Clinical rehabilitation
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Clinical rehabilitation · Mar 2010
Randomized Controlled TrialRespiratory muscle training improves cardiopulmonary function and exercise tolerance in subjects with subacute stroke: a randomized controlled trial.
To determine whether two types of exercise--breathing retraining (BRT) and inspiratory muscle training (IMT)--improve on cardiopulmonary functions and exercise tolerance in patients with stroke. ⋯ Significant short-term effects of the respiratory muscle training programme on respiratory muscle function, exercise capacity and quality of life were recorded in this study.
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Clinical rehabilitation · Feb 2010
Randomized Controlled TrialPrehabilitation and early rehabilitation after spinal surgery: randomized clinical trial.
To evaluate the outcome after spinal surgery when adding prehabilitation to the early rehabilitation. ⋯ The integrated programme of prehabilitation and early rehabilitation improved the outcome and shortened the hospital stay - without more complications, pain or dissatisfaction.
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Clinical rehabilitation · Jan 2010
Randomized Controlled TrialSpinal manipulation compared with back school and with individually delivered physiotherapy for the treatment of chronic low back pain: a randomized trial with one-year follow-up.
To compare spinal manipulation, back school and individual physiotherapy in the treatment of chronic low back pain. ⋯ Spinal manipulation provided better short and long-term functional improvement, and more pain relief in the follow-up than either back school or individual physiotherapy.
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Clinical rehabilitation · Nov 2009
Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter StudyEffect of Warm-Supplementing Kidney Yang (WSKY) added to risperidone on quality of life in patients with schizophrenia: a randomized controlled trial.
To evaluate the quality of life, efficacy and safety of Warm-Supplementing Kidney Yang (WSKY) added to risperidone in patients with schizophrenia. ⋯ The results suggest that WSKY added to risperidone significantly improved the quality of life, social function, depression symptom compared with placebo added to risperidone.
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Clinical rehabilitation · Nov 2009
Randomized Controlled TrialEffectiveness of a video-based exercise programme to reduce falls and improve health-related quality of life among older adults discharged from hospital: a pilot randomized controlled trial.
Falls, loss of health-related quality of life and physical capacity, reduced participation in activities of daily living, and increased fear of falling are all potential outcomes for older adults discharged from hospital. A low-cost video based exercise programme may address this. ⋯ The intervention may be beneficial for reducing the rate of falls in this patient population though further research with a larger sample size is indicated.