| Titre : | Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 2012/5. - 2012 |
| Type de document : | Bulletin |
| Paru le : | 01/05/2012 |
Dépouillements
Article
Objective
To investigate the effectiveness of low-level laser therapy (LLLT) as an adjunct to a program of eccentric exercises for the treatment of Achilles' tendinopathy.
Design
Randomized controlled trial with evaluations at baseline and 4, [...]
Article
Objective
To examine whether supported employment (SE) is more effective than treatment as usual (TAU) in returning veterans to competitive employment after spinal cord injury (SCI).
Design
Prospective, randomized, controlled, multisite trial [...]
Article
Funda Atamaz ;
Durmaz berrin ;
Meltem Baydar ;
et al.
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Objective
To compare the effectiveness of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS), interferential currents (IFCs), and shortwave diathermy (SWD) against each other and sham intervention with exercise training and education as a multi[...]
Article
Ru-Lan Hsieh ;
Min-Tzu Lo ;
Wei-Cheng Liao ;
et al.
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Objective
To investigate the effects of short-term light therapy with 890-nm radiation on pain, physical activity, and postural stability in patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA).
Design
A double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study.
S[...]
Article
Hélène Soberg ;
Arnstein Finset ;
Olav Roise ;
et al.
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Objectives
To describe the trajectory of physical and mental health from injury to 5 years postinjury for patients with multiple trauma, and to examine predictors of recovery of physical and mental health.
Design
A prospective, longitudinal co[...]
Article
Objective
To identify modifiable risk factors for depression in people with spinal cord injury (SCI).
Design
Cross-sectional survey.
Setting
Outpatient and community settings.
Participants
Community-residing people with SCI (N=244; 77% men, [...]
Article
Ming Wu ;
Jill Landry ;
Brian David Schmit ;
et al.
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Objective
To determine whether cable-driven robotic resistance treadmill training can improve locomotor function in humans with incomplete spinal cord injury (SCI).
Design
Repeated assessment of the same patients with crossover design.
Setting[...]
Article
Objectives
To evaluate the efficacy of a novel neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) system for improving aerobic fitness in individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI). It was hypothesized that training with this NMES system would increase[...]
Article
Objectives
To investigate whether a figure-of-8–shaped walking test can estimate various domains of walking in subjects with incomplete spinal cord injury (iSCI) better than the 10-meter walk test (10MWT), and to explore similarities and differ[...]
Article
Objective
To determine whether the cognitive function contribution to straight- and curved-path walking differs for older adults.
Design
Cross-sectional observational study.
Setting
Ambulatory clinical research training center.
Participants
[...]
Article
Burris Duncan ;
Kungling Shen ;
Li-Ping Zou ;
et al.
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Objective
To compare the outcomes of conventional therapies (physical, occupational, and hydrotherapies) plus acupuncture with those without acupuncture when administered intensely in the management of children with spastic cerebral palsy (CP).[...]
Article
Objective
To examine the independent association between various anthropometric indicators and standard clinical markers of cardiometabolic health risk among adults with cerebral palsy (CP).
Design
Cross-sectional study.
Setting
Clinical cent[...]
Article
Objectives
To compare walking biomechanics in the most painful leg, and symmetry in biomechanics between legs, in individuals with (1) unilateral pain and structural osteoarthritis (OA), (2) unilateral pain, but bilateral structural OA, and (3)[...]
Article
Objective
To assess motor imagery (MI) ability in patients with moderate to severe traumatic brain injury (TBI).
Design
Prospective, cohort study.
Setting
University hospital rehabilitation unit.
Participants
Patients with traumatic brain in[...]
Article
Objective
To investigate satisfaction with respite care, the well-being of informal caregivers and patients with acquired brain injury (ABI) who receive respite care by day-care activity centers, and factors related to caregiver well-being.
Des[...]
Article
Objective
To investigate the contribution of caregiver emotional functioning and family functioning to participation outcomes after postacute rehabilitation for traumatic brain injury (TBI).
Design
Prospective cohort study.
Setting
Three post[...]
Article
Objective
To propose standardized, patient-centered measures of recovery from nonspecific low back pain (LBP) in research, underpinned by an empirically derived concept of recovery and informed by expert opinion.
Design
Synthesis of literature[...]
Article
Susan Marzolini ;
Paul Oh ;
David Alter ;
et al.
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Objectives
To describe the prevalence of musculoskeletal conditions (MSKC) in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD); to examine the sociodemographic, clinical, and psychosocial predictors of these comorbidities; and to describe health car[...]
Article
Scott Telfer ;
Kellie Gibson ;
Kym Hennessy ;
et al.
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Objective
To determine, for a number of techniques used to obtain foot shape based around plaster casting, foam box impressions, and 3-dimensional scanning, (1) the effect the technique has on the overall reproducibility of custom foot orthoses[...]
Article
Objective
To conduct a systematic review of the impact of cerebral palsy (CP) on the level of health-related physical fitness (body composition, cardiorespiratory endurance, flexibility, muscular endurance, and strength) in adults with CP compa[...]
Article
Nam G. Lee ;
Sung Kang ;
Lee Dong ;
et al.
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Objective
To investigate the feasibility and test-retest reliability of a novel electroencephalography (EEG)-based brain mapping system in healthy children and children with cerebral palsy (CP).
Design
Correlation statistics.
Setting
Universi[...]
Article
Jiska Kempen ;
Vincent De Groot ;
Dirk Knol ;
et al.
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Abstract
Kempen JCE, de Groot V, Knol DL, Lankhorst GJ, Beckerman H. Self-reported fatigue and energy cost during walking are not related in patients with multiple sclerosis.
Objectives
To determine whether there is a relationship between sel[...]
Article
Objective
To investigate the longitudinal performance of a surgically implanted neuroprosthesis for lower-extremity exercise, standing, and transfers after spinal cord injury.
Design
Case series.
Setting
Research or outpatient physical therap[...]
Article
Objective
To assess how frequently subjects with spinal cord injuries (SCIs) classified as American Spinal Injury Association Impairment Scale (AIS) grade A have substantial preserved motor function below the neurologic level of injury, despite[...]
Article
Objective
To evaluate outcomes of a residential community reintegration program 3 years after treatment on independent living, societal participation, emotional well-being, and quality of life in patients with chronic acquired brain injury and [...]
Article
The research literature that rehabilitation clinicians need to be familiar with has become too large for anyone to read, and numerous published studies are too complex for many practitioners to understand and fruitfully use. One method to keep u[...]
