Clinical rehabilitation
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Clinical rehabilitation · Feb 2019
Randomized Controlled TrialSleepSure: a pilot randomized-controlled trial to assess the effects of eye masks and earplugs on the quality of sleep for patients in hospital.
To determine the short-term effects of supplying hospital inpatients with earplugs and eye masks, preparatory to a full-scale trial. ⋯ The intervention seems feasible, and effective, but trial eligibility rate and rate of recruitment into the study were limited.
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Clinical rehabilitation · Jan 2019
Randomized Controlled TrialIs four-week underwater treadmill exercise regimen compared to home exercise efficacious for pain relief and functional improvement in obese patients with knee osteoarthritis? A randomized controlled trial.
To investigate the efficacy of a four-week underwater treadmill exercise regimen compared to a home exercise regimen relative to pain relief and functional improvement in obese patients with knee osteoarthritis. ⋯ Exercise using an underwater treadmill was found to be as efficacious as home exercise for relieving pain and improving function in obese people with mild to moderate knee osteoarthritis.
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Clinical rehabilitation · Dec 2018
Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter StudyTraditional and augmented reality mirror therapy for patients with chronic phantom limb pain (PACT study): results of a three-group, multicentre single-blind randomized controlled trial.
To compare the effects of traditional mirror therapy (MT), a patient-centred teletreatment (PACT) and sensomotor exercises without a mirror on phantom limb pain (PLP). ⋯ Traditional MT over four weeks was not more effective than sensomotor exercises without a mirror in reducing PLP, although significant effects were suggested in some subgroups.
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Clinical rehabilitation · Dec 2018
Randomized Controlled TrialEffects of diacutaneous fibrolysis in patients with mild to moderate symptomatic carpal tunnel syndrome: a randomized controlled trial.
To compare the effects of diacutaneous fibrolysis with sham in patients with mild to moderate carpal tunnel syndrome. ⋯ Diacutaneous fibrolysis provides short-term and one-month follow-up, improvements in sensory conduction velocity, motor distal latency, symptoms and functional capacity in patients with mild to moderate carpal tunnel syndrome.
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Clinical rehabilitation · Oct 2018
Randomized Controlled TrialThe effects of inspiratory muscle training on exercise capacity, dyspnea and respiratory functions in lung transplantation candidates: a randomized controlled trial.
To investigate whether inspiratory muscle training would contribute to the improvement of exercise capacity, dyspnea perception and respiratory functions in lung transplantation candidates. ⋯ A greater increase in exercise capacity was observed in the PR + IMT group. Our study showed that inspiratory muscle training improved exercise capacity even further and increased the benefits provided by pulmonary rehabilitation.