RT Book, Section A1 Riddle, Daniel L. A1 Stratford, Paul W. SR Print(0) ID 1180746418 T1 Acknowledging Barriers and Identifying Barrier-Busting Strategies T2 Is This Change Real? YR 2013 FD 2013 PB F. A. Davis Company PP New York, NY SN 9780803629578 LK fadavispt.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1180746418 RD 2024/10/12 AB Choosing a standardized outcome measure that will be effective in your clinical setting can be challenging and requires some work on the front end to help ensure success. All too often, physical therapists enthusiastic about using standardized outcome measures in their practices have become jaded when attempting to implement the measures. This has often led to abandoning them. There are two prominent reasons for this. The first is that the physical therapists did not have a clear vision of what they wanted to assess with the measure. The second reason is that the therapists did not consider potential barriers associated with implementing the selected outcome measure in the therapists' unique clinical settings. In this chapter we first identify potential barriers to the successful implementation of outcome measures in clinical practice and then offer six steps that will enhance your chance of selecting a measure that can be successfully implemented in your clinical setting.