PM&RPub Date : 2024-08-01Epub Date: 2024-01-19DOI: 10.1002/pmrj.13080
Cheng-Chuan Chiang, Ryan Masterson, Eric T Nguyen, Alba Azola
{"title":"Rehabilitation considerations for palato-pharyngo-laryngeal myoclonus associated dysphagia.","authors":"Cheng-Chuan Chiang, Ryan Masterson, Eric T Nguyen, Alba Azola","doi":"10.1002/pmrj.13080","DOIUrl":"10.1002/pmrj.13080","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20354,"journal":{"name":"PM&R","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41183390","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 : 2024-08-01Epub Date: 2024-02-27DOI: 10.1002/pmrj.13132
Andrew DeGroot, Daniel L Huber, John J Leddy, Hershel Raff, Michael A McCrea, Blair D Johnson, Lindsay D Nelson
{"title":"Use of the Buffalo Concussion Treadmill Test in community adult patients with mild traumatic brain injury.","authors":"Andrew DeGroot, Daniel L Huber, John J Leddy, Hershel Raff, Michael A McCrea, Blair D Johnson, Lindsay D Nelson","doi":"10.1002/pmrj.13132","DOIUrl":"10.1002/pmrj.13132","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The Buffalo Concussion Treadmill Test (BCTT) is used to establish exercise tolerance for rehabilitation and identify injury subtypes for youth athletes after mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI). Its utility in adult community members is unknown.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>Primary: To describe how adults with and without mTBI tolerate the BCTT. Secondary: To explore relationships between baseline factors, mTBI-related symptoms, and BCTT duration.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Prospective, observational, longitudinal.</p><p><strong>Setting: </strong>Academic medical center.</p><p><strong>Participants: </strong>Thirty-seven adults treated in a level 1 trauma center emergency department with mTBI; 24 uninjured controls (UC).</p><p><strong>Interventions: </strong>N/A.</p><p><strong>Main measures: </strong>Participants completed two visits 3 weeks apart (1 week and 1 month after mTBI) including a 15-minute BCTT, the Rivermead Post Concussion Symptoms Questionnaire (RPQ), and preinjury International Physical Activity Questionnaire. Analyses characterized BCTT response and associations between baseline factors, RPQ scores, and BCTT duration.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Persons with mTBI discontinued earlier than UC at 1-week postinjury using standard discontinuation criteria for exercise intolerance. The percentage of mTBI participants with signs of possible mTBI-related intolerance was 55.6% at 1 week (36.1% for mTBI-related symptom exacerbation, 19.4% for exertion/fatigue before reaching 85% of one's age-predicted maximum heart rate [HR]) and 48.0% at 1 month (40.0% mTBI-related symptom exacerbation, 8.0% exertion without reaching the target HR). Thirty percent of UCs completed the BCTT at both assessments. UCs met discontinuation criteria for increased nonspecific symptoms (eg, pain/general discomfort and increased Visual Analog Scale ratings; 39-61%) and physical exertion (9-26%). Shorter duration was associated with higher body mass index (r = -0.42 - -0.45), shorter height (r = 0.22-0.29), female gender (r = -0.26 - -0.27), and greater RPQ symptoms (r = -0.28 - -0.47).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The BCTT exacerbates mTBI-related symptoms in adult community members. Participant characteristics and noninjury factors influence performance. The findings imply the BCTT could be useful in clinical assessments of adults with mTBI. Interpretation should account for the unique characteristics of nonathletes.</p>","PeriodicalId":20354,"journal":{"name":"PM&R","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11323219/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139973091","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PM&RPub Date : 2024-08-01Epub Date: 2024-04-02DOI: 10.1002/pmrj.13126
Kübra Canlı, Joris Van Oijen, Jessica Van Oosterwijck, Mira Meeus, Sophie Van Oosterwijck, Kayleigh De Meulemeester
{"title":"Influence of sensory retraining on cortical reorganization in peripheral neuropathy: A systematic review.","authors":"Kübra Canlı, Joris Van Oijen, Jessica Van Oosterwijck, Mira Meeus, Sophie Van Oosterwijck, Kayleigh De Meulemeester","doi":"10.1002/pmrj.13126","DOIUrl":"10.1002/pmrj.13126","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>This study systematically reviewed the literature about sensory retraining effect in comparison to other rehabilitative techniques on cortical reorganization in patients with peripheral neuropathic pain. TYPE: Systematic review.</p><p><strong>Literature survey: </strong>After an electronic search of PubMed, Web of Science, and Embase, risk of bias was assessed using the revised Cochrane risk of bias tool for randomized controlled trials and the ROBINS-1 (Risk of bias in non-randomized studies-of interventions) for non-randomized studies of intervention.</p><p><strong>Methodology: </strong>The strength of conclusion was determined using the evidence-based guideline development approach.