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ALSClinical resource
Understanding ALS and multidisciplinary support
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
A current federal overview of ALS, multidisciplinary care, rehabilitation, communication support, respiratory care, and assistive devices for daily activities.
Why it matters for planning: Helps families prepare questions about mobility, assistive devices, function, and professional evaluation.
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- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
- Year
- 2026
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ALSEvidence review
Assistive technology
Assistive Technology in ALS: A Scoping Review of Devices and Interventions
Reviews assistive technologies studied for people living with ALS and highlights how technology may support communication, mobility, independence, and participation.
Why it matters for planning: Helps families prepare questions about mobility, assistive devices, function, and professional evaluation.
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- PubMed
- Year
- 2025
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Airway clearance and secretion management
Airway Clearance Strategies and Secretion Management in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Reviews respiratory assessment, airway-clearance techniques, cough assistance, and secretion-management considerations in ALS.
Why it matters for planning: Helps frame questions about endurance, safe activity, portability, monitoring, and rehabilitation.
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- Respiratory Care
- Year
- 2024
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ALSClinical guideline
Multidisciplinary care and changing needs
European Academy of Neurology guideline on the management of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
A current evidence-based framework for multidisciplinary ALS care, including symptom management, respiratory care, communication, nutrition, and planning as function changes.
Why it matters for planning: Helps frame questions about endurance, safe activity, portability, monitoring, and rehabilitation.
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- European Journal of Neurology
- Year
- 2024
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AmputationSystematic review
Early postoperative rehabilitation
Postoperative early rehabilitation following lower limb amputation
Reviews early mobilization and rehabilitation after amputation, including the safety and potential role of temporary prosthetic approaches.
Why it matters for planning: Helps families prepare questions about mobility, assistive devices, function, and professional evaluation.
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- Disability and Rehabilitation
- Year
- 2024
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AmputationEvidence review
Shared prosthetic decisions
Development and alpha testing of a patient shared decision aid for prosthesis design
Describes a decision-support approach intended to help new prosthesis users and prosthetists discuss design choices and personal priorities.
Why it matters for planning: Helps families prepare questions about mobility, assistive devices, function, and professional evaluation.
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- Prosthetics and Orthotics International
- Year
- 2024
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AmputationSystematic review
Gait rehabilitation
Exercise interventions and gait outcomes in lower-limb amputation rehabilitation
Reviews how exercise-based interventions affect gait outcomes during subacute and chronic lower-limb amputation rehabilitation.
Why it matters for planning: Helps families prepare questions about mobility, assistive devices, function, and professional evaluation.
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- Disability and Rehabilitation
- Year
- 2024
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AmputationClinical guideline
Prosthetic rehabilitation
Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Rehabilitation of Lower Limb Amputation
A foundational evidence-based guideline covering rehabilitation, prosthetic training, function, safety, and long-term follow-up after lower-limb amputation.
Why it matters for planning: Helps families prepare questions about mobility, assistive devices, function, and professional evaluation.
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- American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
- Year
- 2019
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Arthritis or joint diseaseClinical resource
Physical activity and daily function
Physical Activity for Arthritis
Federal guidance on safe physical activity, function, pain, and self-management for adults living with arthritis.
Why it matters for planning: Helps translate medical evidence into better questions about function, rehabilitation, safety, and changing needs.
- Published by
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Year
- 2024
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Arthritis or joint diseaseClinical guideline
Hip and knee osteoarthritis
EULAR recommendations for the non-pharmacological core management of hip and knee osteoarthritis
Current recommendations for education, exercise, weight management, walking aids, footwear, self-management, and other non-drug approaches.
Why it matters for planning: Helps frame questions about endurance, safe activity, portability, monitoring, and rehabilitation.
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- Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
- Year
- 2024
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Arthritis or joint diseaseClinical resource
Daily function and assistive strategies
Osteoarthritis
A plain-language federal resource on symptoms, treatment, physical activity, joint protection, and living with osteoarthritis.
Why it matters for planning: Helps families prepare questions about mobility, assistive devices, function, and professional evaluation.
