Showing 421-440 of 498 for: Cochrane Systematic Reviews > Neurologic 
- Spinal manipulative therapy for low-back pain
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 10-Dec-2012
Low-back pain is a costly illness for which spinal manipulative therapy is commonly recommended. Previous systematic reviews and practice guidelines have reached discordant results on the effectiveness of this therapy for low-back pain.
- Statins for multiple sclerosis
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 7-Dec-2011
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an inflammatory demyelinating disease of the human central nervous system. Statins, prescribed as cholesterol lowering agents, have shown possible effects for treating MS in experimental and preliminary clinical studies.
- Statins for the prevention of dementia
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 4-Jan-2016
This is an update of a Cochrane review first published in 2001 and then updated in 2009. Vascular risk factors including high cholesterol levels increase the risk of dementia due to Alzheimer's disease and of vascular dementia. Some observational studies
- Strategies for improving adherence to antiepileptic drug treatment in people with epilepsy
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 22-Oct-2020
Poor adherence to antiepileptic medication is associated with increased mortality, morbidity and healthcare costs. In this review, we focus on interventions designed and tested in randomised controlled trials (RCTs) and quasi-RCTs to assist people with ad
- Subjective barriers to prevent wandering of cognitively impaired people
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 22-Jan-2001
People with dementia often wander, at times putting themselves at risk and presenting challenges to carers and institutional staff. Traditional interventions to prevent wandering include restraint, drugs and locked doors. Cognitively impaired people may r
- Sugammadex, a selective reversal medication for preventing postoperative residual neuromuscular blockade
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 7-Oct-2009
Sugammadex is the first selective relaxant binding agent that has been studied for reversal of neuromuscular blockade induced by rocuronium and other steroidal non-depolarizing neuromuscular blocking agents (NMBAs).
- Sumatriptan (oral route of administration) for acute migraine attacks in adults
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 15-Feb-2012
Migraine is a highly disabling condition for the individual and also has wide-reaching implications for society, healthcare services, and the economy. Sumatriptan is an abortive medication for migraine attacks, belonging to the triptan family.
- Support for carers of people with Alzheimer's type dementia
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 6-Nov-2008
Research has highlighted the problems for carers of people with dementia. These include the effective loss of companionship and support of a life partner, social isolation and complex financial, legal and social decision making. The burden of caring is fi
- Surgery for obstructive sleep apnoea in adults
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 19-Oct-2005
Obstructive sleep apnoea/hypopnoea syndrome(OSAHS) is the periodic reduction or cessation of airflow during sleep. The syndrome is associated with loud snoring, disrupted sleep and observed apnoeas. Surgery for obstructive sleep apnoea/hypopnoea syndrome
- Surgery for scoliosis in Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 1-Oct-2015
Scoliosis in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is usually progressive and is treated with surgery. However, it is unclear whether the existing evidence is sufficiently scientifically rigorous to support a recommendation for spinal surgery fo
- Surgical interventions for the early management of Bell's palsy
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 26-Jan-2021
Bell's palsy is an acute unilateral facial paralysis of unknown aetiology and should only be used as a diagnosis in the absence of any other pathology. As the proposed pathophysiology is swelling and entrapment of the nerve, some surgeons suggest surgical
- Surgical resection and whole brain radiation therapy versus whole brain radiation therapy alone for single brain metastases
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 24-Jan-2005
The treatment of brain metastasis is generally palliative since most patients have uncontrollable systemic cancer. Historically, whole brain radiation therapy (WBRT) has been the treatment of choice, although more recently focused radiation therapy e.g. s
- Surgical treatment for the thumb‐in‐palm deformity in patients with cerebral palsy
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 19-Oct-2005
Thumb-in-palm deformity in patients with spastic cerebral palsy is a deformity that impairs the ability to use the thumb and thus severely limits hand function. From the variety of operative procedures that have been described, it may be clear that there
- Surgical treatment options for carpal tunnel syndrome
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 17-Oct-2007
Carpal tunnel syndrome is a common disorder for which several surgical treatment options are available.
- Surgical versus non‐surgical treatment for carpal tunnel syndrome
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 8-Oct-2008
Carpal tunnel syndrome results from entrapment of the median nerve in the wrist. Common symptoms are tingling, numbness, and pain in the hand that may radiate to the forearm or shoulder. Most symptomatic cases are treated non-surgically.
- Systemic administration of local anesthetic agents to relieve neuropathic pain
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 19-Oct-2005
Lidocaine, mexiletine, tocainide, and flecainide are local anesthetics which give an analgesic effect when administered orally or parenterally. Early reports described the use of intravenous lidocaine or procaine to relieve cancer and postoperative pain.
- Tacrine for Alzheimer's disease
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 6-Nov-2008
Tacrine is one of the first drugs to be widely marketed for the loss of memory and intellectual decline in Alzheimer's disease, often accompanied by abnormal behaviour and physical decline. The alleged success of tacrine in the treatment of these symptoms
- The Epley (canalith repositioning) manoeuvre for benign paroxysmal positional vertigo
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 3-Dec-2014
This is an update of a Cochrane Review first published in The Cochrane Library in Issue 1, 2002 and previously updated in 2004 and 2007.
- Therapeutic exercise for people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or motor neuron disease
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 31-May-2013
Despite the high incidence of muscle weakness in individuals with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) or motor neuron disease (MND), the effects of exercise in this population are not well understood. This is an update of a review first published in 2008.
- Therapeutic interventions for disease progression in Huntington's disease
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 8-Jul-2009
Huntington's disease (HD) is an autosomal dominant neurodegenerative disease with an average onset between the fourth and fifth decade of life; it leads to death 15 to 20 years after the onset of symptoms. Although several drugs seem effective in controll
