The effect of rehabilitation interventions on physical function and immobility-related complications in severe stroke: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the effectiveness of rehabilitation interventions on physical function and immobility-related complications in severe stroke.

Design

Systematic review of electronic databases (Medline, Excerpta Medica database, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, Allied and Complementary Medicine Database, Physiotherapy Evidence Database, Database of Research in Stroke, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials) searched between January 1987 and November 2018.

Methods

The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis statement guided the review. Randomised controlled trials comparing the effect of one type of rehabilitation intervention to another intervention, usual care or no intervention on physical function and

SUBMITTER: McGlinchey MP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7045156 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature