Publications

Here are listed the publications by or in collaboration with Cochrane Rehabilitation, from newest to oldest:

2025

Heyns A, Dusar FR, Arienti C, Kiekens C. Overview of Cochrane Systematic Reviews for rehabilitation interventions in persons with amputation: a mapping synthesis. Eur J Phys Rehabil Med. 2025 Apr 9. doi: 10.23736/S1973-9087.25.08664-2. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40202277. PubMed link - Full-text link

Zampogna E, Oliva FM, Del Furia MJ, Cordani C, Lazzarini SG, Arienti C. Effectiveness of Rehabilitation Interventions in Adults With Asthma: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2025 Mar 1;104(3):e28-e36. doi: 10.1097/PHM.0000000000002552.  PubMed link - Full-text link
 
Negrini S, Kiekens C, Del Furia MJ, Minozzi S, Ryan R, Arienti C, Parkhill A, Côte P, Gimigliano F, Sabariego C, Capodaglio P, Decary S, DE Groote W, Frontera WR, Mudau Q, Atkinson-Graham M, Bakaa N, Battel I, Butzbach OK, Cordani C, Engeda EH, Konstantinidis T, Iolascon G, Liguori S, Mior S, Moretti A, Paoletta M, Touhami D, Wong J, Duttine A. Evidence synthesis of health policy and systems research in rehabilitation: a protocol for Cochrane overviews of systematic reviews on delivery, governance, financial arrangements, and implementation strategies. Eur J Phys Rehabil Med. 2025 Jan 27. doi: 10.23736/S1973-9087.24.08833-6. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39869129. PubMed link - Full-text link

2024

Lazzarini SG, Mosconi B, Cordani C, Arienti C, Cecchi F. Effectiveness of robot-assisted training in adults with Parkinson's disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis. J Neurol. 2024 Dec 12;272(1):22. doi: 10.1007/s00415-024-12798-z. PubMed link - Full-text link
 
Schmitz S, Meyer-Feil T. Randomized controlled trials as a source of evidence in rehabilitation: a critical analysis. Eur J Phys Rehabil Med. 2024 Sep 18. doi: 10.23736/S1973-9087.24.08361-8. PubMed link - Full-text link
 
Gimigliano F, Moretti A, Lazzarini SG, Pollet J, Arienti C, Ceravolo MG, et al. Navigating Rehabilitation: the General Index of Rehabilitation Knowledge developed by Cochrane rehabilitation through a global interprofessional Delphi process. Eur J Phys Rehabil Med 2024 Oct 23. doi: 10.23736/S1973-9087.24.08734-3. PubMed link - Full-text link
 
Facciorusso S, Malfitano C, Giordano M, Del Furia MJ, Mosconi B, Arienti C, Cordani C. Effectiveness of robotic rehabilitation for gait and balance in people with multiple sclerosis: a systematic review. J Neurol. 2024 Oct 10. doi: 10.1007/s00415-024-12715-4. PubMed link - Full-text link
 
Ghaffar A, Bachani AM, Hyder AA, Cieza A, Bhangu A, Bussières A, Sanchez-Ramirez DC, Gandhi DBC, Verbunt J, Rasanathan K, Gustafsson L, Côté P, Reebye R, De la Cerna-Luna R, Negrini S, Frontera WR, Kamalakannan S. Role and promise of health policy and systems research in integrating rehabilitation into the health systems. Health Res Policy Syst. 2024 Oct 9;22(1):143. doi: 10.1186/s12961-024-01235-2. PubMed link - Full-text link
 
Machalicek W, Gross DP, Armijo-Olivo S, Ferriero G, Kiekens C, Martin R, Walshe M, Negrini S; 5th Cochrane Rehabilitation Methodological Meeting participants. The role of single case experimental designs in evidence creation in rehabilitation. Eur J Phys Rehabil Med. 2024 Oct 7. doi: 10.23736/S1973-9087.24.08713-6. PubMed link - Full-text link
 
Battel I, Arienti C, Levack W, Kiekens C, Negrini S. The new rehabilitation definition for research purposes could improve rehabilitation description in Cochrane Systematic Reviews. Cochrane Ev Synth. 2024; 2:e70000. doi: 10.1002/cesm.70000. Full-text link
 
Arienti C, Kiekens C, Battel I, Cordani C, Del Furia MJ, EngkasanJP, Gimigliano F, Lazzarini FG, Liguori S, Miranda L, Mosconi B, Negrini S, Cochrane Rehabilitation Advisory Committee. Cochrane rehabilitation: 2023 annual report. Journal of the International Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine 7(3):p 75-77, September 2024. doi: 10.1097/ph9.0000000000000040. Full-text link
 
Arienti C, Lazzarini SG, Zaina F, Cordani C, Minozzi S, Kiekens C, Negrini S. Lumbar braces and other assistive devices for treatment of chronic low back pain. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2024 Jul 8;7:CD015492. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD015492. PMID: 38973783. PubMed link
 
Levack WM, Gross DP, Martin RA, Every-Palmer S, Kiekens C, Cordani C, Negrini S; Participants in the 5th Cochrane Rehabilitation Methodological Meeting. Designing studies and reviews to produce informative, trustworthy evidence about complex interventions in rehabilitation: a narrative review and commentary. Eur J Phys Rehabil Med. 2024 Jun 26. doi: 10.23736/S1973-9087.24.08459-4. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38922317. PubMed link - Full-text link
 
