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Are graft-versus-host-disease patients missing out on the vital occupational therapy services? a systematic review - Erratum
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Source: International Journal of Rehabilitation Research - November 3, 2022 Category: Rehabilitation Tags: Erratum Source Type: research

Proposal of index to evaluate caregivers’ fear of care recipient falls
This study aimed to identify evaluation items that can be used to create an index to evaluate caregivers’ fear of care recipient falls. A three-round Delphi method was conducted with medical professionals engaged in discharge support for patients with fall-related fractures. In the first round, a working group brainstormed evaluation items. In the second and third rounds, opinions of medical professionals were quantified and evaluation items were refined. The Delphi method showed convergence of opinion with Kendall’s W of 0.561 in the third round. Of the 109 evaluation items pooled in the first round, the consensus was...
Source: International Journal of Rehabilitation Research - November 3, 2022 Category: Rehabilitation Tags: Brief research report Source Type: research

Cognitive impairment predicts engagement in inpatient stroke rehabilitation
Patient engagement during inpatient rehabilitation is an important component of rehabilitation therapy, as lower levels of engagement are associated with poorer outcomes. Cognitive deficits may impact patient engagement during inpatient stroke rehabilitation. Here, we assess whether patient performance on the cognitive tasks of the 30-min National Institute of Neurologic Disorders and Stroke – Canadian Stroke Network (NINDS-CSN) screening battery predicts engagement in inpatient stroke rehabilitation. Prospective data from 110 participants completing inpatient stroke rehabilitation at an academic medical center were util...
Source: International Journal of Rehabilitation Research - November 3, 2022 Category: Rehabilitation Tags: Original articles Source Type: research

Lower urinary tract function in patients with fracture in thoracolumbal junction: an observational study
A fracture in the thoracolumbal junction may cause complete or incomplete damage to the spinal cord, conus medullaris or cauda equina and result in an isolated or mixed lesion of the upper and lower motor neurons causing leg weakness and urinary/bowel/sexual dysfunction. In this retrospective cross-sectional study, we aimed to describe electrodiagnostic and urodynamic findings after thoracolumbal fractures and determine potential discriminating factors. We identified 74 cases (mean age 42 years, range 16–79 years, 55 men) admitted to our institution between 2008 and 2018 for Th12, L1 or L2 vertebral fractures, and retrie...
Source: International Journal of Rehabilitation Research - November 3, 2022 Category: Rehabilitation Tags: Original articles Source Type: research

Walking speed, hip muscles strength, aerobic capacity, and self-perceived locomotion ability most explain walking confidence after stroke: a cross-sectional experimental study
Identifying the determinants of walking confidence can be crucial in therapeutic terms. On these bases, interventions to improve these factors could improve, in turn, walking confidence. Objective is to explore the relationship between motor impairments and activity limitation measures and walking confidence in people with chronic stroke. Walking confidence was assessed using the modified Gait Efficacy Scale. The independent variables were: strength of the hip flexors and knee flexors/extensors (measured with a dynamometer), lower limb coordination (assessed by the Lower Extremity Motor Coordination Test), dynamic balance ...
Source: International Journal of Rehabilitation Research - November 3, 2022 Category: Rehabilitation Tags: Original articles Source Type: research

Psychometric properties of the Italian version of the Forgotten Joint Score in patients with total hip arthroplasty
The objective of this study is to assess the psychometric properties of the Italian version of the Forgotten Joint Score (FJS-I) in patients with THA. The FJS-I was administered to 111 patients with THA, as well as the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities (WOMAC), Numerical Pain Rating Scale (NPRS), and the EuroQol 5D-5L (EQ-5D-5L). Structural validity [confirmatory factor analysis (CFA)], internal consistency (Cronbach’s alpha), test–retest reliability [intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC2,1)], measurement error [standard error of the measurement (SEM)], and construct validity (hypothesis testing with correla...
Source: International Journal of Rehabilitation Research - November 3, 2022 Category: Rehabilitation Tags: Original articles Source Type: research

Derivation of a screening tool for predicting the risk of falls in community-dwelling older adults with knee osteoarthritis
The aim of this study was to derive a screening tool for predicting the risk of falls in community-dwelling older adults with knee osteoarthritis. This prospective cohort study was conducted in four orthopedic clinics. The main outcome measure was falls or nonfalls for 5 months, and the predictors were sex, age, BMI, Kellgren–Lawrence grade, laterality, number of comorbidities, pharmacotherapy, physical therapy period, use of a cane, household, previous history of falls, visual analog scale for pain, one-leg standing test (OLST), five times sit-to-stand test (FTSST), and Frenchay activities index. Ninety outpatients (74 ...
Source: International Journal of Rehabilitation Research - November 3, 2022 Category: Rehabilitation Tags: Original articles Source Type: research

Measuring advanced motor skills in children with cerebral palsy: development of normative data and percentile curves for the Challenge-20 assessment
The Challenge-20 is an assessment of advanced motor skills of children with cerebral palsy. The purpose of this study was to develop age-related norms and percentile curves for the Challenge-20 with typically developing children (n = 150, 7 through 11 years), and compare Challenge-20 scores of independently ambulatory children with CP, Gross Motor Function Classification System level I (n = 135) and II (n = 56) to these age norms. Younger TD children (7 years) scored lowest, and older children (11 years) scored highest on the Challenge-20, showing similar developmental trajectories. Challenge-20 scores of 15% of children i...
Source: International Journal of Rehabilitation Research - November 3, 2022 Category: Rehabilitation Tags: Original articles Source Type: research

