American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation
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Am J Phys Med Rehabil · Mar 2002
Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study Clinical TrialCorticosteroid injection vs. nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug and splinting in carpal tunnel syndrome.
To compare the efficacy of local corticosteroid injection to a nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug and splinting for the treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome. ⋯ Both splinting combined with the use of a nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug and steroid injection into the carpal tunnel resulted in significant improvement in carpal tunnel syndrome.
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Am J Phys Med Rehabil · Mar 2002
Comparative StudyEndplate potentials are common to midfiber myofacial trigger points.
To compare the prevalence of motor endplate potentials (noise and spikes) in active central myofascial trigger points, endplate zones, and taut bands of skeletal muscle to assess the specificity of endplate potentials to myofascial trigger points. ⋯ Endplate noise was significantly more prevalent in myofascial trigger points than in sites that were outside of a trigger point but still within the endplate zone. Endplate noise seems to be characteristic of, but is not restricted to, the region of a myofascial trigger point.
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Am J Phys Med Rehabil · Mar 2002
Case ReportsHypothermia associated with autonomic dysreflexia after traumatic spinal cord injury.
Individuals with traumatic upper thoracic and cervical spinal cord injuries are at increased risk for the development of both thermoregulatory dysfunction and autonomic dysreflexia. It is unclear, however, what effect reflex autonomic sympathetic outflow has on thermoregulatory dysfunction during episodes of autonomic dysreflexia. The following case of an individual with C5 tetraplegia and both thermoregulatory dysfunction and autonomic dysreflexia illustrates the profound effects that the autonomic nervous system may have on body temperature in individuals at risk for this complication.