Guidance
Recommendations for research
The guideline committee has made the following recommendations for research.
Key recommendations for research
1 Effectiveness of intensive rehabilitation in adults
What is the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of intensive rehabilitation programmes in adults with complex rehabilitation needs after a traumatic injury?
For a short explanation of why the committee made the recommendation for research, see the rationale section on intensive rehabilitation programmes.
Full details of the evidence and the committee's discussion are in evidence review B.1: physical interventions for people with complex rehabilitation needs after traumatic injury.
2 Effectiveness of intensive rehabilitation in children and young people
What is the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of intensive rehabilitation programmes in children and young people with complex rehabilitation needs after a traumatic injury?
For a short explanation of why the committee made the recommendation for research, see the rationale section on intensive rehabilitation programmes.
Full details of the evidence and the committee's discussion are in evidence review B.1: physical interventions for people with complex rehabilitation needs after traumatic injury.
3 Thoracic lumbar sacral orthoses in older people
What are the benefits and harms of using thoracic lumbar sacral orthoses in older people with thoraco-lumbar vertebral fractures?
For a short explanation of why the committee made the recommendation for research, see the rationale section on splinting and orthotics.
Full details of the evidence and the committee's discussion are in evidence review B.1: physical interventions for people with complex rehabilitation needs after traumatic injury.
4 Self-management materials
What is the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of rehabilitation programmes combined with self-management materials, compared with rehabilitation programmes alone, in people with complex rehabilitation needs after a traumatic injury?
For a short explanation of why the committee made the recommendation for research, see the rationale section on guided self-managed rehabilitation.
Full details of the evidence and the committee's discussion are in evidence review B.3: psychological and psychosocial interventions for people with complex rehabilitation needs after traumatic injury.
5 Length of bed rest after spinal cord injury
What is the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of short-term bed rest compared with long-term bed rest on functional outcomes in people with complex rehabilitation needs after traumatic injury that involves the spinal column or spinal cord injury?
For a short explanation of why the committee made the recommendation for research, see the rationale section on maintaining mobility and movement.
Full details of the evidence and the committee's discussion are in evidence review C.3: specific programmes and packages in spinal cord injury for people with complex rehabilitation needs after traumatic injury.