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- National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
- Year
- 2024
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Arthritis or joint diseaseClinical guideline
Evidence-based osteoarthritis care
2019 American College of Rheumatology/Arthritis Foundation Guideline for Osteoarthritis
A widely used evidence-based guideline covering exercise, weight management, braces, walking aids, self-management, and other care options.
Why it matters for planning: Helps frame questions about endurance, safe activity, portability, monitoring, and rehabilitation.
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- American College of Rheumatology
- Year
- 2020
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Bariatric or significant weight-capacity needsClinical resource
Understanding obesity as a chronic disease
Overweight and Obesity
Federal education on obesity, health effects, assessment, treatment, physical activity, and long-term health planning.
Why it matters for planning: Helps families prepare questions about mobility, assistive devices, function, and professional evaluation.
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- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
- Year
- 2025
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Bariatric or significant weight-capacity needsSystematic review
Mobility and musculoskeletal function
Association of obesity with musculoskeletal health and functional mobility
Synthesizes evidence on the relationship between obesity, pain, musculoskeletal health, and functional mobility.
Why it matters for planning: Helps families prepare questions about mobility, assistive devices, function, and professional evaluation.
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- Systematic review
- Year
- 2025
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Long-term bariatric outcomes
Long-Term Effectiveness and Outcomes of Bariatric Surgery
Reviews long-term outcomes after bariatric surgery, including mortality, cardiometabolic health, weight change, and quality of life.
Why it matters for planning: Helps translate medical evidence into better questions about function, rehabilitation, safety, and changing needs.
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- Cureus
- Year
- 2024
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Bariatric or significant weight-capacity needsSystematic review
Mobility-related disability
Behavioral weight loss interventions for people with physical disabilities
Reviews weight-management interventions designed for people with physical disabilities, a population often excluded from standard programs.
Why it matters for planning: Helps families prepare questions about mobility, assistive devices, function, and professional evaluation.
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- Obesity Reviews
- Year
- 2024
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Cerebral palsyClinical resource
Understanding cerebral palsy
About Cerebral Palsy
Federal patient education covering cerebral palsy, movement and posture, associated conditions, screening, services, and family resources.
Why it matters for planning: Helps families prepare questions about mobility, assistive devices, function, and professional evaluation.
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Year
- 2024
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Cerebral palsyEvidence review
Standing and supported mobility
Supported Standing and Supported Stepping Devices for Children with Non-Ambulant Cerebral Palsy
Synthesizes evidence and family-centered considerations for supported standing and stepping devices in children who do not walk independently.
Why it matters for planning: Helps families prepare questions about mobility, assistive devices, function, and professional evaluation.
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- Disabilities
- Year
- 2024
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Cerebral palsyEvidence review
Device use in daily life
Supported standing and stepping device use in young children with cerebral palsy
Describes real-world patterns of stander and stepping-device use, including child, family, and service factors that shape implementation.
Why it matters for planning: Helps families prepare questions about mobility, assistive devices, function, and professional evaluation.
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- Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology
- Year
- 2024
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Cerebral palsyClinical guideline
Adults with cerebral palsy
Cerebral palsy in adults
A multidisciplinary guideline addressing adult function, physical activity, orthopaedic and respiratory needs, communication, equipment, and service coordination.
Why it matters for planning: Helps frame questions about endurance, safe activity, portability, monitoring, and rehabilitation.
- Published by
- National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
- Year
- 2019
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COPD or respiratory limitationClinical resource
Understanding COPD
COPD
A federal overview of COPD symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, pulmonary rehabilitation, oxygen therapy, and living with chronic respiratory limitation.
Why it matters for planning: Helps families prepare questions about mobility, assistive devices, function, and professional evaluation.
- Published by
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
- Year
- 2025
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COPD or respiratory limitationClinical guideline
Pulmonary rehabilitation implementation
Clinical Practice Guideline on Pulmonary Rehabilitation for Adults With Chronic Respiratory Disease
A concise implementation-focused companion to the American Thoracic Society pulmonary rehabilitation guideline.
Why it matters for planning: Helps frame questions about endurance, safe activity, portability, monitoring, and rehabilitation.
