Passive movement therapy in patients with moderate to severe paratonia; study protocol of a randomised clinical trial (ISRCTN43069940)

BACKGROUND: Paratonia, a form of hypertonia, is associated with loss of mobility and with the development of contractures especially in the late stages of the dementia. Passive movement therapy (PMT) currently is the main physiotherapeutic intervention. General doubt about the beneficial effects of...

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Autores principales: Hobbelen, Johannes SM, Verhey, Frans RJ, Bor, Jacobus HJ, de Bie, Rob A, Koopmans, Raymond TCM
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
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Study Protocol
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2257947/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18093298
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-7-30

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2257947/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18093298
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-7-30

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