| Titre : | Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 2014/4. - 2014 |
| Type de document : | Bulletin |
| Paru le : | 01/04/2014 |
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Article
Objective
To compare the frequency of power wheelchair (PWC) repairs and consequences experienced over a 6-month period by individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI) who use a PWC ≥40h/wk, based on manufacturer, seating functions, Healthca[...]
Article
Power wheelchair (PWC) users depend on their equipment to reliably transport them throughout daily activities and allow them to participate fully in community life. However, as reported by Worobey and colleagues, PWCs frequently require repairs [...]
Article
Objective
To report on unexpected findings in 4 patients with chronic paraplegia who underwent the laparoscopic implantation of neuroprosthesis procedure in the pelvic lumbosacral nerves.
Design
Observational case series.
Setting
Tertiary ref[...]
Article
Objective
To compare the efficacy of a regimen combining mental practice (MP) with overground training (OT) with the efficacy of a regimen consisting of OT only on gait velocity and lower extremity motor outcomes in individuals with chronic (> [...]
Article
Objective
To investigate the effects of antispastic drugs baclofen and tizanidine on reflexes and volitional tasks.
Design
Double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover, before-after trial, pilot study.
Setting
Research laboratory in a rehabili[...]
Article
Objective
To identify baseline participant variables in the domains of demographics, medical/psychosocial history, injury characteristics, and postinjury functional status associated with longitudinal follow-up completeness in persons with trau[...]
Article
Objective
To assess the survival in persons with traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) receiving structured follow-up in South India.
Design
Retrospective study.
Setting
Rehabilitation center.
Participants
Persons with traumatic SCI (N=490) res[...]
Article
Objective
To examine the relationship between Timed Up and Go (TUG) performance, verbal executive function (EF) performance, and quality-of-life (QOL) measures in Parkinson's disease (PD).
Design
Cross-sectional.
Setting
Sixteen movement diso[...]
Article
Objective
To evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of a comprehensive outpatient rehabilitation program combining secondary prevention and neurorehabilitation to improve vascular risk factors, neurologic functions, and health-related quali[...]
Article
Objective
To describe cognition among individuals with new amputations at 3 time points: presurgical, 6 weeks postamputation, and 4 months postamputation.
Design
Prospective cohort.
Setting
Medical centers.
Participants
Referred sample Veter[...]
Article
Objective
To examine psychometric properties of the Utrecht Proactive Coping Competence scale (UPCC) and explore relations of proactive coping with health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and characteristics of patients with stroke.
Design
Cros[...]
Article
Objective
To provide self-scoring templates for the FIM instrument's motor and cognitive scales that enable clinicians to monitor progress during rehabilitation using equal-interval Rasch-calibrated measures instead of ordinal raw scores.
Desig[...]
Article
Objective
To identify predictors of surgical outcome for ulnar neuropathy at the elbow (UNE).
Design
Prospective cohort followed for 1 year.
Setting
Clinics.
Participants
Patients diagnosed with UNE (N=55).
Intervention
All subjects had sim[...]
Article
Objective
To compare temporal activation patterns from 24 abdominal and lumbar muscles between healthy subjects and those who reported recovery from recent low back injury (LBI).
Design
Cross-sectional comparative study.
Setting
University ne[...]
Article
Objective
To examine intra-individual variability of kinetic and temporal-spatial parameters of wheelchair propulsion as a function of shoulder pain in manual wheelchair users (MWUs).
Design
Cohort.
Setting
University research laboratory.
Par[...]
Article
Objective
To evaluate the effect of a short-term dexterity-training program on muscle tremor and the performance of hand precision tasks in patients with essential tremor (ET).
Design
Three testing sessions: baseline, after 4 weeks without any[...]
Article
Objective
To report clinical conditions and neuropsychological functioning of patients with late recovery of responsiveness at least 5 years after injury.
Design
Patient series.
Setting
Patients discharged from an inpatient rehabilitation uni[...]
Article
Objectives
To investigate how the severity levels revealed in a nerve conduction study (NCS) affect the results of the Manual Tactile Test (MTT) for patients with carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), and to examine the relationships between the result[...]
Article
Objective
To assess whether sensorimotor peripheral nerve function is associated with muscle power in community-dwelling older men.
Design
Longitudinal cohort study with 2.3+0.3 years of follow-up.
Setting
One clinical site.
Participants
Par[...]
Article
Objective
To examine the measurement properties of the Community Integration Measure (CIM) in persons with traumatic brain injury (TBI).
Design
Rasch analysis was used to retrospectively evaluate the CIM.
Setting
Rehabilitation hospital.
Part[...]
Article
Objective
To determine whether there were differences in characteristics and activity limitations relevant to physiotherapists among people receiving inpatient rehabilitation after stroke in 2001, 2005, and 2011.
Design
A multicenter observati[...]
Article
Objective
To determine whether a prediction model combining self-reported symptoms, sociodemographic and clinical parameters could serve as a reliable first screening method in a step-by-step diagnostic approach to sleep apnea syndrome (SAS) in[...]
Article
Objective
To conduct a systematic review to determine the efficacy of exercise-based interventions on improving performance-based measures of physical function and markers of physical frailty in community-dwelling, frail older people.
Data Sour[...]
Article
Objective
To identify the most effective components in an active exercise physiotherapy treatment intervention for chronic neck pain based on the frequency, intensity, time, and type (FITT) exercise method of tailoring physical activity recomme[...]
Article
Objective
To examine if supported employment (SE) remains more effective than treatment as usual (TAU) in returning veterans to competitive employment after spinal cord injury (SCI) at 2-year follow-up.
Design
Prospective, randomized, controll[...]
