判 断 プロセ スは,
物 理 療 法 を用い たすべ ての治 療 法に用い ることができる.
効 果 的 な 治療 効 果 を 得る た め に,
理 学 療 法.
[tは臨 床 場 面で の臨 床 的 推 論と医 療 判 断 学の重要 性を 理解す ることが 必要である。
Introduction
Evidence
−
based
practice
is
defined
as‘
‘
the conscientious,
explicit
,
andjudicious
use of currentbest
evidence 玉n Inakingdecisions
abouttbe
care Qf anindivid
しlalpalien
匸.
tt 1).
Usually
,
the
focus
of evidence−
based
practice
has
been
onthe
forlller
part
ofthe
definition
,
〔}nfinding
and using the‘
℃urrentbest
evidence
”
.
However
,
equallyimportant
is
thelatter
part
ofthe
definition
on“
makingdecisions
”
about whatis
the
mostappropriate
treatment
for
the
patient
.
This
“
makingdeci
−
sions
”
can alsobe
caUed”
clinical reasollin9”
and」
℃linieal
deci
一
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Clinical
Reasoning and ¢ linical DecisionMaking
in
ELectrophysicaI
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GOH
Ah
.
Cheng
.
PhD :Department
of PhysicalTherapy
,
School
of
HeaLth
Sciences
Shinshu
University
2
) 国 際 物 理療 法 学 会 会 長 〔2009.
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2ell )
GOH
Ah
.
Cheng
.
PhD
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ior
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ド:物 理療 法,
臨 床 的 推 論,
医 療 判 断 学sion making
”
.
’
℃linicat
Reasoning
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is
dcfined
as‘
Lthe
application ofknowl
.
edge and clinica ]experience
towards
a clinicalpresentation
to
derive
a solution”
2レ.
Edwards
et α1
.
3, alsodefined
clinical reasoning as”
the
th
{nking anddeciSion
−
rnakingProcess
that
are used
in
clinicalpractice
’
t
Van
der
Vleuten
andNewbie
4}suggested
that
c且inical
reasoning skills are asimportant
asclinical
treatment
ski 五1s
.
Simitarly
,
Barrows
andFeltovich
5〕suggested
that
a therapist’
s cHnica 且colnpetencyis
dependent
upon
the
effec亡iveness
and efficiency of clinical reasoningskills (
i
.
e.
thinking
anddecision
−
makingprocess
)as wcll aspractical
skills(i
.
e.
assessment andtreatment
techniques
).
Be
−
fore
anytreatlnent
canbe
perforrned
ollthc
patient
,
the
clini−
cal reasoning
process
is
important
to
identify
しbe
cause ofthe
problem
,
the
correcttreatment
Qbjcctivcs as well asthe
mostapPropriate
treatment
techniqucs
to
apPly.
Without
proper
clinical reasoning skills
,
eventhe
therapist
witllthe
mosthighly
cornpetenttreatment
skills will notbe
ableto
provide
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Grading
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level
ofevidencefor
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Level
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ofRecommendation
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lb
lc
2a
2b
2c
3a
3b
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effective
treatment
to
the
patient.
to
competenttreatment
skilLsarepaper.
However,
it
is
important
calreasoning skMs are a eutcomes.
Physical
therapists
employ processesdepending
ontheir
clinicat experience, and
the
biomedicat
sciences.Thesa
relationto
electrophysical agents
The
aim ofthis
paper
is
to
dence"
for
seme ofthe
discuss
the
clinicalreasoning relatedto
EPA.
Current
Best
Evidence
According
to
Sackett's
atic reviews of randomizedthe
highest
level
of evidencefor
In
recentyears,
there
have
published
with regardsto
ing
EPA
for
varieus'
completediscussien
of allthe
systematic reviews
is
not withinever, evidence
from
systematic thefollowing
a.
Pain
control{impairment)
b.
Increasing
musclec.
Increasing
fracture
d.
Improving
upper and
gic
patients
(activity
e.
Improving
swallowing1.
