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Titre : | Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 2013/9. - 2013 |
Type de document : | Bulletin |
Paru le : | 01/09/2013 |
Dépouillements
Article
Physical and mental impairments represent the 2 largest health condition categories for which workers receive Social Security disability benefits. Comprehensive assessment of physical and mental impairments should include aspects beyond medical [...]
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Objectives
To build a comprehensive item pool representing work-relevant physical functioning and to test the factor structure of the item pool. These developmental steps represent initial outcomes of a broader project to develop instruments fo[...]
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To develop and test an instrument to assess physical function for Social Security Administration (SSA) disability programs, the SSA-Physical Function (SSA-PF) instrument. Item response theory (IRT) analyses were used to (1) create a [...]
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To develop a broad set of claimant-reported items to assess behavioral health functioning relevant to the Social Security disability determination processes, and to evaluate the underlying structure of behavioral health functioning f[...]
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Objective
To use item response theory (IRT) data simulations to construct and perform initial psychometric testing of a newly developed instrument, the Social Security Administration Behavioral Health Function (SSA-BH) instrument, that aims to [...]
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This is a commentary on 5 articles in this issue of Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation that report on several related studies of new approaches to measuring disability. The project was grounded in theory, beginning with the develop[...]
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Sussan Askari ;
Lee R. Kirby ;
Kim Parker ;
et al.
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Objective
To develop and assess some of the measurement properties of a simple and inexpensive test that can be used to evaluate the wheelchair mobility of manual wheelchair users.
Design
The initial phase of the study was developmental and de[...]
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To evaluate the effectiveness of shock wave therapy (SWT) for functional improvement and the reduction of pain in patients with calcific tendinitis of the shoulder, and to determine the rate of disappearance of calcifications after t[...]
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Objective
To test the hypotheses that people with hemiplegia using arms and legs to propel their wheelchairs perform better backward than forward and prefer the backward direction.
Design
Within-participant cross-sectional design.
Participants[...]
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Objectives
To determine the relative aerobic load, walking speed, and walking economy of older adults with a lower-limb prosthesis, and to predict the effect of an increased aerobic capacity on their walking ability.
Design
Cross-sectional.
Se[...]
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Objectives
To identify medically relevant aspects of blood pressure dysregulation (BPD) related to quality of life in individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI), and to propose an integrated conceptual framework based on input from both individu[...]
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Objective
To investigate the relationship between anxiety/depression and caregiver burden in informal caregivers of stroke survivors with spasticity.
Design
Data were collected via online surveys from informal caregivers 18 years or older who [...]
Article
Objective
To investigate the influence of different design characteristics of virtual reality exercises on engagement during lower extremity motor rehabilitation.
Design
Correlational study.
Setting
Spinal cord injury (SCI) rehabilitation cen[...]
Article
Objective
To investigate the impact of objective cognitive impairment, negative affect, and fatigue on cognitive complaint in a postacute (mean=6.64+1.32mo) sample of patients with ischemic stroke.
Design
Cross-sectional study.
Setting
Specia[...]
Article
Luc Noreau ;
John Cobb ;
Lise Belanger ;
et al.
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Objective
To develop a comprehensive community follow-up questionnaire for participants enrolled in the Rick Hansen Spinal Cord Injury Registry (RHSCIR).
Design
Development and preliminary assessment of measurement properties (reliability and [...]
Article
Objective
To determine the stimulated strength of the paralyzed gluteal and paraspinal muscles and their effects on the seated function of individuals with paralysis.
Design
Case series with subjects acting as their own concurrent controls.
Se[...]
Article
Brian Baum ;
Mélanie Schultz ;
Andrea Tian ;
et al.
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Objectives
(1) To test the validity of a trifilar pendulum in estimating moments of inertia (MOIs) for running-specific prostheses (RSPs), (2) to measure inertial properties (mass, center of mass [CM] position, and MOIs) for 4 RSPs, (3) to veri[...]
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To systematically review the instruments used to assess postural control and fear of falling in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and to synthesize and evaluate their breadth of content and measurement propert[...]
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Objective
To conduct a systematic review of evidence surrounding the effects of exercise training on physical fitness, mobility, fatigue, and health-related quality of life in adults with multiple sclerosis (MS).
Data Sources
The databases inc[...]
Article
Most adults with multiple sclerosis (MS) are physically inactive. Physical activity guidelines are an important tool for exercise prescription, promotion, and monitoring. This article describes the application of international standards for guid[...]
Article
Objectives
To (1) assess the effectiveness of home- and community-based rehabilitation (HCBR) in a large cohort of individuals with disabilities secondary to cerebrovascular accident (CVA); and (2) evaluate the responsiveness to treatment of th[...]
Article
Objective
To establish an appropriate scoring system using Rasch scores for the strategic, tactical, and operational levels of the Neck Pain Driving Index (NPDI) and to refine the NPDI by testing the unidimensionality of each driving performanc[...]