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：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate health-related quality of life and disability in multiple-trauma patients requiring intensive care unit management. DESIGN:A total of 87 survivors of multiple trauma, with a median age of 31 yrs and a median Injury Severity Score of 22, were enrolled in the present study. The Nottingham Health Pr...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Dimopoulou I,Anthi A,Mastora Z,Theodorakopoulou M,Konstandinidis A,Evangelou E,Mandragos K,Roussos C

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trauma is a major cause of mortality throughout the world. In recent years, major advances have been made in the management of trauma, the end result of which has been reduced mortality and enhanced function. One of these areas is pain control. Improved pain management has not only led to increased comfort in trauma p...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Cohen SP,Christo PJ,Moroz L

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the sensitivity of median sensory nerve conduction tests performed by stimulating digital branches in patients with carpal tunnel syndrome. DESIGN:A prospective study in 506 hands of patients with carpal tunnel syndrome diagnosed electrophysiologically. RESULTS:The sensitivity of median sensory n...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Aydin G,Keleş I,Ozbudak Demir S,Baysal AI

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the efficacy, across a range of disability groups, of the Craig Handicap Assessment and Reporting Technique (CHART), a measure of societal participation. DESIGN:Cross-sectional analysis survey methodology. A total of 1110 community-based, nonhospitalized Coloradans with spinal cord injury, traumati...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Walker N,Mellick D,Brooks CA,Whiteneck GG

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the effect of the placement of a plate under the sole of the forefoot on the excitability of the soleus motoneuron pool in stance. DESIGN:While eight neurologically intact subjects remained in stance, a square plate (30 x 30 mm), either 3 mm or 6 mm in thickness, was placed under the left medi...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Hiraoka K

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Recent technical progress in gait analysis has resulted in portable walkways with embedded pressure-sensitive sensors. Often claims are made in connection with new equipment of their straightforward clinical use. The purpose of the present study was to assess whether the functional ambulation profile (FAP), c...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Titianova EB,Pitkänen K,Pääkkönen A,Sivenius J,Tarkka IM

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine if standardized testing results and other factors correlate with success on the 2001 American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation part 1 board certification examination (POE). DESIGN:An anonymous two-part survey was distributed to 302 senior resident physicians in the American College ...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Fish DE,Radfar-Baublitz L,Choi H,Felsenthal G

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We investigated the correlation between movement patterns, measured by polyelectromyography (PEMG), and clinical motor manifestations in children with cerebral palsy. DESIGN:Subjects included 53 children with spastic cerebral palsy (diplegic [n = 43] and quadriplegic [n = 10] groups) and 18 normal children. ...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Chen CL,Wu CY,Wong AM,Cheng PT,Hong WH,Chen HC

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Patients hospitalized with traumatic brain injury comprise a large portion of the population treated at trauma centers, and physiatry consultants evaluate many traumatic brain injury patients in this setting. The purpose of this study was to delineate relationships between physical medicine and rehabilitation...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Wagner AK,Fabio T,Zafonte RD,Goldberg G,Marion DW,Peitzman AB

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Decreased postural stability is a common problem associated with hemiparesis secondary to stroke. The purpose of this study was to evaluate dynamic postural control in patients with hemiparesis and in normal subjects matched for age. DESIGN:Quantitative posturography (EquiTest System) was performed to assess...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Ikai T,Kamikubo T,Takehara I,Nishi M,Miyano S

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to assess the reliability of a 6-min walk test in individuals with acquired brain injury. DESIGN:A total of 23 clients (14 men, 9 women) participated. All participants were clients in a postacute residential rehabilitation facility. The time from injury averaged 12 mo (range, 7-...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Mossberg KA

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the percentage of body weight represented by backpacks and the types of backpacks carried by elementary school students. DESIGN:A cross-sectional study was conducted in three elementary schools in central Texas. All students in kindergarten through fifth grade were invited to participate. A lett...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Forjuoh SN,Lane BL,Schuchmann JA

更新日期：2003-04-01 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:The purpose of this pilot study was to determine the effect of a 1.5-day multidisciplinary fibromyalgia treatment program on impact of illness, depression, and life fulfillment. DESIGN:A sample of 100 consecutive enrollees in a 1.5-day multidisciplinary group outpatient fibromyalgia treatment program between...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Pfeiffer A,Thompson JM,Nelson A,Tucker S,Luedtke C,Finnie S,Sletten C,Postier J

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare healthcare professionals' assessment of the quality of life of spinal muscular atrophy type 1 children with that of the care providers for the children. DESIGN:The care providers of all 53 surviving spinal muscular atrophy type 1 children managed in one neuromuscular disease clinic were sent Liker...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Bach JR,Vega J,Majors J,Friedman A

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the effects that neuromuscular electrical stimulation on the wrist extensor muscles have on the cerebral cortex. DESIGN:A functional magnetic resonance imaging study was performed on eight normal volunteers. The activation task was the maximum wrist extension by neuromuscular electrical stimul...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Han BS,Jang SH,Chang Y,Byun WM,Lim SK,Kang DS

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Modified constraint-induced therapy and chemodenervation with botulinum toxin A are each efficacious in managing stroke-induced motor disorders; however, the application of these two promising modalities in combination is yet to be examined. This case study describes a 44-yr-old man who experienced a right middle cere...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Page SJ,Elovic E,Levine P,Sisto SA

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To establish the correlations of measures of self-reported disability, self-efficacy, physical performance, level of pain, and estimates of aerobic capacity (PvO2 ) in subjects with low back pain. DESIGN:Fifty-one low back pain subjects, ranging in age from 26 to 65 yr, entered the study. Participants compl...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Filho IT,Simmonds MJ,Protas EJ,Jones S

更新日期：2002-12-01 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：:Given the rarity of sural nerve mononeuropathy, this retrospective study reports 20 cases observed during the last 12 yr, with some cases having especially unusual mechanisms of the nerve lesion. Five of the 20 cases were considered S1 root disease until electrodiagnostic findings. In the 14 other cases, the nerve les...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Seror P

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The goal of this article is to examine our current understanding of the chain of events known to be involved in the adaptive process whereby specific genes and their protein products undergo altered expression; specifically, skeletal muscle adaptation in response to altered loading states will be discussed, with a spe...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Baldwin KM,Haddad F

更新日期：2002-11-01 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：OBJECTIVE:In this study, we aimed to investigate whether there is a sympathetic and parasympathetic system dysfunction in hemiplegic or hemiparetic patients after a cerebrovascular accident. DESIGN:Sympathetic skin response and R-R interval variation were evaluated in a total of 65 subjects: 37 hemiparetic or hemipleg...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Muslumanoglu L,Akyuz G,Aki S,Karsidag S,Us O

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuroendocrine dysfunctions are among the various complications that occur after traumatic brain injury. We report a case of onset of diabetes insipidus during acute rehabilitation of a 20-yr-old patient with a traumatic brain injury caused by a gunshot wound. Our case is the latest onset of diabetes insipidus after t...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Alaca R,Yilmaz B,Gunduz S

更新日期：2002-10-01 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:To demonstrate the prevalence and prognostic value of electrocardiographic abnormalities in patients with chronic spinal cord injury. METHODS:All electrocardiographs obtained in the Palo Alto Veterans Affairs Medical Center since 1987 have been digitally recorded and stored in a computerized database. For th...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Prakash M,Raxwal V,Froelicher VF,Kalisetti D,Vieira A,O'Mara G,Marcus R,Myers J,Kiratli J,Perkash I

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study was undertaken to demonstrate that the ankle frontal muscle power absorption and generation at push-off are related to the foot's initial position at heel-strike with respect to the body center of mass. DESIGN:Nineteen able-bodied male subjects participated in this study and were divided into two ...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Sadeghi H,Allard P,Lachance R,Aissaoui R,Sadeghi S,Perrault R,Duhaime M

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the effect of a proprioceptive dynamic posture training program on balance in osteoporotic women with kyphotic posture. DESIGN:Subjects were randomly assigned to either a proprioceptive dynamic posture training program or exercise only group. Anthropometric measurements, muscle strength, level of p...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Sinaki M,Lynn SG

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on the results of gait analysis in a patient with bilateral knee disarticulation amputations who used short nonarticulated prosthetic limbs (stubbies) to meet his ambulation needs over an extended period. To compensate for the loss of knee and ankle articulations, exaggerated pelvic obliquity (hip hiking), t...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Gitter A,Paynter K,Walden G,Darm T

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the clinical utility of two brief assessment tools, the Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence (WASI) and the Hopkins Verbal Learning Test-Revised (HVLT-R). We hypothesized that these measures would predict continued need for supervision and functional outcome at discharge. DESIGN:In this retr...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Stewart KJ,Gale SD,Diamond PT

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the intrarater and interrater reliability of reciprocal concentric trunk flexion and extension peak torque values at different angular velocities using the Cybex NORM isokinetic dynamometer. DESIGN:Trunk flexor and extensor muscles of 15 healthy subjects were assessed at 60 degrees/sec and 90 de...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Karataş GK,Göğüş F,Meray J

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is the 10th annual report describing patients discharged from comprehensive medical rehabilitation programs in the United States that subscribe to the Uniform Data System for Medical Rehabilitation. The analysis included 298,973 complete records of first admission cases discharged alive from 676 facilities in 199...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Deutsch A,Fiedler RC,Granger CV,Russell CF

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We measured the surface electromyographic activities of vastus medialis obliquus and vastus lateralis in 16 subjects with patellofemoral joint pain syndrome. DESIGN:Each subject performed bilateral static knee extension exercises at 60% of his or her maximal voluntary effort under different combinations of h...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Lam PL,Ng GY

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Individuals with traumatic brain injuries experience an array of physical, cognitive, and emotional changes that often make return to preinjury employment unlikely and locating new employment difficult. The authors review the literature related to the return to work for persons with traumatic brain injuries. This incl...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Yasuda S,Wehman P,Targett P,Cifu D,West M

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An estimated 90% of all wheelchairs are hand-rim propelled, a physically straining form of ambulation that can lead to repetitive strain injuries in the arms and, eventually, to secondary impairments and disability. Further disability in wheelchair-dependent individuals can lead to a sedentary lifestyle and thereby cr...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： van der Woude LH,Dallmeijer AJ,Janssen TW,Veeger D

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In a large, population-based cohort of patients with spinal cord dysfunction, we assessed the relationship between self-reported physical function and hours of care received. DESIGN:Data were obtained by a cross-sectional, self-administered survey used to help establish a national registry of veterans with s...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Samsa GP,Hoenig H,Branch LG

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Stroke is an acute neurologic dysfunction of vascular origin, characterized by loss of voluntary movement, sensory disturbances, and neurologic findings in the contralateral half of the body. Acute and long-term complications because of immobilization are seen in all organ systems. The aim of this study was t...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Sahin L,Ozoran K,Gündüz OH,Uçan H,Yücel M

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Insurance case managers commonly interact with physiatrists and rehabilitation programs. They influence referrals and patients' decision making. This study was designed to determine which factors affect case managers' perception of back pain program quality. DESIGN:Repeated focus group interview in a neutra...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Haig AJ,Rich DM,Hadwin K,Davis LP,Theissen M

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the differences in selectivity and sensitivity of intramuscular fine-wire electrodes and transcutaneous electrodes in detecting dynamic electromyography (EMG) signals from extensor digitorum (EDC) and extensor carpi radialis (ECR) muscles during isolated EDC and ECR contractions in two able-bodied subject...

journal_title：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

authors： Chae J,Knutson J,Hart R,Fang ZP

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00