NA-CONTROL: a study protocol for a randomised controlled trial to compare specific outpatient rehabilitation that targets cerebral mechanisms through relearning motor control and uses self-management strategies to improve functional capability of the upper extremity, to usual care in patients with neuralgic amyotrophy

NA-CONTROL: a study protocol for a randomised controlled trial to compare specific outpatient rehabilitation that targets cerebral mechanisms through relearning motor control and uses self-management strategies to improve functional capability of the upper extremity, to usual care in patients with neuralgic amyotrophy

Abstract Background Neuralgic amyotrophy (NA) is a distinct peripheral neurological disorder of the brachial plexus with a yearly incidence of 1/1000, which is characterised by acute severe upper extremity pain. Weakness of the stabilising shoulder muscles in the acute phase leads to compensatory st...

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Main Authors: Renee Lustenhouwer, Nens van Alfen, Ian G. M. Cameron, Ivan Toni, Alexander C. H. Geurts, Rick C. Helmich, Baziel G. M. van Engelen, Jan T. Groothuis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-08-01
Series:Trials
Subjects:
Neuralgic amyotrophy
Parsonage Turner syndrome
Neurorehabilitation
Upper extremity
Scapular dyskinesia
Motor control
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13063-019-3556-4

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