Del Furia MJ, Arienti C, Cattadori G, Di Marco S, Kiekens C. Overview of Cochrane Systematic Reviews on Interventions for Rehabilitation in People with Ischemic Heart Disease: A Mapping Synthesis. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 2024; 13(13):3662. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm13133662. Full-text link
 
Liguori S, Moretti A, Toro G, Arienti C, Patrini M, Kiekens C, Negrini S, Iolascon G, Gimigliano F. Overview of Cochrane Systematic Reviews for Rehabilitation Interventions in Individuals with Upper Limb Fractures: A Mapping Synthesis. Medicina. 2024; 60(3):469. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina60030469. Link
 
Côté P, Negrini S, Donzelli S, Kiekens C, Arienti C, Ceravolo MG, Gross DP, Battel I, Ferriero G, Lazzarini SG, Dan B, Shearer HM, Wong JJ; Participants in the 5th Cochrane Rehabilitation Methodological Meeting. Introduction to target trial emulation in rehabilitation: a systematic approach to emulate a randomized controlled trial using observational data. Eur J Phys Rehabil Med. 2024 Feb;60(1):145-153. doi: 10.23736/S1973-9087.24.08435-1. PMID: 38420907. PubMed link
 
Frontera WR, Cordani C, Décary S, DE Groote W, Del Furia MJ, Feys P, Jette AM, Kiekens C, Negrini S, Oral A, Resnik L, Røe C, Sabariego C; Participants in the 5th Cochrane Rehabilitation Methodological Meeting. Relevance and use of health policy, health systems and health services research for strengthening rehabilitation in real-life settings: methodological considerations. Eur J Phys Rehabil Med. 2024 Jan 22. doi: 10.23736/S1973-9087.24.08386-2. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38252128. PubMed link

2023

Arienti C, Lazzarini SG, Andrenelli E, Cordani C, Negrini F, Pollini E, Ceravolo MG; International Multiprofessional Steering Committee of Cochrane Rehabilitation REH-COVER Action. Rehabilitation and COVID-19: systematic review by Cochrane Rehabilitation. Eur J Phys Rehabil Med. 2023 Dec;59(6):800-818. doi: 10.23736/S1973-9087.23.08331-4. PMID: 38214047. PubMed link

Negrini S, Kiekens C, Levack WM, Meyer-Feil T, Arienti C, Côté P; Participants in the 5th Cochrane Rehabilitation Methodological Meeting. Improving the quality of evidence production in rehabilitation. Results of the 5th Cochrane Rehabilitation Methodological Meeting. Eur J Phys Rehabil Med. 2023 Dec 19. doi: 10.23736/S1973-9087.23.08338-7. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38112680. PubMed link

Arienti C, Armijo-Olivo S, Ferriero G, Feys P, Hoogeboom T, Kiekens C, Lazzarini SG, Minozzi S, Negrini S, Oral A, Pollini E, Puljak L, Todhunter-Brown A, Walshe M; Participants in the 5th Cochrane Rehabilitation Methodological Meeting. The influence of bias in randomized controlled trials on rehabilitation intervention effect estimates: what we have learned from meta-epidemiological studies. Eur J Phys Rehabil Med. 2023 Dec 12. doi: 10.23736/S1973-9087.23.08310-7. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38088137. PubMed link
 
Pollini E, Lazzarini SG, Cordani C, Del Furia MJ, Kiekens C, Negrini S, Arienti C. Effectiveness of Rehabilitation Interventions on Adults With COVID-19 and Post-COVID-19 Condition. A Systematic Review With Meta-analysis. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2024 Jan;105(1):138-149. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2023.08.023. Epub 2023 Oct 5. PMID: 37802177. PubMed link
 
Liguori S, Young VM, Arienti C, Pollini E, Patrini M, Gimigliano F, Negrini S, Kiekens C. Overview of Cochrane systematic reviews for rehabilitation interventions in individuals with cerebral palsy: A mapping synthesis. Dev Med Child Neurol. 2023 Oct;65(10):1280-1291. doi: 10.1111/dmcn.15572. Epub 2023 Mar 12. PMID: 36908077. PubMed link
 

Negrini S, Borg K, Cusick A, Ferriero G, Frontera WR, Gross DP, Heinemann A, Machalicek W, Moore AP, Nudo RJ, Pérennou D, Stam H, Kiekens C. Global Statements to Produce and Implement Evidence in the Post-COVID-19 Era Provide a Path Forward for Rehabilitation - A Joint Initiative of Cochrane Rehabilitation and the Leading Journals in the Field. Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2023 Mar 1;102(3):e26-e31. doi: 10.1097/PHM.0000000000002155. PMID: 36796420; PMCID: PMC9940826. PubMed link

 

Velez M, Lugo-Agudelo LH, Patiño Lugo DF, Glenton C, Posada AM, Mesa Franco LF, Negrini S, Kiekens C, Spir Brunal MA, Roberg AB, Cruz Sarmiento KM. Factors that influence the provision of home-based rehabilitation services for people needing rehabilitation: a qualitative evidence synthesis. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2023 Feb 10;2(2):CD014823. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD014823. PMID: 36780267; PMCID: PMC9918343. PubMed link

 

Küçükdeveci AA, Turan BK, Arienti C, Negrini S. Overview of Cochrane Systematic Reviews of rehabilitation interventions for persons with rheumatoid arthritis: a mapping synthesis. Eur J Phys Rehabil Med. 2023 Apr;59(2):259-269. doi: 10.23736/S1973-9087.22.07833-9. Epub 2023 Feb 2. PMID: 36727299; PMCID: PMC10170526. PubMed link

2022

Cordani C, Young VM, Arienti C, Lazzarini SG, Del Furia MJ, Negrini S, Kiekens C. Cognitive impairment, anxiety and depression: a map of Cochrane evidence relevant to rehabilitation for people with post COVID-19 condition. Eur J Phys Rehabil Med. 2022 Dec;58(6):880-887. doi: 10.23736/S1973-9087.22.07813-3. Epub 2022 Dec 19. PMID: 36534008. PubMed link

Cordani C, Battel I, Del Furia MJ, Lazzarini SG, Negrini S, Arienti C. Dysphagia, dysphonia and olfactory disease: a map of Cochrane evidence relevant to rehabilitation for people with post COVID-19 condition. Eur J Phys Rehabil Med. 2022 Dec;58(6):875-879. doi: 10.23736/S1973-9087.22.07811-X. Epub 2022 Dec 19. PMID: 36534007. PubMed link

Cordani C, Lazzarini SG, Zampogna E, Del Furia MJ, Arienti C, Negrini S, Kiekens C. Dyspnea: a map of Cochrane evidence relevant to rehabilitation for people with post COVID-19 condition. Eur J Phys Rehabil Med. 2022 Dec;58(6):864-869. doi: 10.23736/S1973-9087.22.07805-4. Epub 2022 Dec 13. PMID: 36511169. PubMed link

Cordani C, Lazzarini SG, Del Furia MJ, Kiekens C, Arienti C, Negrini S. Arthralgia: a map of Cochrane evidence relevant to rehabilitation for people with post COVID-19 condition. Eur J Phys Rehabil Med. 2022 Dec;58(6):870-874. doi: 10.23736/S1973-9087.22.07803-0. Epub 2022 Dec 6. PMID: 36472559. PubMed link

Arienti C, Cordani C, Lazzarini SG, Del Furia MJ, Negrini S, Kiekens C. Fatigue, post-exertional malaise and orthostatic intolerance: a map of Cochrane evidence relevant to rehabilitation for people with post COVID-19 condition. Eur J Phys Rehabil Med. 2022 Dec;58(6):857-863. doi: 10.23736/S1973-9087.22.07802-9. Epub 2022 Dec 6. PMID: 36472558. PubMed link

Negrini S, Kiekens C, Cordani C, Arienti C, DE Groote W. Cochrane "evidence relevant to" rehabilitation of people with post COVID-19 condition. What it is and how it has been mapped to inform the development of the World Health Organization recommendations. Eur J Phys Rehabil Med. 2022 Dec 5. doi: 10.23736/S1973-9087.22.07793-0. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36468825. PubMed link

Décary S, De Groote W, Arienti C, Kiekens C, Boldrini P, Lazzarini SG, Dugas M, Stefan T, Langlois L, Daigle F, Naye F, LeBlanc A, Negrini S. Scoping review of rehabilitation care models for post COVID-19 condition. Bull World Health Organ. 2022 Nov 1;100(11):676-688. doi: 10.2471/BLT.22.288105. Epub 2022 Oct 3. PMID: 36324552; PMCID: PMC9589389. PubMed link

Negrini S, Borg K, Cusick A, Ferriero G, Frontera WR, Gross DP, Heinemann A, Machalicek W, Moore AP, Nudo RJ, Pérennou D, Stam H, Kiekens C. Global statements to produce and implement evidence in the post-COVID-19 era provide a path forward for rehabilitation - A joint initiative of Cochrane Rehabilitation and the leading journals in the field. Co-published in:

  • Negrini S, Borg K, Cusick A, Ferriero G, Frontera WR, Gross DP, Heinemann A, Machalicek W, Moore AP, Nudo RJ, Pérennou D, Stam H, Kiekens C. Global statements to produce and implement evidence in the post-COVID-19 era provide a path forward for rehabilitation: A joint initiative of Cochrane Rehabilitation and the leading journals in the field. Musculoskelet Sci Pract. 2022 Dec;62:102668. doi: 10.1016/j.msksp.2022.102668. Epub 2022 Sep 28. PMID: 36470721; PMCID: PMC9514953. PubMed link
  • Negrini S, Borg K, Cusick A, Ferriero G, Frontera WR, Gross DP, Heinemann A, Machalicek W, Moore AP, Nudo RJ, Pérennou D, Stam H, Kiekens C. Global statements to produce and implement evidence in the post-COVID-era provide a path forward for rehabilitation - A joint initiative of Cochrane Rehabilitation and the leading journals in the field. J Rehabil Med. 2022 Nov 1;54:jrm00345. doi: 10.2340/jrm.v54.4858. PMID: 36317496. PubMed link
  • Negrini S, Borg K, Cusick A, Ferriero G, Frontera WR, Gross DP, Heinemann A, Machalicek W, Moore AP, Nudo RJ, Pérennou D, Stam H, Kiekens C. Global statements to produce and implement evidence in the post-COVID-19 era provide a path forward for rehabilitation. A joint initiative of Cochrane Rehabilitation and the leading journals in the field. Eur J Phys Rehabil Med. 2022 Oct;58(5):659-665. doi: 10.23736/S1973-9087.22.07668-7. PMID: 36217980. PubMed link
  • Negrini S, Borg K, Cusick A, Ferriero G, Frontera WR, Gross DP, Heinemann A, Machalicek W, Moore AP, Nudo RJ, Pérennou D, Stam H, Kiekens C. Global statements to produce and implement evidence in the post-COVID-19 era provide a path forward for rehabilitation - A joint initiative of Cochrane Rehabilitation and the leading journals in the field. J Occup Rehabil. 2022 Sep;32(3):330-336. doi: 10.1007/s10926-022-10071-6. PMID: 36205804; PMCID: PMC9542461. PubMed link
  • Global statements to produce and implement evidence in the post-COVID-era provide a path forward for rehabilitation - A joint initiative of Cochrane Rehabilitation and the leading journals in the field. Neurorehabil Neural Repair. 2022 Sep;36(9):567-573. doi: 10.1177/15459683221125044. Epub 2022 Sep 22. PMID: 36146945; PMCID: PMC9510938. PubMed link
  • Negrini S, Borg K, Cusick A, Ferriero G, Frontera WR, Gross DP, Heinemann A, Machalicek W, Moore AP, Nudo RJ, Pérennou D, Stam H, Kiekens C. Global statements to produce and implement evidence in the post-COVID-19 era provide a path forward for rehabilitation - A joint initiative of Cochrane Rehabilitation and the leading journals in the field. Ann Phys Rehabil Med. 2022 Sep;65(5):101688. doi: 10.1016/j.rehab.2022.101688. Epub 2022 Aug 8. PMID: 35811074; PMCID: PMC9359696. PubMed link

Zampogna E, Ferriero G, Visca D, Patrini M, Negrini S, Arienti C. An Overview of Cochrane Systematic Reviews for pulmonary rehabilitation interventions in people with COPD: a mapping synthesis. Panminerva Med. 2022 Jul 29. PubMed link

Arienti C, Patrini M, Negrini S, Kiekens C. Overview of Cochrane Systematic Reviews for rehabilitation interventions in persons with spinal cord injury: a mapping synthesis. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2022 Jul 26:S0003-9993(22)00530-5. PubMed link

Negrini S, Selb M, Kiekens C, Todhunter-Brown A, Arienti C, Stucki G, Meyer T; 3rd Cochrane Rehabilitation Methodology Meeting participants. Rehabilitation definition for research purposes. A global stakeholders' initiative by Cochrane Rehabilitation. Co-published in:

  • Eur J Phys Rehabil Med. 2022 Jun;58(3):333-341. PMID: 35306803. PubMed link
  • Neurorehabil Neural Repair. 2022 Jul;36(7):405-414. PMID: 35574944. PubMed link
  • Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2022 Jul 1;101(7):e100-e107. PMID: 35583514; PMCID: PMC9197136. PubMed link

Gimigliano F, Young VM, Arienti C, Bargeri S, Castellini G, Gianola S, Lazzarini SG, Moretti A, Heinemann AW, Negrini S. The Effectiveness of Behavioral Interventions in Adults with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder during Clinical Rehabilitation: A Rapid Review. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Jun 19;19(12):7514. PubMed link

Young VM, Hill JR, Patrini M, Negrini S, Arienti C. Overview of Cochrane Systematic Reviews of Rehabilitation Interventions for Persons with Traumatic Brain Injury: A Mapping Synthesis. J Clin Med. 2022 May 10;11(10):2691. PubMed link

Gimigliano F, Liguori S, Moretti A, Toro G, Rauch A, Negrini S, Iolascon G; Technical Working Group. A systematic review of Clinical Practice Guidelines for the management of fractures in children to develop the WHO's Package of Interventions for Rehabilitation. Eur J Phys Rehabil Med. 2022 Apr;58(2):236-241. PubMed link

2021

de Sire A, Andrenelli E, Negrini F, Iannicelli V, Lazzarini SG, Patrini M, Ceravolo MG; International Multiprofessional Steering Committee of Cochrane Rehabilitation REH-COVER action. Rehabilitation and COVID-19: update of the rapid living systematic review by Cochrane Rehabilitation Field as of August 31st, 2021. Eur J Phys Rehabil Med. 2021 Dec;57(6):1045-1048. doi: 10.23736/S1973-9087.21.07384-6. PMID: 34928107. PubMed link

Negrini S, Levack WMM, Meyer T, Kiekens C. Why we need an internationally shared rehabilitation definition for clinical research purposes. Clin Rehabil. 2021 Dec;35(12):1657-1660. doi: 10.1177/02692155211043215. Epub 2021 Aug 31. PMID: 34461760. PubMed link

Patrini M, Iannicelli V, Lazzarini SG, Liguori S, Negrini S. Cochrane Blogshots Relevant to Rehabilitation: An Online Search Performed by Cochrane Rehabilitation. Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2021 Nov 1;100(11):e177-e178. PubMed link

Negrini S, Côté P, Kiekens C. Methodological quality of systematic reviews on interventions for children with cerebral palsy: the evidence pyramid paradox. Dev Med Child Neurol. 2021 Nov;63(11):1244-1245. doi: 10.1111/dmcn.14988. Epub 2021 Jul 11. PMID: 34247397; PMCID: PMC8597080. PubMed link

Ceravolo MG, Andrenelli E, Arienti C, Côté P, de Sire A, Iannicelli V, Lazzarini SG, Negrini F, Patrini M, Negrini S. Rehabilitation and COVID-19: rapid living systematic review by Cochrane Rehabilitation Field - third edition. Update as of June 30th, 2021. Eur J Phys Rehabil Med. 2021 Oct;57(5):850-857. doi: 10.23736/S1973-9087.21.07301-9. PMID: 34749491. PubMed link

