Rehabilitation of quadriparesis secondary to spinal cord sarcoidosis.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Peak oxygen uptake (VO2peak) is a strong predictor of survival in cardiac patients. The aims of this study were to compare the effects of high interval training (HIT) to moderate continuous training (MCT) on VO2peak and to identify the safety of HIT in acute myocardial infarction patients with drug-eluting st...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Kim C,Choi HE,Lim MH

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article reviews the current status of exercise training and contraction-induced muscle-injury investigations in animal models of muscular dystrophy. Most exercise-training studies have compared the adaptations of normal and dystrophic muscles with exercise. Adaptation of diseased muscle to exercise occurs at many...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Carter GT,Abresch RT,Fowler WM Jr

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In our rapidly changing and increasingly expensive health care environment, payers, patients, and other consumers are beginning to demand that rehabilitation providers demonstrate their value through outcomes data. Although self-assessment is not new to rehabilitation, the instruments and databases at our disposal gen...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Turpin RS,Ratner DH

更新日期：1997-03-01 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:The current study was designed to document clinical and ultrasound (US) findings of patients with residual limb pain (RLP) after amputation and to investigate the relationship between these findings. MATERIALS AND METHODS:A chart review was performed to identify demographic and clinical data including the ag...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Aydemir K,Demir Y,Güzelküçük Ü,Tezel K,Yilmaz B

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) of human cortex during voluntary muscle contraction produces a transient period of inhibition (i.e., silent period, SP) in the electromyographic (EMG) activity. The duration of the SP in relation to the level of muscle force (10%, 50% and 100% of maximum voluntary contraction) a...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Stĕtkárová I,Leis AA,Stokić DS,Delapasse JS,Tarkka IM

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ulnar and tibial F response parameters were characterized in 17 healthy controls and 26 subjects with type I diabetes mellitus meeting or exceeding criteria for mild diabetic peripheral neuropathy. The presence of mild diabetic peripheral neuropathy was determined by utilizing conventional nerve conduction studies, th...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Mysiw WJ,Colachis SC 3rd,Vetter J

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to observe the changes in endothelial and inflammatory markers in middle-aged male runners with exercise-induced hypertension (EIH) at baseline and at 100-km, 200-km, and 308-km checkpoints during a prolonged endurance ultramarathon. DESIGN:Among a total of 62 ultramarathon voluntee...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Jee H,Park J,Oh JG,Lee YH,Shin KA,Kim YJ

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to compare the effects of ethyl chloride and placebo sprays for reducing pain induced by needle electromyography and changes in parameters of the motor unit action potential during needle electromyography of the upper extremity. DESIGN:Sixty patients were randomized into the ethyl c...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Moon YE,Kim SH

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 58-yr-old woman presented after experiencing left hip and groin pain for 1 mo. She denies any history of trauma, falls or any bruising, or history of sports injury or extreme physical exertion before her symptoms. On ultrasonography, she was found to have an avulsion tear at the origin of the adductor muscles, predo...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Chen DJ,Caldera FE,Kim W

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Patients with endstage hip arthritis have poor ambulatory function. The aim of this study was to determine if perioperative exercise programs are well tolerated by these elderly patients and if a customized program can achieve an earlier recovery of normal ambulatory function after total hip arthroplasty. DE...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Wang AW,Gilbey HJ,Ackland TR

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Wearing high-heeled shoes may produce deleterious effects on the musculoskeletal system. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the changes in electromyographic (EMG) activity of the erector spinae muscles and pelvis kinematics during gait while wearing low- and high-heeled shoes in both young and middle-a...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Mika A,Oleksy L,Mika P,Marchewka A,Clark BC

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigates the temperature effect on motor nerve conduction velocity (MNCV) in patients with neuropathic processes. Fourteen subjects, ages 18-77 yr old, with a diagnosis of uremic polyneuropathies (UPN, n = 5), diabetic polyneuropathies (DPN, n = 6) or carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS, n = 3) and ten normal c...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Wu PB,Baig M,Huang S,Kingery WS,Date E

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the treatment effectiveness of botulinum toxin type A (BTX-A) and phenol blocks in managing lower limb spasticity and gait dysfunction in children with cerebral palsy. DESIGN:This is a case-controlled study that took place in a tertiary center's gait laboratory. A total of 27 ambulatory children w...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Wong AM,Chen CL,Chen CP,Chou SW,Chung CY,Chen MJ

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report compares wrist supination and pronation and flexion and extension movements with the common body-powered prosthesis and a new biomechatronics prosthesis with regard to patient satisfaction and problems experienced with the prosthesis. Fifteen subjects with traumatic transradial amputation who used both pro...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Abd Razak NA,Abu Osman NA,Kamyab M,Wan Abas WA,Gholizadeh H

