Published in Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation
This study provides empirical support for the measures included as part of the power wheelchair outcomes toolkit. They appear to provide complementary information on a variety of constructs related to power wheelchair use.
Published in Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation
This combined clinic-home intervention was feasible and effective. Participants demonstrated improvements in arm impairment and self-reported use of the arm from baseline to discharge; they continued to report significant improvement in actual use of the arm at 3-month follow-up.
Published in Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation
Simple and functional lower limb tests provide information about important clinical outcomes in patients with COPD. The 4-meter GS, 5-repetition STS test, and 6MST are tests with well-established psychometric properties, whereas the properties of the TUG need to be studied further.
Published in Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation
Although conventional nerve gliding exercises only lead to minimal nerve excursions in the carpal tunnel, our novel exercises with the abduction and adduction of the fingers result in substantial longitudinal gliding throughout the arm. Clinical trials will have to deliver the clinical evidence.
Published in Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation
Published in Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation
The 4-item vestibular screening tool is a reliable, valid tool for screening dizzy patients presenting to hospital, with unidimensional construct validity, high sensitivity, and specificity for identifying likely vestibular disorders. The vestibular screening tool could be used clinically to streamline referrals of dizzy patients to vestibular clin...
Published in Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation
For the first time, this study has demonstrated that basic linguistic skills as well as functional communication are bolstered by combining rTMS and behavioral language therapy in patients with subacute aphasia.
Published in Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation
To examine agreement between patient and proxy responses on the Quality of Life in Neurological Disorders (Neuro-QoL) instruments after stroke. Cross-sectional observational substudy of the longitudinal, multisite, multicondition Neuro-QoL validation study. In-person, interview-guided, patient-reported outcomes. Convenience sample of dyads (N=86) o...
Published in Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation
To our knowledge, this is the first study to assess the efficacy of prolotherapy in rotator cuff disease. Prolotherapy showed improvement in pain, disability, isometric strength, and shoulder AROM in patients with refractory chronic rotator cuff disease. The results suggest positive outcomes, but one should still take caution in directly interpreti...
Published in Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation
Exercise using an indoor hand-bike appears to be an effective modality to improve body composition, fasting insulin, and HOMA-IR levels and fitness in people with an SCI.