Negrini S, Ceravolo MG, Côté P, Arienti C. A systematic review that is ``rapid'' and ``living'': A specific answer to the COVID-19 pandemic. J Clin Epidemiol. 2021 Oct;138:194-198. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2021.05.025. Epub 2021 Jun 2. PMID: 34089780; PMCID: PMC8170906. PubMed link

Arienti C, Lazzarini SG, Pollet J, Negrini S. Students 4 Best Evidence as a digital Problem-Based Learning method to improve Evidence-Based Practice competencies in undergraduate physiotherapy students: an observational study. BMJ Evid Based Med. 2021 Oct;26(5):251-252. doi: 10.1136/bmjebm-2020-111395. Epub 2020 Oct 21. PMID: 33087451. PubMed link

Arienti C, Lazzarini SG, Pollini E, Patrini M, Kiekens C, Negrini S. Effectiveness of rehabilitation interventions in adults with multi-organ dysfunction syndrome: A rapid review. J Rehabil Med. 2021 Aug 7;53(8):jrm00221. doi: 10.2340/16501977-2846. PMID: 34037239; PMCID: PMC8638732. PubMed link

Negrini F, de Sire A, Andrenelli E, Lazzarini SG, Patrini M, Ceravolo MG; International Multiprofessional Steering Committee of Cochrane Rehabilitation REH-COVER action. Rehabilitation and COVID-19: update of the rapid living systematic review by Cochrane Rehabilitation Field as of April 30, 2021. Eur J Phys Rehabil Med. 2021 Aug;57(4):663-667. doi: 10.23736/S1973-9087.21.07125-2. Epub 2021 Jun 15. PMID: 34128607. PubMed link

Armijo-Olivo S, Patrini M, Oliveira-Souza AIS, Dennett L, Arienti C, Dahchi M, Negrini S. Tools to Assess the Risk of Bias and Reporting Quality of Randomized Controlled Trials in Rehabilitation. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2021 Aug;102(8):1606-1613. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2021.04.007. Epub 2021 May 11. PMID: 33989599. PubMed link

Arienti C, Armijo-Olivo S, Minozzi S, Tjosvold L, Lazzarini SG, Patrini M, Negrini S. Methodological Issues in Rehabilitation Research: A Scoping Review. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2021 Aug;102(8):1614-1622.e14. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2021.04.006. Epub 2021 May 11. PMID: 33989598. PubMed link

Negrini S, Mills JA, Arienti C, Kiekens C, Cieza A. "Rehabilitation Research Framework for Patients With COVID-19" Defined by Cochrane Rehabilitation and the World Health Organization Rehabilitation Programme. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2021 Jul;102(7):1424-1430. PubMed link

Negrini S, Arienti C, Patrini M, Kiekens C, Rauch A, Cieza A. Cochrane collaborates with the World Health Organization to establish a Package of Rehabilitation Interventions based on the best available evidence. Eur J Phys Rehabil Med. 2021 Jun;57(3):478-480. PubMed link

Andrenelli E, Negrini F, de Sire A, Patrini M, Lazzarini SG, Ceravolo MG; International Multiprofessional Steering Committee of Cochrane Rehabilitation REH-COVER action. Rehabilitation and COVID-19: update of the rapid living systematic review by Cochrane Rehabilitation Field as of February 28, 2021. Eur J Phys Rehabil Med. 2021 Jun;57(3):481-484. doi: 10.23736/S1973-9087.21.06995-1. Epub 2021 Apr 16. PMID: 33861041. PubMed link

Heyns A, Jacobs S, Negrini S, Patrini M, Rauch A, Kiekens C. Systematic Review of Clinical Practice Guidelines for Individuals With Amputation: Identification of Best Evidence for Rehabilitation to Develop the WHO's Package of Interventions for Rehabilitation. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2021 Jun;102(6):1191-1197. PubMed link

Kiekens C, Meyer T, Selb M, Stucki G, Negrini S. Authors' reply to: Comment on the provisory definition of the term "Rehabilitation". Eur J Phys Rehabil Med. 2021 Apr;57(2):316-317. doi: 10.23736/S1973-9087.21.06885-4. Epub 2021 Feb 23. PMID: 33619947. PubMed link

Arienti C, Kiekens C, Bettinsoli R, Engkasan JP, Frischknecht R, Gimigliano F, Grubisic F, Howe T, Iannicelli V, Ilieva E, Lazzarini SG, Levack WM, Meyer T, Oral A, Patrini M, Pollini E, Rathore FA, Negrini S. Cochrane Rehabilitation: 2020 annual report. Eur J Phys Rehabil Med. 2021 Apr;57(2):303-308. PubMed link

de Sire A, Andrenelli E, Negrini F, Patrini M, Lazzarini SG, Ceravolo MG; International Multiprofessional Steering Committee of Cochrane Rehabilitation REH-COVER Action. Rehabilitation and COVID-19: a rapid living systematic review by Cochrane Rehabilitation Field updated as of December 31st, 2020 and synthesis of the scientific literature of 2020. Eur J Phys Rehabil Med. 2021 Apr;57(2):181-188. doi: 10.23736/S1973-9087.21.06870-2. Epub 2021 Feb 18. PMID: 33599442. PubMed link

Levack WM, Negrini S. Cochrane Rehabilitation – Connecting Rehabilitation Professionals to Evidence. New Zealand Journal of Physiotherapy. 2021. 49. 5-6. 10.15619/NZJP/49.1.01. PDF link

Gimigliano F, Liguori S, Moretti A, Toro G, Rauch A, Negrini S; other members of the Technical Working Group, Iolascon G. Correction to: Systematic review of clinical practice guidelines for adults with fractures: identification of best evidence for rehabilitation to develop the WHO's Package of Interventions for Rehabilitation. J Orthop Traumatol. 2021 Mar 1;22(1):7. Erratum for: J Orthop Traumatol. 2020 Nov 14;21(1):20. PMID: 33649874; PMCID: PMC7921260. PubMed link

Negrini S, Arienti C, Iannicelli V, Lazzarini SG, Patrini M, Kiekens C. Importance for Our Field of the Newly Published Cochrane Special Collection on "Coronavirus (COVID-19): Evidence Relevant to Clinical Rehabilitation". Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2021 Feb 1;100(2):110-111. PubMed link

Negrini F, de Sire A, Andrenelli E, Lazzarini SG, Patrini M, Ceravolo MG; International Multiprofessional Steering Committee of Cochrane Rehabilitation REH-COVER action. Rehabilitation and COVID-19: a rapid living systematic review 2020 by Cochrane Rehabilitation Field. Update as of October 31st, 2020. Eur J Phys Rehabil Med. 2021 Feb;57(1):166-170. doi: 10.23736/S1973-9087.20.06723-4. Epub 2020 Dec 2. PMID: 33263249. PubMed link

Arienti C, Lazzarini SG, Patrini M, Puljak L, Pollock A, Negrini S. The Structure of Research Questions in Randomized Controlled Trials in the Rehabilitation Field: A Methodological Study. Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2021 Jan 1;100(1):29-33. doi: 10.1097/PHM.0000000000001612. PMID: 33031109. PubMed link

2020

Gimigliano F, Liguori S, Moretti A, Toro G, Rauch A, Negrini S; other members of the Technical Working Group, Curci C, Patrini M, Peschi L, Pournajaf S, Sgarbanti M, Iolascon G. Systematic review of clinical practice guidelines for adults with fractures: identification of best evidence for rehabilitation to develop the WHO's Package of Interventions for Rehabilitation. J Orthop Traumatol. 2020 Nov 14;21(1):20. Erratum in: J Orthop Traumatol. 2021 Mar 1;22(1):7. PMID: 33188610; PMCID: PMC7666651. PubMed link

Andrenelli E, Negrini F, de Sire A, Patrini M, Lazzarini SG, Ceravolo MG; International Multiprofessional Steering Committee of Cochrane Rehabilitation REH-COVER action. Rehabilitation and COVID-19: a rapid living systematic review 2020 by Cochrane Rehabilitation Field. Update as of September 30th, 2020. Eur J Phys Rehabil Med. 2020 Dec;56(6):846-852. doi: 10.23736/S1973-9087.20.06672-1. Epub 2020 Oct 29. PMID: 33118719. PubMed link

Arienti C, Patrini M, Pollock A, Lazzarini SG, Oral A, Negrini S. A comparison and synthesis of rehabilitation definitions used by consumers (Google), major Stakeholders (survey) and researchers (Cochrane Systematic Reviews): a terminological analysis. Eur J Phys Rehabil Med. 2020 Oct;56(5):682-689. PubMed link

de Sire A, Andrenelli E, Negrini F, Lazzarini SG, Patrini M, Ceravolo MG; International Multiprofessional Steering Committee of Cochrane Rehabilitation REH-COVER action. Rehabilitation and COVID-19: the Cochrane Rehabilitation 2020 rapid living systematic review. Update as of August 31st, 2020. Eur J Phys Rehabil Med. 2020 Dec;56(6):839-845. doi: 10.23736/S1973-9087.20.06614-9. Epub 2020 Oct 1. PMID: 33000932. PubMed link

Levack WM, Rathore FA, Negrini S. Expert opinions leave space for uncertainty when defining rehabilitation interventions: analysis of difficult decisions regarding categorization of rehabilitation reviews in the Cochrane library. Eur J Phys Rehabil Med. 2020 Oct;56(5):661-666. PubMed link

Meyer T, Kiekens C, Selb M, Posthumus E, Negrini S. Toward a new definition of rehabilitation for research purposes: a comparative analysis of current definitions. Eur J Phys Rehabil Med. 2020 Oct;56(5):672-681. doi: 10.23736/S1973-9087.20.06610-1. Epub 2020 Sep 29. PMID: 32990687. PubMed link

Gimigliano F, Negrini S, Arienti C, Bettinsoli R, Patrini M, Liguori S, Zampolini M, Kiekens C; Cochrane Rehabilitation Communication Working Area Contributors. Cochrane rehabilitation communication strategy. Eur J Phys Rehabil Med. 2020 Dec;56(6):836-8. PubMed link

Negrini S, Arienti C, Küçükdeveci A, Lazzarini SG, Patrini M, Kiekens C. Current rehabilitation definitions do not allow correct classification of Cochrane systematic reviews: an overview of Cochrane reviews. Eur J Phys Rehabil Med. 2020 Oct;56(5):667-671. PubMed link

Negrini S, Meyer T, Arienti C, Kiekens C, Pollock A, Selb M, Stucki G; 3rd Cochrane Rehabilitation Methodology Meeting participants. The 3rd Cochrane Rehabilitation Methodology Meeting: "Rehabilitation definition for scientific research purposes". Eur J Phys Rehabil Med. 2020 Oct;56(5):658-660. PubMed link

