| Titre : | Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 2015/10. - 2015 |
| Type de document : | Bulletin |
| Paru le : | 01/10/2015 |
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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a significant health problem, afflicting millions of people worldwide. Despite increasing awareness of its burden on patients, families, and society, much remains unknown regarding TBI incidence, how best to asses[...]
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Objective
To determine the effect of clinical presentations of neck pain on short-term physical therapy outcomes.
Design
Retrospective analysis of pair-matched groups from a clinical cohort.
Setting
Thirteen outpatient physical therapy clinic[...]
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Objective
To examine whether pain sensitivity and pain catastrophizing are associated with persistent pain and disability after lumbar spine surgery.
Design
Prospective observational cohort study.
Setting
Academic medical center.
Participants[...]
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Objective
To examine the effects of an active neurodynamic mobilization program on pain, neurodynamics, perceived health state, and fatigue in patients with fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS).
Design
Randomized controlled trial.
Setting
Local fibrom[...]
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To assess the feasibility of measuring ventilatory threshold (VT) in adults with walking impairments due to stroke. Secondary objectives are to assess reliability of VT over trials; assess whether participants could sustain treadmill[...]
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To (1) compare 2 distinct isometric lingual press tasks, fine sensorimotor versus gross sensorimotor, at multiple sensor locations in relation to age and sex; and (2) provide a normative data set using a lingual-strengthening device.[...]
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Objective
To examine the effects of an anterior ankle-foot orthosis (AAFO) on the speed and accuracy of weight shift in persons with stroke.
Design
Cross sectional, repeated measures.
Setting
Neurologic rehabilitation department.
Participants[...]
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Objective
To investigate the effect of ramelteon on sleep and daytime functioning among individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI).
Design
A double-blind, placebo-controlled study with a crossover design.
Setting
A research facility attach[...]
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Objective
To examine whether patient satisfaction and perceived quality of medical care are related to stages of activity limitations among older adults.
Design
Cross-sectional study.
Setting
Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS) for cal[...]
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Objective
To identify maximum voluntary isometric contraction (MVIC) test positions for the deeper-lying scapulothoracic muscles (ie, levator scapulae, pectoralis minor, rhomboid major), and to provide a standard set of a limited number of test[...]
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To examine differences in adipose tissue distribution, lumbar vertebral bone mineral density (BMD), and muscle attenuation in adults with and without cerebral palsy (CP), and to determine the associations between morphologic characte[...]
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To determine the functional outcomes associated with long-term multidisciplinary treatment, intravenous bisphosphonate treatment, orthopedic surgery, and rehabilitation in children with severe osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) (diagnosed c[...]
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Objective
To investigate the agreement of fitness-to-drive decisions made by the referring physicians and by the on-road assessors in individuals with multiple sclerosis (MS).
Design
Retrospective analysis.
Setting
Driving institute.
Particip[...]
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Objective
To determine the optimal cutoff scores for the Fugl-Meyer Assessment of the Upper Extremity (FMA-UE) with regard to predicting no, poor, limited, notable, or full upper-limb capacity according to frequently used cutoff points for the [...]
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Objective
To examine the efficacy and feasibility of a multifactorial intervention to increase lifestyle physical activity in nonambulatory persons with multiple sclerosis (MS) based on wheelchair optimization, propulsion skill/technique traini[...]
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Objective
To present a method of estimating and equating scales across functional assessment instruments that appropriately represents changes in a patient's functional ability and can be meaningfully mapped to changes in Medicare G-code severi[...]
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Objective
To investigate the relation between voluntary cough and swallowing functions according to the type of lesion in patients with acute stroke.
Design
Cross-sectional study.
Setting
University rehabilitation hospital.
Participants
Acut[...]
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Objective
To identify potential neuromuscular factors associated with dynamic balance in individuals with knee osteoarthritis (OA).
Design
Cross-sectional observational study; backward stepwise multiple linear regression was used to identify f[...]
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Objective
To systematically review evidence of treatments for cognitive impairments experienced by at least 20% of all women who undergo chemotherapy for breast cancer.
Data Sources
Searches of 5 databases (PubMed, Embase, Cochrane CENTRAL, Ps[...]
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Objectives
To evaluate the effectiveness of interventions in reducing falls and/or improving balance as a falls risk in multiple sclerosis (MS).
Data Sources
Computer-based and manual searches included the following medical subject heading key[...]
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Objective
To investigate which orthosis results in (1) fewer complications; (2) the least extensor lag; and (3) the highest rates of treatment success according to the Abouna and Brown criteria for soft tissue mallet injury in adults.
Data Sour[...]
