PM&RPub Date : 2024-06-01Epub Date: 2023-07-25DOI: 10.1002/pmrj.13030
Ashley Sanchez, Katherine Zisk, Debbie Lee
{"title":"Unique presentation of pigmented villonodular synovitis of the hip disguised by athletic pubalgia and impingement syndrome.","authors":"Ashley Sanchez, Katherine Zisk, Debbie Lee","doi":"10.1002/pmrj.13030","DOIUrl":"10.1002/pmrj.13030","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20354,"journal":{"name":"PM&R","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9858655","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PM&RPub Date : 2024-06-01Epub Date: 2023-12-19DOI: 10.1002/pmrj.13084
Alexis V Smith, Elizabeth J Richardson, Rachel Cowan
{"title":"Pain interference, pain type, and quality of life among adults with spina bifida.","authors":"Alexis V Smith, Elizabeth J Richardson, Rachel Cowan","doi":"10.1002/pmrj.13084","DOIUrl":"10.1002/pmrj.13084","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Individuals with spina bifida (SB) experience nociceptive and neuropathic pain, and women with SB report more pain. However, the relationship between pain type and gender on pain interference and quality of life (QoL) among individuals with SB is less understood.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To assess relationships among pain interference, pain quality, participation-related QoL, and gender among adults with SB.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Fifty-one adults with SB completed a self-report survey assessing SB characteristics, pain severity, pain type, pain interference, and QoL.</p><p><strong>Setting: </strong>Hospital outpatient adult SB clinic.</p><p><strong>Interventions: </strong>Not applicable.</p><p><strong>Main outcome measures: </strong>Measures of nociceptive pain quality, neuropathic pain quality, participation-related QoL, as well as pain interference with general activities, mood, and sleep were selected a priori as study measures.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Fifty-eight percent (N = 30) reported pain and more women than men reported pain (69% vs. 38%, p = .003). Higher general pain interference was associated with lower QoL (r = 0.444, p = .042), but not mood or sleep pain interference (both p's ≥ .451). There was no statistically significant difference in pain interference between genders (p = .138). Nociceptive pain was more common. Levels of nociceptive pain were positively associated with general pain interference, sleep pain interference, and mood pain inference. Neither pain type was associated with QoL (both p's > .082).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The results from this study reveal key differences/similarities among four interrelated factors: pain, pain interference, QoL, and gender. Pertinent information gathered on pain type and QoL, like increased prevalence of nociceptive pain, can be utilized to formulate proactive and effective treatment plans for individuals with SB that may benefit their sleep pain interference and mood pain interference.</p>","PeriodicalId":20354,"journal":{"name":"PM&R","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41210136","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PM&RPub Date : 2024-06-01Epub Date: 2023-12-01DOI: 10.1002/pmrj.13087
Kevin Mattar, Sarah M Eickmeyer, Edna Babbitt, Leslie Rydberg
{"title":"The case for health professional student communication skills training for persons with aphasia.","authors":"Kevin Mattar, Sarah M Eickmeyer, Edna Babbitt, Leslie Rydberg","doi":"10.1002/pmrj.13087","DOIUrl":"10.1002/pmrj.13087","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Communication challenges in persons with aphasia may negatively affect their health care. Building effective communication skills is critical for health professional student education, yet communication skills for interacting with persons with aphasia are often not taught or practiced within health care education. A review of the literature found that research is limited but does demonstrate evidence-based training can improve skills for health professional students. Through utilization of workshops, seminars, and standardized patients, medical students and other health professional students can build confidence and skills in successful communication for future encounters with persons with aphasia.</p>","PeriodicalId":20354,"journal":{"name":"PM&R","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49681457","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hye Chang Rhim, Toqa Afifi, Raylin F Xu, Kayle Noble-Taylor, Ashley E Gureck, Michelle T Barrack, Mitchell J Rauh, Adam S Tenforde
{"title":"Epidemiology of injuries in U.S. high school track and field throwing events from 2008 to 2019.","authors":"Hye Chang Rhim, Toqa Afifi, Raylin F Xu, Kayle Noble-Taylor, Ashley E Gureck, Michelle T Barrack, Mitchell J Rauh, Adam S Tenforde","doi":"10.1002/pmrj.13188","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/pmrj.13188","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Injury characteristics of high school track and field throwing athletes in the United States are not well studied. Understanding epidemiology of injuries is important to identify treatment and prevention strategies.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To describe injury rates and patterns in U.S. high school track and field throwing events from a longitudinal national sports injury surveillance system.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Descriptive epidemiology study.