Negrini F, de Sire A, Andrenelli E, Lazzarini SG, Patrini M, Ceravolo MG; International Multiprofessional Steering Committee of Cochrane Rehabilitation REH-COVER action. Rehabilitation and COVID-19: the Cochrane Rehabilitation 2020 rapid living systematic review. Update as of July 31st, 2020. Eur J Phys Rehabil Med. 2020 Oct;56(5):652-657. doi: 10.23736/S1973-9087.20.06539-9. Epub 2020 Sep 1. PMID: 32869962. PubMed link

Ceravolo MG, Arienti C, de Sire A, Andrenelli E, Negrini F, Lazzarini SG, Patrini M, Negrini S; International Multiprofessional Steering Committee of Cochrane Rehabilitation REH-COVER action. Rehabilitation and COVID-19: the Cochrane Rehabilitation 2020 rapid living systematic review. Eur J Phys Rehabil Med. 2020 Oct;56(5):642-651. doi: 10.23736/S1973-9087.20.06501-6. Epub 2020 Jul 24. Update in: Eur J Phys Rehabil Med. 2020 Sep 01;: Update in: Eur J Phys Rehabil Med. 2020 Dec;56(6):839-845. Update in: Eur J Phys Rehabil Med. 2020 Oct 29;: PMID: 32705860. PubMed link

Andrenelli E, Negrini F, de Sire A, Arienti C, Patrini M, Negrini S, Ceravolo MG; International Multiprofessional Steering Committee of Cochrane Rehabilitation REH-COVER action. Systematic rapid living review on rehabilitation needs due to COVID-19: update to May 31st, 2020. Eur J Phys Rehabil Med. 2020 Aug;56(4):508-514. doi: 10.23736/S1973-9087.20.06435-7. Epub 2020 Jun 16. PMID: 32539312. PubMed link

Ceravolo MG, de Sire A, Andrenelli E, Negrini F, Negrini S. Systematic rapid "living" review on rehabilitation needs due to COVID-19: update to March 31st, 2020. Eur J Phys Rehabil Med. 2020 Jun;56(3):347-353. doi: 10.23736/S1973-9087.20.06329-7. Epub 2020 Apr 22. Update in: Eur J Phys Rehabil Med. 2020 Jun;56(3):354-360. Update in: Eur J Phys Rehabil Med. 2020 Aug;56(4):508-514. PMID: 32316718. PubMed link

Oral A, Arienti C, Lazzarini SG, Grubišić F, Kiekens C, Negrini S. The Cochrane Corners by Cochrane Rehabilitation. Eur J Phys Rehabil Med. 2020 Aug;56(4):529–34. PubMed link

Negrini S, Meyer T, Arienti C, Malmivaara A, Frontera WR; Cochrane Rehabilitation Methodology Meeting participants. In Search of Solutions for Evidence Generation in Rehabilitation: The Second Cochrane Rehabilitation Methodology Meeting. Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2020 Mar;99(3):181-182. PubMed link

Meyer T, Selb M, Kiekens C, Grubišić F, Arienti C, Stucki G, Negrini S. Toward Better Reporting Standards of Patients' Characteristics in Rehabilitation Trials: Applying a New Conceptual Framework to Current Standards. Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2020 Mar;99(3):216-223. doi: 10.1097/PHM.0000000000001375. PMID: 31860587. PubMed link

Levack WMM, Engkasan JP, Heinemann AW, Negrini S. A Review of CONSORT Guidelines About Comparison Groups With a Focused Discussion on Implications for Rehabilitation Clinical Trials. Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2020 Mar;99(3):191-197. doi: 10.1097/PHM.0000000000001368. PMID: 32079896. PubMed link

Negrini S, Armijo-Olivo S, Patrini M, Frontera WR, Heinemann AW, Machalicek W, Whyte J, Arienti C; RCTRACK Promoters. The Randomized Controlled Trials Rehabilitation Checklist: Methodology of Development of a Reporting Guideline Specific to Rehabilitation. Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2020 Mar;99(3):210-215. PubMed link

Negrini S, Arienti C, Kiekens C. Usual care: the big but unmanaged problem of rehabilitation evidence. Lancet. 2020 Feb 1;395(10221):337. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(19)32553-X. PMID: 32007164. PubMed link

Arienti C, Kiekens C, Bettinsoli R, Engkasan JP, Gimigliano F, Grubisic F, et al. Cochrane Rehabilitation: 2019 annual report. Eur J Phys Rehabil Med. 2020 Feb;56(1):120–5. PubMed link

2019

Negrini S, Arienti C, Kiekens C. Cochrane Rehabilitation and the future of systematic reviews in developmental rehabilitation. Dev Med Child Neurol. 2019 Nov;61(11):1241. doi: 10.1111/dmcn.14337. PMID: 31576562. PubMed link

Negrini S, Arienti C, Pollet J, Engkasan JP, Francisco GE, Frontera WR, Galeri S, Gworys K, Kujawa J, Mazlan M, Rathore FA, Schillebeeckx F, Kiekens C; REREP study participants. Clinical replicability of rehabilitation interventions in randomized controlled trials reported in main journals is inadequate. J Clin Epidemiol. 2019 Oct;114:108-117. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2019.06.008. Epub 2019 Jun 18. PMID: 31220570. PubMed link

Arienti C, Lazzarini SG, Pollock A, Negrini S. Rehabilitation interventions for improving balance following stroke: An overview of systematic reviews. PLoS One. 2019 Jul 19;14(7):e0219781. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0219781. PMID: 31323068; PMCID: PMC6641159. PubMed link

