Showing papers in "Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation in 2005"

TL;DR: There is substantial evidence to support cognitive rehabilitation for people with TBI, including strategyTraining for mild memory impairment, strategy training for postacute attention deficits, and interventions for functional communication deficits.

TL;DR: The FOIS may be appropriate for estimating and documenting change in the functional eating abilities of stroke patients over time and had adequate reliability, validity, and sensitivity to change in functional oral intake.

TL;DR: Chronic pain is highly prevalent among persons with limb loss, regardless of time since amputation, and a common predictor of an increased level of intensity and bothersomeness among all pain sites was the presence of depressive symptoms.

TL;DR: The response to a stabilization exercise program in patients with LBP can be predicted from variables collected from the clinical examination, and the prediction rules could be used to determine whether patients with low back pain are likely to benefit from stabilization exercises.

TL;DR: Clinical and biomechanic evaluations of canes and walkers confirm that these devices can improve balance and mobility, however, they can also interfere with ones ability to maintain balance in certain situations, and the strength and metabolic demands can be excessive.

TL;DR: The TUG scores were reliable, were able to differentiate the patients from the healthy elderly subjects, and correlated well with plantarflexor strength, gait performance, and walking endurance in subjects with chronic stroke.

TL;DR: Ambulatory activity levels and cardiovascular fitness in patients with chronic stroke are extremely low and mobility deficits, particularly in balance, are associated with low ambulatory activity.

TL;DR: Intensive locomotor training on a treadmill with the assistance of a DGO resulted in significant improvements in the subjects' gait velocity, endurance, and performance of functional tasks.

TL;DR: The 3 timed tests are valid and reliable measures for assessing walking function in patients with SCI and high correlation coefficients were found for intra- and interrater reliability.

TL;DR: There was evidence to suggest that the Swiss ball provides a training stimulus for the rectus abdominus, but the relevance of this change to core stability training requires further research because the focus of stabilization training is on minimizing rectus abdominal activity.

TL;DR: ST was more effective than ET in improving glycemic control and has the added advantage of an improved lipid profile, which means that ST may play an important role in the treatment of T2D.

TL;DR: Bruyere et al. as discussed by the authors investigated the effects of whole body vibration in the elderly and found that the vibration intervention can improve elements of fall risk and health-related quality of life in elderly patients.

TL;DR: Compared gait parameters in Parkinson's disease during the on-phase of medication cycle with those of healthy elderly control subjects, a lack of a correlation between ankle and hip power generation and walking velocity suggests that peripheral and central factors contribute to lack of forward progression.

TL;DR: Stresses on the contralateral knee of amputees may contribute to secondary disability and possible explanations include gait abnormalities, increased physiologic loads on the knee of the intact limb, and the hopping and stumbling behavior common in many younger amputee patients.

TL;DR: Earlier rehabilitation admission, higher-level activities early in the rehabilitation process, tube feeding, and newer medications are associated with better stroke rehabilitation outcomes.

TL;DR: Although diabetic amputees were less likely to die within 12 months of the index amputation, they died at a significantly younger age than their nondiabetic counterparts, and there were marked differences in patient characteristics, progression of amputation to higher levels, service use, and mortality among dysvascular amputee with and without a comorbidity of diabetes.

TL;DR: This is a novel demonstration of VR-induced neuroplastic changes and associated motor recovery in chronic stroke.

TL;DR: External auditory cues may be useful in reducing interference and maintaining gait performance during more complicated functional activities and clinical symptoms, such as depression and fatigue, could influence the ability to focus attention and may increase gait interference during the performance of complex tasks.

TL;DR: Pressure ulcers were more common among the elderly, men, African Americans, singles, subjects with education less than high school, unemployed, subject with complete injury, and subjects with history of pressure ulcers, rehospitalization, nursing home stay, and other medical conditions.

TL;DR: Results support the criterion-related validity of the Berg Balance Scale and suggest that the BBS may be used as a screening tool and ongoing assessment tool for patients with Parkinson's disease.

TL;DR: The DAM showed high accuracy in objectively assessing time spent on different activities and changes in walking speed in patients with COPD, and patients' estimations of time spend on physical activities in daily life disagreed with objective assessment.

TL;DR: Cognitive behavioral psychotherapy and cognitive remediation appear to diminish psychologic distress and improve cognitive functioning among community-living persons with mild and moderate TBI.

TL;DR: Data support that the protocol resulted in correlative, MP-induced, motor function improvements and participation in an MP protocol may increase a stroke patient's use of his/her more affected limb.

TL;DR: People with PD derive benefits in the short term from PT group treatment, in addition to their MT, for quality of life related to mobility, CWS, and ADLs; long-term benefits were found in C WS, UPDRS ADL, and total scores but varied between groups.

TL;DR: Fewer days from stroke symptom onset to rehabilitation admission is associated with better functional outcomes at discharge and shorter rehabilitation LOS, controlling for confounding variables.

TL;DR: Uswatte et al. as discussed by the authors evaluated the reliability and validity of accelerometry for measuring upper-extremity rehabilitation outcome in persons with chronic stroke using clinical data recorded in the community.

TL;DR: The methodology for constraint-induced movement therapy (CIMT) modified for children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy (CP) is delineated and important considerations that need to be made when testing this intervention in children are described.

TL;DR: Resistance training may be an effective intervention strategy for improving walking and functional ability in moderately disabled persons with multiple sclerosis.

TL;DR: The results highlight the heterogeneity of outcome even after a prolonged duration of MCS after TBI, and suggest that prognostic statements based on length of time a person is in the MCS cannot be made with confidence.

TL;DR: Both the body weight-supported training and walking exercise training programs resulted in faster gait after the intensive rehabilitation program, and patients' motor performance remained improved at the follow-up.