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0009-0009-1328-6208
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Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
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Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
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Publisher: Mark Allen Group
Date: 02-07-2020
Abstract: This commentary describes how the coronavirus crisis has altered working practices in NHS outpatient services in the UK, and examines the opportunities and challenges presented by this pandemic.
Publisher: ACM
Date: 12-06-2023
Publisher: Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Date: 28-05-2021
DOI: 10.1371/JOURNAL.PONE.0252137
Abstract: To investigate the effectiveness of early rehabilitation compared with delayed/standard rehabilitation after rotator cuff repair for pain, function, range of movement, strength, and repair integrity. Systematic review and meta-analyses. We searched databases and included randomised controlled trials (RCTs) comparing early with delayed/standard rehabilitation for patients undergoing rotator cuff repair surgery. We assessed risk of bias of the RCTs using the Cochrane RoB 2 tool. Twenty RCTs, with 1841 patients, were included. The majority of the RCTs were of high or unclear risk of overall bias. We found substantial variations in the rehabilitation programmes, time in the sling and timing of exercise progression. We found no statistically significant differences for pain and function at any follow-up except for the outcome measure Single Assessment Numeric Evaluation at six months (MD: 6.54 95%CI: 2.24–10.84) in favour of early rehabilitation. We found statistically significant differences in favour of early rehabilitation for shoulder flexion at six weeks (MD: 7.36 95%CI: 2.66–12.06), three (MD: 8.45 95%CI: 3.43–13.47) and six months (MD: 3.57 95%CI: 0.81–6.32) and one year (MD: 1.42 95%CI: 0.21–2.64) and similar differences for other planes of movement. In terms of repair integrity, early mobilisation does not seem to increase the risk of re-tears (OR:1.05 95%CI: 0.64–1.75). Current approaches to early mobilisation, based largely on early introduction of passive movement, did not demonstrate significant differences in most clinical outcomes, although we found statistically significant differences in favour of early rehabilitation for range of movement. Importantly, there were no differences in repair integrity between early and delayed/standard rehabilitation. Most rehabilitation programmes did not consider early active movement as soon as the patient feels able. With ongoing variation in rehabilitation protocols there remains a need for large high quality RCT to inform the optimal approach to rehabilitation after rotator cuff repair surgery.
Location: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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Location: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Location: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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