Levack WM, Malmivaara A, Meyer T, Negrini S. Methodological problems in rehabilitation research. Report from a cochrane rehabilitation methodology meeting. Eur J Phys Rehabil Med. 2019 Jun;55(3):319-321. doi: 10.23736/S1973-9087.19.05811-8. Epub 2019 Apr 15. PMID: 30990005. PubMed link

Negrini S, Arienti C, Engkasan JP, Gimigliano F, Grubisic F, Howe T, et al. Cochrane Rehabilitation: 2018 annual report. Eur J Phys Rehabil Med. 2019 Apr;55(2):314–8. PubMed link

Negrini S, Levack W, Gimigliano F, Arienti C, Villafañe JH, Kiekens C. The Struggle for Evidence in Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine: Publication Rate of Randomized Controlled Trials and Systematic Reviews Is Growing More Than in Other Therapeutic Fields. Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2019 Apr;98(4):258-265. doi: 10.1097/PHM.0000000000001058. PMID: 30277918. PubMed link

Levack WMM, Rathore FA, Pollet J, Negrini S. One in 11 Cochrane Reviews Are on Rehabilitation Interventions, According to Pragmatic Inclusion Criteria Developed by Cochrane Rehabilitation. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2019 Mar 2; PubMed link

2018

Moretti A, Gimigliano F, Arienti C, Pollet J, Kiekens C, Negrini S. The Cochrane Rehabilitation eBook: a knowledge translation tool to transfer evidence to different rehabilitation audiences. Eur J Phys Rehabil Med. 2018 Aug;54(4):622–3.  PubMed link

Arienti C, Gimigliano F, Ryan-Vig S, Kiekens C, Negrini S. Cochrane Rehabilitation blogshots: a modern method to spread Cochrane Evidence. Eur J Phys Rehabil Med. 2018 Jun;54(3):466–8. PubMed link

Negrini S, Arienti C, Pollet J, Engkasan JP, Gimigliano F, Grubisic F, et al. Cochrane Rehabilitation: report of the first year of work. Eur J Phys Rehabil Med. 2018 Jun;54(3):463–5. PubMed link

Negrini S, Gimigliano F, Arienti C, Kiekens C. Knowledge Translation: The Bridging Function of Cochrane Rehabilitation. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2018 Jun;99(6):1242-1245. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2017.11.002. Epub 2017 Dec 12. PMID: 29242131. PubMed link

Arienti C, Gimigliano F, Pollet J, Kiekens C, Negrini S. Cochrane Rehabilitation: un nuovo field per la produzione e disseminazione delle evidenze [Cochrane Rehabilitation: a new field for evidence production and dissemination.]. Recenti Prog Med. 2018 Feb;109(2):127-129. Italian. doi: 10.1701/2865.28907. PMID: 29493638. PubMed link

Arienti C, Gimigliano F, Pollet J, Kiekens C, Negrini S. Cochrane e “Rehabilitation 2030: a call for action” dell’Organizzazione Mondiale della Sanità [Cochrane and World Health Organization "Rehabilitation 2030: a call for action".]. Recenti Prog Med. 2018 Feb;109(2):149-150. Italian. doi: 10.1701/2865.28914. PMID: 29493645. PubMed link

Negrini S, Arienti C, Gimigliano F, Grubišić F, Howe T, Ilieva E, et al. Cochrane Rehabilitation: Organization and Functioning. Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2017 Sep 25; PubMed link

2017

Levack WM, Meyer T, Negrini S, Malmivaara A. Cochrane Rehabilitation Methodology Committee: an international survey of priorities for future work. Eur J Phys Rehabil Med. 2017 Oct;53(5):814–7. PubMed link

Negrini S, Kiekens C. Cochrane Rehabilitation Corners in the European Journal of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine. Eur J Phys Rehabil Med. 2017 Oct;53(5):812–3. PubMed link

Gimigliano F, Negrini S. The World Health Organization "Rehabilitation 2030: a call for action". Eur J Phys Rehabil Med. 2017 Apr;53(2):155-168. doi: 10.23736/S1973-9087.17.04746-3. Epub 2017 Apr 4. PMID: 28382807. PubMed link

2016

Negrini S, Kiekens C, Levack W, Grubisic F, Gimigliano F, Ilieva E, Meyer T. Cochrane physical and rehabilitation medicine: A new field to bridge between best evidence and the specific needs of our field of competence. Man Ther. 2016 Dec;26:vii-viii.  PubMed Link

Negrini S, Kiekens C, Levack W, Grubisic F, Gimigliano F, Ilieva E, Meyer T. Cochrane Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine: A New Field to Bridge Between Best Evidence and the Specific Needs of Our Field. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2016 Aug;97(8):1226-7.  PubMed Link

Negrini S, Kiekens C, Levack W, Grubisic F, Gimigliano F, Ilieva E, Meyer T. Cochrane Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine: A New Field to Bridge Between Best Evidence and the Specific Needs of Our Field of Competence. Phys Ther. 2016 Jul;96(7):1109-10.  PubMed Link

Negrini S, Kiekens C, Levack W, Grubisic F, Gimigliano F, Ilieva E, Meyer T. Cochrane physical and rehabilitation medicine: a new field to bridge between best evidence and the specific needs of our field of competence. Eur J Phys Rehabil Med. 2016 Jun;52(3):417-8.  PubMed Link

Kiekens C, Negrini S, Thomson D, Frontera W. Cochrane Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine: Current State of Development and Next Steps. Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2016 Apr;95(4):235-8.  PubMed Link