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Can anyone help with this query below from our physios? I have tried the
usual sources and lis medical and lis nursing have resulted in no responses.
Many thanks.
Rob
Rob Polson
Assistant Information Officer
Highland Health Sciences Library
University of Stirling
Highland Campus
Old Perth Road
INVERNESS
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Scotland
UK
Phone: 01463-705269
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sweeping up on Desolation Row ..." Bob Dylan.
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From: Robert Polson
Sent: 07 May 2004 20:51
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Subject: Friday challenge
It's late I know - Can anyone help with this query from our physios:
Can you help again we're looking into the use of PRAFO (Pressure Relieving
Ankle Foot Orthosis) boots in the intensive care setting to minimise/reduce
tendo-archilles (TA) tightness. We are trying to determine :-
*
is there a protocol to follow regarding when the splints should
be initiated?
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are they beneficial at reducing T.A tightness or are they just
as good as a simple AFO (Ankle Foot Orthosis) ?
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is there any literature on the use of PRAFO boots generally?
I've been through all the databases and the likes of PEDRO and drawn a blank
- is there any grey literature from NHS sources out there?
Many thanks.
Rob
Rob Polson
Assistant Information Officer
Highland Health Sciences Library
University of Stirling
Highland Campus
Old Perth Road
INVERNESS
IV2 3FG
Scotland
UK
Phone: 01463-705269
Fax: 01463-713471
e-mail: [log in to unmask]
Library web page: http://www.nm.stir.ac.uk/HHSL/HHSLibrary.htm
<http://www.nm.stir.ac.uk/HHSL/HHSLibrary.htm>
"... And the only sound that's left, after the ambulances go, is Cinderella
sweeping up on Desolation Row ..." Bob Dylan.
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