Journal of clinical epidemiology
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A "review of reviews" was undertaken to assess methodological issues in studies evaluating nondrug rehabilitation interventions in stroke patients. ⋯ The eligible systematic reviews identified important methodological flaws in the evaluated primary studies, suggesting the need for improvement of research methods and reporting.
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Multicenter Study
The use of weekly text messaging over 6 months was a feasible method for monitoring the clinical course of low back pain in patients seeking chiropractic care.
This study critically evaluates a new method of collecting frequent data using mobile phones and text messages. Fluctuating conditions such as low back pain (LBP) need frequent monitoring to describe the clinical course in detail and to account for individual and subgroup variations. ⋯ Weekly text messages are a useful method of data collection to examine the clinical course of LBP in the primary care sector.
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To develop a tool for identifying and quantifying morbidity following cardiac surgery (cardiac postoperative morbidity score [C-POMS]). ⋯ C-POMS is the first validated tool for identifying total morbidity burden after cardiac surgery. However, further external validation is warranted.