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The combined effects of robotic therapy and botulinum toxin type A (BTX-A) on upper-limb movement and function were studied in an 8(1/2)-yr-old child with hemiplegic cerebral palsy. Robotic therapy comprising repetitive, goal-directed reaching tasks was administered two times per week for 8 wks. Clinical measures incl...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Fasoli SE,Fragala-Pinkham M,Hughes R,Krebs HI,Hogan N,Stein J

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes the conceptual basis for the development of a new clinical evaluation instrument, the Tufts Assessment of Motor Performance (TAMP). The TAMP is a 32-item, diagnosis-independent, criterion-referenced test that samples physical performance items in the areas of mobility, activities of daily living a...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Gans BM,Haley SM,Hallenborg SC,Mann N,Inacio CA,Faas RM

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to test whether fractionated irradiation in photobiomodulation therapy enhances short-term recovery in patients with moderate severity ankle sprain. DESIGN:Nineteen patients were randomly assigned to one of two groups: one group receiving photobiomodulation therapy combined with the...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Calin MA,Badila A,Hristea A,Manea D,Savastru R,Nica AS

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To present a new assessment approach, referred to as recovery preference exploration (RPE), for exploring the personal meaning of functional loss and recovery. RPE determines how people would choose to recover from profound disability if they could control that recovery. DESIGN:Twenty-six patients with a var...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Stineman MG,Ross RN,Maislin G,Marchuk N,Hijirida S,Weiner MG

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are basic principles and techniques of measurement that are relevant across biomedical disciplines. The purpose of this article is to explain some of the most important of these for medical rehabilitation, to illustrate how to use them to choose assessment instruments and to describe the nature of measurement in...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Johnston MV,Findley TW,DeLuca J,Katz RT

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been suggested that the nerve fibers to the first and second lumbrical muscles are relatively spared in patients with carpal tunnel syndrome compared with the fibers to the abductor pollicis brevis. Latencies and amplitudes of the first lumbrical and the abductor pollicis brevis (APB) muscles were compared with...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Fitz WR,Mysiw WJ,Johnson EW

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Correlation of muscle function, muscle mass and endurance, and exercise tolerance in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). DESIGN:Sixteen COPD patients (forced expiratory volume during the first second 38 +/- 15% predicted) and 6 controls underwent magnetic resonance imaging of the thigh, muscle stre...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Vilaro J,Rabinovich R,Gonzalez-deSuso JM,Troosters T,Rodríguez D,Barberà JA,Roca J

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of the study was to investigate feasibility and functional changes of simulated microgravity with 6-degree head-down-tilt (HDT) bed rest in acute ischemic stroke. DESIGN:Patients without lesions in the cingulate cortex and/or cerebellum were enrolled. They underwent HDT for 30 minutes twice per day f...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Koo KI,Park DK,Hwang CH

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The paraspinal muscles often fail to relax on forward flexion in many persons with low-back pain. The goal of this prospective study was to determine whether this abnormal lack of a flexion-relaxation phenomenon corrects after lumbar diskectomy for symptoms of radiculopathy with low-back pain. DESIGN:Electro...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Wallbom AS,Geisser ME,Koch J,Haig AJ,Guido C,Hoff JT

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Visual impairments are common after traumatic brain injury (TBI) and negatively affect quality of life. We describe a 39-year-old woman with a severe TBI who was evaluated by the inpatient optometry and vision rehabilitation service with findings of complete right homonymous hemianopia and right cranial nerve III pals...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Houston KE,Paschalis EI,Angueira DC,Bronstad PM,Barrett AM,Iaccarino MA

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Research training equips residents with the skills to consume and produce research evidence and deliver evidence-based care. Within Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, studies have historically demonstrated low rates of resident research productivity. Although Canadian residency requirements mandate research partici...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Bateman EA,Teasell R

更新日期：2019-12-01 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：:This study sought to evaluate the timing of burn-associated polyneuropathy (BAPN) and its relationship to burn severity or size. Seventeen burned subjects were studied 1 wk after thermal burns. Eleven subjects remained in the study to complete 6-wk follow-up studies. Nerve conduction studies were done on at least thre...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Margherita AJ,Robinson LR,Heimbach DM,Fishfader VL,Schneider VA,Jones D

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This work summarizes our knowledge of the physiological basis of fatigue and the effects of exercise and pharmacological interventions on fatigue. Fatigue may be defined as physical and/or mental weariness resulting from exertion, that is, an inability to continue exercise at the same intensity with a resultant deteri...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Evans WJ,Lambert CP

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to determine the contribution of spontaneous post-stroke physical activity to skeletal muscle plasticity after stroke. DESIGN:A randomized controlled study was conducted of 24 young adult male Sprague-Dawley rats assigned to three experimental groups: (1) STR-hemorrhagic stroke in t...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Snow LM,Low WC,Thompson LV

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00