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ORIGINAL REPORT
Objective: To compare the effects of game-based chin-tuck against resistance exercise and head-lift exercise on swallowing function and compliance of patients with dysphagia after stroke.
Patients and methods: A total of 37 patients with stroke were randomly assigned to 2 groups. The experimental group performed game-based chin tuck against resistance exercise, whereas the control group performed ...
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Objective: To establish whether attendance at an education class prior to total hip or knee replacement surgery as part of an enhanced recovery after surgery pathway could decrease length of hospital stay.
Methods: A single-site, retrospective cohort study comparing length of stay in hospital for patients who attended and did not attend an education class prior to hip or knee replacement surgery. ...
REVIEW ARTICLE
Objectives: To evaluate the effectiveness of over-ground robotic locomotor training in individuals with spinal cord injuries with regard to walking performance, cardiovascular demands, secondary health complications and user-satisfaction.
Data sources: PubMed, Cochrane, Web of Science, Scopus, EBSCOhost and Engineering Village.
Study selection: Trials in which robotic locomotor training was us ...
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Objective: To examine associations between funding source, use of rehabilitation and outcomes after total joint replacement and to evaluate variations based on demographic characteristics.
Design: Cross-sectional, questionnaire-based national survey.
Subjects: Participants aged 45 years or older (n = 522) who received either private or public funding for their surgery, were recruited from th ...
SPECIAL REPORT
Objective: To describe a project to develop guideline implementation tools (GItools) for rehabilitation guidelines, and a collaboration between a guideline producer and a healthcare organization to implement the integration of guidelines into care pathways.
Design: Descriptive case study.
Methods: A national guideline organization in Finland launched a 3-year project in 2015 to implement rehabi ...
ORIGINAL REPORT
Background: The pathophysiology of fibromyalgia includes central and peripheral factors. Neurotrophins, such as nerve growth factor and brain-derived neurotrophic factor, are involved in peripheral and central nervous system development of pain and hyperalgesia. Few studies have examined circulating nerve growth factor and brain-derived neurotrophic factor in fibromyalgia or have investigated whet ...
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Objective: To explore stroke survivors’ experiences of healthcare-related facilitators and barriers concerning return to work after stroke.
Design: A qualitative study.
Setting: Outpatient stroke rehabilitation unit at a University Hospital in southern Sweden.
Participants: A convenient sample of 20 persons admitted to Skåne University Hospital for acute stroke care (median age 52 years), in ...
ORIGINAL REPORT
Objective: Despite the increasing availability of
eRehabilitation, its use remains limited. The aim of this study was to assess factors associated with willingness to use eRehabilitation.
Design: Cross-sectional survey.
Subjects: Stroke patients, informal caregivers, health-care professionals.
Methods: The survey included personal characteristics, willingness to use eRehabilitation (yes/no) a ...
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Objectives: To examine the reliability, validity and responsiveness of 3 different short versions of the Balance Evaluation Systems Test (BESTest: S-BESTest, Brief-BESTest and Mini-BESTest) in patients with subacute stroke.
Design: A prospective cohort study.
Participants: Patients with subacute stroke.
Methods: Patients were assessed using the full BESTest. Scores of 3 short-form BESTests were ...
ORIGINAL REPORT
Objective: To examine the effects of individualized regular coaching and exercise on post-stroke cognitive and emotional function.
Methods: The Life After STroke (LAST) study investigated the differences between intervention and care-as-usual between 3 and 21 months post-stroke. Outcome measures were the Trail Making Test (TMT) A and B, Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE), Hospital Anxiety and ...
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Objective: To evaluate the effect of adding a lay-tutor to the educational sessions of a back school programme for patients with subacute low back pain.
Methods: Patients with subacute low back pain were randomized to a 10-week programme comprising 10 h education and 20 h physical exercise led by a former patient as lay-tutor, or a programme led by a physiotherapist. In the intervention group, fo ...
