Acute spinal cord injury and infection with multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter calcoaceticus-baumannii complex among returning Operation Iraqi Freedom soldiers: Successful innovations in rehabilitation during isolation.

abstract：:Effects of intra-articular triamcinolone acetonide on pain and passive range of motion (ROM) in the painful hemiplegic shoulder were studied. A Multiple baseline (or AB) design across seven subjects was used. The length of the baseline condition (or A phase) was either 2 or 3 wk, and randomized across subjects. Subseq...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Dekker JH,Wagenaar RC,Lankhorst GJ,de Jong BA

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Research Agenda Setting Process is a joint endeavor by the American Geriatrics Society and the Hartford Foundation to increase geriatric expertise in the surgical and related specialties. This article provides the results of the Research Agenda Setting Process project on research needs in geriatric rehabilitation,...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Hoenig H,Siebens H

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have analyzed the history of institutional fractures in 153 men, age 48 to 96, 86% white, who had resided in this VA nursing home for an average of 6.3 years as of August 1984. At that time, we reviewed their medical charts to record the numbers and sites of fractures which had been diagnosed during the preceding 1...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Rudman IW,Rudman D

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the last decade, a considerable number of articles has shown that exercise is effective in improving motor performance in Parkinson disease. In particular, recent studies have focused on the efficacy of intensive exercise in achieving optimal results in the rehabilitation of patients with Parkinson disease. The eff...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Frazzitta G,Balbi P,Maestri R,Bertotti G,Boveri N,Pezzoli G

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Patients hospitalized with traumatic brain injury comprise a large portion of the population treated at trauma centers, and physiatry consultants evaluate many traumatic brain injury patients in this setting. The purpose of this study was to delineate relationships between physical medicine and rehabilitation...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Wagner AK,Fabio T,Zafonte RD,Goldberg G,Marion DW,Peitzman AB

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Seventy-nine percent of respondents to the 1990 National Post-Polio Survey reported difficulty "thinking of words I want to say," with 37% reporting frequent, moderate-to-severe word finding difficulty. This study was undertaken to objectively document polio survivors' word finding difficulty and to identify ...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Bruno RL,Zimmerman JR

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The translation of knowledge from exercise training research into the clinical management of multiple sclerosis, stroke, and Parkinson disease requires evidence-based guidelines that are uniformly recognizable by healthcare practitioners and patients/clients. This article synthesized resources that reported aerobic an...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Kim Y,Lai B,Mehta T,Thirumalai M,Padalabalanarayanan S,Rimmer JH,Motl RW

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate whether there is a difference in functional improvement in the affected arm of chronic stroke patients when comparing two methods of electrical stimulation. DESIGN:Explanatory trial in which 30 chronic stroke patients with impaired arm function were randomly allocated to either alternating ele...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： de Kroon JR,IJzerman MJ,Lankhorst GJ,Zilvold G

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This article reports on the development of a new taxonomy for mobility-related assistive technology devices. DESIGN:A prototype taxonomy was created based on the extant literature. Five mobility device experts were engaged in a modified Delphi process to evaluate and refine the taxonomy. RESULTS:Multiple it...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Shoemaker LL,Lenker JA,Fuhrer MJ,Jutai JW,Demers L,DeRuyter F

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to determine whether the relationship between impaired pulmonary function and level of spinal cord injury would relate to lower maximal ventilation during exercise (Vemax) and hence reduced aerobic capacity. DESIGN:Pulmonary function and maximal aerobic capacity (V˙O2max) were asses...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Battikha M,Sà L,Porter A,Taylor JA

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intrathecal baclofen withdrawal syndrome is a known complication of intrathecal baclofen pumps. Its origin is postulated as an independent form of a serotonergic syndrome occurring from loss of gamma-aminobutyric acid B receptor-mediated inhibition of serotonin. Prodromal symptoms include pruritus, a return of deep te...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Saveika JA,Shelton JE

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An estimated 90% of all wheelchairs are hand-rim propelled, a physically straining form of ambulation that can lead to repetitive strain injuries in the arms and, eventually, to secondary impairments and disability. Further disability in wheelchair-dependent individuals can lead to a sedentary lifestyle and thereby cr...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： van der Woude LH,Dallmeijer AJ,Janssen TW,Veeger D

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Continuous passive motion (CPM) has been commonly used in the postoperative rehabilitation of patients after total knee arthroplasty. In the acute care hospital, most studies have found CPM to be useful in improving range of motion and reducing length of stay. The benefit of CPM in the rehabilitation hospital has not ...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Nadler SF,Malanga GA,Zimmerman JR

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on the results of gait analysis in a patient with bilateral knee disarticulation amputations who used short nonarticulated prosthetic limbs (stubbies) to meet his ambulation needs over an extended period. To compensate for the loss of knee and ankle articulations, exaggerated pelvic obliquity (hip hiking), t...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Gitter A,Paynter K,Walden G,Darm T

