Inpatient rehabilitation outcomes for patients receiving left ventricular assist device.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine the association between body mass index (BMI) and clinically diagnosed diabetes in veterans with spinal cord injuries and disorders. We also sought to determine whether there is evidence to support a 10% reduction in BMI cut points, which would lower the upper limit of normal BMI from 24.99 to 22....

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Rajan S,McNeely MJ,Hammond M,Goldstein B,Weaver F

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Promoting an active lifestyle through an appropriate physical exercise prescription is one of the major targets of cardiac rehabilitation. However, information on the effectiveness of cardiac rehabilitation in promoting lifestyle changes in elderly patients is still scant. DESIGN:In 131 patients over the age...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Macchi C,Polcaro P,Cecchi F,Zipoli R,Sofi F,Romanelli A,Pepi L,Sibilio M,Lipoma M,Petrilli M,Molino-Lova R

更新日期：2009-09-01 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：:An obstacle course, consisting of a series of 12 simulated functional tasks, has been developed to aid in the evaluation of rehabilitation interventions for elderly individuals with balance and mobility dysfunction. The validity of the obstacle course as a measure of balance and functional mobility was tested by compa...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

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

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To document the relationship between sleep disturbance and chronic low back pain in patients referred to a physical medicine and rehabilitation clinic. DESIGN:This is a prospective cross-sectional survey of 268 patients 18 yrs or older being evaluated for low back pain of greater than 6 months at a tertiary ...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Marin R,Cyhan T,Miklos W

更新日期：2006-05-01 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：:Concerns about drug-resistant infectious organisms are increasing in rehabilitation facilities. Resulting isolation protocols can potentially challenge the patients' access to medical care, psychological adaptation, mobility, and environmental interaction and therefore hinder the rehabilitation process. We report a sy...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Recio AC,Bohart ZW,Havens SR,Stiens SA

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with spinal cord injury (SCI) possess higher arterial stiffness index (SI) than the healthy population. This study aimed to clarify the effect of post-morbid duration on arterial stiffening change among SCI sufferers. Seventy-one SCI patients were recruited. The demographic data including age, gender, level o...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Wu HM,Chu BY,Hsu CC,Wang CW,Wong AM,Huang SC

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Skeletal muscle function is critical to movement and one's ability to perform daily tasks, such as eating and walking. One objective of this article is to review the contractile properties of fast and slow skeletal muscle and single fibers, with particular emphasis on the cellular events that control or rate limit the...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Fitts RH

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study aimed to assess the effects of single and multiple massage treatments on pressure-pain threshold (PPT) at myofascial trigger points (MTrPs) in people with myofascial pain syndrome expressed as tension-type headache. DESIGN:Individuals (n = 62) with episodic or chronic tension-type headache were ra...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Moraska AF,Schmiege SJ,Mann JD,Butryn N,Krutsch JP

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sarcoidosis is a multisystem granulomatous disorder that rarely involves the spinal cord. This report describes the presentation and rehabilitative course of a 31-yr-old man with quadriparesis secondary to spinal cord sarcoidosis. The patient had insidious, progressive weakness in his arms and legs for six weeks befor...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Tuel SM,Meythaler JM,Cross LL

更新日期：1991-04-01 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：:A 17-item questionnaire was designed to assess the relative importance of various factors to physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R) training directors when ranking PM&R resident applicants during the National Resident Match. The questionnaire was sent to all PM&R residency training directors. The recipients were ...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： DeLisa JA,Jain SS,Campagnolo DI

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of antigravity treadmill training on gait, balance, and fall risk in children with diplegic cerebral palsy. DESIGN:Thirty children with diplegic cerebral palsy were selected for this randomized controlled study. They were randomly assigned to (1) an experi...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： El-Shamy SM

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess changes over time and responsiveness of the Cochin Hand Function Scale (CHFS) and Mouth Handicap In Systemic Sclerosis (MHISS) scale in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc). DESIGN:This was a prospective longitudinal study. PARTICIPANTS:Participants were drawn from a convenience sample of indivi...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Nguyen C,Bérezné A,Mestre-Stanislas C,Lefèvre-Colau MM,Rannou F,Guillevin L,Mouthon L,Poiraudeau S

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined whether inability to perform adaptive locomotor tests predicts self-reported incident mobility disability. InCHIANTI study participants (N = 611; age, 50-85 yrs) who could walk 7 m at self-selected speed and who had no self-reported mobility disability at baseline were included. The ability to comp...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Deshpande N,Metter EJ,Guralnik J,Ferrucci L

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of different glove types on mobility performance in a series of field tests specific to wheelchair rugby. DESIGN:Ten international wheelchair rugby players performed three drills in each glove condition: (i) players' current glove selection, (ii) A...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Mason BS,van der Woude LH,Goosey-Tolfrey VL

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myokymia and myokymic discharges are observed in a variety of neurologic conditions. An unusual case of myokymia induced by exercise and febrile illness presented in an 11-yr-old male with congenital spinal stenosis. Myokymia was not generalized, but occurred below the level of his umbilicus. We hypothesize that local...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Colachis SC 3rd,Bobulski RJ

更新日期：1991-10-01 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：:Total knee arthroplasty is frequently performed and usually associated with favorable results. A case is presented where persistent back and thigh pain limited rehabilitation progress following bilateral total knee arthroplasty procedures. The pain was found to be related to the presence of a symptomatic 5.24-cm infra...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Schuchmann JA

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article was written for the Academic Affairs Committee to help candidates for physical medicine and rehabilitation chair positions to effectively negotiate the new position. The article summarizes negotiation strategies provided from personal interviews and other communication via e-mail and phone with experience...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Braddom-Ritzler C

更新日期：2005-09-01 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：: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:To evaluate the effects of cycling progressive resistance training combined with balance exercises on walking speed, balance, fatigue, fear of falling, depression, and quality of life in patients with multiple sclerosis. DESIGN:In this prospective randomized controlled trial, 45 patients were randomized into...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Cakt BD,Nacir B,Genç H,Saraçoğlu M,Karagöz A,Erdem HR,Ergün U

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study investigated the effect of Kinesio taping on the functionality, pain, range of motion (ROM), and muscle strength in patients with knee osteoarthritis compared with a placebo Kinesio tape (KT) application. DESIGN:Forty-two consecutive patients were randomized to a KT group and a placebo taping grou...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Kaya Mutlu E,Mustafaoglu R,Birinci T,Razak Ozdincler A

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a 38-yr-old polio survivor with newly developed weakness from myotonic dystrophy. He suffered muscle atrophy and weakness in his legs as a result of poliomyelitis at the age of 3 yrs. After a stable interval of about 30 yrs, he felt new weakness and fatigue in his legs. Electromyography revealed generalize...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Lim JY,Kim KE,Choe G

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we sought to assess the cardiopulmonary functions in three pediatric heart transplant recipients, two of whom are with dilated cardiomyopathy, whereas one is with cyanotic heart disease, in early postoperative period. Cardiopulmonary exercise testing was performed using an incremental cycling at 1 mo af...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Chiu HH,Wu MH,Wang SS,Lan C,Chou NK,Chen SY,Lai JS

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to determine the effect of two types of restraining belts (lap belt and a four-point belt) on an instrumented dummy during three situations: wheelchair hitting straight into curb (SIC); wheelchair falling straight off a curb (SOC); wheelchair falling diagonally off a curb (DOC). A fully...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Fast A,Sosner J,Begeman P,Thomas M,Drukman D

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to compare the optimal vibration frequency (OVF), which corresponds to maximal electromyographic muscle response during whole-body vibration, between young, middle-aged, and older women in four muscles of the lower-limbs. DESIGN:OVF was measured as the frequency corresponding to max...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Carlucci F,Orlando G,Haxhi J,Laudani L,Giombini A,Macaluso A,Pigozzi F,Sacchetti M

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Complex regional pain syndrome has both nociceptive/inflammatory and neuropathic elements and is always (by definition) associated with abnormal activity of the sympathetic nervous system. There is good evidence that complex regional pain syndrome, as currently conceptualized, ultimately includes central sensitization...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Harden RN

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00