PHYSIOFUTURIST DOMAIN
Genomics and Personalized Rehabilitation
Genomic information may eventually help identify biological differences that influence recovery, but it is not ready to prescribe routine physiotherapy. Personalization is already possible through patient goals, context, baseline measures, and response to treatment. Consumer genetic reports should not determine rehabilitation without clinical validation, qualified interpretation, privacy protection, and clear evidence of benefit.
Questions for practice
- Which problem would this address, and what outcomes matter to the person receiving care?
- What evidence supports this application, population, and setting?
- What skills, safeguards, resources, and accountability would its use require?
- What would justify continuing, changing, or stopping its use?
This is an introductory overview of a domain in the PhysioFuturist model. Specific products and clinical uses need their own evidence assessment.
Read the Perspective for the reasoning behind these questions or explore the autonomy-accountability continuum.