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Instrument Reviewers

Initially reviewed by the Rehabilitation Measures Team; Updated by Jennifer Kahn, PT, DPT, NCS, Candy Tefertiller, PT, DPT ATP, NCS, and SCI EDGE task force of the Neurology Section of the APTA in 2012

Professional Association Recommendation

Recommendations for use of the instrument from the Neurology Section of the American Physical Therapy Association¡¯s Multiple Sclerosis Taskforce (MSEDGE), Parkinson¡¯s Taskforce (PD EDGE), Spinal Cord Injury Taskforce (PD EDGE), Stroke Taskforce (StrokEDGE), Traumatic Brain Injury Taskforce (TBI EDGE), and Vestibular Taskforce (Vestibular EDGE) are listed below. These recommendations were developed by a panel of research and clinical experts using a modified Delphi process.

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Recommendations for use based on acuity level of the patient:

Recommendations based on SCI AIS Classification: 

Recommendations for entry-level physical therapy education and use in research:

Considerations

• The Child Needs Assessment Checklist (ChNAC) is also available (see Webster & Kennedy, 2007; for more information)
• NAC is a measure of an individual¡¯s perceptions of their own independence and may be subjective and influenced by other factors. 
• NAC assesses both verbal and physical independence so individuals have potential to reach 100% on all subscales. 

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Bibliography

Berry, C. and Kennedy, P. (2002). "A psychometric analysis of the Needs Assessment Checklist (NAC)." Spinal Cord 41(9): 490-501. 

Duff, J., Evans, M. J., et al. (2004). "Goal planning: a retrospective audit of rehabilitation process and outcome." Clinical rehabilitation 18(3): 275. 

Kennedy, P., Evans, M., et al. (2003). "Comparative analysis of goal achievement during rehabilitation for older and younger adults with spinal cord injury." Spinal Cord 41(1): 44-52. 

Kennedy, P. and Hamilton, L. R. (1999). "The needs assessment checklist: a clinical approach to measuring outcome." Spinal Cord 37(2): 136-139. 

Webster, G. and Kennedy, P. (2007). "Addressing children's needs and evaluating rehabilitation outcome after spinal cord injury: the child needs assessment checklist and goal-planning program." J Spinal Cord Med 30 Suppl 1: S140-145.