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Physiotherapy or occupational therapy

Exposure

1 paper1 finding

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Labs are independent when their papers share no last author and no institution.

Against: findings that point the other way from most findings on the same outcome.

On aging: the drug’s trials ARN judged to be about aging, of every trial that tests it for any use.

No results posted: trials that ended more than a year ago with no results on ClinicalTrials.gov and no paper in ARN’s record.

Company ties: findings with an author at a company, or from a paper whose competing-interests statement declares ties to one.

  • 1 lab in 1 country
  • Humans1

Associations

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Mobility independence

downin humans1OR 0.32–0.77

1 study

  1. Physiotherapy or occupational therapy is associated with mobility independence in humans (OR 0.32–0.77).

    “Receiving physiotherapy or occupational therapy was linked to lower odds of independence (OR: 0.32-0.77), likely because of prioritization of severely impaired residents.”

    HumansResidents with dementia in Canadian long-term-care homesTwo-thirds femalesn = 79,773

    Mobility Profiles of Residents Living With Dementia in Canadian Long-Term-Care Homes: A Cross-Sectional Study

    Physiotherapy Canada. Physiotherapie Canada21 Oct 2025

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