Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences (Jul 2022)

What Does It Take for Research to Be Rehabilitation Research?

  • Lena Aadal,
  • Lena Aadal,
  • Tove Lise Nielsen,
  • Anders Bonde Jensen,
  • Merete Bjerrum,
  • Merete Bjerrum,
  • Claus Vinther Nielsen,
  • Claus Vinther Nielsen,
  • Claus Vinther Nielsen,
  • Sanne Angel,
  • Sanne Angel

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fresc.2022.823159
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 3

Abstract

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Six recommendations to facilitate rehabilitation research and supplement existing research practices were identified. Rehabilitation practice requires research addressing different long-term multi-faceted needs and perspectives of end users, including service users, professionals, politicians, and administrators. Research in rehabilitation should therefore integrate different research traditions and methods. Rehabilitation research with a broad focus is sparse, and most of the research takes its starting point in the biomedical research tradition. Through a nominal group process, we developed recommendations to emphasize important issues in rehabilitation research.

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