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Summary report: evidence for the effectiveness of rehabilitation for persons with traumatic brain injury.

Summary report: evidence for the effectiveness of rehabilitation for persons with traumatic brain... We evaluated the evidence for effectiveness of rehabilitation methods throughout the phases of recovery from traumatic brain injury (TBI) in adults. MEDLINE, HealthSTAR, CINAHL, PsycINFO, and the Cochrane Library were searched, and a total of 3,098 abstracts were reviewed. The strongest studies were critically appraised and their data placed in evidence tables. Results showed that to determine the effectiveness of rehabilitation interventions for persons with TBI, a commitment must be made to population-based studies, strong controlled research design, standardization of measures, adequate statistical analysis, and specification of health outcomes of importance to persons with TBI and their families. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Journal of head trauma rehabilitation Pubmed

Summary report: evidence for the effectiveness of rehabilitation for persons with traumatic brain injury.

Chesnut, R M; Carney, N; Maynard, H; Mann, N C; Patterson, P; Helfand, M
The Journal of head trauma rehabilitation , Volume 14 (2): 13 – May 26, 1999
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Summary report: evidence for the effectiveness of rehabilitation for persons with traumatic brain injury.


Abstract

We evaluated the evidence for effectiveness of rehabilitation methods throughout the phases of recovery from traumatic brain injury (TBI) in adults. MEDLINE, HealthSTAR, CINAHL, PsycINFO, and the Cochrane Library were searched, and a total of 3,098 abstracts were reviewed. The strongest studies were critically appraised and their data placed in evidence tables. Results showed that to determine the effectiveness of rehabilitation interventions for persons with TBI, a commitment must be made to population-based studies, strong controlled research design, standardization of measures, adequate statistical analysis, and specification of health outcomes of importance to persons with TBI and their families.

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0885-9701
DOI
10.1097/00001199-199904000-00007
pmid
10191375

Abstract

We evaluated the evidence for effectiveness of rehabilitation methods throughout the phases of recovery from traumatic brain injury (TBI) in adults. MEDLINE, HealthSTAR, CINAHL, PsycINFO, and the Cochrane Library were searched, and a total of 3,098 abstracts were reviewed. The strongest studies were critically appraised and their data placed in evidence tables. Results showed that to determine the effectiveness of rehabilitation interventions for persons with TBI, a commitment must be made to population-based studies, strong controlled research design, standardization of measures, adequate statistical analysis, and specification of health outcomes of importance to persons with TBI and their families.

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Published: May 26, 1999

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