Aust J Physiother
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Randomized Controlled Trial
A Saturday physiotherapy service may decrease length of stay in patients undergoing rehabilitation in hospital: a randomised controlled trial.
Is additional Saturday physiotherapy intervention beneficial for inpatients undergoing rehabilitation? ⋯ The provision of additional Saturday physiotherapy intervention resulted in a trend to shorter hospital and physiotherapy length of stay without affecting patient outcome unfavourably or increasing burden of care, suggesting that a larger multicentre trial is warranted.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Treadmill walking with body weight support is no more effective than cycling when added to an exercise program for lumbar spinal stenosis: a randomised controlled trial.
Is 6 weeks of treadmill walking with body weight support more effective than cycling in people with lumbar spinal stenosis when added to an exercise program? ⋯ Treadmill with body weight support and cycling may be equally effective in the conservative management of people with lumbar spinal stenosis. However, the improvement observed in both groups was probably a combination of the intervention and the natural course of recovery of lumbar spinal stenosis.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
A predominantly home-based progressive resistance exercise program increases knee extensor strength in the short-term in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a randomised controlled trial.
Does a 12-week, predominantly home-based program of progressive resistance exercises reduce impairments, activity limitations, and participation restrictions in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease? Are any gains maintained 12 weeks after the cessation of the program? ⋯ A predominantly home-based progressive resistance exercise program led to modest improvements in knee extensor strength in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. However, 44% of the experimental group were unable to complete the exercise program, highlighting the need to understand factors influencing adherence to exercise in this population.
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Clinical Trial
The quantity of early upright mobilisation performed following upper abdominal surgery is low: an observational study.
How much upright mobilisation, particularly uptime, is performed in the first four days following upper abdominal surgery? In what part of the day is the greatest uptime achieved? Is length of stay related to uptime? Is there any difference in uptime in terms of postoperative factors? ⋯ This is the first study to quantify upright mobilisation following upper abdominal surgery. The results show that the quantity of upright mobilisation performed is low. Given that uptime predicted length of stay, increasing early upright mobilisation may have a positive effect on reducing length of stay following upper abdominal surgery.