Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation
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Arch Phys Med Rehabil · Aug 2013
Correlation between voluntary cough and laryngeal cough reflex flows in patients with traumatic brain injury.
To correlate voluntary cough and laryngeal cough reflex (LCR) flows in patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI). ⋯ As LCR can be measured as a numerical value and significantly correlates with PCF, LCR can be used to estimate cough ability of patients with TBI who cannot cooperate with PCF measurement.
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Arch Phys Med Rehabil · Aug 2013
Effectiveness of pulmonary rehabilitation in exercise capacity and quality of life in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients with and without global fat-free mass depletion.
To investigate the effectiveness of pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) in exercise capacity and quality of life in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) with and without global fat-free mass (FFM) depletion. ⋯ Benefits of PR to exercise capacity were similar comparing FFM depleted and nondepleted COPD patients. Although FFM change tended to be greater in depleted patients, this increase had no definite relation with clinical outcomes.
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Arch Phys Med Rehabil · Aug 2013
Validity and reliability of the FIM instrument in the inpatient burn rehabilitation population.
To provide evidence of construct validity for the FIM instrument in the inpatient rehabilitation burn population. ⋯ The FIM instrument has evidence of validity and reliability as an outcome measure for patients with burn injuries in the inpatient rehabilitation setting. The 6-subfactor model provides a better fit than the 2-factor model by confirmatory factor analysis. There is evidence that the motor and cognitive domains each form valid unidimensional metrics based on nonparametric item response theory.
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To investigate seated postural control in persons with spinal cord injury (SCI) compared with age-matched controls. ⋯ The observations suggest that VTC analysis is appropriate to investigate seated postural control. It is proposed that including VTC of seated postural control as an outcome measure will provide novel information concerning the effectiveness of various rehabilitation approaches and/or technologies aimed at improving seated postural control in persons with SCI.