Publications by authors named "G Ferriero"
Background: Patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) commonly develop severe spinal deformity. The etiology of Parkinson's spinal deformity is not completely understood and in most cases is likely due to multiple factors. These include dystonia and focal myopathy.
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- * Single-case experimental designs (SCEDs), such as N-of-1 RCTs, are gaining popularity as they allow for causal inference in small participant groups and provide each participant as their own control.
- * The manuscript highlights how SCEDs can effectively answer clinical rehabilitation questions by enhancing internal validity, improving user acceptance among clinicians and participants, and expanding evidence where RCTs are less feasible.
Purpose: To evaluate the psychometric properties of the Arabic version of the Activities-Specific Balance Confidence Scale using the 5-option response categories for individuals with lower limb amputation (ABC-5/Ar).
Materials And Methods: This was a methodological study on a convenience sample of individuals with unilateral lower-limb amputation attending outpatient rehabilitation centres in Saudi Arabia and Turkey ( = 155). Rasch analysis (WINSTEPS version 4.