Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation
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Arch Phys Med Rehabil · Dec 2011
ReviewSelection for inpatient rehabilitation after acute stroke: a systematic review of the literature.
To identify patient-related factors that have been found to correlate with functional outcomes post acute stroke to guide clinical decision making with regard to rehabilitation admission after acute stroke. ⋯ This review highlights a number of important prognostic indicators and rehabilitation selection criteria that may assist clinicians in improving selection procedures and standardizing access to inpatient rehabilitation after stroke, although the quality of many studies is low. Further high quality studies and reviews of prognostic indicators and clinician decision making with regards to rehabilitation acceptance are required.
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Arch Phys Med Rehabil · Dec 2011
Randomized Controlled TrialEvaluation of a randomized controlled trial in the management of chronic lower back pain in a French automotive industry: an observational study.
To evaluate a specific workplace intervention for the management of chronic lower back pain among employees working in assembly positions in the automotive industry. ⋯ This study reinforces the multiple health benefits of physical activity and physical therapy modalities in the workplace by assisting individuals at risk who have chronic LBP.
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Arch Phys Med Rehabil · Nov 2011
Reproducibility and validity of the Dutch translation of the de Morton Mobility Index (DEMMI) used by physiotherapists in older patients with knee or hip osteoarthritis.
To examine the reproducibility, construct validity, and unidimensionality of the Dutch translation of the de Morton Mobility Index (DEMMI), a performance-based measure of mobility for older patients. ⋯ The Dutch translation of the DEMMI is a reproducible and valid performance-based measure for assessing mobility in older patients with knee or hip osteoarthritis.
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Arch Phys Med Rehabil · Nov 2011
Symptom fluctuations and daily physical activity in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome: a case-control study.
To compare the activity pattern of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) with healthy sedentary subjects and examine the relationship between the different parameters of performed activity (registered by an accelerometer device) and symptom severity and fluctuation (registered by questionnaires) in patients with CFS. ⋯ The more patients with CFS are sedentary and the better activity is dispersed, the fewer symptoms and variations they experience on the same and next day. Inversely, more symptoms and variability is experienced when patients were more active that day or the previous day. The direction of these relations cannot be determined in a cross-sectional study and requires further study.
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Arch Phys Med Rehabil · Oct 2011
Randomized Controlled TrialAerobic exercise training in addition to conventional physiotherapy for chronic low back pain: a randomized controlled trial.
To examine the effect of adding aerobic exercise to conventional physiotherapy treatment for patients with chronic low back pain (LBP) in reducing pain and disability. ⋯ The addition of aerobic training to conventional physiotherapy treatment did not enhance either short- or long-term improvement of pain and disability in patients with chronic LBP.