Is electrical stimulation recommended by Nielson et al?
It is not recommended as an isolated treatment but may be a useful adjunct
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FES had a positive effect on gait speed in MS. What were the limitations of this study?
Low methodological quality - 2/20 were RCT's
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FES moderately improved activity in stroke. What was the limitations of this study?
Low participant numbers within trials. Lack of double blinding
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SENSe trial found improvement in sensation when participants were given sensory discrimination exercises in comparison to passive touch and grasp of common objects. Were there any limitations?
Only 50 participants
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How many studies were found by a recent SLR to be specifically focusing on physiotherapy for FMD
28
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2016 Cochrane review found no results for spasticity treatment. Why was this?
High heterogeneity on interventions giving low quality evidence. Small sample sizes
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Why was the botox study finding improvement in upper limb spasticity good?
All of them
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Modified Ashworth, vestibular rehabilitation benefit questionnaire. What are the pros/cons.
high inter/intra rater reliability - some debate to say opposite. Self-reported - most evidence to support reliability
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2019 RCT found statistically significant improvement in dizziness and mobility following vestibular rehab. What were the limitations of the study.
Effects weren't maintained at follow up and only single blinded
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What were the results of the 2008 SLR
Good for botox, does not support overnight splinting
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Why might results from stroke be hard to apply to TBI patients
TBI patients have aggressive behaviours and low mood so may not tolerate treatment
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What was negative about the EXCITE trial
Excluded participants with shoulder pain
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How can the results from Ploughman and Corbetta be applied to shoulder pain?
Amount of mitten wearing did not correlate with worsening of shoulder pain
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Action observation is beneficial in improving function in stroke however the quality of included studies was low with a number of studies showing risk of bias. How can these results be applied to shoulder pain?
Attrition due to worsening of condition
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Why might patients with stroke not want to comply to treatments?
Lack of motivation caused by depression
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How can CRPS results be applied to stroke?
Shoulder-hand syndrome. Increased likelihood of central sensitisation
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What percentage of recovery in TBI takes place in the first 6 months
85
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What is the name of the outcome measure for vestibular rehab
Vestibular rehabilitation benefit questionnaire
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What percentage of patients experience hemiplegic shoulder pain?
84
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how many participants did ploughman and corbett have
23
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what were the limitations of action observation review
high risk of bias and poor reporting of data
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hows does gmi work
Activates mirror neural system
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FES had a positive effect on gait speed in MS. What were the limitations of this study?
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Low methodological quality - 2/20 were RCT's
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FES moderately improved activity in stroke. What was the limitations of this study?
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SENSe trial found improvement in sensation when participants were given sensory discrimination exercises in comparison to passive touch and grasp of common objects. Were there any limitations?
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