European journal of physical and rehabilitation medicine
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Eur J Phys Rehabil Med · Feb 2021
Multicenter Study Observational StudyDevelopment of a new patient-reported outcome measure assessing activities and participation in people with lumbar spinal stenosis: The Cochin Spinal Stenosis 19-item questionnaire.
Lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) is the leading cause of spinal surgery in people over 65-years old. In people with LSS, generic self-administered questionnaires are the most commonly used PROs to assess health-related quality of life, global activity limitation, and low back pain-located activity limitation. ⋯ Instruments able to capture specific needs of people with LSS in terms of activities and participation are lacking.
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Eur J Phys Rehabil Med · Feb 2021
Observational StudyA further Rasch analysis of the Fear-Avoidance Beliefs Questionnaire in adults with chronic low back pain suggests the revision of its rating scale.
Low-back pain (LBP) is a common health problem and one of the leading causes of activity limitation and work absence. LBP determines high societal burdens, as it is the most common cause of medically certified sick leave and early retirement, with economic impacts similar to other high-cost conditions such as cancer, cardiovascular and autoimmune diseases. ⋯ Fear-avoidance beliefs are associated with reduction of physical activity, and development of disability and deconditioning. This study examined the measurement properties of the two FABQ subscales, showing their essential unidimensionality, recommending the simplification of the rating categories, and discussing strengths and weaknesses of item selection. Our results extend the evidence for FABQ as a satisfactory (but improvable) measure of fear-avoidance beliefs in chronic LBP.
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Eur J Phys Rehabil Med · Dec 2020
Case ReportsEarly rehabilitation in a critically ill inpatient with COVID-19.
Survivors of critical coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) suffer from severe physical functional disability. Recent reports from several countries suggest that rehabilitative intervention is needed to improve physical functional decline in the challenging situation of COVID-19. ⋯ As COVID-19 tends to progress rapidly in the acute phase, early rehabilitation is necessary, despite challenges to its implementation. Feasible inpatient rehabilitation for patients with critical COVID-19 will pave the way to improve physical functional disability.
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Eur J Phys Rehabil Med · Dec 2020
Multicenter StudyGerman translation, cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the Musculoskeletal Health Questionnaire: a cohort study.
The Musculoskeletal Health Questionnaire (MSK-HQ) was developed to measure the health status of patients with various musculoskeletal conditions across multiple settings including rehabilitation. ⋯ The results demonstrate that the MSK-HQ
G has sufficient psychometric properties for use in musculoskeletal research and practice. However, the SDC should be kept in mind when using the tool for individual patients. The MSK-HQG has the advantage of being a single instrument that can measure musculoskeletal health status across different pain sites, reducing the burden from the use of multiple tools. -
Eur J Phys Rehabil Med · Dec 2020
Rehabilitation and COVID-19: the Cochrane Rehabilitation 2020 rapid living systematic review. Update as of August 31st, 2020.
A monthly systematic review update is carried out to maintain the currency of scientific literature on rehabilitation of patients with COVID-19 and/or describing consequences due to the disease and its treatment, as they relate to limitations in functioning of rehabilitation interest. The aim of this study was to provide an updated summary of the available evidence published in August 2020. ⋯ The scientific literature of August 2020 mainly focused on limitations in functioning of nervous system structure and related functions. Albeit the increased availability of data from analytical studies (both cohort and cross-sectional), there is still a lack of well-conducted Level 2 studies, to improve the knowledge on the effects of rehabilitation in COVID-19 patients.