OBJECTIVE To examine the effectiveness of an inpatient treatment program on eliminating pain and increasing function for children with complex regional pain syndrome. DESIGN A retrospective chart review and follow-up telephone survey. SETTING A tertiary care hospital. PATIENTS Retrospective chart review of 32 children admitted for treatment of complex regional pain syndrome. Nineteen comp...

A major barrier to clinicians referring service users with psychosis for psychological therapies is the belief that they will not engage. We investigated therapy receipt after discharge, in a sample of who had already demonstrated willingness engage during an inpatient admission. Only one-third (33%; 16/48) received at least 1 session evidence-based 6-month follow-up discharge. Therapy was more...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Patient-led therapy has the potential to increase the amount of therapy patients undertake during stroke rehabilitation and to enhance recovery. Our objective was to assess the feasibility and acceptability of 2 patient-led therapies during the acute stages of stroke care: mirror therapy for the upper limb and lower-limb exercises for the lower limb. METHODS This was ...

PURPOSE OF REVIEW To review studies of various physical therapy programs in ankylosing spondylitis and identify their benefits and potential indications in the treatment of this disease. RECENT FINDINGS Various exercise and physical therapy programs have been evaluated in clinical studies. Home exercise programs have been shown to improve symptoms, mobility, function and overall quality of li...