Pain
controlSystematic
review efRCTs
including
meta-analysisIndividuat
RCT
with narrow confidenceintervat
All
and none studiesSvstematic
review ofcohort studieslndividual
cohort study andlow
quality
RCT
C)utcome
research studySystematic
review of case-control studiesIndivldual
case-control studyCase-series,
poor
quality
cohort and case-colltret studiesExpert
opinTonAABBBccccD
The
factors
that
contributc not withinthe
scepe ofth{s
te
recognizethat
good
pre-requisite
to
successfultreatment
different
clinical reasoningarea of specialty,
their
level
ofextent of
their
knowledge
in
the
factors
wlllbe
diseussed
further
in
(EPA).
present
the
"current
besl
treatment
usingEPA,
as well asto
process
in
treatment
procedures
level
of evidenee 6)(Table
1),
contrelled
Lrials
{RCTs)
representtreatment
recommendation.
been
many systematic reviews
treatment
recommendationus-impairments
and activitylimitations.
A
evidence relatedto
EPA
from
the
scope ofthis
paper.
reviews wiil
be
presented
for
strcngth
(impairmenO
healing
rate(disease)
lower
limb
runctien
in
limitatien)
(acrivity
limitution)
Managing
pain
symptornsin
patients
withboth
acute and chroniedisorders
is
perhaps
one ofthe
most common clinical application ofEPA,
In
asystematic review ef14
RCTs
inves-tigating
]ew
level
laser
therapy
(LLLT}
in
the
treatment
ofpatients
with chrenicjoint
disorclers,
Bjordat
et al.7) reportedthat
LLLT
when applied within asuggesteddose
range cansignificantly reduce
the
pain
andimprove
the
health
status ofpatients
with chronicjoint
disorders,
In
a meta-analysis comparingdifferent
treatmentsfor
aculeand cbronic
low
back
pain,Machado
et al.8} reperted thatinfrared,
transcutaneous
electrical nerve stimu]ation(TENS>,
LLLT
andtraction
were mere effective cempared with a pta-cebotreatment
for
patients
withboth
acute and chroniclow
back
pain.
However,
shortwavediathermy
was reperted tobe
ineffective8)
compared withthe
placebe
treatment.
Converse-ly,
in
a simitar study onTENS
in
the
treatment or chroniclow
back
pain
patients,
Khadilkar
etal, 9)repertedthat
the
efficacy
efTENS
as anisolated
treatment wasinconsistent
andlarger,
inulticenterRCTs
were needed.Graham
et al. 10)alsoreported
inconsistent
resultsfor
mechanicattraction
for
thetreatment
ofpatients
with neckdisorders,
They
concludedthat
whi]ethere
was some evidence that traction waseffec-tive,
other studieshave
shown opposite results iO).In
another systematic review onpatients
with osteoarthritis ofthe
knee,
Bjordal
et al.ii} reportedthat
TENS
andLLLT
in
aninten-sivc
2
to
4
weekstreatment
program can resuttin
clinicallysignMcant short-term
pain
retieffor
patients
withOA
knees.
2.
Increasing
musde strengthRoig
andReidi2)
performed
a systematic reviewto
deter-mine
the
effect of electrical stimulation on Tnusclefunctiun,
muscle size,fiber
characteristies and exercise performancein
patients
with chronic obstructivepulmonary
disease
(COPD).
They
reportedthat
electrical stimulation was effeclivein
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to
about15
℃,
The
clinicalreasoning madein
stepl
and step2
willeven-tually
lead
to
step3,
i.e.
the
clinicaleffect.In
this
example,the
clinicaleffeetthat
willbe
achievedis
areductionin
swelling.The
clinicaldecision
makingprocess
is
the
same asthe
clinical reasoning
process,
but
in
reverse(see
Figure
1).
In
other words,the
clinicatdecisien
makingprocess
begins
with step3,
i.e.
whatis
the
desired
clinical effectthat
thePhysicat
Therapist
wouldlike
to achievein
his
patient.Usuatly,
thiscan atso
be
referred to as the aim of treatment.From
this
aim, the therapist must
decide
whichphysiologicat
effects are related to the aim of treatment{Le.
step2)
and what are thebiophysical
changes which willproduce
this physiologicalef-fect
(i.e.
step1).
The
final
decision
would thenbe
to select atreatment modality that will
be
able toproduce
biophysical
changes atthe
target
tissues,
Conclusion
There
is
good
evidencefrom
systematic reviews and meta-analysesthat
many oft]ie
EPA
treatment
are effectivein
the
treatment
efimpairrnents
as well as activitylimitations,
Huw-ever, morehigher
quality
researchis
neededin
many areas ofEPA.
The
clinical reasoning anddecision
makingprecess
discussed
above canbe
appliedto
alltypes
oftreatment
us-ing
EPA.
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erderto
achieve effectivetreatment
outcomes,physical
therapists
must understandthe
importance
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dccision
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