Journal of rehabilitation medicine : official journal of the UEMS European Board of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine
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Comparative Study
Individual or group rehabilitaion for people with low back pain: a comparative study with 6-month follow-up.
To compare the effectiveness of group rehabilitation and individually dosed rehabilitation in treating chronic low back pain. ⋯ These tentative results suggest that group rehabilitation can compete with individual rehabilitation at least in short-term follow-up.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial
Optimal stimulation frequency of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation on people with knee osteoarthritis.
This is a double blind study that examined the optimal stimulation frequency of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation in reducing pain due to knee osteoarthritis. ⋯ Our findings suggested that 2 weeks of repeated applications of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation at 2 Hz, 100 Hz or 2/100 Hz produced similar treatment effects for people suffering from osteoarthritic knee.
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This study investigated the effect of pedal cadence upon torque production, power output and muscle fatigue rates during functional electrical stimulation evoked cycling in spinal cord injured individuals. ⋯ The higher muscle forces observed during low cadence functional electrical stimulation cycling should offer improvements over traditional pedalling velocities for training leg strength in individuals with spinal cord injury.
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To systematically identify and compare the concepts contained in outcome measures of clinical trials on low back pain, chronic widespread pain, osteoarthritis, osteoporosis and rheumatoid arthritis using the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) as a reference. ⋯ The ICF provides a useful reference to identify and quantify the concepts contained in outcome assessment used in clinical trials.
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To systematically identify and quantify the concepts contained in outcome measures in stroke trials using the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) as a reference. ⋯ The ICF provides a useful reference to identify and quantify the concepts contained in outcome measures used in stroke trials. Outcome measurement in stroke refers to an enormous variety of concepts; for comparability of research findings agreement on what should be measured is needed.