The cervical spine: radiologist's perspective.

abstract：:There are many inherent difficulties in the collection of epidemiologic ski data, but important trends have been identified. Further investigation into controllable risk factors is currently in progress in an attempt to reduce injury incidence, along with prophylactic strength training and conditioning programs. A com...

journal_title：Physical medicine and rehabilitation clinics of North America

authors： Laskowski ER

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Injuries to the hip and pelvis are the least common of lower extremity injuries in youth sports, but include many of the more serious conditions. This article describes the bone and soft-tissue conditions of the hip and pelvis that may present to health care providers caring for the pediatric and adolescent sporting p...

journal_title：Physical medicine and rehabilitation clinics of North America

authors： Waite BL,Krabak BJ

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Visual dysfunctions and symptoms are commonly experienced after even mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) despite excellent visual acuity. All individuals who have experienced a TBI/concussion should be screened for vision symptoms and visual dysfunction. A TBI-specific eye examination is necessary to identify the visual...

journal_title：Physical medicine and rehabilitation clinics of North America

authors： Fox SM,Koons P,Dang SH

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article reviews the causes of stroke and emphasizes the underlying vascular pathology. The risk factors associated with the pathologic processes are examined, with emphasis on the beneficial impact on stroke risk through the risk factor modification. Risk factor modification is a powerful tool in stroke preventio...

journal_title：Physical medicine and rehabilitation clinics of North America

authors： Gress DR,Singh V

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unfortunately, current conventional medical treatments for low back pain are not managing the problem effectively. Standard approaches to treatment, particularly surgery, may even be exacerbating the problem and causing additional pain and suffering. In this context, it is understandable that LBP patients often go out...

journal_title：Physical medicine and rehabilitation clinics of North America

authors： Berman BM,Jonas W,Swyers JP

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article has briefly highlighted the area of sport psychology as it relates to performance psychology skills (mental training), including a historical overview and current topics overview. The use of mental training skills may be of interest to the practicing physical medicine and rehabilitation professional in th...

journal_title：Physical medicine and rehabilitation clinics of North America

authors： Carr CM

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article focuses on the role of pain and fatigue in aging people who have physical impairments and provides a brief summary of definitions, descriptions, and classifications of pain and fatigue; implications of these secondary conditions on the health and functioning; multidisciplinary assessment and treatment opt...

journal_title：Physical medicine and rehabilitation clinics of North America

authors： Widerström-Noga E,Finlayson ML

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The concepts associated with work disability are not identical to those associated with medical disability. In addition to a worker's medical condition, the resultant functional limitations, and loss of participation in society, the injured or ill worker must often navigate a complex administrative system that often s...

journal_title：Physical medicine and rehabilitation clinics of North America

authors： Gelfman R,Hill JJ 3rd

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As a low-income country with a significant burden of disease and frequent natural disasters, the need for rehabilitation in Nepal is significant. Rehabilitation services currently available in Nepal are limited, but the government has recently adopted a 10-year action plan to address rehabilitation needs nationwide. R...

journal_title：Physical medicine and rehabilitation clinics of North America

authors： Dhakal R,Groves CC

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is beneficial for both worker and employer for the worker to return to work (RTW) as early as possible after an illness, injury, or prolonged absence. Because employers are ultimately responsible for the RTW decision, a medical RTW assessment is commonly required to assure that the worker is medically able to and p...

journal_title：Physical medicine and rehabilitation clinics of North America

authors： Soo Hoo ER

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many people who sustain a brain injury also lose decisional capacity. They need someone who will be a partner with clinicians in making decisions on their behalf. This article reviews ethical aspects of decision making; the legal foundation in the United States for surrogate decision making; the experience of surrogat...

journal_title：Physical medicine and rehabilitation clinics of North America

authors： Burck JR,Vena M,Jolicoeur M,Jolicoeur LE

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Care of young dancers requires a unique approach during a critical time of growth and development. Young dancers' well-being depends on factors including sleep, mental health, growth-associated musculoskeletal imbalances, and nutrition. Puberty is a particularly important time for young dancers. It coincides with an i...

journal_title：Physical medicine and rehabilitation clinics of North America

authors： Quinn BJ,Scott C,Stracciolini A

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The boundaries once faced by individuals with amputations are quickly being overcome through biotechnology. Although there are currently no prosthetics capable of replicating anatomic function, there have been radical advancements in prosthetic technology, medical science, and rehabilitation in the past 30 years, vast...

journal_title：Physical medicine and rehabilitation clinics of North America

authors： Laferrier JZ,Gailey R

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Elderly people have several characteristics that make them unique. They have several factors such as environmental factors and demographic factors such as age, sex, socioeconomic level, and schooling, which contribute to these differences being accentuated. As one ages, these various organic and systemic features are ...

journal_title：Physical medicine and rehabilitation clinics of North America

authors： Pesante-Pinto JL

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:These cases represent individuals who feel they have a severe impairment and are "disabled." They have been labeled with fibromyalgia. They are truly distressed. Their symptoms, their courses, are more chronic and refractory than those of medically ill patients, and they are high users of medical services, laboratory ...

