Physiotherapy
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study
Comparison of virtual reality rehabilitation and conventional rehabilitation in Parkinson's disease: a randomised controlled trial.
To compare a 6-week virtual reality (VR) rehabilitation programme with a conventional rehabilitation programme in patients with Parkinson's disease. ⋯ NCT02807740.
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To (1) determine whether short, 30-minute sessions of non-invasive ventilation (NIV) is associated with fewer postoperative pulmonary complications (PPC) following elective high-risk upper abdominal surgery and (2) measure feasibility and safety of this intervention when delivered by physiotherapists. ⋯ These findings suggest PPC reduction may be possible with postoperative NIV following high-risk elective upper abdominal surgery. Results should be seen as hypothesis-generating associations only considering the significant limitations to this study. Physiotherapy-led NIV was delivered safely to ICU and ward patients. However, the planned protocol was not feasible and appropriate physiotherapy staffing and/or a multidisciplinary approach may be required to provide this service successfully.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
A single-blind, randomized controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness of transcutaneous tibial nerve stimulation (TTNS) in Overactive Bladder symptoms in women responders to percutaneous tibial nerve stimulation (PTNS).
To evaluate the effectiveness of transcutaneous tibial nerve stimulation (TTNS) compared to percutaneous tibial nerve stimulation (PTNS) in sustaining symptom improvement over a 6-month period in women with idiopathic Overactive Bladder (OAB) who had responded to an initial 12-week course of PTNS. ⋯ TTNS is effective in the maintenance of symptom improvement in women with OAB who had positively responded to a course of 12 weekly PTNS sessions. The trial was registered in the Clinicaltrials.gov PRS database (Identifier: NCT02377765).
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To investigate the effect of acute isometric contraction of the pelvic floor muscles (PFM) and transversus abdominis muscle (TrAM) on inter-rectus distance (IRD) from resting values in postpartum women with diastasis rectus abdominis (DRA). ⋯ Both PFM and TrAM contraction, and combined PFM and TrAM contraction increased IRD in postpartum women with DRA.
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A plain-language summary is a short and clearly stated version of a study's results using non-scientific vocabulary that provide many advantages for patients and clinicians in the process of shared decision-making. ⋯ Although the publication of plain-language summaries is increasing over time, the current number corresponds to only 13% of all published reports. In addition the majority of plain-language summaries are written at an advanced reading level.