abstract：:The inability to communicate personal needs, feelings, and ideas is a frustrating barrier for nonverbal patients with severe physical disabilities. It hampers the physician-patient relationship and medical services. This problem has been diminished with the use of a new communication board for patients with brain stem...

journal_title：Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation

authors： Wu YC,Voda JA

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic pain is a common clinical finding in spinal cord injury (SCI), with a reported incidence of between 45% and 90%. This figure was obtained by using nonstandardized pain evaluation and for mostly inpatient populations. Because of the shortcomings of previous investigations and the wide range of reported incidenc...

journal_title：Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation

authors： Lamid S,Chia JK,Kohli A,Cid E

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A survey was conducted to acquire information on the current pattern of respiratory device usage for patients with progressive neuromuscular diseases. Questionnaires were sent to 240 directors of Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) clinics. Of the 132 respondents, 32 (24%) physicians provide no respiratory support sy...

journal_title：Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation

authors： Colbert AP,Schock NC

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been suggested that the onset of physical disability may lead to deficits in assertiveness. Therefore, in the present study assertiveness, interpersonal discomfort, anxiety, and demographic variables were investigated among lower limb amputees. Amputees completed self-report measures and hospital visitors serve...

journal_title：Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation

authors： Weinstein CL

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A reality orientation group for brain injured patients was developed to improve attention deficits, confusion and anterograde amnesia during post-traumatic amnesia (PTA). Seven behavioral objectives are used to define adequate orientation, attention, immediate retention, episodic recall and use of memory aids. Daily p...

journal_title：Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation

authors： Corrigan JD,Arnett JA,Houck LJ,Jackson RD

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have had the impression that patients with spinal cord injury (SCI) experience fewer marriages and more divorces than their noninjured counterparts. To test this impression statistically, we examined the influence of SCI in association with other select variables on the marital status of 276 patients injured betwee...

journal_title：Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation

authors： DeVivo MJ,Fine PR

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some 6% to 21% of Charcot joints occur in the spine. The underlying disease is usually tabes dorsalis, but diabetes mellitus is another etiology. Degeneration of spinal elements is accelerated and lumbar spinal stenosis with weakness may occur, as has been reported in tabetic arthropathy. The case presented is unusual...

journal_title：Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation

authors： Race MC,Keppler JP,Grant AE

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heart rate (HR) and blood pressure (BP) responses to repeated dynamic and combined dynamic and isometric work bouts of 30 sec, 2 min, and 6 min with equal rest periods at 40% and 80% of Vo2max was studied in five healthy men and five healthy women. Total work duration for each experimental condition was 24 min. The tr...

journal_title：Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation

authors： Patterson RP,Pearson J,Fisher SV

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spastic contractures are a common problem which frequently requires the use of splinting or casting. Customized adjustable orthoses can reduce contractures without the problems often associated with these procedures. These devices reduced contractures in a head-injured patient's severely spastic wrist and ankles. As a...

journal_title：Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation

authors： Collins K,Oswald P,Burger G,Nolden J

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because the acute spinal cord injured patient is at high risk for the development of deep venous thrombosis (DVT), accurate diagnosis is critical. Clinical evaluation is unreliable 50% of the time, however, and the two highly accurate diagnostic procedures--venography and 125I-labelled fibrinogen scanning--are invasiv...

journal_title：Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation

authors： Chu DA,Ahn JH,Ragnarsson KT,Helt J,Folcarelli P,Ramirez A

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The absorption characteristics of drugs in spinal cord injury (SCI) were studied using an actively transported drug [riboflavin (RBF)] and a passively absorbed drug [acetaminophen (ACE)]. RBF absorption was studied following oral administration of 150mg RBF as 5'-phosphate flavin mononucleotide in ten clinically compl...

journal_title：Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation

authors： Halstead LS,Feldman S,Claus-Walker J,Patel VC

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study of body composition was conducted on 45 patients with spinal cord injury (SCI) and 12 able-bodied healthy subjects who served as controls. Body composition was assessed in terms of water (W), fat (F), protein (P), and mineral (M) content. SCI patients exhibited lower absolute amounts of W, F, and P, but no dif...

journal_title：Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation

authors： Cardús D,McTaggart WG

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This case documents a patient with lumbosacral radiculopathy, reflex sympathetic dystrophy, and tarsal tunnel syndrome affecting one extremity. After lumbar laminectomy for L5-S1 radiculopathy, the patient developed foot pain diagnosed as secondary to reflex sympathetic dystrophy. Because of increasing foot pain despi...

journal_title：Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation

authors： Chodoroff B,Ball RD

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-seven normal, healthy women participated in this study, which investigated three methods of increasing the isometric strength of the quadriceps femoris through a six-week training program. Three experimental exercise groups were formed: A, eccentric, B, concentric, and C, isometric. The peak isometric torque of...

journal_title：Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation

authors： Pavone E,Moffat M

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The primary purpose of this study was to establish clinical norms for adults aged 20 to 75+ years on four tests of hand strength. A dynamometer was used to measure grip strength and a pinch gauge to measure tip, key, and palmar pinch. A sample of 310 male and 328 female adults, ages 20 to 94, from the seven-county Mil...

journal_title：Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation

authors： Mathiowetz V,Kashman N,Volland G,Weber K,Dowe M,Rogers S

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 37-year-old woman presented with congenital loss of all peripheral sensory modalities, sparing only her face, paraspinal area and proximal limbs. She was otherwise neurologically normal. Her sensory neuropathy was complicated by autoamputation of phalanges, pathologic fractures, failed total hip replacement, burns, ...

journal_title：Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation

authors： Nance PW,Kirby RL

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of pending litigation for compensation on treatment outcomes of patients with chronic low back pain, were assessed. The 81 patients with chronic low back pain who participated in a six-week behavioral treatment program organized around the theme of self-control, were differentiated according to whether the...

journal_title：Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation

authors： Trief P,Stein N

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cortical somatosensory evoked potential (CSEP) examinations were performed of 20 patients with lumbar spinal stenosis a day prior to surgery and 10 to 12 days after spinal decompression and bilateral lateral fusion. CSEPs were recorded to Cz-Fz (10-20 international EEG system) following stimulation of 32 tibial, peron...

journal_title：Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation

authors： Gonzalez EG,Hajdu M,Bruno R,Keim H,Brand L

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a rare case of degenerative joint disease of both knees, complicated by a Baker cyst. Our emphasis is on the role of electromyography and electrodiagnosis in the localization of this nerve entrapment syndrome. The patient presented with pain and swelling; venography revealed deep venous thrombosis of the rig...

journal_title：Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation

authors： Kashani SR,Moon AH,Gaunt WD

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A quadriplegic patient with a C6 lesion had a stroke with aphasia and right hemiplegia 20 years after his cervical cord injury. The combination of hemiplegia and quadriplegia created unusual rehabilitation problems, the most disabling of which was a painful flexion contracture of the right elbow that prevented any use...

journal_title：Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation

authors： Wainapel SF,Haigney D,Labib K

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mid-humerus cadaver determinations of ulnar F-wave, C7 spinal somatosensory evoked potential (SEP), and modified C8 root stimulation (RS) were performed bilaterally on 20 normal subjects to standardize technique and obtain normal values for the segment from mid-humerus to cervical spine. Our cadaver study shows that t...

journal_title：Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation

authors： Livingstone EF,DeLisa JA,Halar EM

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prevention of pressure sores is a major objective in the rehabilitation of individuals with paraplegia and quadriplegia. Wheelchair cushions made of polyurethane foam are frequently prescribed to relieve pressure and reduce the risk of ulceration for persons seated in wheelchairs. Because no cushion uniformly distribu...

journal_title：Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation

authors： Garber SL,Krouskop TA

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a 13-month period, 41 selected patients with cerebrovascular accidents were studied utilizing computerized tomography of the brain and the Barthel index in an attempt to correlate findings with final rehabilitation outcome. Parameters that were studied included age, sex, lesion size and location, and functional sta...

journal_title：Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation

authors： Hertanu JS,Demopoulos JT,Yang WC,Calhoun WF,Fenigstein HA

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixty patients with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) are presented. Although the life span with Type I SMA (Werdnig-Hoffmann disease) may be short, children with the disease can be made more comfortable with appropriate medical care and parental support. Despite electrodiagnostic findings which are not always pathognomon...

journal_title：Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation

authors： Eng GD,Binder H,Koch B

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Functional outcome was evaluated in 40 patients with a diagnosis of soft tissue sarcoma (STS), who had received wide local surgical excision and postoperative radiation therapy. All patients were two or more years postsurgical excision, and 1.75 or more years postradiation. Patients were separated into three anatomic ...

journal_title：Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation

authors： Lampert MH,Gerber LH,Glatstein E,Rosenberg SA,Danoff JV

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Every medical student at Mayo Medical School participates in a three-week training program in the department of physical medicine and rehabilitation. Since 1974-1975, approximately 40 students have had this experience each academic year. In addition to lectures, the learning experience includes clinical cases involvin...

journal_title：Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation

authors： Jones ME,Sinaki M,McPhee MC

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An innovative approach to the rehabilitation of the stroke patient was initiated at Riverside Methodist Hospital to accommodate an increasing number of patients. Patients spend six hours a day several days a week attending a day rehabilitation program at which all necessary therapies are provided. A year-end analysis ...

journal_title：Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation

authors： Marsh M

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-eight patients seeking treatment for low back pain were assessed in the acute stage to see if they exhibited characteristics that would predict response to medical treatment. It was hoped that, if there were personality and demographic differences between patients who did and those who did not respond to standar...

journal_title：Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation

authors： Murphy KA,Cornish RD

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twelve male patients with traumatic spinal cord injury were randomly divided into a group of six experimental and six control subjects. All subjects were tilted from 0 degree to 70 degrees by 10 degrees increments at five-minute intervals until blood pressure dropped below 70/40, hypotensive symptoms appeared, or 70 d...

journal_title：Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation

authors： Lopes P,Figoni SF,Perkash I

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the extent of kinematic symmetry of lower limbs when walking. Twelve able-bodied subjects were measured with a device which recorded three-dimensional motion of hip and knee joints bilaterally. Comparisons of right and left sagittal, transverse, and coronal plane motions were conducted in the time ...

journal_title：Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation

authors： Hannah RE,Morrison JB,Chapman AE

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A man developed severe spastic quadriplegia following a mixed drug overdose-induced coma. Diagnostic studies were consistent with hypoxic leukoencephalopathy. The patient made a dramatic functional recovery 3 1/2 months after admission, with Computed tomography scan and EEG findings returning to normal. The time cours...

journal_title：Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation

authors： Wainapel SF,Gupta PC,Matz R

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report presents the first description of direct peripheral nerve compression as a complication of brachial artery-basilic vein vascular access in patients with uremia who are receiving long-term hemodialysis. Three patients are presented. An expanding basilic vein hematoma compressed the radial nerve in one patie...

journal_title：Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation

authors： Reinstein L,Reed WP,Sadler JH,Baugher WH

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite long-standing claims that the conditioning method of treating enuresis is based on the classic conditioning paradigm, research explicitly investigating this claim has been limited. This study compares two conditioning methods of treating enuresis, both using the bell and pad, one in a classic conditioning para...

journal_title：Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation

authors： Lynch NT,Grunert BK,Vasudevan SV,Severson RA

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eighteen patients having traumatic upper trunk brachial plexopathy ("the stinger"), a common football injury, were investigated electrodiagnostically. Proximal nerve conduction was determined by stimulating the supraclavicular fossa and at the C5 root and recording from muscles supplied by the long thoracic, suprascap...

journal_title：Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation

authors： Di Benedetto M,Markey K

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study compared the effect of (1) continuous, (2) intermittent, and (3) graded exercise on the cardiopulmonary responses of 12 acutely injured paraplegic individuals having neurologically complete spinal lesions, between T7 and T12, and seven able-bodied control subjects. Continuous exercise consisted of cranking ...

journal_title：Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation

authors： Huang CT,McEachran AB,Kuhlemeier KV,DeVivo MJ,Fine PR

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wrist driven flexor hinge orthosis (WDFHO) linkage movements were analyzed graphically for existing kit form orthoses and modified orthoses. The graphical analysis indicated improved function by increased torque and resultant pinch force in modified orthoses. A geometric solution to pivot point location which will all...

journal_title：Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation

authors： Stenehjem J,Swenson J,Sprague C

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Visual imperception denotes the disorders of perceptual functioning commonly associated with unilateral brain injury. Typically the same half of the visual fields of both eyes are affected on the side opposite to that of the brain injury. The disorder may have a sensory or an attentional basis or both, moreover, the p...

journal_title：Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation

authors： Gianutsos R,Glosser D,Elbaum J,Vroman GM

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A diagnosis of depression is frequently considered in the evaluation of patients after cerebrovascular accident (CVA); however, the usual clinical signs of depression may be either masked in depressed patients or mimicked in nondepressed patients. The dexamethasone suppression test (DST), first used to screen patients...

journal_title：Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation

authors： Bauer M,Gans JS,Harley JP,Cobb W

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of the posterior vertebral ligamentous and bony elements on the sagittal range of motion of the lumbar spine has been investigated by observing the effects of sectioning ligaments and pedicles in 17 cadavers of both sexes with an age range from 14 to 78 years. The main investigation showed that the apoph...

journal_title：Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation

authors： Twomey LT,Taylor JR

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifteen patients with pharyngeal stage dysphagia were studied clinically and by motion fluoroscopy. Eleven patients demonstrated laryngeal penetration during swallowing. There was high incidence of impaired pharyngeal gag and wet-hoarse voice quality among this group. Other observations were found to correlate poorly ...

journal_title：Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation

authors： Linden P,Siebens AA

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00