Clinical rehabilitation
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Clinical rehabilitation · May 2008
Are altered smooth pursuit eye movements related to chronic pain and disability following whiplash injuries? A prospective trial with one-year follow-up.
To evaluate the ability of early smooth pursuit testing to predict chronic whiplash-associated disorders, and to study whether the presence of abnormal smooth pursuit eye movements at one-year follow-up is associated with symptoms at that time. ⋯ Although reduced smooth pursuit performance at one-year follow-up was associated with persistent neck pain, smooth pursuit eye movement tests are not useful as predictive or diagnostic tests in whiplash-associated disorders.
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Clinical rehabilitation · May 2008
Randomized Controlled TrialShort- and long-term outcome of constraint-induced movement therapy after stroke: a randomized controlled feasibility trial.
Constraint-induced movement therapy (CIMT) is a method to improve motor function in the upper extremity following stroke. The aim of this trial was to determine the effect and feasibility of CIMT compared with traditional rehabilitation in short and long term. ⋯ CIMT seems to be an effective and feasible method to improve motor function in the short term, but no long-term effect was found.