Associations between adjusted Barthel-Index and clinical data in patients with early rehabilitation care in the acute hospital setting

Design: A prospective observational study, examining the determinants of adjusted Barthel-Index in patients with early rehabilitation care, recruited from the Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Helios Clinic Berlin-Buch. Background: In Rehabilitation Medicine, patients with an acute event (surgery, fall etc.) or an acute onset of disease (pneumonia etc.), are in need of intensive and fast rehabilitation interventions. The rehabilitation process in acute setting is often described as patients' limitations of activities of daily livings (ADL). The Barthel-Index as a measure of ADL describe these pat…