Clinical rehabilitation
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Clinical rehabilitation · Apr 2017
Review Meta AnalysisIntra-articular injections of botulinum toxin a for refractory joint pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
To assess the benefit of intra-articular injection of Botulinum toxin A (BoNT-A) for chronic refractory joint pain regardless of joint or pathology. ⋯ As compared with conventional therapy, BoNT-A intra-articular injection have beneficial effects with improved pain score and WOMAC score in adult patients with refractory joint pain.
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Clinical rehabilitation · Apr 2017
Behavioural problems in the first year after Severe traumatic brain injury: a prospective multicentre study.
To investigate the occurrence of behavioural problems in patients with severe traumatic brain injury during the first year after injury and potential associations with outcome. An additional post hoc objective was to analyse the frequency of behaviours with need for intervention from staff. ⋯ Most agitated behaviours in the early phase are transient and are not associated with poor outcome. Agitation and apathy are uncommon at three months but when present are associated with poor outcome at one year after injury. In the early phase after a severe traumatic brain injury agitated behaviour in need of interventions from staff occur in a substantial proportion of patients.
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Clinical rehabilitation · Mar 2017
Caregiving demands and caregivers' psychological outcomes: the mediating role of perceived injustice.
This study hypothesized that higher caregiving demands are related to higher perceived injustice. Furthermore, this study investigated the mediating role of perceived injustice in the link between caregiving demands and caregivers' psychological well-being. ⋯ The findings suggest that perceived injustice plays an important role in the well-being of family caregivers and caregivers' well-being may be improved by changing their perceptions about their caregiving tasks and their condition.
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Clinical rehabilitation · Jan 2017
Randomized Controlled TrialThe efficacy of early initiated, supervised, progressive resistance training compared to unsupervised, home-based exercise after unicompartmental knee arthroplasty: a single-blinded randomized controlled trial.
To examine if supervised progressive resistance training was superior to home-based exercise in rehabilitation after unicompartmental knee arthroplasty. ⋯ Progressive resistance training two days/week combined with home based exercise five days/week was not superior to home based exercise seven days/week in improving leg extension power of the operated leg.
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Clinical rehabilitation · Dec 2016
Review Multicenter StudyThe effects of manual therapy or exercise therapy or both in people with hip osteoarthritis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
To determine whether manual therapy or exercise therapy or both is beneficial for people with hip osteoarthritis in terms of reduced pain, improved physical function and improved quality of life. ⋯ An Exercise therapy intervention provides short-term as well as long-term benefits in terms of reduction in pain, and improvement in physical function among people with hip osteoarthritis. The observed magnitude of the treatment effect would be considered small to moderate.