Cochrane Review: Interventions for post-stroke fatigue (2009)
Cochrane Review: Interventions for post-stroke fatigue
McGeough et al. 2009
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Cochrane Review – A systematic review of exercise trials post stroke (2011)
A systematic review of exercise trials post stroke, Meek et al. Clin Rehabil. 2003 has been updated in 2011. It is available to view on the Cochrane website.
EfS – Association of Activity Limitations and Lower-Limb Explosive Extensor Power in Ambulatory People With Stroke 2008
Association of Activity Limitations and Lower-Limb Explosive Extensor Power in Ambulatory People With Stroke
Saunders et al. Arch Phys Med. 2008.
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Falls Exercise Service – pathway and resources
Susie Dinan and colleagues at Camden and Islington PCT put together a resource for people wanting to set up or quality assure falls prevention exercise sessions. This resource has been made available freely so that you can adapt it for your own setting. Click here to download.
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EfS – Cochrane Review of benefits of exercise in patients following Stroke
Published in 2009, this Cochrane Review, authored by Saunders and co-authored by Gillian Mead, one of the developers of the EfS Course, reported on a systematic review of the published evidence base of RCTs assessing the effect of exercise in patients following stroke. The positive effects of cardiorespiratory exercise, involving waking were demonstrated on speed,…
EfS – Original RCT of the STARTER exercises used in the EfS training on function and quality of life
Published in 2007, the results of a randomised controlled trial comparing with relaxation on physical function and quality of life in people who had been discharged from rehabilitation. The paper describes the background need for an effective group programme for those leaving the rehabilitation setting. The programme, delivered over 12 weeks, 3 times a week,…
SLM – Senior peer activity mentor training to encourage participation
This abstract, presented at the 2008 7th World Congress on Aging and Physical Activity, discusses the development, content and evaluation of the Someone Like Me programme.
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FaME – abstract of preliminary data on falls reduction (2004)
This abstract, presented at the 2004 6th World Congress on Aging and Physical Activity, Canada, describes the preliminary analysis of the falls data in the randomised controlled trial of FaME, delivered by PSI’s. To search for the abstract, scroll to Friday afternoon’s Invited Symposia and then down to S15. Physical Activity Rehabilitation After Falls, alternatively…
PSI – The Postural Stability Instructor (2004)
This abstract, given at the 2004 6th World Congress on Aging and Physical Activity in London, Ontario, Canada, describes the role of the Postural Stability Instructor. It describes, to a World Audience, the provision of standardised, evidence based, national training. The abstracts were published in Journal of Aging and Physical Activity. To find the correct…