</p><p><strong>Setting: </strong>Data were provided by the National High School Sports Related Injury Surveillance System, High School RIO (Reporting Information Online).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Athletic trainers reported injury and exposure data through the High School RIO website on a weekly basis. An athlete exposure (AE) was defined as one athlete participating in one school-sanctioned practice or competition. Throwing events of discus, shot put, and javelin were analyzed in this study.</p><p><strong>Main outcome measures: </strong>Injury rate, rate ratios (RR), injury proportion ratios (IPR).</p><p><strong>Participants: </strong>U.S. high school athletes.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 267 track and field throwing injuries occurred during 5,486,279 AEs. Overall, the rate of injuries in competition was higher than in practice (RR 1.35, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.01-1.80). In practice, the rate of injuries was higher for girls than boys (RR 1.53, 95% CI 1.12-2.08). The most frequently injured body part was the shoulder (21.7%), followed by the ankle (16.5%) and knee (12.0%). The most common types of injury were muscle strains (26.14%) and ligament sprains (25%). Recurrent injuries accounted for a higher proportion of chronic injuries compared to new injuries (IPR 1.85, 95% CI 1.16-2.97).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This study described injury characteristics of high school track and field throwing athletes from 2008 to 2019. Based on our results, injury prevention may be particularly important for female throwers with prior injury.</p>","PeriodicalId":20354,"journal":{"name":"PM&R","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141180564","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ganesh Bavikatte, Gerard E Francisco, Wolfgang H Jost, Alessio Baricich, Esther Duarte, Simon F T Tang, Marc Schwartz, Mariana Nelson, Tiziana Musacchio, Alberto Esquenazi
{"title":"Pain, disability, and quality of life in participants after concurrent onabotulinumtoxinA treatment of upper and lower limb spasticity: Observational results from the ASPIRE study.","authors":"Ganesh Bavikatte, Gerard E Francisco, Wolfgang H Jost, Alessio Baricich, Esther Duarte, Simon F T Tang, Marc Schwartz, Mariana Nelson, Tiziana Musacchio, Alberto Esquenazi","doi":"10.1002/pmrj.13195","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/pmrj.13195","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Upper and lower limb spasticity is commonly associated with central nervous system disorders including stroke, traumatic brain injury, multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy, and spinal cord injury, but little is known about the concurrent treatment of upper and lower limb spasticity with botulinum toxins.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To evaluate onabotulinumtoxinA (onabotA) utilization and to determine if concurrent onabotA treatment of the upper and lower limbs has supported improvements in participants with spasticity.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Sub-analysis of a 2-year, international, prospective, observational registry (ASPIRE, NCT01930786).</p><p><strong>Setting: </strong>International clinic sites (54).</p><p><strong>Participants: </strong>Adult spasticity participants across etiologies, who received ≥1 concurrent onabotA treatment of the upper and lower limbs during the study.</p><p><strong>Intervention: </strong>Participants were treated with onabotA at the clinician's discretion.</p><p><strong>Outcomes: </strong>Baseline characteristics and outcomes of disability (Disability Assessment Scale [DAS]), pain (Numeric Pain Rating Scale [NPRS]), participant satisfaction, physician satisfaction, and quality of life (QoL; Spasticity Impact Assessment [SIA]) were evaluated. Adverse events were monitored throughout the study.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of 744 participants enrolled, 730 received ≥1 dose of onabotA; 275 participants received treatment with onabotA in both upper and lower limbs during ≥1 session; 39.3% of participants were naïve to onabotA for spasticity. The mean (SD) total dose per treatment session ranged from 421.2 (195.3) to 499.6 (188.6) U. The most common baseline upper limb presentation was clenched fist (n = 194, 70.5%); lower limb was equinovarus foot (n = 219, 66.9%). High physician and participant satisfaction and improvements in pain, disability and QoL were reported after most treatments. Nine participants (3.3%) reported nine treatment-related adverse events; two participants (0.7%) reported three serious treatment-related severe adverse events. No new safety signals were identified.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>More than a third of enrolled participants received at least one concurrent onabotA treatment of the upper and lower limbs, with reduced pain, disability, and improved QoL after treatment, consistent with the established safety profile of onabotA for the treatment of spasticity.</p>","PeriodicalId":20354,"journal":{"name":"PM&R","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-05-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141176229","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rafaello Ibrado, Annie M Abraham, Jared Stowers, Melissa Fleming
