Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation
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Arch Phys Med Rehabil · Jan 2010
Characteristics of a mild head injury subgroup with extreme, persisting distress on the Rivermead Postconcussion Symptoms questionnaire.
Kirsch NL, de Leon MB, Maio RF, Millis SR, Tan-Schriner CU, Frederiksen S. Characteristics of a mild head injury subgroup with extreme, persisting distress on the Rivermead Postconcussion Symptoms Questionnaire. ⋯ The existence of a subgroup with a distinctive pattern of baseline characteristics in combination with elevated somatic symptoms at the time of presentation to the ED suggests that further taxonomic distinctions may be warranted for the MHI population, each requiring appropriately targeted interventions for addressing symptomatic complaints.
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Arch Phys Med Rehabil · Jan 2010
Multicenter StudyPrediction of postoperative ambulatory status 1 year after hip fracture surgery.
Hirose J, Ide J, Yakushiji T, Abe Y, Nishida K, Maeda S, Anraku Y, Usuku K, Mizuta H. Prediction of postoperative ambulatory status 1 year after hip fracture surgery. ⋯ In candidates for hip fracture surgery, the E-PASS scores exhibited a good correlation with the patients' functional and survival prognoses, and the algorithm including E-PASS scores and dementia status can accurately estimate the ambulatory status at discharge and 1 year after surgery.
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Arch Phys Med Rehabil · Jan 2010
Randomized Controlled TrialThe effectiveness of walking stick use for neurogenic claudication: results from a randomized trial and the effects on walking tolerance and posture.
Comer CM, Johnson MI, Marchant PR, Redmond AC, Bird HA, Conaghan PG. The effectiveness of walking stick use for neurogenic claudication: results from a randomized trial and the effects on walking tolerance and posture. ⋯ The prescription of a walking stick does not improve walking tolerance or systematically alter the postural mechanisms associated with symptoms in neurogenic claudication.
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Arch Phys Med Rehabil · Jan 2010
In-home virtual reality videogame telerehabilitation in adolescents with hemiplegic cerebral palsy.
Golomb MR, McDonald BC, Warden SJ, Yonkman J, Saykin AJ, Shirley B, Huber M, Rabin B, AbdelBaky M, Nwosu ME, Barkat-Masih M, Burdea GC. In-home virtual reality videogame telerehabilitation in adolescents with hemiplegic cerebral palsy. ⋯ Use of remotely monitored virtual reality videogame telerehabilitation appears to produce improved hand function and forearm bone health (as measured by DXA and pQCT) in adolescents with chronic disability who practice regularly. Improved hand function appears to be reflected in functional brain changes.
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Arch Phys Med Rehabil · Jan 2010
Mortality after discharge from acute care hospitalization with traumatic brain injury: a population-based study.
Ventura T, Harrison-Felix C, Carlson N, DiGuiseppi C, Gabella B, Brown A, DeVivo M, Whiteneck G. Mortality after discharge from acute care hospitalization with traumatic brain injury: a population-based study. ⋯ TBI confers an increased risk of mortality in the months and years after hospital discharge. Although life expectancy is reduced across the population, the excess in mortality lessens as time since injury increases. Specific risk factors (eg, high injury severity, poor general health) pose an especially high threat to survival and should prompt an increased vigilance of health status, especially among younger patients.