Table 2.

Treatment aims during the rehabilitation stages

	Aspect	Acute stage					Post-acute stage		Long-term stage
	Authors/Publications	Debus et al.	Jang et al.	Matthey et al.	Simmel et al. 2010	Simmel et al. 2013	Critchfield et al.	Matthey et al.	Matthey et al.	Simmel et al. 2011
Physical Function/ Mobility	Regaining physical mobility/function	X		X	X	X			X	X
	Communication/swallowing skills									X
QoL	Long term improvement quality of life		X						X
Psychological State	Psychological care (Patient)				X		X		X
	Psychological care (Relatives)					X
Social/ Vocational reintegration	Vocational rehabilitation/reintegration				X		X	X	X
	Social reintegration				X			X	X	X
Return to normal life	Return to normal life/autonomy		X							X
	Management of complex life skills						X
Prevention Conplications /Dependencies	Prevent chronic conditions (disabilities/dependencies)				X	X
	Prevent secondary consequences/complications			X						X
	Improving patients prognosis		X
Rehabilitation potential	Achieving rehabilitation capability (mobility and independence)	X				X
Invidualized care	Individualized Care				X	X
Ressources and coordination	Coordination physical/psychological treatment/resources	X				X
	Implementation curative/preventive measures and predictors			X		X
	Organizing seamless rehabilitation phases and early transfer					X
Other	Pain management									X