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To establish the correlations of measures of self-reported disability, self-efficacy, physical performance, level of pain, and estimates of aerobic capacity (PvO2 ) in subjects with low back pain. DESIGN:Fifty-one low back pain subjects, ranging in age from 26 to 65 yr, entered the study. Participants compl...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Filho IT,Simmonds MJ,Protas EJ,Jones S

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exercised rats have larger myelinated nerve fibers than sedentary rats and exercised rats with acrylamide neuropathy have smaller fibers than acrylamide-treated sedentary rats. These nerve fiber changes were the result of work hypertrophy and overwork atrophy, respectively. This study was designed to reassess morpholo...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Okajima Y,Maloney FP

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ulnar antidromic sensory conduction study to the fifth digit is commonly performed in clinical electrodiagnosis. Several authors have published normal ranges for this study, but these published reports have been limited by generally small sample sizes. The purpose of this article is to present a large database of ...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Buschbacher RM

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ultrasound-guided cervical medial branch block (CMBB) is commonly performed to diagnose and treat head, neck, and shoulder pain. However, its use at the C7 level has been shown to be less accurate than at other levels, which may increase the chance of injury owing to the imprecision of needle site provided by the ultr...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Park D,Seong MY,Kim HY,Ryu JS

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare cough peak flows (CPF), peak expiratory flows (PEF), and potentially confounding flows obtained by lip and tongue propulsion (dart flows, DF) for normal subjects and for patients with neuromuscular disease/restrictive pulmonary syndrome and to correlate them with vital capacity and maximum insuffl...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Bach JR,Gonçalves MR,Páez S,Winck JC,Leitão S,Abreu P

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Knee injuries occur commonly in sports, limiting field and practice time and performance level. Although injury etiology relates primarily to sports specific activity, female athletes are at higher risk of knee injury than their male counterparts in jumping and cutting sports. Particular pain syndromes such as anterio...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Dugan SA

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the pathologic changes with a time sequence among patients with injured ligaments after complete mechanical unloading, based on a human anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) model. DESIGN:Pathologic examinations were done on remnants of completely ruptured ACLs at various times up to 14 wks after i...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Chen CH,Liu X,Yeh ML,Huang MH,Zhai Q,Lowe WR,Lintner DM,Luo ZP

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify relationships between sleep patterns and functional outcomes in patients with subacute stroke with insomnia. DESIGN:We prospectively studied 30 patients with subacute stroke. Each patient completed the St. Mary's Hospital sleep questionnaire, the Korean modified Barthel index, a computerized neur...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Kim CR,Chun MH,Han EY

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the hypothesis that the multiple-site injection technique is associated with better outcomes than the single-point injection method in children with cerebral palsy and spastic equinus gait. DESIGN:A total of 17 children (nine boys, eight girls ages 1.8-9.4 yrs; eight hemiplegics, eight diplegi...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Sätilä H,Pietikäinen T,Iisalo T,Lehtonen-Räty P,Salo M,Haataja R,Koivikko M,Autti-Rämö I

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study aimed to compare the effectiveness of triamcinolone vs. dexamethasone used in transforaminal epidural steroid injections for the treatment of cervical radiculopathy. DESIGN:This is a retrospective cohort study of patients with cervical radiculopathy who underwent cervical transforaminal epidural s...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Shakir A,Ma V,Mehta B

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether individuals who have a spinal cord injury have neuromuscular and physiologic responses to a personalized exercise program during dynamic weight bearing (DWB). DESIGN:Four subjects with spinal cord injuries (T6, T5-6, C2-5, and C5) completed a 12-wk exercise program that included DWB. Sur...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Edwards LC,Layne CS

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of the study was to evaluate the short-term physiologic effects of respiratory muscle training with normocapnic hyperpnea added to standard exercise training on respiratory muscle endurance/strength and exercise tolerance in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. DESIGN:The study used a...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Paneroni M,Simonelli C,Saleri M,Trainini D,Fokom G,Speltoni I,Piaggi G,Ambrosino N,Vitacca M

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This article presents analytic results from a prospective study of 313 stroke rehabilitation patients, looking at the relative contributions of different stroke impairments toward prediction of discharge function, rehabilitation length of stay, and discharge destination after inpatient rehabilitation. The re...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Wee JY,Hopman WM

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Spinal accessory nerve (SAN) injuries cause considerable shoulder joint dysfunction and pain, but are often underdiagnosed or diagnosed late. The aim of this study was to present the clinical and electrophysiological features and response to conservative treatment of the patients with late-diagnosed SAN injur...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Akgun K,Aktas I,Uluc K

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 20-yr-old active duty soldier complained of right lateral forearm numbness that began shortly after carrying 100 lbs of equipment (20-lb load-bearing equipment, 20-lb individual body armor, and 60-lb rucksack) while deployed during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Physical examination revealed normal strength but decreased ...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： De Luigi AJ,Pasquina P,Dahl E

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aims of this study were to summarize the possible benefits of using the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF) in rehabilitation after traumatic brain injury and to explore the technical aspects of linking existing medical records to the ICF in such cases. DESIGN:A lite...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Ptyushkin P,Vidmar G,Burger H,Marincek C

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00