Abstract:
BACKGROUND:Rupture of ulnar collateral ligament of the thumb (UCL) represents a frequent injury of the hand. Surgical repair is considered the gold standard but postoperative immobilization causes partial stiffness in a percentage of cases. AIM:The aim of this paper was to assess the effectiveness of a postoperative functional hand-based splint for the thumb which allows immediate postoperative motion. DESIGN:Randomized prospective clinical trial. SETTING:The study was carried out at the Orthopedics and Hand Surgery Unit of The Catholic University School of Medicine, Rome, Italy. POPULATION:Thirty consecutive patients, with a diagnosis of acute complete tear of the UCL, were selected to be treated surgically (predominantly men, mean age 39). Cases presenting associated injuries were not included. METHODS:Patients were randomized postoperatively into 2 groups of 15 (one using the new splint and the other using a standard spica splint). After four weeks of splinting, clinical outpatient evaluations were carried on (at one, two, six, twelve months) on both groups to evaluate: joint stability; pain; pinch strength; range of motion; time lost from work; sessions of physiotherapy. RESULTS:Immediate postoperative motion of the operated joint produced faster and better functional results. No cases of recurrence were recorded. CONCLUSIONS:Surgical repair, combined with active metacarpophalangeal motion allowed by the new functional splint, was effective, safe and well tolerated. CLINICAL REHABILITATION IMPACT:Enhancing the patients' function and reducing the time of functional recovery, the reported treatment presents potential advantages in the management of this frequent acute hand injury.
journal_name
Eur J Phys Rehabil Medjournal_title
European journal of physical and rehabilitation medicineauthors
Rocchi L,Merolli A,Morini A,Monteleone G,Foti Csubject
Has Abstractpub_date
2014-02-01 00:00:00pages
49-57issue
1eissn
1973-9087issn
1973-9095pii
R33Y9999N00A0266journal_volume
50pub_type
杂志文章,随机对照试验abstract::Fall is a common and a major cause of injuries. It is important to find elderlies who are prone to falls. The majority of serious falls occur during walking among the older adults. Analyzing the spatio-temporal parameters of walking is an easy way of assessment in the clinical setting, but is it capable of distinguish...
journal_title:European journal of physical and rehabilitation medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:2014-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Patellofemoral pain syndrome (PFPS) is a common musculoskeletal pain condition, especially in females. Decreased hip muscle strength has been implicated as a contributing factor. Isolated open kinetic chain hip abductors and lateral rotators exercises were added by many authors to the rehabilitation program....
journal_title:European journal of physical and rehabilitation medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:
更新日期:2013-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Turner syndrome (TS) is a sex chromosome abnormality in females characterized by gonadal dysgenesis, short stature and skeletal malformations like kyphosis and scoliosis. AIM:To evaluate the prevalence of scoliosis and its incidence over 4 year follow-up. DESIGN:Consists in two parts: cross sectional study...
journal_title:European journal of physical and rehabilitation medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2011-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The growth and popularity of complementary physical therapies for Parkinson's disease (PD) attempt to fill the gap left by conventional exercises, which does not always directly target wellbeing, enjoyment and social participation. AIM:To evaluate the effects of complementary physical therapies on motor per...
journal_title:European journal of physical and rehabilitation medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,meta分析,评审
doi:
更新日期:2015-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) Generic-30 Set (previously referred to as Rehabilitation Set) is a minimal set of ICF categories for reporting and assessing functioning and disability in clinical populations with different health conditions along the continuum of ...
journal_title:European journal of physical and rehabilitation medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:10.23736/S1973-9087.18.05324-8
更新日期:2019-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Resection surgery is the main treatment for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Postoperative complications and mortality are mostly linked to respiratory failure consecutive to respiratory muscle overload. AIM:We aimed to evaluate the effect of preoperative respiratory muscle endurance training (RMET) on r...
journal_title:European journal of physical and rehabilitation medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.23736/S1973-9087.19.05781-2
更新日期:2020-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::Neurogenic lower urinary tract dysfunction (NLTUD) is commonly encountered in neuro-rehabilitation settings and is caused by a variety of pathologies. The management of spinal cord injury (SCI) has been the model of reference for the approach to NLTUD due to many other diseases of the central and peripheral nervous sy...
journal_title:European journal of physical and rehabilitation medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.23736/S1973-9087.17.04980-2
更新日期:2017-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::Recent proposals of classification for cerebral palsy (CP), mainly revised for epidemiological purposes, suggest to abandon the use of the term diplegia. Conversely, in this paper data are presented to support the proposal to maintain the distinction between spastic tetraplegia and diplegia, and to subdivide this latt...
journal_title:European journal of physical and rehabilitation medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2008-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::In this review we will describe newly developed techniques that are being used to recover levels of motor function after a severe spinal cord injury that have not been observed previously. These new approaches include pharmacological neuromodulation and/or epidural stimulation of the spinal cord circuitries in combina...
journal_title:European journal of physical and rehabilitation medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:2012-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::Pain is very common in neurorehabilitation, where it may be a target for treatment and have a negative effect on rehabilitation procedures and outcomes. Promising preliminary preclinical data support certain therapeutic approaches to pain, but there is a strong need of adequate preclinical models, experimental setting...
journal_title:European journal of physical and rehabilitation medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:2016-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Evidence on the effect of systemic exercise programs to improve the standing balance with the Nintendo Wii system is very limited and its post-treatment effectiveness is unknown in cerebral palsy (CP) patients. AIM:Primary aim was to compare the effect of Nintendo Wii balance board (Wii-therapy) and standar...
journal_title:European journal of physical and rehabilitation medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.23736/S1973-9087.16.04447-6
更新日期:2017-08-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Studies investigating depression and anxiety levels in mothers of children with CP and related factors are limited, and controversial findings are reported in these studies. AIM:The study was aimed to determine depression and anxiety levels in mothers of children with cerebral palsy (CP) and to define facto...
journal_title:European journal of physical and rehabilitation medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2013-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::Low back pain (LBP) and radicular pain are very common health problems. They are rarely caused by serious underlying pathology and will usually recover spontaneously in time. In about one third of the cases however, the pain and functional impairment will persist one year after onset, being responsible for high health...
journal_title:European journal of physical and rehabilitation medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.23736/S1973-9087.19.05983-5
更新日期:2020-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Lower limb paresis is one of the main determinants of postural transferring, standing and walking disability in patients with stroke. Early prognosis of recovery of lower limb function and of related functional disability is an important issue in neurorehabilitation clinical practice. AIM:Aim of this study ...
journal_title:European journal of physical and rehabilitation medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2011-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The use of Evaluation Scales in ABI is necessary for measure of outcome, but not always they are used as predictor factors for rehabilitation processes and organization. AIM:The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of an inpatient rehabilitation program for patients with trauma...
journal_title:European journal of physical and rehabilitation medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2011-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Assessment of rehabilitation outcome is based on measuring the change in Functional Independence Measure (FIMTM) score between the start and end of rehabilitation. However, the raw FIMTM score gain is subject to a ceiling effect. Proposed solutions to this problem have incongruities that limit their use. AI...
journal_title:European journal of physical and rehabilitation medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2015-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::This article reports the case of a a 29-year-old girl with a right-sided sciatica. Magnetic resonance imaging of the lumbar vertebrae and the pelvic region detected a right L5-S paracentral disc herniation with descending S1 nerve root compression and atrophy in the right piriformis muscle. Magnetic resonance images o...
journal_title:European journal of physical and rehabilitation medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2009-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Studies have shown that positive recovery expectations are associated with positive health outcomes in patients with chronic low back pain (CLBP) such as return to work (RTW) and the time to RTW. AIM:To compare the predictive value for RTW in CLBP using different subsets of the Örebro Musculoskeletal Pain S...
journal_title:European journal of physical and rehabilitation medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.23736/S1973-9087.17.04398-2
更新日期:2017-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The influence of spirituality and religious beliefs on health-related quality of life and disability in the rehabilitation field is discussed in literature. AIM:To describe the role of spiritual belief on functional recovery and health-related quality of life in acute inpatient rehabilitation ward. DESIGN:...
journal_title:European journal of physical and rehabilitation medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2012-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Some stroke survivors suffer from involuntary movement, which often disturbs upper-limb function, but there are few effective modality options. CASE REPORT:A 70-year-old man presented with persisting right-upper-limb hemiballism due to left thalamic hemorrhage ten years before. We provided inpatient rehabil...
journal_title:European journal of physical and rehabilitation medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.23736/S1973-9087.17.04627-5
更新日期:2017-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:AIM:Performance measures are tools aimed to directly evaluate social function in older adults. The authors present the standardization of a new direct performance measure for patients with dementia, the functional living skills assessment (FLSA). METHODS:FLSA was conceived to detect functional impairment in very mild ...
journal_title:European journal of physical and rehabilitation medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2010-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:AIM:In the last 40 years, physical and rehabilitation medicine (PRM) has made significant steps forward in Europe with the foundation of the European Federation of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (EFPMR) (1963) which gave rise to the European Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (ESPRM) (2004) the Europ...
journal_title:European journal of physical and rehabilitation medicine
pub_type: 历史文章,杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2010-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:It is believed that treatment with low temperature can reduce pain perception in chronic pain patients, including chronic low back pain patients. AIM:To evaluate the effects of a two-week repeated intervention of -67 °C cryo-chamber in patients with chronic low back pain. DESIGN:A prospective randomized do...
journal_title:European journal of physical and rehabilitation medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:
更新日期:2015-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The effects of swallowing therapy (ST) on long-term clinical outcomes in patients with post-stroke dysphagia (PSD) remain unclear. AIM:This study explores the effect of ST, initiated within 6 months of the stroke onset, on long-term pneumonia-free and overall survival rates in PSD patients. DESIGN:Retrospe...
journal_title:European journal of physical and rehabilitation medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.23736/S1973-9087.19.05893-3
更新日期:2019-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Neurorehabilitation programs are among the most popular therapies aimed at reducing the disabilities that result from multiple sclerosis. Video games have recently gained importance in the rehabilitation of patients with motor neurological dysfunctions. Currently, the studies describing the perspective of pa...
journal_title:European journal of physical and rehabilitation medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2016-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Very few studies have investigated the influence of single activities of daily living (ADL) at admission as possible predictors of functional outcome after rehabilitation. AIM:The aim of the current study was to investigate admission functional status and performance of basic ADLs as assessed by Functional ...
journal_title:European journal of physical and rehabilitation medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2013-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::Knowledge of the determinants of disability in musculoskeletal conditions (MSC) is critical for reducing their burden. No epidemiologic studies from a truly comprehensive perspective consider environmental factors (EF) and personal factors (PF) as determinants of disability. However, one can identify candidate EF from...
journal_title:European journal of physical and rehabilitation medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:2008-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:In recent years, NT 201, a new botulinum toxin type A (BTX-A) free of complexing proteins, has been used for treating several movement disorders, showing safety and efficacy in upper limb spasticity. AIM:To assess the safety and evaluate the effects of BTX-A NT 201 free from complexing proteins for the trea...
journal_title:European journal of physical and rehabilitation medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2013-08-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Non-pharmacological approaches to PD disease management seem to be a growing and promising field of investigation. Indeed interesting new perspectives are forthcoming from studies on physical rehabilitation and on physical exercise. AIM:To qualitatively describe the rehabilitation experience of Parkinson Di...
journal_title:European journal of physical and rehabilitation medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.23736/S1973-9087.16.04213-1
更新日期:2017-02-01 00:00:00
abstract:AIM:Since 2007 we have been focusing our attention to EJPRM as the best available clinical evidence as offered by the Cochrane Collaboration. Due to the absence of a specific Rehabilitation Group (only a Field does exist), some reviews in the field of PRM are not easy to find. Consequently, the EJPRM lists and presents...
journal_title:European journal of physical and rehabilitation medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:2009-12-01 00:00:00