STUDY DESIGN A multicenter randomized clinical trial including 82 patients. OBJECTIVE To examine the effect of early initiation of rehabilitation after instrumented lumbar spinal fusion. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Lumbar spinal fusion has been performed for more than 70 years. Yet, few studies have examined patients' subsequent rehabilitation. Group-based rehabilitation is both efficient an...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effects of an early community based pulmonary rehabilitation programme after hospitalisation for acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). DESIGN A single centre, randomised controlled trial. SETTING An inner city, secondary and tertiary care hospital in London. PARTICIPANTS 42 patients admitted with an acute exacerbation of COPD. INT...

OBJECTIVE To identify candidate categories for International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) Core Sets for the reporting and clinical measurement of functioning in older patients in early post-acute rehabilitation facilities. DESIGN Prospective multi-centre cohort study. PATIENTS Older patients receiving rehabilitation interventions in early post-acute rehabilitat...

Several meta-analyses comparing early functional rehabilitation and traditional immobilization following surgical Achilles tendon repair after acute rupture have been published. However, they have led to conflicting conclusions. The aims of this systematic review were to select high-quality meta-analyses from multiple discordant meta-analyses and to provide a postoperative rehabilitation strate...

BACKGROUND It has not been shown whether accelerated rehabilitation following periacetabular osteotomy (PAO) is effective for early recovery. The purpose of this retrospective study was to compare complication rates in patients with standard and accelerated rehabilitation protocols who underwent PAO. METHODS Between January 2002 and August 2011, patients with a lateral center-edge (CE) angle ...

CONCLUSIONS No positive effects of early preventive rehabilitation could be identified. The results do not contradict the proposition that rehabilitation based on self-care can be effective but it is important to establish evidence-based training programs and identify proper instruments for selection of patients and evaluation of intervention. OBJECTIVES Patients with head and neck cancer suf...