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ArticleHealth and quality of life outcomes2010

Emerging evidence-based physical rehabilitation for multiple sclerosis - towards an inventory of current content across Europe.

Kamila Rasova, Peter Feys, Thomas Henze, Hans van Tongeren, Davide Cattaneo, Johanna Jonsdottir, Alena Herbenova

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Article in Health and quality of life outcomes, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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15citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.4field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 35 citations in OpenAlex.

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  10. Content and Delivery of Physical Therapy in Multiple Sclerosis across Europe: A Survey.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020
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  12. Multiple sclerosis and rehabilitation: an overview of the different rehabilitation settings.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2017
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Kamila RasovaDepartment of Rehabilitation, Third Medical Faculty, Charles University, Ruská 87, 100 00 Prague 10, Czech Republic. kamila.rasova@centrum.cz
Peter Feys
Thomas Henze
Hans van Tongeren
Davide Cattaneo
Johanna Jonsdottir
Alena Herbenova
Charles University · CZDon Carlo Gnocchi Foundation · ITHasselt University · BE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In Europe, theoretical approaches to physical therapy and rehabilitation in multiple sclerosis often appear significantly different. While there is general agreement that rehabilitation plays an important role in maintaining and improving function in persons with multiple sclerosis, no consensus exists on what may be the most effective approach to achieve the best possible functionality within an individual's limitations.The objective of this paper is to initiate an analysis of currently applied physical interventions for people with multiple sclerosis throughout Europe during inpatient or outpatient rehabilitation programs. A study of the content of rehabilitation may show presently performed treatment methods revealing the basic considerations that nowadays guide clinicians implicitly or explicitly in the treatment of persons with multiple sclerosis. Following this first step, comparative studies can be set up.

Indexed as

Evidence-Based MedicinePhysical Therapy ModalitiesEuropeHistory, 20th CenturyHistory, 21st CenturyHumansMultiple SclerosisRehabilitation

Identifiers

PMID20667079
PMCPMC2915974
OpenAlexW2098125194

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