Clinical rehabilitation
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Clinical rehabilitation · Feb 2003
Whiplash-associated disorders--predicting disability from a process-oriented perspective of coping.
To describe the coping process over time for patients with whiplash-associated disorders (WAD). ⋯ The importance of coping as an explanatory factor for disability increased during the one year follow-up. Thus, coping has a crucial role for disability. The possibility of a positive long-term outcome could therefore be improved by teaching patients to use active and adaptive coping strategies shortly after an accident.
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Clinical rehabilitation · Feb 2003
Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical TrialA preliminary controlled study to determine whether whole-plant cannabis extracts can improve intractable neurogenic symptoms.
To determine whether plant-derived cannabis medicinal extracts (CME) can alleviate neurogenic symptoms unresponsive to standard treatment, and to quantify adverse effects. ⋯ Cannabis medicinal extracts can improve neurogenic symptoms unresponsive to standard treatments. Unwanted effects are predictable and generally well tolerated. Larger scale studies are warranted to confirm these findings.
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Clinical rehabilitation · Dec 2002
Clinical Trial Controlled Clinical TrialThe effects of patellar taping on pain and neuromuscular performance in subjects with patellofemoral pain syndrome.
To examine the immediate effects of patellar taping on pain and relative activity of vastus medialis obliquus to vastus lateralis in subjects with patellofemoral pain and patellofemoral joint malalignment. ⋯ Patellar taping can reduce pain in people with patellofemoral pain syndrome and patellofemoral malalignment but it decreases the relative activity of vastus medialis obliquus to vastus lateralis. Such a decrease in relative activity of vastus medialis obliquus after taping implies that it may not be suitable to combine patellar taping with vastus medialis obliquus facilitative exercise training.
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Clinical rehabilitation · Dec 2002
Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study Clinical TrialElectrically induced and voluntary activation of physiologic muscle pump: a comparison between spinal cord-injured and able-bodied individuals.
To evaluate the central haemodynamic responses during position changes from supine to sitting and during 30 min of standing between able-bodied and spinal cord-injured subjects. Also to assess the effects of the physiologic muscle pump in both groups during 30 min of standing. ⋯ FES-induced activation of the physiologic muscle pump during change in position from sitting to standing prevented orthostatic hypotension in spinal cord-injured subjects. During standing it had equal or even greater effect on improving blood circulation when compared with voluntary activation in able-bodied subjects. The use of FES during standing and tilting in spinal cord-injured individuals may prevent orthostatic hypotension and circulatory hypokinesis and improve tolerance to tilting and standing.
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Clinical rehabilitation · Nov 2002
Short-term effectiveness of intensive multidisciplinary rehabilitation for people with Parkinson's disease and their carers.
To evaluate the short-term effectiveness of an intensive multidisciplinary rehabilitation programme for people with Parkinson's disease and their carers. ⋯ This intensive co-ordinated programme provided immediate benefits to people with Parkinson's disease and their carers.