Clinical rehabilitation
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Clinical rehabilitation · Jan 2011
Randomized Controlled TrialWhich treatment approach is better for hemiplegic shoulder pain in stroke patients: intra-articular steroid or suprascapular nerve block? A randomized controlled trial.
To determine which injection technique was effective for patients with hemiplegic shoulder pain. ⋯ Our results showed that neither injection technique was superior to the other. Both injection procedures are safe and have a similar effect in stroke patients with hemiplegic shoulder pain.
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Clinical rehabilitation · Jan 2011
Randomized Controlled TrialA randomized controlled trial investigating the effects of craniosacral therapy on pain and heart rate variability in fibromyalgia patients.
Fibromyalgia is a prevalent musculoskeletal disorder associated with widespread mechanical tenderness, fatigue, non-refreshing sleep, depressed mood and pervasive dysfunction of the autonomic nervous system: tachycardia, postural intolerance, Raynaud's phenomenon and diarrhoea. ⋯ Craniosacral therapy improved medium-term pain symptoms in patients with fibromyalgia.