Occupational therapy for patients with problems in personal activities of daily living after stroke: systematic review of randomised trials.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine whether occupational therapy focused specifically on personal activities of daily living improves recovery for patients after stroke.

Design

Systematic review and meta-analysis.

Data sources

The Cochrane stroke group trials register, the Cochrane central register of controlled trials, Medline, Embase, CINAHL, PsycLIT, AMED, Wilson Social Sciences Abstracts, Science Citation Index, Social Science Citation, Arts and Humanities Citation Index, Dissertations Abstracts register, Occupational Therapy Research Index, scanning reference lists, personal communication with authors, and hand searching.

Review methods

Trials were included if they evaluated the effect of occupational therapy focused on practice of personal activities of daily living o

SUBMITTER: Legg L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2048861 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature