Downhill walking training in individuals with Parkinson's disease: a randomized controlled trial.

abstract：:A 26-yr-old man with a C4 American Spinal Injury Association impairment scale B spinal cord injury was admitted due to a left calf pressure ulcer. The patient's initial laboratory results and physical examination findings were unremarkable, except for a stage IV pressure ulcer. On day 7, the patient developed fever an...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Zaremski JL,Jayawardena V,Lew HL

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1A is the most common hereditary neuropathy. Affected individuals have a distal motor deficit, initially affecting the lower limbs and impairing walking performance. Isokinetic dynamometry can be used to objectively assess muscle strength of patients with neuromuscular disorders. No st...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Reynaud V,Morel C,Givron P,Clavelou P,Cornut-Chauvinc C,Pereira B,Taithe F,Coudeyre E

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although generally presenting as a chronic, progressive peripheral neuropathy, we present a case of acute alcoholic neuropathy initially mistaken for acute Guillain-Barré syndrome. Electrodiagnostic evaluation of alcoholic neuropathy reveals an axonal neuropathy and may be complicated by demyelination if comorbid nutr...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Staszel JP,Miknevich M

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Dopaminergic agents may stimulate behavior and verbal expression after frontal lobe dysfunction. Although amantadine is used in neurorehabilitation of motivational disorders and head injury, it is not commonly prescribed to improve aphasia. This pilot study examined verbal fluency on and off amantadine for no...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Barrett AM,Eslinger PJ

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:(1) to compare physical capacity at one-year follow-up with physical capacity before and after the training period for the HandbikeBattle event; (2) to identify determinants of the course of physical capacity during follow-up. DESIGN:Prospective observational study. Former rehabilitation patients (N=33) with...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Kouwijzer I,Valent LJM,Post MWM,Wilders LM,Grootoonk A,van der Woude LHV,de Groot S,HandbikeBattle group.

更新日期：2020-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To define and propose clinically useful quantitative measurements of hip hiking and circumduction using standard three-dimensional motion analysis techniques. DESIGN:We studied pelvic, hip, and thigh motions in 23 subjects with hemiparetic, stiff-legged gait as a result of stroke and compared these motions w...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Kerrigan DC,Frates EP,Rogan S,Riley PO

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Women are disproportionately affected by musculoskeletal disorders. Parous women seem to be at a particularly elevated risk for structural and functional changes in the lower limbs. The combination of increased weight on the joints with potentially greater laxity during pregnancy could lead to permanent struc...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Segal NA,Boyer ER,Teran-Yengle P,Glass NA,Hillstrom HJ,Yack HJ

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent disability-related data are available from the 13th National Census of Population and Housing, which was performed in 2010. Disability assessment followed the recommendations of the Washington Group on Disability Statistics and identified 5,739,270 (5.1%) persons with disability, 51.1% of whom were women. Almos...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Guzman JM,Salazar EG

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:After hip fracture, muscle strength and power remain persistently poor, especially in the fractured leg. This study explores whether asymmetrical leg extension power (LEP) deficit affects mobility in women after proximal femoral fracture (PFF). DESIGN:In this observational study, LEP of both legs, 10- and 50...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Portegijs E,Sipilä S,Rantanen T,Lamb SE

更新日期：2008-05-01 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：:A 35-yr-old man sustained an anoxic brain injury resulting from cardiac arrest, with subsequent extreme lethargy and lack of response to stimuli. The patient's lethargy was unresponsive to trials of several medications in attempts to increase arousal. Administration of twice-daily zolpidem 8 mos after injury resulted ...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Cohen SI,Duong TT

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Although the comparative efficacy of particulate vs. nonparticulate steroids for the treatment of radicular pain with transforaminal epidural steroid injection has been investigated, there is minimal literature comparing particulate steroids. The authors aimed to determine whether transforaminal epidural ster...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： McCormick Z,Kennedy DJ,Garvan C,Rivers E,Temme K,Margolis S,Zander E,Rohr A,Smith MC,Plastaras C

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the last report, two additional objective structured clinical examinations (PGY-2, PGY-3, and PGY-4, as well as incoming PGY-2) have been administered. As a result, our curriculum has been modified to strengthen physical examination skills, including specific workshops. Interrater reliability of evaluators has b...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Jain SS,DeLisa JA,Eyles MY,Nadler S,Kirshblum S,Smith A

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Moyamoya disease is a rare disorder of cerebrovascular circulation. A review of the literature failed to reveal the association of heterotopic ossification in patients with this disease; such a case is now presented. The patient described had atraumatic intracranial hemorrhage, was in a coma for a period of time, unde...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Sharma J,Sehgal KV,Harmon RL

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bilateral forearm and hand transplantation poses unique challenges especially in the setting of bilateral lower limb amputations. A 57-yr-old man with bilateral transradial amputations and bilateral transtibial amputations after remote streptococcal sepsis was admitted for inpatient rehabilitation because of severe de...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Lee J,Garcia AM,Lee WP,Munin MC

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study aimed to explore to what extent the data collected for patients with low back pain, breast cancer, and stroke, based on the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) Checklist, reflect the hypothesized single latent dimension functioning and whether the ICF qualifier ...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Bostan C,Oberhauser C,Cieza A

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The median motor conduction study to the abductor pollicis brevis is one of the most commonly performed electrodiagnostic studies, yet there is a need for a more comprehensive normative database for this test. Demographic subgroups of age, gender, and height need to be evaluated with a large enough sample size using m...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Buschbacher RM

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mission statements of academic medical centers call on them to accomplish many goals. This often leads to conflicting choices when selecting activities and establishing policies. When individual faculty members are expected to divide work time to meet research, teaching and clinical needs, careful planning and dis...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Melvin JL,Pate CM

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Foot deformities are one of the most common musculoskeletal problems in children with cerebral palsy (CP). These deformities affect the walking ability and function of the patients. Talar cartilage is the hyaline joint cartilage of the tibiotalar joint that plantarflexes and dorsiflexes of the ankle. The aim ...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Aras B,Kesikburun S,Yilmaz V,Demirtaş EYG,Yaşar E

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Corticosteroid injection into the carpal tunnel is frequently used for the treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). Steroids are usually mixed with local anesthetics, which have positive effects that can aid the treatment of CTS by inhibiting the spontaneous discharge ability of excitable cells. The aim of ...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Karadaş O,Tok F,Ulaş UH,Odabaşi Z

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three boys with muscular dystrophy with known osteoporosis were each treated for 1 yr with weekly alendronate and daily calcium and vitamin D. Measurements of lumbar spine and proximal femur using dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry were obtained at the initiation of the alendronate, at 6 mos, and at 1 yr. All three boys...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Apkon S,Coll J

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the impact of diabetes mellitus (DM) on functional outcomes after acute rehabilitation for cerebrovascular accident (CVA). DESIGN:A retrospective research design was used to analyze outcomes in patients with a primary diagnosis of unilateral stroke (n = 367) admitted to an urban, acute rehabilitat...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Ripley DL,Seel RT,Macciocchi SN,Schara SL,Raziano K,Ericksen JJ

更新日期：2007-09-01 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:The purposes of this study were as follows: (1) to compare the characteristics of functional fitness of Japanese stroke survivors with those of control subjects of a similar age; and (2) to relate these characteristics to the extent of physical impairment and the period after stroke onset to better design com...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Sakai T,Tanaka K,Holland GJ

更新日期：2002-09-01 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：OBJECTIVE:We explored the process of cancer care for patients with preexisting mobility disability, focusing on treatment decisions and experiences. DESIGN:We recruited 20 participants with preexisting mobility disability, requiring use of an assistive device or assistance with activities of daily living, subsequently...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Agaronnik ND,El-Jawahri A,Kirschner K,Iezzoni LI

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study examined the magnitude of work-related disability in postmenopausal women with breast cancer compared with healthy controls. It also examined demographic and clinical correlates of work-related disability in postmenopausal women with breast cancer. STUDY DESIGN:This was an exploratory secondary an...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Brick R,Skidmore E,Terhorst L,McCue M,Bender C

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-four women employed as computer operators were evaluated for complaints of occipital headaches, as well as neck and shoulder pain. Although the symptoms were highly variable with respect to duration, intensity and distribution, they were mutually consistent in that they started or intensified with the resumptio...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： LaBan MM,Meerschaert JR

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fatigue is the most commonly reported and most disabling of all post-polio sequelae (PPS). Bromocriptine mesylate (Parlodel) was employed in a placebo-controlled trial in five survivors of paralytic polio who continued to report moderate to severe daily fatigue after complying with the conservative treatments prescrib...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Bruno RL,Zimmerman JR,Creange SJ,Lewis T,Molzen T,Frick NM

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare balance, mobility, recent falls, and injuries among elderly African American and white women. DESIGN:This was a nonexperimental study. Participants, who were older than 65 yr of age, able to walk at least 30 ft, not residing in a nursing home, and with no acute medical problems, were recruited fro...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Means KM,O'Sullivan PS,Rodell DE

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00