Clinical rehabilitation
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Clinical rehabilitation · Jun 2008
Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative StudySick leave reductions from a comprehensive manual therapy programme for low back pain: the Gotland Low Back Pain Study.
To evaluate if a comprehensive manual therapy programme reduces sick leave due low back pain and facilitates return to work more than the conventional optimized activating care. ⋯ The manual therapy programme used in this study decreased sick leave and increased return to work more than the standardized optimized activating care only up to 10 weeks but not up to two years.
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Clinical rehabilitation · Jun 2008
Randomized Controlled TrialA prospective randomized controlled study of the role of botulinum toxin in whiplash-associated disorder.
To investigate the effectiveness of botulinum toxin in preventing the development of chronic whiplash-associated disorder. ⋯ The improvements in outcome measures suggest that botulinum toxin type A may have a role to play in the management of whiplash-associated disorder but larger studies are required to clarify the situation.
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Clinical rehabilitation · Jun 2008
Randomized Controlled TrialEffectiveness of corticosteroid injection in adhesive capsulitis.
To assess whether intraarticular corticosteroids improve the outcome of a comprehensive home exercise programme in patients with adhesive capsulitis. ⋯ Intraarticular corticosteroids have the additive effect of providing rapid pain relief, mainly in the first weeks of the exercise treatment period. In patients with adhesive capsulitis who have pain symptom predominantly, intraarticular corticosteroid therapy could be advised concomitantly with exercise.
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Clinical rehabilitation · Jun 2008
The Pain Attitudes and Beliefs Scale for Physiotherapists: psychometric properties of the German version.
To evaluate the psychometric properties of the German version of the Pain Attitudes and Beliefs Scale for Physiotherapists (PABS-PT-G). The original Dutch version is a 36-item self-report scale discriminating between a biomedical and a biopsychosocial orientation of therapists with regard to low back pain management. ⋯ The PABS-PT-G appears to be a reliable and valid instrument, which is equivalent to the original Dutch version. Further research is proposed to improve the reliability of the biopsychosocial subscale.