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| Welcome! | Welcome back to our free evidence-based Rehabilitation Reference Center Update. You are receiving this newsletter because you are a subscriber of CINAHL and/or Rehabilitation Reference Center. Please share this with your colleagues, students, practitioners and others who would appreciate awareness of this information.
Rehabilitation Reference Center™ (RRC) is an evidence-based clinical reference tool for use by rehabilitation clinicians at the point-of-care. RRC provides physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech therapists and rehabilitation students with the best available evidence to provide the highest quality care and improve patient outcomes.
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Rehabilitation Reference Center in Daily Practice
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Mrs. T is a patient being seen for physical therapy for an olecranon fracture following a fall.
The physical therapist wants to find some information on olecranon fractures. He consults Rehabilitation Reference Center, keying in olecranon fracture. He consults the clinical review "Olecranon Fracture."
He reads about olecranon fractures, including presentation, signs/symptoms, and contraindications. Then, he reviews the examination of a person with an olecranon fracture. After completing the physical and subjective examination, he goes on to read about the treatment of people with an olecranon fracture and the precautions to take.
He reviews the home program with Mrs. T and her family.
Note: The above referenced Clinical Review is freely accessible to all readers of the Rehabilitation Reference Center Update.
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Caring for Patients with Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is a chronic, debilitating psychiatric disorder that affects a person's thoughts, perception, speech/language, and behavior. A patient with schizophrenia may present with poverty of speech, communication anxiety, poor social communication skills, and dysphagia. Speech therapy for patients with schizophrenia includes social skills training, relaxation exercises, patient education, and dietary modification.
You can read the Clinical Review on "Schizophrenia: Speech Therapy" by logging into your subscription of Rehabilitation Reference Center.
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Recently, the clinical review "Huntington Disease: Physical Therapy" was revised following review under the systematic literature surveillance program.
Information of value to physical therapy practice regarding Huntington Disease was a recent randomized controlled trial of 25 patients with early to mid-stage HD. The patients were randomly assigned to an exercise intervention or a control group. The exercise group performed exercise at home 3 times per week for 8 weeks; the control group received usual care. Researchers concluded that short-term structured home exercise programs are feasible, beneficial, and safe for patients with early to mid-stage HD.
We invite you to login to the Rehabilitation Reference Center to read new and updated clinical reviews as they become available.
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