Hip subluxation in Italian cerebral palsy children and its determinants: a retrospective cohort study
The study’s aim was two-fold: to describe the trend of hip subluxation in the largest sample of Italian nonambulatory cerebral palsy (CP) children ever published; to investigate its determinants. This single-centre retrospective cohort study included patients with spastic or dyskinetic CP, Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS) level IV or V, age 0–18 years, having been referred to our unit before March 2020. The hip subluxation was measured by means of the migration percentage (MP). Other data were gathered such as sex, CP subtype, GMFCS level, presence of drug-resistant epilepsy, age, use of walkers wit...
Source: International Journal of Rehabilitation Research - November 3, 2022 Category: Rehabilitation Tags: Original articles Source Type: research

Evaluation of secondary complication awareness among individuals with spinal cord injury
This study aimed to evaluate the opinions of individuals with SCI about whether they have sufficient information on SCI-related SCs. Demographic and clinical characteristics of 64 SCI individuals were recorded. A questionnaire was applied to evaluate the opinions of the participants and whether they have sufficient information about SCs before and after a multidisciplinary rehabilitation for SCI. A test was performed to measure the knowledge level at admission to the hospital and discharge. The mean value of the total questionnaire score, which was 6.2 at admission, increased to 7.91 at discharge (P  (Source: Internation...
Source: International Journal of Rehabilitation Research - November 3, 2022 Category: Rehabilitation Tags: Original articles Source Type: research

Pre-rehabilitation scores of functioning measured using the World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule in persons with nonspecific low back pain: a scoping review
Knowledge of the pre-rehabilitation generic status of functioning in individuals with low back pain is necessary to understand the clinical utility of rehabilitation care. We conducted a scoping review to describe the pre-rehabilitation functioning status of persons with nonspecific low back pain using the World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule (WHODAS)-36 or WHODAS-12. We searched multiple databases from 2010 to 2021 for studies reporting pre-rehabilitation scores using WHODAS in persons with low back pain. Reviewers independently screened articles and extracted data, and we descriptively summarized resu...
Source: International Journal of Rehabilitation Research - November 3, 2022 Category: Rehabilitation Tags: Review articles Source Type: research

Conceptualization, use, and outcomes associated with empathy and compassion in physical medicine and rehabilitation: a scoping review
The purpose of this review is to scope the literature on the conceptualization, use, and outcomes associated with empathy and compassion in physical medicine and rehabilitation. Eligible studies included quantitative, qualitative, or mixed-methods research that presented primary data on the conceptualization, use, and outcomes associated with empathy and compassion in physical medicine and rehabilitation. Relevant studies were identified through CINAHL, Cochrane Library, EMBASE, MEDLINE, and PEDRO. Twenty-four studies were included (participant n = 3715): 13 quantitative, six mixed-methods, and five qualitative. In qualita...
Source: International Journal of Rehabilitation Research - November 3, 2022 Category: Rehabilitation Tags: Review articles Source Type: research

Rehabilitation for COVID-19 in conjunction with early awake extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support: a case report
This study demonstrates the feasibility of starting rehabilitation for COVID-19 early while the patient is on awake venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and eventually achieving a favorable outcome. (Source: International Journal of Rehabilitation Research)
Source: International Journal of Rehabilitation Research - August 11, 2022 Category: Rehabilitation Tags: Case report Source Type: research

Characteristics of sit-to-stand movement are associated with trunk and lower extremity selective control in children with cerebral palsy: a cross-sectional study
This study aimed to investigate the association of trunk control and lower extremity selective motor control with STS performance in children with CP. We recruited 28 children with CP aged between 4 and 10 years whose Gross Motor Function Classification System levels were I and II and 32 age-matched typically developing (TP) children. Trunk control, sitting function, selective control of the lower extremities and STS were evaluated with Trunk Control Measurement Scale (TCMS), sitting section of Gross Motor Function Measure-88 (GMFM-88), Selective Control Assessment of the Lower Extremity (SCALE) and the STS outcomes of a f...
Source: International Journal of Rehabilitation Research - August 11, 2022 Category: Rehabilitation Tags: Original articles Source Type: research

Reliability and validity of the Neck Disability Index among patients undergoing cervical surgery
To explore the internal consistency and factor structure of the Neck Disability Index (NDI) among patients undergoing surgery on the cervical spine. This was an observational retrospective cohort study among 392 patients undergoing cervical surgery of any kind in a university hospital between 2018 and 2021. The patients responded to repeated surveys preoperatively, and 3, 12 and 24 months postoperatively. The reliability and validity of the NDI were investigated using Cronbach’s alpha and factor analysis. The internal consistency of the NDI was found to be good at 0.86. The exploratory factor analysis demonstrated unid...
Source: International Journal of Rehabilitation Research - August 11, 2022 Category: Rehabilitation Tags: Original articles Source Type: research