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Review question What are the effects of occupational therapy for adults with stroke on activities of daily living? Background Different parts of the brain carry out different functions: seeing, sensation, balance, movement, understanding language, behaviour, problem solving, and emotion. A stroke occurs when the blood supply to part of the brain is ...

Review question This review aimed to assess whether felbamate has an impact on people with refractory partial-onset epilepsy when used with other antiepileptic drugs. Background Up to 30% people with epilepsy still suffer epileptic seizures despite the use of multiple treatments. Felbamate is a second-generation antiepileptic drug. However, it is ...

Background Despite many antiepileptic drugs being available, about 30% of epilepsy patients are not seizure-free. Electrical stimulation through implanted electrodes in contact with the brain (i.e. intracranial electrical stimulation, referring to 'deep brain stimulation' and 'cortical brain stimulation') has been proposed as an alternative treatment ...

Protocol: To compare the effectiveness and safety of conventional and complex shunt devices for CSF diversion in people with hydrocephalus.

Review question We aimed to establish if Early Supported Discharge (ESD) services can result in a better patient recovery and if they are as acceptable and affordable as usual services. Background Services that try to offer stroke patients an earlier discharge from hospital with rehabilitation provided in the community have been termed Early Supported ...

Background Epilepsy is a disorder where recurrent seizures are caused by abnormal electrical discharges in the brain. People with epilepsy may present with various types of immunological abnormalities. Most seizures can be controlled by antiepileptic drugs, but sometimes seizures develop which are resistant to these drugs. People may require other ...

Background Epilepsy is a common neurological disorder in which abnormal electrical discharges from the brain cause recurrent seizures. We studied two types of epileptic seizures in this review: partial seizures that start in one area of the brain, and generalised onset tonic-clonic seizures that start in both cerebral hemispheres simultaneously. For ...

Review question Is repetitive peripheral magnetic stimulation (rPMS) effective for improving everyday activities in people after stroke? Background Stroke, the most common cause of disability, occurs when a blood clot blocks a blood vessel in the brain. Two types of stroke are known: ischaemic, due to lack of blood flow, and haemorrhagic, due to bleeding. ...

This review summarizes the effects of aerobic exercise for adults with fibromyalgia. What are aerobic exercises? Aerobic exercises, such as walking and swimming, cause harder breathing and faster heart beating than occur at rest. Benefits of doing aerobic exercise include strengthening the heart and improving circulation, lowering blood pressure, ...

Background Traumatic brain injuries (head injuries) are becoming increasingly common, and their impact on people's lives can be devastating. Depending on which part of the brain is injured and to what extent, impairments could be in physical functions such as walking, and use of hands and legs, or in mental functions (also known as 'cognitive functions'). ...