| Titre : | Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 2013/6. - 2013 |
| Type de document : | Bulletin |
| Paru le : | 01/06/2013 |
Dépouillements
Article
Objective
To compare the motor relearning effect of a surface peroneal nerve stimulator (PNS) versus usual care on lower limb motor impairment, activity limitation, and quality of life among chronic stroke survivors.
Design
Single-blinded rand[...]
Article
Objective
To determine the impact of a restorative model of home care on social support and physical function among community-dwelling older people.
Design
Cluster-randomized controlled trial.
Setting
Home care in an urban area.
Participants
[...]
Article
Ching-Yi Wu ;
Pai-Chuan Huang ;
Yu-Ting Chen ;
et al.
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Objective
To compare the effects of mirror therapy (MT) versus control treatment (CT) on movement performance, motor control, sensory recovery, and performance of activities of daily living in people with chronic stroke.
Design
Single-blinded,[...]
Article
Objective
To examine the effects of wheelchair skills training on confidence in older adults who are inexperienced wheelchair users.
Design
Parallel group, single-blind randomized controlled trial.
Setting
Research laboratory in a rehabilitat[...]
Article
Richard Cook ;
Katherine Berg ;
Ker-Ai Lee ;
et al.
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Objective
To investigate the impact of physiotherapy (PT) and occupational therapy (OT) services on long-stay home care patients with musculoskeletal disorders.
Design
Observational study.
Setting
Home care programs.
Participants
All long-st[...]
Article
Objectives
(1) To examine clinician adherence to a standardized assessment battery across settings (acute hospital, inpatient rehabilitation facilities [IRFs], outpatient facility), professional disciplines (physical therapy [PT], occupational [...]
Article
Objective
To investigate risk factors associated with mortality among people with traumatic spinal cord injury (TSCI) after discharge from acute care hospitals in South Carolina and to compare their mortality experiences with the general popula[...]
Article
Objective
To evaluate health status and participation restrictions in survivors of childhood extremity sarcomas.
Design
Members of the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study cohort with extremity sarcomas who completed questionnaires in 1995, 2003, o[...]
Article
Objective
To investigate the effect of peripheral neuropathy and cognition on gait performance in older adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
Design
Cross-sectional study.
Setting
Community and residential aged care setting.
Participants
Old[...]
Article
Objective
To investigate the feasibility of rehabilitation training with a new wearable robot.
Design
Before-after clinical intervention.
Setting
University hospital and private rehabilitation facilities.
Participants
A convenience sample of[...]
Article
Objective
To test the hypothesis that oropharyngeal air-pulse application is associated with increased swallowing rates in individuals with dysphagia secondary to stroke.
Design
Case control.
Setting
Stroke rehabilitation hospital or home set[...]
Article
Objective
To explore the muscle activation patterns in relation to pain complaints in bassists studied during a musical task. This study was based on the assumption that pain complaints are caused by increased muscle activation during playing o[...]
Article
Objective
To examine the interobserver reliability of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) signs of osteomyelitis in complex chronic pressure ulcers in patients with spinal cord injury (SCI).
Design
Retrospective review study.
Setting
Specialist [...]
Article
Objective
To identify elements of the environment that patients consider when evaluating the quality of a care experience in outpatient rehabilitation settings.
Design
A qualitative study using a modified grounded theory approach. Data collect[...]
Article
Objective
To determine the contribution of dorsal scapular nerve (DSN) entrapment to interscapular pain.
Design
A descriptive research study.
Setting
Institutional practice.
Participants
Consecutive patients with unilateral interscapular pai[...]
Article
Objectives
To assess the interobserver concordance of the joint line tenderness (JLT) and McMurray tests, and to determine their diagnostic efficiency for the detection of meniscal lesions.
Design
Prospective observational study.
Setting
Orth[...]
Article
Objective
To understand lumbar multifidus (LM) muscle activation as a clinical feature to predict patients with low back pain (LBP) who are likely to benefit from stabilization (STB) exercises.
Design
Prospective, cohort study.
Setting
Outpat[...]
Article
Objective
To investigate whether allied health therapy provided by caregivers improves patient outcomes.
Data Sources
Electronic databases MEDLINE, CINAHL, Embase, Allied Health Evidence, and Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials were[...]
Article
Amanda Kenyon ;
Maureen McEvoy ;
Judy Sprod ;
et al.
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Objective
To review the literature for the criterion validity of pedometers for use in child and adult populations with physical disabilities.
Data Sources
Academic Search Premier, ERIC, SPORTDiscus, MEDLINE, AMED, Scopus, CINAHL, Web of Scien[...]
Article
Ton Satink ;
Edith H. Cup ;
Irene Ilott ;
et al.
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Objective
To synthesize patients' views on the impact of stroke on their roles and self.
Data Sources
PubMed, CINAHL, Embase, PsycINFO, and Cochrane searched from inception to September 2010, using a combination of relevant Medical Subject Hea[...]
Article
Objective
To review the current status of physical activity research for individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI) by using the behavioral epidemiologic framework to categorize the research into 5 unique phases.
Data Sources
All articles w[...]
Article
Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are considered the criterion standard in research design for establishing treatment efficacy. However, the rigorous and highly controlled conditions of RCTs can be difficult to attain when conducting research [...]
Article
Growing evidence indicates that multiple types of brain injury, including traumatic brain injury, are dynamic conditions that continue to change years after onset. For a subset of individuals who incur these injuries, decline occurs over time an[...]
Article
Objective
To test the feasibility of patient-cooperative robotic gait training for improving locomotor function of a chronic stroke survivor with severe lower-extremity motor impairments.
Design
Single-subject crossover design.
Setting
Perfor[...]
Article
Objective
To investigate the effect of various wheelchair tilt-in-space and recline angles on sacral skin perfusion in wheelchair users with spinal cord injury.
Design
Repeated-measures, intervention and outcomes measure design.
Setting
Unive[...]
