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It seems like the two key components of the protocol are high intensity (75-85% HRmax) and maximizing step counts. If both are not able to be achieved, which focus would be more important?
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How is a session structured best in terms of intervals, duration, etc?
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When moving towards variable practice and error augmentation should intensity (RPE and HR) still be the focus?
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Do you typically schedule an aide with you for the entire session to assist with transitions between activities and safety on stairs?
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Is is appropriate to use assistive devices such as hemi walkers or quad canes with this intervention?
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How do you determine if a client is suitable for HIT?
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Would you prioritize forward walking at a higher speed/HRR or multi-directional walking at a lower speed/HRR?
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Our site has space limitations (i.e., 90 or 180 degree turns are required every 100-150 feet). Do you have recommendations on managing these space constraints?
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Do you ever take patients out in the community to practice high-intensity walking in an open environment?
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Do you think a gait belt is sufficient support for clinics that do not have harness systems?
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How long is a typical bout on a treadmill for a very low level patient prior to needing to rest? How do you select the starting speed?
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When is HIT an inappropriate intervention for a patient?
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Do you ease into the high-intensity vital parameters over a specific number of sessions?
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Could you please provide some tips on how to manage hypotension during body weight support treadmill training?
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How is HIT utilized in acute care? If utilized, then do many patients get disqualified by insurance from going to inpatient rehab by getting too many steps in?
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Does the "pie slice" analogy apply in acute care? How do I balance the goals of HIT with the need for patient/family education and training, discharge planning, transfer training with staff so the patient can toilet, sit up to eat, etc.?
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Do you have any recommendation for safely attempting walking in inpatient rehab if trunk and head control is severely impacted?
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How much time should we be spending on HIT in an IRF setting?
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How do we incorporate OT and assist with carryover to other disciplines? What should OT be focusing on?
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During inpatient rehab, should gait training be split up between supported gait training in a harness on a treadmill and overground for assistive device training?
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How early can I start HIT with my patients in inpatient stroke rehabilitation?
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For patients requiring maxA for ambulation, is it ok to have high levels of body weight support (~50%) to attain a safe stepping pattern for therapist and patient?
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What interventions are suggested for very low level, non-ambulatory patients?
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As many of my patients are very dependent, I am exhausted and would love to hear any suggestions on how to make this sustainable.
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When completing more intensive training in therapist assisted treadmill training where more than one person is required to assist, do you recommend having more than 1 skilled therapists in assisting or do you use support staff such as technicians?
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How would you recommend doing HIT with patients that are max/total assist in a facility with limited bodyweight support resources?
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With requirements at IPR facility for the patient to get 3 hours/day of therapy, what do you do if HIT fatigues the patient to the point that they cannot complete all of their sessions?
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Is there a guideline for % of time split between overground and treadmill training in patient who are ambulatory early in their rehab stay?
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The average LOS in inpatient for patients post-stroke is 8 days. Would you still recommend performing HIT with patient's with little to no movement in the leg if our LOS is that short?
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Do you recommend providing any specific information related to HIT at team conference in IRF?
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For an IRF, what would be the ideal number of HR monitors, treadmills and overground systems to provide HIT? What would you prioritize if you had limited resources?
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Medical and therapy leadership at my acute rehab facility are hesitant to approve implementation of high intensity. Do you have more resources for how to gain approval?
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In the inpatient setting we see some patients for 90 minute sessions. Is there any upper limit for dose (60 vs 90) for a HIT session? Or does it depend on patient tolerance?
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In an inpatient setting when a patient may have multiple therapy sessions per day would you focus on high intensity gait training for all sessions or just one and other interventions for other sessions?
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How do I do HIT in the home PT setting?
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In higher level patients, does running/jogging on the treadmill have the same application to improving walking?
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In an outpatient setting where it is often not possible to see a patient 4x/week, do we adjust the frequency to 2-3x/week? Or, should we continue with 4-5x/week and risk using up their visits very quickly?
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In outpatient, is BWS still recommended instead of overground practice for more impaired ambulators despite the increased setup time?
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In an outpatient setting where you can’t have patients for 1:1 treatments, what are other ways we can still get some high intensity in safely?
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If we only see patients once a week or even once every other week, would HIT still be a valuable intervention to perform?
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How do you know when a patient has plateaued in their recovery of walking, especially in an outpatient setting with a chronic patient?
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For the OP setting, when would you expect the outcome measures you're using (6MWT, BBS, etc) to surpass the MDC and make significant gains when implementing the HIT protocol? 4 weeks? 8 weeks?
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Since the pedometers available at our facility are not accurate, would increasing the time performing high intensity gait training be a good alternative?
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What additional treatment interventions do you use in combination with high intensity gait training?
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How do you set specific, realistic, and attainable stepping goals for a patient? Does it come with time and experience you start to see what a good number of steps are?
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Do you measure patient steps in a session?
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Do you have any tips/tricks for the most useful/efficient set-up for sessions for collecting metrics and maximizing time spent on gait?
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When you discuss total walking time in a session at a vigorous intensity, does that include warm up and cool down? Is it important to incorporate a cool down during HIT?
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Some of the research to support elevating high intensity training used 20-to-30-minute sessions. How long is appropriate for high intensity training sessions? Is there a point of diminishing returns?
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Can you review the ideal parameters for length of treatment for HIT?
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Do you have suggestions when fatigue limits further gait training during the session?
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As the patient gets more functional, can you decrease frequency of sessions and still get the same results, or do you have to keep up the higher frequency?
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