journal_title：Physical medicine and rehabilitation clinics of North America

authors： Wolfe CV

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Orthopedics and neurosurgery offer multiple surgical modalities for improving the function, care, and well-being of children with spasticity. One surgical approach is not the best for all children with spasticity not adequately controlled with more conservative measures. For that reason, a multidisciplinary evaluation...

journal_title：Physical medicine and rehabilitation clinics of North America

authors： Grabb PA,Doyle JS

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article provides a critical review of what is currently known concerning the nature and scope of depression in persons who have MS. It begins with a discussion of relevant terminology,which is followed by a summary of the research literature concern-ing the prevalence; severity; and risk factors for, and impact o...

journal_title：Physical medicine and rehabilitation clinics of North America

authors： Ehde DM,Bombardier CH

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is a common median nerve compression syndrome and the most common peripheral mononeuropathy. The clinical syndrome is diagnosed by history and physical examination. Electrodiagnostic testing is the objective method used to measure median nerve dysfunction at the wrist and confirm the clini...

journal_title：Physical medicine and rehabilitation clinics of North America

authors： Sucher BM,Schreiber AL

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Orthopedic conditions are common in adults with cerebral palsy (CP). Although CP is argued to be a nonprogressive condition of the brain, the musculoskeletal components tend to worsen and deteriorate over time leading to chronic pain, function limitation, and a decline in mobility. Orthopedic care of adults with CP ha...

journal_title：Physical medicine and rehabilitation clinics of North America

authors： Lomax MR,Shrader MW

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article explores a variety of myths and facts about therapy for children who have cerebral palsy. Current evidence is used to refute popular myths and debunk harmful ones. A way of integrating interventions is suggested and a planning process for timing interventions is proposed. ...

journal_title：Physical medicine and rehabilitation clinics of North America

authors： Logan LR

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rehabilitation and regenerative medicine therapies has shown improved outcomes for tissue regeneration. Regenerative rehabilitation guides protocols regarding when to start therapy, types of stimuli administered, and graded exercise programs, taking into account biological factors and technologies designed to optimize...

journal_title：Physical medicine and rehabilitation clinics of North America

authors： Head PL

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Every examination of disability among children must first grapple with definition of disability. The challenges to identifying disability among children involve not only determining the appropriate paradigm for defining disability, but also applying that paradigm to children in a meaningful way. This discussion of the...

journal_title：Physical medicine and rehabilitation clinics of North America

authors： Mudrick NR

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic pelvic pain is a common condition. Establishing a diagnosis can be complicated by the interplay between various organ systems, including urologic, gynecologic, gastrointestinal, neurologic, endocrinological, psychological, and musculoskeletal. Frequently, the patient will have seen multiple providers and under...

journal_title：Physical medicine and rehabilitation clinics of North America

authors： Dubin A

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most knee structures can be accurately targeted using ultrasound guidance. These structures are usually superficial, and the overlying soft tissues are mobile and compressible, facilitating excellent visualization with a high-frequency linear array transducer. The circumferential accessibility to the knee affords flex...

journal_title：Physical medicine and rehabilitation clinics of North America

authors： Lueders DR,Smith J,Sellon JL

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because of increased choreographic demands, early specialization, multi-genre dancers, and high incidence of career-ending injuries, there is a need for enhanced training methodologies to address the unique needs of today's professional dancer. It is imperative for company directors, instructors, choreographers, and d...

journal_title：Physical medicine and rehabilitation clinics of North America

authors： Faulkner E

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuromuscular electrical stimulation may have an important role in improving the motor function of stroke survivors. Active, repetitive movement training mediated by transcutaneous cyclic and EMG-triggered NMES may facilitate the motor recovery of stroke survivors. Multicenter, double-blinded, randomized clinical tria...

journal_title：Physical medicine and rehabilitation clinics of North America

authors： Chae J

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Expert opinion on life expectancy must make reasonable factual assumptions, which entails finding a proper group to which the individual being assessed will be compared, as well as use of appropriate and reliable technical methods. Reasonable judgment should be exercised in the selection of the studies employed. A sch...

journal_title：Physical medicine and rehabilitation clinics of North America

authors： Vachon PJ,Sestier F

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During peacetime, the military physiatrist uses orthotics in much the same way as the civilian physiatrist. In wartime, the focus shifts to a return-to-duty scope of care, and orthotic use is limited. This article discussed orthotic use in the wartime and military training/deployment setting with special emphasis on t...

journal_title：Physical medicine and rehabilitation clinics of North America

authors： Braverman SE

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Care and treatment of female runners will improve as further knowledge regarding the unique factors that affect them becomes available. For care and treatment to be their most effective, current and recent information needs to be disseminated among health care providers, coaches, teachers, school administrators, and p...

journal_title：Physical medicine and rehabilitation clinics of North America

authors： Prather H,Hunt D

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although brain magnetic resonance (MR) imaging is increasingly being used as an objective outcome measure in treatment trials for multiple sclerosis (MS), findings correlating conventional MR imaging and disabilities in established MS have been inconsistent. In some studies, measures of MR lesion status, such as numbe...

journal_title：Physical medicine and rehabilitation clinics of North America

authors： Gardner JC,Yazdani F

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00