Content - Volume 52, Issue 3

Objectives: To examine the probabilities and baseline predictors of the use of physical therapy, occupational therapy and speech therapy over a period of 10 years after traumatic brain injury. Design: Longitudinal prospective follow-up at 1, 2, 5 and 10 years after traumatic brain injury. Participants: A total of 97 patients with moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury recruited from Oslo Un ...

Objective: To determine the effects of diaphragm-strengthening training on the stability limits of the trunk and inspiratory function in patients with low back pain. Design: A randomized comparative trial including a diaphragm training group that took part in conventional training together with diaphragm strengthening, and a control group that took part in conventional training only. Both groups ...

Objective: To identify the impact of moderate-to-severe spasticity on functioning in people living with spinal cord injury. Design: Secondary analysis of cross-sectional survey data using graphical modelling. Subjects: Individuals (n = 1,436) with spinal cord injury aged over 16 years with reported spasticity problems. Methods: Spasticity and 13 other impairments in body functions were a ...

Background: There is general agreement that non-specific low back pain is best understood within a biopsychosocial understanding of health. However, clinicians and patients seemingly adhere to a biomedically derived diagnostic model, which may introduce misperceptions of pain and does not inform treatment or prognosis. Objective: To explore, from the perspective of health-care practitioners, how ...

Objective: To examine the effects of combining whey protein isolate supplement with preoperative isokinetic eccentric training on quadriceps mass and strength following anterior cruciate ligament rupture. Design: Randomized controlled trial. Subjects: A total of 37 male subjects with anterior cruciate ligament rupture. Methods: Participants were randomly assigned to an isokinetic eccentric t ...

Objectives: To examine the probabilities and baseline predictors of the use of physical therapy, occupational therapy and speech therapy over a period of 10 years after traumatic brain injury. Design: Longitudinal prospective follow-up at 1, 2, 5 and 10 years after traumatic brain injury. Participants: A total of 97 patients with moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury recruited from Oslo Un ...

Objective: To examine functional outcomes in patients with subacute stroke who are on haemodialysis. Design: Observational cohort study. Subjects: Patients with stroke who were admitted to rehabilitation wards between April 2011 and August 2016 were retrospectively enrolled. Methods: Data on the Functional Independence Measure (FIM) and discharge destination were collected from medical recor ...

Objective: Muscle atrophy is frequent in critically ill patients and is associated with increased mortality and long-lasting alteration in quality of life. Muscle ultrasound has not been clearly validated in intensive care unit patients. The aim of this study was to compare the level of agreement between ultrasound and computed tomography scan for the measurement of quadriceps muscle thickness. ...

Objective: To assess how items relevant for the assessment of the generalizability of findings from randomized controlled trials were recorded in systematic reviews published in leading general medical journals. Methods: All systematic reviews and meta-analyses published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, BMJ, JAMA (The Journal of the American Medical Association) and Lancet from 1 January 2016 ...

Objective: To assess the prevalence of diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis and its relationship with vascular risk factors among patients with congestive heart failure. Design: Population-based cross-sectional study. Participants: A total of 584 consecutive patients admitted to a Rehabilitative Cardiology Unit. Methods: Chi-square Automatic Interaction Detector (CHAID) decision tree ana ...

Objective: To investigate the relationship between changes in nutritional status and the functional outcome of adult post-stroke patients hospitalized for rehabilitation. Design: A cross-sectional study. Subjects: Post-stroke patients (n = 134) who were admitted to a convalescent rehabilitation ward. Methods: On admission and discharge, the nutritional status of each subject was assesse ...

Objective: The Titration study in lOWer and uppER-limb spasticity (TOWER) study (NCT01603459), evaluated incobotulinumtoxinA for upper- and lower-limb spasticity. This post hoc analysis assessed shoulder spasticity in patients who received injections into the shoulder. Methods: Subjects received 3 injection cycles with escalating incobotulinumtoxinA doses on the same side (400, 600, 600–800 U; ...

Objective: To explore the usability and effects of an assistive soft robotic glove in the home setting after stroke or multiple sclerosis. Design: A mixed methods design. Methods: Participants with stroke (n  =  10) or multiple sclerosis (n  =  10) were clinically assessed, and instructed to use the glove in activities of daily living for 6 weeks. They reported their experience ...

Objective: To describe the orthotic properties and evaluate the effects of ankle-foot orthoses for calf muscle weakness in persons with non-spastic neuromuscular disorders compared with shoes-only. Design: Cross-sectional study. Subjects: Thirty-four persons who used ankle-foot orthoses for non-spastic calf muscle weakness. Methods: The following orthotic properties were measured: ankle-foot ...