Objective Measures
Open Access
- 1 July 1989
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in PTJ: Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Journal
- Vol. 69 (7) , 590-593
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ptj/69.7.590
Abstract
To address all the questions relevant to objective measures is not possible in a brief presentation. I, therefore, will limit the following to three questions: 1) What are objective measures? 2) Why do we need objective measures? and 3) How are we doing with objective measures, and where might we go from here? What Are Objective Measures? Regarding the substance of objective measures, I would like to deal with two concepts. One is the relative independence between objective measures and the examiner. The second is the persistent dependence of our objective measures on the patient. Rothstein has distinguished objective measures as those that are not dependent on the examiner.1 All of the measures that therapists use, however, are probably dependent in part on the examiner. In elaborating on Rothstein's statement, I would define objective measures as those that are not dependent primarily on the judgment of the examiner.Keywords
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