Research
- 02 Jul 2009
Tyson and Kent (2009) undertook a Cochrane Review to examine the effects of use of orthosis (firm splints) for ankles, wrists and hands following stroke. The review came out in favour of use of orthosis for ankles and feet, but was less supportive of the use of orthosis for management of weakness, contracture or pain in the hand or fingers following stroke. Read more »
- 30 Jun 2009
Tsaousides and Ashman (2008) conducted a cross-sectional study looking at the relationship between the perceived importance of work, achievement of return-to-work and improvements in various aspects of health status in a population of people with traumatic brain injury. Read more »
- 14 Apr 2009
Khan et al. (2007) conducted a Cochrane Review to evaluate and collate the best available research into the effectiveness of multidisciplinary approaches to rehabilitation for people with MS. While, like most Cochrane Reviews of this nature, the authors concluded that further high quality, multicentre studies were needed, they were able to draw a series of informative conclusions. Read more »
- 14 Apr 2009
Polverino et al. (2008) conducted what was perhaps the first observational study of sex and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The results from this single case study were somewhat surprising and the authors highlighted how little we really know about this important aspect of quality of life in populations of people with chronic respiratory illness. Read more »
- 13 Apr 2009
The basis of this paper is an observation made by Levin and colleagues that the terms ‘recovery' and ‘compensation' have been used to refer to different concepts by different researchers. Too little attention, they argue, has been paid in the past to the distinction between gains in rehabilitation resulting from restoration of ‘normal' function at the level of physiology/kinesiology and gains resulting from physiological adaption or the development of compensatory movement strategies. Read more »
- 06 Jun 2008
This systematic review provides a summary of research into the effectiveness of multidisciplinary rehabilitation following hip and knee joint replacement surgery. Read more »
This Dutch study examined the process of selecting goals in rehabilitation for children with cerebral palsy, and found some tension between the ideology and the practice. Read more »
Look into my eyes... You are getting sleepy... No, its not the latest minutes from your DHB's AGM, but a study on hypnosis for the management of pain during burn wound debridement. Sceptical? Read on... Read more »
This paper describes the outcomes from the first annual report of the Australasian Rehabiliation Ouctome Centre (AROC). A number of rehabilitation service in New Zealand have recently joined (or considered joining) the AROC network. This report provide examples from Australia of the type of data that could result from such networking. Read more »
Prior to the National NRRINZ/NZRA Rehabilitation Conference in Rotorua in February 2007, academics and rehabilitation theorists from New Zealand and overseas met for a two-day 'think-tank' about contemporary perspectives on that ol' chestnut: 'person-centred rehabilitation'. The outcome from this meeting was a collection of papers published in a Special Edition of the international, peer-reviewed journal 'Disability and Rehabilitation'. Read more »
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