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- Annals of the American Thoracic Society
- Year
- 2024
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Pulmonary rehabilitation
Pulmonary Rehabilitation for Adults with Chronic Respiratory Disease
The American Thoracic Society guideline supports evidence-based pulmonary rehabilitation for COPD and other chronic respiratory diseases, including center-based and telerehabilitation models.
Why it matters for planning: Helps frame questions about endurance, safe activity, portability, monitoring, and rehabilitation.
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- American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
- Year
- 2023
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COPD or respiratory limitationClinical resource
Patient and clinician tools
Pulmonary Rehabilitation Guideline Implementation Tools
Patient education, pocket guides, full-text guidance, and implementation materials supporting pulmonary rehabilitation discussions.
Why it matters for planning: Helps frame questions about endurance, safe activity, portability, monitoring, and rehabilitation.
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- American Thoracic Society
- Year
- 2023
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Dementia or cognitive impairmentClinical resource
Understanding Alzheimer’s and dementia
Alzheimer's Disease Fact Sheet
Federal education about Alzheimer’s disease, progression, diagnosis, treatment, safety, caregiving, and research.
Why it matters for planning: Helps families prepare questions about mobility, assistive devices, function, and professional evaluation.
- Published by
- National Institute on Aging
- Year
- 2025
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Dementia or cognitive impairmentSystematic review
Post-acute rehabilitation
Post-Acute Care Rehabilitation for Persons Living With Dementia
Reviews evidence on post-acute rehabilitation for people living with dementia across care settings.
Why it matters for planning: Helps connect fall risk, daily function, supervision, transfers, and home-safety planning.
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- Journal of the American Medical Directors Association
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- 2024
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Dementia or cognitive impairmentSystematic review
Function and daily living
Physical rehabilitation for long-term care residents with dementia
Reviews physical rehabilitation effects on activities of daily living, physical function, and quality of life, while noting where evidence remains uncertain.
Why it matters for planning: Helps connect fall risk, daily function, supervision, transfers, and home-safety planning.
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- JBI Evidence Synthesis
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- 2024
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Dementia or cognitive impairmentSystematic review
Falls and safety
Falls risk in frail patients with dementia
Reviews fall-prevention strategies and their limitations for frail older adults living with dementia.
Why it matters for planning: Helps connect fall risk, daily function, supervision, transfers, and home-safety planning.
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- Geriatrics
- Year
- 2024
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Heart or endurance limitationClinical resource
Cardiac rehabilitation
What Is Cardiac Rehabilitation?
Patient-friendly education from the American Heart Association on supervised exercise, risk reduction, recovery, and long-term cardiac health.
Why it matters for planning: Helps frame questions about endurance, safe activity, portability, monitoring, and rehabilitation.
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- American Heart Association
- Year
- 2025
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Heart or endurance limitationClinical resource
Cardiac rehabilitation
Cardiac Rehabilitation
A current clinical overview of the interdisciplinary components, indications, safety considerations, and functional goals of cardiac rehabilitation.
Why it matters for planning: Helps connect fall risk, daily function, supervision, transfers, and home-safety planning.
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- NCBI Bookshelf / StatPearls
- Year
- 2025
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Heart or endurance limitationEvidence review
Daily walking and heart failure
Lifestyle walking intervention for patients with heart failure
Examines a practical walking intervention integrated into daily life for people with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction.
Why it matters for planning: Helps frame questions about endurance, safe activity, portability, monitoring, and rehabilitation.
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- JACC: Heart Failure
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- 2024
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Heart or endurance limitationClinical guideline
Heart failure guideline
2022 AHA/ACC/HFSA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure
A major multidisciplinary guideline for heart-failure care, including exercise, rehabilitation, functional status, self-care, and multidisciplinary management.
Why it matters for planning: Helps frame questions about endurance, safe activity, portability, monitoring, and rehabilitation.
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- American Heart Association / American College of Cardiology
- Year
- 2022
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Multiple sclerosisClinical resource
Understanding MS and changing function
Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
A current federal overview of MS symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation, symptom management, and research.