{"title":"Movement disorders in pediatric stroke survivors: A case series.","authors":"Rafaello Ibrado, Annie M Abraham, Jared Stowers, Melissa Fleming","doi":"10.1002/pmrj.13209","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/pmrj.13209","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20354,"journal":{"name":"PM&R","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-05-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141088372","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S Varuni, Sridevi Gnanasekaran, Ravi Gaur, Akhil Dhanesh Goel, Pankaj Bhardwaj, Akshay Chavan, Vinoth Rajendran
{"title":"Assessment of self-esteem and quality of life in patients with transtibial amputations using an exoskeletal prosthesis.","authors":"S Varuni, Sridevi Gnanasekaran, Ravi Gaur, Akhil Dhanesh Goel, Pankaj Bhardwaj, Akshay Chavan, Vinoth Rajendran","doi":"10.1002/pmrj.13191","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/pmrj.13191","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Lower limb amputation can have profound physical, psychological, and social effects on individuals. Assistive aids like prosthetic lower limbs can help an individual regain mobility and thereby affect their self-esteem and quality of life.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To assess self-esteem and quality of life in patients with transtibial amputations who are using a transtibial prosthesis and explore the association between sociodemographic and amputation-related factors with self-esteem and prosthesis-related quality of life measures.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>A cross-sectional study.</p><p><strong>Setting: </strong>An orthotics and prosthetics center (Bhagwan Mahaveer Viklang Sahayata Samiti) in Jaipur, Rajasthan.</p><p><strong>Participants: </strong>Patients with transtibial amputations using exoskeletal prostheses between July and September 2022, in Jaipur, Rajasthan.</p><p><strong>Main outcome measures: </strong>The study used Rosenberg self-esteem questionnaire and Prosthesis Evaluation Questionnaire (PEQ) for self-esteem and quality of life assessment, respectively. Descriptive analysis was used to present the demographic details, and nonparametric tests examined the relationship between PEQ dimensions and sociodemographic variables.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The study included 138 participants, primarily <40 years old (45.7%) and mostly engaged in high-activity occupations. Self-esteem mean score (SD) was 19.9 (3.9), with 89.1% exhibiting normal self-esteem. Prosthesis-related quality of life, showed high satisfaction across various domains, including ambulation, appearance, frustration, perceived response, residual limb health, social burden, sounds, utility, and well-being. No significant associations were found between sociodemographic factors, amputation-related variables, and self-esteem. However, PEQ scales showed associations with gender, age, occupation, type of amputation, and years of prosthesis use.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>These results highlight the potential advantages of exoskeletal prostheses in improving the standard of living for people with transtibial amputations. Further research is essential to develop targeted interventions for improving their overall quality of life.</p>","PeriodicalId":20354,"journal":{"name":"PM&R","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141081118","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kerstin Yu, Pauline Portes, G Stephen Morris, Laura Huang, Elizabeth R Felix, Gary J Farkas, Diana Molinares, Eduard Tiozzo
{"title":"The role of exercise in aromatase inhibitor-induced arthralgia.","authors":"Kerstin Yu, Pauline Portes, G Stephen Morris, Laura Huang, Elizabeth R Felix, Gary J Farkas, Diana Molinares, Eduard Tiozzo","doi":"10.1002/pmrj.13193","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/pmrj.13193","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Aromatase inhibitors are prescribed in breast cancer due to their associated lower rate of cancer recurrence compared to tamoxifen. However, aromatase inhibitor-induced arthralgia (AIIA) is one of the leading causes of treatment nonadherence, increasing the risk of cancer recurrence. The pathophysiology of AIIA is poorly understood, and although current recommendations for AIIA include lifestyle changes and analgesics depending on the severity of symptoms, there is no established effective treatment. The aim of this study is to explore the presentation and mechanism of AIIA and investigate the feasibility and efficacy of different exercise interventions (aerobic, resistance, aerobic and resistance combined, and yoga or tai chi) in patients with AIIA to guide the development of formal exercise prescription guidelines. Findings indicate that a mixed-modality regimen of aerobic and resistance exercises is feasible and safe and may serve the most benefit in improving joint pain, functionality, and quality of life. More specifically, the weekly regimen should consist of 150 min of aerobic exercise with two sessions of at least six resistance exercises, 8 to 12 repetitions, three sets each. Supplementary yoga and tai chi may be recommended twice a week depending on a patient's target symptoms. Yoga was associated with improved physical functionality, whereas tai chi was related to improvements in mental health. However, the feasibility and impact of combined aerobic and resistance exercise protocols with yoga or tai chi in our target population were not investigated in this review. The use of large, randomized controlled trials is recommended for future studies.</p>","PeriodicalId":20354,"journal":{"name":"PM&R","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141081129","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}