| Titre : | Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 2013/8. - 2013 |
| Type de document : | Bulletin |
| Paru le : | 01/08/2013 |
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Article
While discussion about the benefits and complications of partial foot amputation (PFA) is not new, much of it has hinged on anecdotal evidence and led to the popular view that the risk of complications and secondary amputation is reasonable when[...]
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Jochen Kressler ;
Mark Nash ;
Patricia Burns ;
et al.
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Objective
To describe metabolic responses accompanying 4 different locomotor training (LT) approaches.
Design
Single-blind, randomized controlled trial.
Setting
Rehabilitation research laboratory, academic medical center.
Participants
Indivi[...]
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Objectives
To investigate the effect of 2 standardized exercise programs, muscle strength exercises (SE) and aerobic exercises (AE), on the plasma levels of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and depressive symptoms in 451 elderly women.
[...]
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Kirsten Ness ;
Kendra Jones ;
Webb Smith ;
et al.
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Objectives
To ascertain prevalence of peripheral sensory and motor neuropathy, and to evaluate impairments in relation to function.
Design
St. Jude Lifetime Cohort Study, a clinical follow-up study designed to evaluate adverse late effects in [...]
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Objective
To examine the effect of high-intensity progressive resistance strength training (HIPRST) on strength, function, mood, quality of life, and adverse events compared with other intensities in older adults.
Data Sources
Online databases[...]
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Swati Mehta ;
Denise Hill ;
Amanda McIntyre ;
et al.
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Objective
To examine the effectiveness of botulinum toxin type A (BTX-A) on neurogenic detrusor overactivity (NDO) in individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI).
Data Sources
MEDLINE, CINAHL, EMBASE, and PsycINFO databases were searched for all[...]
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Wen-Ling Chen ;
Wei-Chun Hsu ;
Yi-Jia Lin ;
et al.
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Objective
To compare the effects of intra-articular hyaluronic acid (HA; ARTZ) and transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation (TENS) in the treatment of patients with knee osteoarthritis.
Design
A prospective, randomized controlled trial.
Setti[...]
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Objective
To compare the well-recognized solid ankle cushion heel (SACH) foot with the prosthetic foot developed by the International Committee of the Red Cross (CR Equipements SACH) during gait.
Design
Double-blind study was conducted to comp[...]
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Adam Stein ;
Arti Panjwani ;
Cristina Sison ;
et al.
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Objective
To test the hypothesis that the proinflammatory cytokine macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) is elevated in the circulation of patients with chronic spinal cord injury (SCI) relative to uninjured subjects, and secondarily to [...]
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Objective
To investigate the relation of diabetes comorbidity and the rehabilitation outcomes of patients with stroke.
Design
Secondary data analysis.
Setting
Inpatient rehabilitation facilities.
Participants
Patients with stroke (N=35,243) [...]
Article
Objective
To prospectively and longitudinally examine how concussion affects gait balance control in adolescents during single- and dual-task walking.
Design
Cohort, prospective, repeated-measures design.
Setting
Motion analysis laboratory.
P[...]
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Objective
To provide evidence of construct validity for the FIM instrument in the inpatient rehabilitation burn population.
Design
Confirmatory factor analysis and item response theory were used to assess construct validity. Confirmatory facto[...]
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Objectives
To define Fugl-Meyer Assessment of the Upper Extremity (FMA-UE) cutoff scores that demarcate 1 level of upper extremity (UE) impairment from another, and describe motor behaviors for each category in terms of expected FMA-UE item per[...]
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Objectives
To identify steps per day in a large sample of persons with multiple sclerosis (MS) and to describe variation by demographic and clinical characteristics and device type.
Design
Cross-sectional design.
Setting
General community.
Pa[...]
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Objective
To describe changes in pulmonary function (PF) during the 5 years after inpatient rehabilitation in persons with spinal cord injury (SCI) and to study potential determinants of change.
Design
Prospective cohort study.
Setting
Eight [...]
Article
Objectives
To (1) provide a framework for the conceptualization of emotional vitality as an important construct for rehabilitation professionals; (2) outline the existing scope and breadth of knowledge currently available regarding the definiti[...]
Article
Objective
To assess the ability of the Motor Function Measure (MFM) to detect changes in the progression of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA).
Design
Observational, retrospective, multicenter cohort study.
Setting
Seventeen departments of pediatr[...]
Article
Objective
To compare the use of fall prevention strategies by people with multiple sclerosis (MS) who do or do not fall.
Design
Prospective cohort. All assessments were completed between January 2011 and December 2011. Data used in this analys[...]
Article
Objective
To examine mobility, balance, fall risk, and cognition in older adults with multiple sclerosis (MS) as a function of fall frequency.
Design
Retrospective, cross-sectional design.
Setting
University research laboratory.
Participants
[...]
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Objective
To study the necessity and ability to climb stairs in persons after a lower-limb amputation (LLA) and the relation of this ability with personal and clinical variables.
Design
Cross-sectional study.
Setting
Outpatient department of [...]
Article
Objective
To correlate voluntary cough and laryngeal cough reflex (LCR) flows in patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI).
Design
Cross-sectional study.
Setting
University rehabilitation hospital.
Participants
Patients with TBI (n=25) and [...]
Article
Objective
To compare a seal-in liner with the common suction socket with regards to patient satisfaction and problems experienced with the prosthesis.
Design
Retrospective survey.
Setting
A medical and engineering research center and a depart[...]
Article
Objectives
To compare the neuromechanical and functional characteristics of the legs of athletes who underwent unilateral Achilles' tendon repair and their controls, and to determine any correlation between the characteristics.
Design
A case-c[...]
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Objective
To investigate whether corticomotor facilitation induced by transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS-CF) could evoke a simple purposeful motor behavior in patients with a diagnosis of vegetative state.
Design
Cross-sectional survey.
Se[...]
Article
Objective
To investigate the effectiveness of pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) in exercise capacity and quality of life in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) with and without global fat-free mass (FFM) depletion.
Design
Re[...]
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Objective
To investigate seated postural control in persons with spinal cord injury (SCI) compared with age-matched controls.
Design
Cohort.
Setting
University research laboratory.
Participants
Adults (N=36; mean age + SD, 22.5+3.2y): 7 pers[...]
Article
Objective
To assess the safety and acute effects of a procedure using perceived exertion during a prior submaximal concentric (CON) test to individualize eccentric (ECC) cycling exercise intensity.
Design
Prospective, monocentric open study.
S[...]
Article
Objective
To measure the intra- and interrater reliability of select standardized clinical tests used for the assessment of patients with axial neck pain referred for diagnostic facet joint blocks.
Design
Single-group, repeated-measures study.[...]
Article
The authors of an article in this issue of Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation have advanced our understanding of reliability of clinical tests designed to provide insight into suspected facet joint pain generators. Because the issu[...]
Article
Dr. Stuart McGill provided an insightful commentary on the issues surrounding the usefulness of reliable clinical tests in the management of patients with spinal pain conditions. In this response, we will address the points raised in the comment[...]