Why it matters for planning: Helps families prepare questions about mobility, assistive devices, function, and professional evaluation.
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- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
- Year
- 2025
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Multiple sclerosisEvidence review
Rehabilitation practice
Clinical practice guidelines for physical therapy and rehabilitation in multiple sclerosis
Reviews clinical practice guidelines for physical therapy and rehabilitation in MS, helping readers understand the current evidence base and areas of agreement.
Why it matters for planning: Helps translate medical evidence into better questions about function, rehabilitation, safety, and changing needs.
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- PubMed
- Year
- 2025
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Multiple sclerosisSystematic review
Physical activity guidance
The Actionability of Physical Activity Guidelines for Multiple Sclerosis Care
Assesses the quality and practical usefulness of physical-activity recommendations used in MS care.
Why it matters for planning: Helps translate medical evidence into better questions about function, rehabilitation, safety, and changing needs.
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- Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
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- 2025
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Multiple sclerosisEvidence review
Exercise prescription and rehabilitation
Advancements and Challenges in Exercise Training for Multiple Sclerosis
Reviews the evidence and practical challenges surrounding aerobic and resistance exercise prescription for people living with MS.
Why it matters for planning: Helps frame questions about endurance, safe activity, portability, monitoring, and rehabilitation.
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- Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports
- Year
- 2024
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Muscular dystrophyClinical guideline
Stage-based Duchenne care
Clinical recommendations for Duchenne muscular dystrophy care
Evidence- and consensus-based multidisciplinary care recommendations organized around the changing needs of people living with Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
Why it matters for planning: Helps translate medical evidence into better questions about function, rehabilitation, safety, and changing needs.
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- DMD Care UK
- Year
- 2026
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Muscular dystrophyClinical resource
Understanding muscular dystrophy
Muscular Dystrophy
A federal overview of muscular dystrophy types, diagnosis, multidisciplinary management, rehabilitation, mobility support, and research.
Why it matters for planning: Helps families prepare questions about mobility, assistive devices, function, and professional evaluation.
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- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
- Year
- 2025
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Muscular dystrophyEvidence review
Diagnosis and multidisciplinary care
Clinical practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of Duchenne muscular dystrophy
A scoping review comparing recent Duchenne muscular dystrophy guidelines and the reliability and coverage of their recommendations.
Why it matters for planning: Helps translate medical evidence into better questions about function, rehabilitation, safety, and changing needs.
- Published by
- Frontiers in Neurology
- Year
- 2024
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Muscular dystrophyClinical guideline
Congenital muscular dystrophy
Evaluation, Diagnosis, and Management of Congenital Muscular Dystrophy
An updated multidisciplinary guideline with clinician and patient resources for congenital muscular dystrophy.
Why it matters for planning: Helps translate medical evidence into better questions about function, rehabilitation, safety, and changing needs.
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- American Academy of Neurology / APTA
- Year
- 2024
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Read at the original source (opens in a new tab)Report an outdated or broken resourceNeuropathyClinical resource
Understanding peripheral neuropathy
Peripheral Neuropathy
A federal overview of neuropathy symptoms, causes, evaluation, treatment, safety concerns, and ongoing research.
Why it matters for planning: Helps families prepare questions about mobility, assistive devices, function, and professional evaluation.
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- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
- Year
- 2025
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NeuropathySystematic review
Balance training
Content and effects of balance training in people with diabetic peripheral neuropathy
A systematic review and meta-analysis focused specifically on balance-training content and outcomes in diabetic peripheral neuropathy.
Why it matters for planning: Helps connect fall risk, daily function, supervision, transfers, and home-safety planning.
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- Physiotherapy Theory and Practice
- Year
- 2025
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NeuropathySystematic review
Balance and fall risk
Physical rehabilitation and balance in people with diabetic peripheral neuropathy at risk of falling
Synthesizes evidence on rehabilitation approaches intended to improve balance for people with diabetic peripheral neuropathy and elevated fall risk.
Why it matters for planning: Helps connect fall risk, daily function, supervision, transfers, and home-safety planning.
