Clinical rehabilitation
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Clinical rehabilitation · Jul 2007
Predictors for persistent neck/shoulder pain, medical care-seeking due to neck/shoulder pain and sickness absence.
To determine whether symptoms and clinical signs can predict persistent neck/shoulder pain, future medical care-seeking and sickness absence. ⋯ By simply counting the number of concurrent symptoms and clinical signs, it is possible to predict persistent neck/shoulder pain and future medical care-seeking, but not sickness absence.
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Clinical rehabilitation · Jul 2007
Validation of the Stroke Specific Quality of Life Scale (SS-QOL): test of reliability and validity of the Danish version (SS-QOL-DK).
To test the reliability and validity of the Danish version of the Stroke Specific Quality of Life Scale version 2.0 (SS-QOL-DK), an instrument for evaluation of health-related quality of life. ⋯ SS-QOL-DK is a reliable and valid instrument for measuring self-reported health-related quality of life on group level among people with mild to moderate stroke.
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Clinical rehabilitation · Jul 2007
Multicenter StudySensitivity, specificity and predictive value of the clinical trunk muscle endurance tests in low back pain.
To describe the sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value and diagnostic accuracy of five clinical tests used to measure trunk muscle endurance in low back pain. ⋯ It seems that the prone double straight-leg raise test has more sensitivity, specificity and predictive value in low back pain than other tests and could be used as a useful clinical method for testing the spinal muscle endurance to predict the probability of the occurrence of low back pain.
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Clinical rehabilitation · May 2007
Randomized Controlled TrialRandomized controlled study of the antinociceptive effect of ultrasound on trigger point sensitivity: novel applications in myofascial therapy?
To investigate whether therapeutic ultrasound modulates the pain sensitivity of myofascial trigger points. ⋯ Therapeutic exposures to ultrasound reduce short-term trigger point sensitivity. Ultrasound may be a useful clinical tool for the treatment and management of trigger points and myofascial pain syndromes.
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To quantify the prevalence of return to work after major trauma, and to investigate the determinants of postinjury work status. ⋯ Around 60% of the patients returned to their pre-injury work status after major trauma. The return to work rate was only partly explained by disability at follow-up. Independent determinants of return to work differ with the time of assessment.