A systematic review of randomised controlled trials assessing effectiveness of prosthetic and orthotic interventions.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Assistive products are items which allow older people and people with disabilities to be able to live a healthy, productive and dignified life. It has been estimated that approximately 1.5% of the world's population need a prosthesis or orthosis.

Objective

The objective of this study was to systematically identify and review the evidence from randomized controlled trials assessing effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of prosthetic and orthotic interventions.

Methods

Literature searches, completed in September 2015, were carried out in fourteen databases between years 1995 and 2015. The search results were independently screened by two reviewers. For the purpose of this manuscript, only randomized controlled trials which examined interventions using orthotic

SUBMITTER: Healy A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5851539 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature