Showing papers in "Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation in 1991"

TL;DR: A test for the clinical evaluation of the ability to relocate the head on the trunk after an active head movement, for 30 healthy subjects and 30 patients with cervical pain demonstrated that this ability was significantly poorer in the patient group, indicating an alteration in neck proprioception.

TL;DR: The results suggest interdependence between the limbs and between muscle groups of the same limb; a need for further research is indicated.

TL;DR: The muscle rehabilitation program was designed specifically to improve function; the improved muscle function was translated into improved functional performance.

TL;DR: The findings suggest the need for clinicians to maintain standard testing conditions while measuring grip strength, and that males had higher grip strength than females at all the testing postures and elbow joint angles.

TL;DR: It is concluded that obese individuals display a walking gait that follows a normal pattern but some of the temporal and angular components of their gait are different from those of nonobese persons mainly because of the excessive adipose tissue inside their thighs.

TL;DR: Average surface recording is a valuable tool in the investigation of dynamic spine functions in back pain patients and seems to yield more information from activity level than IM EMG pattern.

TL;DR: The results suggest that the CROM has acceptable intratester and intertester reliability and more research is needed on patients with cervical dysfunction.

TL;DR: The results corroborated the hypothesis that dual tasks give information about the restoration of automaticity of postural control as an essential characteristic of the central reorganization process in persons with lower limb amputation.

TL;DR: Findings indicate that the CRS is a sensitive measure of neurobehavioral responsiveness and suggest that rate of change during acute rehabilitation may be an important outcome predictor.

TL;DR: Patients with neck pain had significantly less anterior cervical muscle strength in all three positions than controls and the efficiency and effect of cervical muscle strengthening in treatment of chronic neck pain should be further defined.

TL;DR: Injection of steroid with lidocane had no advantage over lidocaine alone in restoring shoulder motion, but partial, transient pain relief occurred in two thirds of the steroid-treated patients.

TL;DR: Infertility is a significant and frustrating problem for many men after spinal cord injury; the future outlook is encouraging once improved technology for obtaining semen and various methods to assist reproduction, such as in vitro fertilization, are available.

TL;DR: A pilot investigation is reported on the problems and coping strategies of 20 married men and 11 married women with traumatic brain injury and their able-bodied spouses and a number of testable hypotheses resulted from the pilot study.

TL;DR: The hypothesis that a progressively faster speed of ascent requires significantly greater peak resultant joint torque (RJT) at major load-bearing joints of the lower limb during the sit-to-stand (STS) transfer is supported.

TL;DR: Stair dimensions, therefore, appeared to influence the temporal and angular kinematics of the lower limb during stairclimbing.

TL;DR: Asymptomatic men and women did not differ in the postural characteristics associated with craniomandibular disorders, and sagittal posture does not appear to be a gender-related factor in these disorders.

TL;DR: It is documented that patients with motor complete injury, but preserved pin appreciation, in addition to light touch, below the zone of injury have better prognoses with regard to ambulation than patients with only light touch preserved.

TL;DR: Partial correlation controlling for pain intensity demonstrated PDI factor 1 was significantly related to depression, employment status, and medication usage, which supports the usefulness of the PDI in providing important information on functional disability beyond what is provided by a simple measure of pain intensity.

TL;DR: The gait patterns of ten obese and normal-weight, prepubertal children were evaluated to provide objective data for a weight status comparison and showed a largely invariant pattern among speeds for most joints studied and similar patterns for both study groups.

TL;DR: It is suggested that caregiver-related problems can have a collective effect on rehabilitation outcome and that treatment should reduce caregiver depression, minimize family dysfunction, and increase the family's knowledge about stroke care.

TL;DR: Normal head and neck posture is different for men and women and should not be judged by the same standard, according to the results of this study.

TL;DR: The effectiveness and specificity of shoulder support to decrease subluxation after hemiplegia is supported and the mean horizontal difference between the Harris hemisling and the Bobath sling was significant.

TL;DR: The results point to the complexity of the relationship between aging and adjustment and the need for rehabilitation professionals to consider multiple aging factors.

TL;DR: Treatment with baclofen alone significantly improved moderate quadriceps spasticity as measured by Cybex flexion scores, and a trend, indicative of enhancing the beneficial effects of bacl ofen, was noted when stretching exercises were added to the treatment.

TL;DR: Results of this study and case analyses support GAS as a quantifiable, individualized measure that is useful for monitoring patient progress, structuring team conferences, and overall program evaluation when used in the context of other objective outcome measures.

TL;DR: Data suggest that splinting is most effective if applied within three months of symptom onset, and those with damage to the wrist structures or median nerve were least responsive tosplinting.

TL;DR: Short-term functional muscle recovery in the zone of injury in cervical motor-complete quadriplegia is better predicted by the 72-hour MMT than by the less-than-24-hours MMT.

TL;DR: It is suggested that it may be possible, through a carefully supervised, short-term program of muscle rehabilitation, for nursing home residents to achieve an enhanced level of physical functioning.

TL;DR: Fatigue in postpolio syndrome usually occurred on a daily basis and increased in severity as the day progressed, and depression, age, alcohol abuse, and employment status did not significantly affect the differences between groups in reported prevalence or description of chronic fatigue.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors developed a predictive model for predicting suicide among persons with spinal cord injuries by combining individual characteristics and behaviors present during rehabilitation with specific behavioral characteristics manifested during rehabilitation.