A comparison of specialist rehabilitation and care assistant support with specialist rehabilitation alone and usual care for people with Parkinson's living in the community: study protocol for a randomised controlled trialHeather Gage
Dept of Economics, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey GU2 7XH, UK
Trials 12:250. 2011
..Studies are needed that investigate cost-effective community-based service delivery models to reduce disability and dependency and admission to long term care, and improve quality of life...
Meta-analysis of the efficacy and safety of Sativex (nabiximols), on spasticity in people with multiple sclerosisDerick T Wade
Oxford Centre for Enablement, Windmill Road, Oxford, OX3 7LD, UK
Mult Scler 16:707-14. 2010
..To determine the efficacy of Sativex (USAN: nabiximols) in the alleviation of spasticity in people with multiple sclerosis...
Do cannabis-based medicinal extracts have general or specific effects on symptoms in multiple sclerosis? A double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study on 160 patientsDerick T Wade
Oxford Centre for Enablement, Windmill Road, Oxford OX3 7LD, UK
Mult Scler 10:434-41. 2004
..3) following placebo [ns]. Spasticity VAS scores were significantly reduced by CBME (Sativex) in comparison with placebo (P =0.001). There were no significant adverse effects on cognition or mood and intoxication was generally mild...
- Somatosensory recovery: a longitudinal study of the first 6 months after unilateral stroke
Charlotte E Winward
Oxford Centre for Enablement, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre NHS Trust, Oxford, UK
Disabil Rehabil 29:293-9. 2007
..The aim of this study was to characterize the recovery pattern of stroke patients in the first 6 months following stroke...
- The effect of a perceptual cognitive task on exercise performance: the dual-task condition after brain injury
Helen Dawes
School of Biological and Molecular Sciences, Oxford Brookes University and Rivermead Rehabilitation Centre, Oxford, UK
Clin Rehabil 17:535-9. 2003
..To examine the effect of additional cognitive demand on cycling performance in individuals with acquired brain injury (ABI)...
- Gait adaptations to simultaneous cognitive and mechanical constraints
Emad Al-Yahya
Movement Science Group, School of Life Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, Headington, Oxford, OX3 0BP, UK
Exp Brain Res 199:39-48. 2009
..Finally, these findings suggest that gait adaptations maintain the ability to perform concurrent tasks while treadmill walking in healthy young adults...
- Mental techniques during manual stretching in spasticity--a pilot randomized controlled trial
Thamar J H Bovend'Eerdt
School of Life Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK
Clin Rehabil 23:137-45. 2009
..To evaluate the feasibility and effects of using motor imagery during therapeutic stretching in individuals with spasticity...
- Satisfaction of members of interdisciplinary rehabilitation teams with goal planning meetings
K P Sivaraman Nair
Rivermead Rehabilitation Centre, Oxford, UK
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 84:1710-3. 2003
..To study how satisfied members of interdisciplinary rehabilitation teams are with goal planning meetings...
- The effect of increasing effort on movement economy during incremental cycling exercise in individuals early after acquired brain injury
Helen Dawes
School of Biological and Molecular Sciences, Oxford Brookes University and Rivermead Rehabilitation Centre RRC, Oxford, UK
Clin Rehabil 17:528-34. 2003
..To investigate the effect of increasing effort on energy cost as measured by oxygen consumption (VO2) during cycling exercise in individuals early after acquired brain injury (ABI)...
- Changes in life goals of people with neurological disabilities
K P Sivaraman Nair
Rivermead Rehabilitation Centre, Oxford, UK
Clin Rehabil 17:797-803. 2003
..To investigate the relationship between changes in life goals and progression of disabilities among subjects with neurological disorders over a period of four years...
- The effects of stretching in spasticity: a systematic review
Thamar J Bovend'Eerdt
School of Life Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 89:1395-406. 2008
..To investigate the general effect of stretching on spasticity and to explore the complexity of stretching in patients with spasticity...
- A preliminary controlled study to determine whether whole-plant cannabis extracts can improve intractable neurogenic symptoms
Derick T Wade
Oxford Centre for Enablement, Windmill Road, Oxford, UK
Clin Rehabil 17:21-9. 2003
..To determine whether plant-derived cannabis medicinal extracts (CME) can alleviate neurogenic symptoms unresponsive to standard treatment, and to quantify adverse effects...
- Outcome measures for clinical rehabilitation trials: impairment, function, quality of life, or value?
Derick T Wade
Department of Neurological Disability, Oxford Centre for Enablement, UK
Am J Phys Med Rehabil 82:S26-31. 2003
..Outcome is best measured at the level of behavior (activities), with other measures being used to aid interpretation...
- Writing SMART rehabilitation goals and achieving goal attainment scaling: a practical guide
Thamar J H Bovend'Eerdt
Oxford Brookes University and Oxford Centre for Enablement, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford, UK
Clin Rehabil 23:352-61. 2009
..To describe a practical method of setting personalized but specific goals in rehabilitation that also facilitates the use of goal attainment scaling...
- Correlation between motor improvements and altered fMRI activity after rehabilitative therapy
Heidi Johansen-Berg
Oxford Centre for Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Brain, John Radcliffe Hospital and Rivermead Rehabilitation Centre, Oxford, UK
Brain 125:2731-42. 2002
..Our results suggest that activity changes in sensorimotor regions are associated with successful motor rehabilitation...
- The Rivermead Assessment of Somatosensory Performance (RASP): standardization and reliability data
Charlotte E Winward
John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK
Clin Rehabil 16:523-33. 2002
..CONCLUSIONS: The RASP provides a practical and reliable assessment of sensory loss, which provides the clinician with a comprehensive picture of the patient's performance and can be used to inform and monitor rehabilitation and recovery...
- The Guy's Neurological Disability Scale in patients with multiple sclerosis: a clinical evaluation of its reliability and validity
Philippe Rossier
Rivermead Rehabilitation Centre, Oxford, UK
Clin Rehabil 16:75-95. 2002
..The test-retest correlation varies from good to excellent. It can be used as postal questionnaire even if, as expected, the interviewer-administered method shows slightly better results...
