Browsing by Author "Bonfill, X. (Xavier)"

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    • Intermittent androgen deprivation therapy: recommendations to improve the management of patients with prostate cancer following the GRADE approach 

      Bonfill, X. (Xavier); Arévalo Rodríguez, Ingrid; Martínez García, Laura; Quintana Ruiz, M. Jesús; Buitrago, Diana; Lobos Urbina, Diego; Cordero Rigol, José Antonio (Cancer Management and Research, 2018, vol. 10, p. 2357–2367, 2018-08)
      Purpose: The purpose of this study was to provide evidence-based recommendations of intermittent androgen deprivation therapy (IADT) compared with continuous androgen deprivation therapy (CADT) for men ...

    • Neuroreflexotherapy for non-specific low-back pain (Review) 

      Urrútia, Gerard; Burton, A. Kim; Morral Fernández, Antoni; Bonfill, X. (Xavier); Zanoli, Gustavo (Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2004, Issue 2. Art. No.: CD003009, 2004-04)
      Background Among the wide range oftherapeutic alternatives proposed forthe management of low-back pain (LBP), a less widely used technique from Spain, called neuroreflexotherapy (NRT) has claimed to ...

    • Prevalence study of intermittent hormonal therapy of prostate cancer patients in Spain [version 2; peer review: 2 approved] 

      Bonfill, X. (Xavier); Auladell-Rispau, Ariadna; Gich Saladich, Ignasi; Zamora, Javier; Saiz, Luis Carlos; Pijoán, José I.; Urreta-Barallobre, Iratxe; Cordero Rigol, José Antonio (F1000Research, 2022, 10:1069, 2023-11)
      Background: Although intermittent androgen deprivation therapy was introduced many years ago to improve patients’ quality of life with the same carcinologic efficiency as continuous hormonal therapy, ...

    • Radial extracorporeal shock wave device appearance does not influence clinical outcomes: a randomized controlled trial 

      Morral Fernández, Antoni; Urrútia Cuchí, Gerard; Gich Saladich, Ignasi; Ruiz, Reme; Bonfill, X. (Xavier) (Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine, 2019, vol. 51, núm. 3, p. 201-208, 2019)
      Objective: To determine whether the appearance of a radial extracorporeal shock wave device affects clinical outcomes in chronic plantar fasciitis. Study design: Randomized controlled parallel ...

    • Whole body vibration for older persons: an open randomized, multicentre, parallel, clinical trial 

      Sitjà i Rabert, Mercè; Martínez Zapata, Mª José; Fort Vanmeerhaeghe, Azahara; Rey Abella, Ferran; Romero Rodríguez, Daniel; Bonfill, X. (Xavier) (BMC Geriatrics, 2011, vol. 11, núm. 89, 2011-12)
      Background Institutionalized older persons have a poor functional capacity. Including physical exercise in their routine activities decreases their frailty and improves their quality of life. Whole-body ...

    • Whole‐body vibration training for patients with neurodegenerative disease 

      Sitjà i Rabert, Mercè; Rigau Comas, David; Fort Vanmeerhaeghe, Azahara; Santoyo Medina, Carmen; Roqué i Figuls, Lluís; Romero Rodríguez, Daniel; Bonfill, X. (Xavier) (Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2012, Issue 2, Art. No.: CD009097, 2012-02)
      Background Whole‐body vibration (WBV) may be a complementary training to standard physical rehabilitation programmes and appears to have potential benefits in the sensorimotor system performance of ...