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- Clinical Rehabilitation
- Year
- 2024
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NeuropathySystematic review
Exercise therapy
Effects of exercise therapy on diabetic neuropathy
Evaluates exercise therapy for neuropathic symptoms, signs, and physical function while clearly describing the limits of the evidence.
Why it matters for planning: Helps frame questions about endurance, safe activity, portability, monitoring, and rehabilitation.
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- Physiotherapy Theory and Practice
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- 2024
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Parkinson’s diseaseClinical resource
Understanding Parkinson’s and supportive care
Parkinson's Disease
A current federal overview of symptoms, progression, treatment, rehabilitation, exercise, communication, swallowing, and daily-living support.
Why it matters for planning: Helps families prepare questions about mobility, assistive devices, function, and professional evaluation.
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- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
- Year
- 2026
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Parkinson’s diseaseSystematic review
Exercise selection and dose
Optimal dose and type of exercise to improve motor symptoms in Parkinson's disease
A network meta-analysis comparing exercise types and dose-response relationships for motor outcomes in Parkinson’s disease.
Why it matters for planning: Helps frame questions about endurance, safe activity, portability, monitoring, and rehabilitation.
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- Journal of Exercise Science & Fitness
- Year
- 2025
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Parkinson’s diseaseEvidence review
Exercise and rehabilitation
Exercise for People with Parkinson's Disease: Updates and New Perspectives
Summarizes current evidence for aerobic, resistance, balance, flexibility, and task-specific exercise across motor and non-motor symptoms.
Why it matters for planning: Helps connect fall risk, daily function, supervision, transfers, and home-safety planning.
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- Journal of Neurologic Physical Therapy
- Year
- 2024
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Parkinson’s diseaseSystematic review
Comparative exercise evidence
Physical exercise for people with Parkinson's disease: a systematic review and network meta-analysis
A major Cochrane synthesis comparing multiple forms of physical exercise for motor signs, mobility, balance, and quality of life in Parkinson’s disease.
Why it matters for planning: Helps families prepare questions about mobility, assistive devices, function, and professional evaluation.
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- Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
- Year
- 2023
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Progressive neurological conditionClinical resource
Motor neuron disease and changing support needs
Motor Neuron Diseases
A current federal overview of progressive motor neuron diseases, supportive therapies, rehabilitation, and assistive-device considerations.
Why it matters for planning: Helps families prepare questions about mobility, assistive devices, function, and professional evaluation.
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- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
- Year
- 2026
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Progressive neurological conditionEvidence review
Assistive technology and participation
Assistive Technology in ALS: A Scoping Review of Devices and Interventions
A useful cross-condition example of how assistive technology may support communication, mobility, participation, and changing function in progressive neurological disease.
Why it matters for planning: Helps families prepare questions about mobility, assistive devices, function, and professional evaluation.
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- PubMed
- Year
- 2025
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Neurological rehabilitation
Rehabilitation
A federal overview of neurological rehabilitation disciplines, goals, care settings, and the role of individualized evaluation.
Why it matters for planning: Helps translate medical evidence into better questions about function, rehabilitation, safety, and changing needs.
- Published by
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
- Year
- 2025
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Rehabilitation in health systems
Rehabilitation in health systems: guide for action
An authoritative framework for access to person-centered rehabilitation across diagnoses and stages of disability.
Why it matters for planning: Helps translate medical evidence into better questions about function, rehabilitation, safety, and changing needs.
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- World Health Organization
- Year
- 2019
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Recent surgery or injuryEvidence review
Early mobility after hip fracture
Early mobilisation after hip fracture surgery and patient outcomes
Examines associations between early postoperative mobilization, complications, and short-term mortality after hip-fracture surgery.
Why it matters for planning: Helps families prepare questions about mobility, assistive devices, function, and professional evaluation.
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- Age and Ageing
- Year
- 2024
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Recent surgery or injurySystematic review
Frailty and physical recovery
Effects of multicomponent exercise on frailty status and physical function in frail older adults
A large systematic review and meta-analysis evaluating strength, gait speed, balance, and physical function after multicomponent exercise.
