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ArticleClinical rehabilitation2020

What is rehabilitation? An empirical investigation leading to an evidence-based description.

Derick T Wade

2 registry-linked trialsAbstract readEditorial
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Article in Clinical rehabilitation, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 137 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT05855096 completednot on this mapstarted 2023, after this paper: background citation

Clinical Assessment And Treatment Preferences of Physiotherapists Working in Neurorehabilitation: A Research From Turkey

TypeobservationalSponsorBiruni UniversityRan2023 to 2023Enrolled95ConditionsNeurorehabilitation, Physiotherapist, Clinical Assessment, Treatment PreferencesArmsGoogle Form Questionnaire
NCT06903637 completednot on this mapstarted 2023, after this paper: background citation

Personalized Rehabilitation for Lower Limb Amputation: the Role of Hierarchical Cluster Analysis in Identifying Priority Clinical Variables

TypeobservationalSponsorCigdem CinarRan2023 to 2025Enrolled70ConditionsLower Limb AmputationArmsHierarchical Cluster Analysis
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

137 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Effect of patient education in improving quality of life, fatigue and anxiety in people diagnosed with lung cancer: systematic review.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Derick T WadeOxford Institute of Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Research (OxINMAHR) and Movement Science Group, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1188-8442

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThere is no agreement about or understanding of what rehabilitation is; those who pay for it, those who provide it, and those who receive it all have different interpretations. Furthermore, within each group, there will be a variety of opinions. Definitions based on authority or on theory also vary and do not give a clear description of what someone buying, providing, or receiving rehabilitation can actually expect.

methodThis editorial extracts information from systematic reviews that find rehabilitation to be effective, to discover the key features and to develop an empirical definition.

findingsThe evidence shows that rehabilitation may benefit any person with a long-lasting disability, arising from any cause, may do so at any stage of the illness, at any age, and may be delivered in any setting. Effective rehabilitation depends on an expert multidisciplinary team, working within the biopsychosocial model of illness and working collaboratively towards agreed goals. The effective general interventions include exercise, practice of tasks, education of and self-management by the patient, and psychosocial support. In addition, a huge range of other interventions may be needed, making rehabilitation an extremely complex process; specific actions must be tailored to the needs, goals, and wishes of the individual patient, but the consequences of any action are unpredictable and may not even be those anticipated.

conclusionEffective rehabilitation is a person-centred process, with treatment tailored to the individual patient's needs and, importantly, personalized monitoring of changes associated with intervention, with further changes in goals and actions if needed.

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Evidence-Based MedicineRehabilitationHumanscontentperson-centredprocessRehabilitation descriptiontherapy

Identifiers

PMID32037876
PMCPMC7350200

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