Proposed Changes to the Inpatient Services for the Disabled in the United States Post COVID-19: Editorial
Published in Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
How Should the Rehabilitation Community Prepare for 2019-nCoV?
Published in Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
With the novel coronavirus 2019 (2019-nCoV) pandemic spreading quickly in the United States and the world, it is urgent that the rehabilitation community quickly understands the epidemiology of the virus and what we can and must do to face this microbial adversary at the early stages of this likely long global pandemic. The 2019-nCoV is a novel vir...
Somatosensory Stimulation Enhances the Effects of Training Functional Hand Tasks in Patients With Chronic Stroke
Published in Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Celnik P, Hummel F, Harris-Love M, Wolk R, Cohen LG. Somatosensory stimulation enhances the effects of training functional hand tasks in patients with chronic stroke. Objective To test the hypothesis that somatosensory stimulation would enhance the effects of training functional hand tasks immediately after practice and 1 day later in chronic subco...
English cross-cultural translation and validation of the neuromuscular score: a system for motor function classification...
...Published in Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation
Patients and physicians completed the English NM-Score easily and accurately. The English version is a reliable and valid instrument that can be used in clinical practice and research to describe the functional abilities of patients with NM diseases.
Comorbidity and functional mobility in persons with Parkinson disease.
Published in Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation
This study reports a high frequency of multiple medical system comorbidity in people with mild to moderate PD. Furthermore, comorbidity scores were associated with mobility disability: gait, balance, and physical function. Early intervention is important to delay mobility disability in PD, and we recommend that people with PD found to have comorbid...
Rasch analysis of the motor function measure in patients with congenital muscle dystrophy and congenital myopathy.
...Published in Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation
The Rs-MFM25(CDM) can be considered a clinically relevant linear scale in each of its 3 domains and may be soon reliably used for assessment in congenital disorders of the muscle.
21st Century Challenges to the Provision of Health Care to Adults With Spina Bifida: A Rehabilitation Approach
Published in Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Assessing locomotion ability in West African stroke patients: validation of ABILOCO-Benin scale
Published in Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
ObjectiveTo calibrate and validate the Benin version of ABILOCO, a Rasch-built scale developed to assess locomotion ability in stroke patients. DesignProspective study and questionnaire development. SettingRehabilitation centers. ParticipantsA total of 230 stroke patients (mean age: 51.1 ± 11.6; 64.3% males). InterventionNot applicable. Main Outcom...
A Preliminary Investigation of an Electromyography-controlled Video Game as a Home Program for Persons in the Chronic Ph...
Published in Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
ObjectiveTo investigate the preliminary effectiveness of surface electromyography (sEMG) biofeedback delivered via interaction with a commercial computer game to improve motor control in chronic stroke survivors. DesignSingle-blinded, one-group repeated measures design A1, A2, B, A3 (A=assessment, B=intervention) SettingLaboratory and participants’...
Body temperature is elevated and linked to fatigue in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis, even without heat exposure...
Published in Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
ObjectiveTo investigate whether resting body temperature is elevated and linked to fatigue in patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS). DesignCross-sectional study investigating (a) differences in resting body temperature across RRMS, SPMS, and healthy groups, and (b) the relationship between body temperature and fatigue in RRMS ...
