Content - Volume 38, Issue 1

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Objective: To establish whether bilateral standing with visual feedback therapy after stroke improves postural control compared with conventional therapy and to evaluate the generalization of the effects of visual feedback therapy on gait and gait-related activities.Design: A systematic review.Methods: A computer-aided literature search was performed. Randomized controlled tri ...

Objective: Violence to disabled persons constitutes a major ethical problem. The European Academy of Rehabilitation Medicine has debated the matter; it presents this short report to alert a wider audience to the problem, with the aim of provoking debate and facilitating prevention.Design: The Academy has produced a full report on the literature. The present short report summarizes th ...

Objective: The authors know of no controlled randomized studies on the cognitive effects of acupuncture following stroke. The aim of this study is to assess the effects of acupuncture combined with electroacupuncture and transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation on emotional and cognitive functioning.Methods: Five to 10 days after stroke, 54 patients with moderate or severe functio ...

Objective: To assess the effectiveness of a day treatment program with a comprehensive team approach for treating outpatients with acquired brain injury, which is offered by the Kanagawa Rehabilitation Hospital.Design: Non-randomized controlled study.Subjects: Twenty-five program graduates and 12 control patients with acquired brain injury.Methods: A prospective study u ...

Objective: To study the concurrent validity and the inter-rater reliability of the Post-Concussion Symptoms Questionnaire.Design: The approach was to study the concurrent validity of the Post-Concussion Symptoms Questionnaire when used as an interview questionnaire compared with a self-report questionnaire administered by the patients. The inter-rater reliability was also studied whe ...

Objective: To assess the effectiveness of neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) on cough capacity and prevention of pulmonary complication in patients with acute cervical cord injury.Design: A randomized controlled trial.Subjects: Twenty-six tetraplegic patients with cervical spinal cord injury, 13 in the NMES therapy group and 13 in the control group.Methods: NME ...

Objectives: To describe the occurrence of kinesiophobia and to investigate the association between kinesiphobia and pain variables, physical exercise measures and psychological characteristics in patients with musculoskeletal pain.Design: A prospective descriptive study involving 2 selected physiotherapy departments within a primary healthcare setting in the south-west of Sweden.P ...

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