Clinical rehabilitation
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Clinical rehabilitation · Jun 1998
Reliability of assessment tools in rehabilitation: an illustration of appropriate statistical analyses.
To provide a practical guide to appropriate statistical analysis of a reliability study using real-time ultrasound for measuring muscle size as an example. ⋯ The ICC and Bland and Altman tests are appropriate for analysis of reliability studies of similar design to that described, but neither test alone provides sufficient information and it is recommended that both are used.
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Clinical rehabilitation · Jun 1998
Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical TrialIntensive dynamic training for females with chronic neck/shoulder pain. A randomized controlled trial.
To compare the clinical effectiveness of an intensive three-month training programme with a less intensive programme on females suffering from chronic neck/shoulder pain. ⋯ The type of low-tech dynamic training used in either of our two programmes resulted in both subjective and objective improvements in patients suffering from chronic neck/shoulder pain, but there were no statistically significant differences in outcome between the two approaches. The subjective improvements were maintained throughout the follow-up period.
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Clinical rehabilitation · Jun 1998
Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical TrialIntra-articular triamcinolone acetonide injection in patients with capsulitis of the shoulder: a comparative study of two dose regimens.
Although corticosteroid injections have been reported to be effective in capsulitis of the shoulder, the optimal dose has not been established. The purpose of this study was to compare relief of symptoms following a lower dose with that following a higher dose of triamcinolone acetonide given intra-articularly. ⋯ The study shows that in the treatment of frozen shoulder greater symptom relief is obtained with a dose of 40 mg triamcinolone acetonide intra-articularly than with a dose of 10 mg. The effect on pain and sleep disturbance was more marked than on ROM. Intra-articular injections with triamcinolone acetonide appear to be an effective method to obtain symptom relief for patients with painful capsulitis of the shoulder.