Why it matters for planning: Helps families prepare questions about mobility, assistive devices, function, and professional evaluation.
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- Experimental Gerontology
- Year
- 2024
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Recent surgery or injurySystematic review
Fracture rehabilitation
Rehabilitation for ankle fractures in adults
A current evidence synthesis on rehabilitation approaches after adult ankle fracture, including weight-bearing and removable support strategies.
Why it matters for planning: Helps translate medical evidence into better questions about function, rehabilitation, safety, and changing needs.
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- Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
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- 2024
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Recent surgery or injuryEvidence review
Early mobility after surgery
Early mobilization in enhanced recovery after surgery pathways
Reviews why safe, individualized early mobilization is a central component of many enhanced-recovery pathways after surgery.
Why it matters for planning: Helps families prepare questions about mobility, assistive devices, function, and professional evaluation.
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- Journal of Clinical Anesthesia
- Year
- 2022
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Spinal cord injuryClinical resource
Independence and assistive technology
Spinal Cord Injury
A current federal overview of SCI treatment, rehabilitation, adaptive and assistive devices, mobility, secondary conditions, and research.
Why it matters for planning: Helps families prepare questions about mobility, assistive devices, function, and professional evaluation.
- Published by
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
- Year
- 2026
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Spinal cord injuryClinical guideline
Acute clinical management
A Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Patients With Acute Spinal Cord Injury
An evidence-based guideline addressing important early management decisions after acute traumatic spinal cord injury.
Why it matters for planning: Helps translate medical evidence into better questions about function, rehabilitation, safety, and changing needs.
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- Global Spine Journal
- Year
- 2024
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Spinal cord injuryClinical guideline
Long-term follow-up
Evidence-based clinical practice guideline for follow-up care in spinal cord injury
Addresses structured follow-up and the secondary health conditions that can affect long-term health, safety, participation, and equipment needs after SCI.
Why it matters for planning: Helps connect fall risk, daily function, supervision, transfers, and home-safety planning.
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- Spinal Cord
- Year
- 2024
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Spinal cord injurySystematic review
Aging and rehabilitation
Rehabilitation and management of the ageing population with spinal cord injury
Synthesizes guideline recommendations relevant to aging with SCI, including mobility, skin, bone, cardiometabolic health, pain, and independence.
Why it matters for planning: Helps families prepare questions about mobility, assistive devices, function, and professional evaluation.
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- Spinal Cord
- Year
- 2024
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Stroke / CVAClinical guideline
Guideline synopsis
Stroke Rehabilitation: Synopsis of the 2024 U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and U.S. Department of Defense Guideline
A concise clinician-facing summary of updated recommendations on transitions, motor therapy, swallowing, communication, cognition, and community reintegration.
Why it matters for planning: Helps translate medical evidence into better questions about function, rehabilitation, safety, and changing needs.
- Published by
- Annals of Internal Medicine
- Year
- 2025
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Stroke / CVAClinical resource
Treatment and recovery
Treatment and Intervention for Stroke
Federal patient education on stroke treatment, rehabilitation, long-term effects, therapy disciplines, emotional health, and recovery planning.
Why it matters for planning: Helps translate medical evidence into better questions about function, rehabilitation, safety, and changing needs.
- Published by
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Year
- 2024
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Stroke / CVAClinical guideline
Rehabilitation and community recovery
VA/DoD Clinical Practice Guideline: Management of Stroke Rehabilitation
Evidence-based recommendations and patient tools covering rehabilitation disposition, outpatient and community rehabilitation, mobility, communication, cognition, and recovery goals.
Why it matters for planning: Helps families prepare questions about mobility, assistive devices, function, and professional evaluation.
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- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
- Year
- 2024
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Patient-focused rehabilitation decisions
Patient-Focused Rehabilitation and Recovery Resources
A respected collection of rehabilitation decision guides, discharge checklists, home-care tools, caregiver resources, and recovery education.
Why it matters for planning: Helps translate medical evidence into better questions about function, rehabilitation, safety, and changing needs.
- Published by
- American Stroke Association
- Year
- 2023
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