Ashan Wijekoon, Subashini Jayawardana, Rhian Milton-Cole, Krm Chandrathilake, Jones Amy, Sophie Cook, Ed Morrison, Katie J Sheehan
OBJECTIVES: To synthesise evidence for 1) the effectiveness of exercise-based rehabilitation interventions in the community and/or at home following transfemoral (TFA) and transtibial (TTA) amputation on pain, physical function, and quality of life; and 2) the extent of inequities (unfair, avoidable differences in health) in access to identified interventions. DATA SOURCES: Embase, MEDLINE, PEDro, Cinahl, Global Health, PsycINFOOpenGrey, and ClinicalTrials.gov were systematically searched from inception to August 12th 2021, for published, unpublished, and registered ongoing randomized controlled trials (RCTs)...
March 7, 2023: Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation