Methodological quality

Early Versus Delayed Mobilisation for Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Haemorrhage.

...  short term, but there was insufficient evidence to support or refute the persisting effects of cognitive rehabilitation on attention, or on functional outcomes in either the short or long term. AUTHORS' CONCLUSIONS: The effectiveness of cognitive rehabilitation remains unconfirmed.… Continue reading

Do Hormone Treatments for Prostate Cancer Cause Anxiety and Depression?

...  Knowledge Infrastructure, the metaRegister of Controlled Trials (controlled-trials.com), the National Institute of Health Clinical Trials register (clinicaltrials.gov) and the World Health Organization International Trials Registry Platform search portal (www.who.int/trialsearch/Default.aspx). SELECTION CRITERIA: Only randomised controlled trials (RCTs) studying the effectiveness… Continue reading

Caudal Epidural Blockade in Adolescents.

...  symptoms: a systematic review of randomized clinical trials. J Ginseng Res. 2013 Mar; 37(1): 30-6Kim MS, Lim HJ, Yang HJ, Lee MS, Shin BC, Ernst E The aim of this review was to assess the effectiveness of ginseng as… Continue reading

Rehabilitation of Anterior Teeth With Customised Incisal Guide Table.

...  of epicondylitis, therapeutic modalities as exercises such as stretching and eccentric loading and mobilisation are considered for its treatment. OBJECTIVE: To assess the evidence for effectiveness of exercise therapy and mobilisation techniques for both medial and lateral epicondylitis. METHODS:… Continue reading

Corticomuscular Coherence Analysis on Hand Movement Distinction for Active Rehabilitation.

...  reviewed the current literature comparing clinical outcomes of home-based and outpatient supervised rehabilitation protocols following knee surgery.Sources of dataWe searched Medline, CINAHL, Embase, Google Scholar, The Cochrane Library and SPORTDiscus. The reference lists of the previously selected articles were… Continue reading

Chronic Illness and Disordered Eating: A Discussion of the Literature.

...  J Eat Disord. 2013 May 15; Aardoom JJ, Dingemans AE, Spinhoven P, Van Furth EF OBJECTIVE: To review the literature regarding internet-based treatment of eating disorders (ED). METHOD: Relevant studies were identified by searching electronic databases (including Medline, Embase,… Continue reading

Association Between Changes in Electromyographic Signal Amplitude and Abdominal Muscle Thickness in Individuals With and Without Lumbopelvic Pain.

...  therapeutic intervention used to reduce pain, disability or both in adults with complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS).We identified Cochrane reviews and non-Cochrane reviews through a systematic search of the following databases: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Database of Abstracts… Continue reading

Assessment of Spinal Cord Compression by Magnetic Resonance Imaging – Can It Predict Surgical Outcomes in Degenerative Compressive Myelopathy?: A Systematic Review.

...  between preoperative Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) characteristics and outcomes after surgery for DCM, the conclusions of these studies have often yielded differing results.Methods. Papers examining the predictive value of MRI were obtained from MEDLINE, EMBASE, and PUBMED databases (1980… Continue reading

Hyperdry Human Amniotic Membrane (HD-AM) Is Useful Material for Tissue Engineering: Physical, Morphological Properties and Safety as the New Biological Material.

...  identify effective treatment strategies, and to give recommendations for clinical practice and further research. A systematic search for clinical trials concerning allied health care in cerebellar ataxias was conducted using the electronic databases of PubMed, Medline, Embase, Cinahl and… Continue reading

Non-Pharmacological Interventions for Preventing Secondary Vascular Events After Stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack.

...  on randomised controlled trials (RCTs) of multidimensional interventions for adult cancer survivors. Interventions had to include a physical component and a psychosocial component and to have been carried out on two or more occasions following completion of primary cancer… Continue reading