BACKGROUND Subjective evaluation by patients has recently become an important adjunct to postoperative clinical assessment. Apart from standard physical examination, scales demonstrating patients’ subjective outcome measures are used for assessing the efficacy of the treatment and rehabilitation of knee ligamentous injuries. The present work presents patients’ subjective assessment of rehabilit...

Objectives: The objective was to determine the results of early active controlled motion in the patients rehabilitated by our new protocol. Methods: 91 fingers in 64 patients with flexor tendon repair in all zones were enrolled in a single group (quasi-experimental) clinical trial. 58 fingers in 43 patients were assessed at least three months postoperatively. Outcomes were defined using the ...

Patients with heart failure are living with a serious progressive disease and need long-term rehabilitation and care in hospital as well as in primary and community care settings. The elements of the non-pharmacological rehabilitation are based on recommendations from the European Society of Cardiology and focus on self-care and compliance with the recommendations in general. Most research is d...

Fast-track (FT) rehabilitation has proved to be successful in enhancing postoperative recovery, shorting hospital stay and reducing postoperative complications. This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of FT rehabilitation protocol by a prospective study on liver cirrhosis patients with portal hypertension after surgical therapy. Pericardial vascular amputation and splenectomy surgery were per...

Peer-reviewed Study Purpose of Study Duration of Use Compliance Results Primary Finding Quadruple Hamstring Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction; A Multicenter Study: Scranton et al (2002, J. Arthroc. & Rel Surg). This study evaluated the ACL repair technique and the standardization of a rehabilitation technique. Not reported. Not reported. The multicenter study reported success with this ...

Rupture of the tendo Achillis is a common injury with a rising incidence. Traditionally the key question following this injury has been whether or not to operate. However a contemporary Cochrane review highlighted that the method of rehabilitation may also have an important contribution to the outcome. Since this review, various early weight-bearing rehabilitation protocols have been described....