</p><p><strong>Synthesis: </strong>Limited evidence indicates a higher increase in cortical inhibition and a higher reduction in cortical activation during a motor task of the affected hemisphere after graded motor imagery compared to wait-list. Higher reductions in map volume (total excitability of the cortical representation) of the affected hemisphere after peripheral electrical stimulation (PES) were observed when compared to transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) or to sham treatment with limited evidence. No other differences in cortical excitability and representation of the affected and non-affected hemisphere were observed when comparing mirror therapy with sham therapy or tDCS, PES with sham therapy or tDCS, and graded motor imagery with wait-list.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Graded motor imagery and PES result in higher cortical excitability reductions of the affected hemisphere compared to wait-list, tDCS and sham treatment, respectively.</p>","PeriodicalId":20354,"journal":{"name":"PM&R","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139058630","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 : 2024-08-01Epub Date: 2024-02-21DOI: 10.1002/pmrj.13133
Vera Tsetlina, Ray A Stanford, Grigory Syrkin, Katarzyna Ibanez
{"title":"Steroid myopathy and rehabilitation in patients with cancer.","authors":"Vera Tsetlina, Ray A Stanford, Grigory Syrkin, Katarzyna Ibanez","doi":"10.1002/pmrj.13133","DOIUrl":"10.1002/pmrj.13133","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Steroids are broadly used in oncology, despite known adverse events such as glucocorticosteroid-induced myopathy (SM). To date there are no accepted guidelines on the diagnosis and treatment of SM. The purpose of this review is to provide up-to-date information regarding SM with emphasis on neuro-oncology and hematopoietic stem cell transplant patients, given they are at high risk of experiencing SM following routine treatment with steroids. Our work is a combination of a comprehensive narrative review regarding etiology, pathogenesis, incidence, clinical presentation and treatment options for SM and a scoping review on exercise therapy for SM. We have identified 24 in vivo studies of different exercise modalities in the settings of glucocorticosteroid treatment. Twenty of 24 studies demonstrated decreased muscle catabolism with exercise training. Both endurance and resistance exercises at mild to moderate intensity were beneficial. The value of high-intensity activities remains questionable as it may worsen muscle atrophy. Rehabilitation interventions, along with pharmacologic and dietary considerations, may be beneficial in preventing or reversing SM. Potential adverse events of some of these interventions and expected caveats in translating findings in preclinical models to human settings warrant caution and demand controlled clinical studies.</p>","PeriodicalId":20354,"journal":{"name":"PM&R","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139932587","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 : 2024-08-01Epub Date: 2024-05-21DOI: 10.1002/pmrj.13211
Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez, Preeti Raghavan, Jessica Pruente, Daniel Moon, Cassandra M List, Joseph Edward Hornyak, Fatma Gul, Supreet Deshpande, Susan Biffl, Zainab Al Lawati, Abraham Alfaro
{"title":"AAPM&R consensus guidance on spasticity assessment and management.","authors":"Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez, Preeti Raghavan, Jessica Pruente, Daniel Moon, Cassandra M List, Joseph Edward Hornyak, Fatma Gul, Supreet Deshpande, Susan Biffl, Zainab Al Lawati, Abraham Alfaro","doi":"10.1002/pmrj.13211","DOIUrl":"10.1002/pmrj.13211","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (AAPM&R) conducted a comprehensive review in 2021 to identify opportunities for enhancing the care of adult and pediatric patients with spasticity. A technical expert panel (TEP) was convened to develop consensus-based practice recommendations aimed at addressing gaps in spasticity care.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To develop consensus-based practice recommendations to identify and address gaps in spasticity care.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The Spasticity TEP engaged in a 16-month virtual meeting process, focusing on formulating search terms, refining research questions, and conducting a structured evidence review. Evidence quality was assessed by the AAPM&R Evidence, Quality and Performance Committee (EQPC), and a modified Delphi process was employed to achieve consensus on recommendation statements and evidence grading. The Strength of Recommendation Taxonomy (SORT) guided the rating of individual studies and the strength of recommendations.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The TEP approved five recommendations for spasticity management and five best practices for assessment and management, with one recommendation unable to be graded due to evidence limitations. Best practices were defined as widely accepted components of care, while recommendations required structured evidence reviews and grading. The consensus guidance statement represents current best practices and evidence-based treatment options, intended for use by PM&R physicians caring for patients with spasticity.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This consensus guidance provides clinicians with practical recommendations for spasticity assessment and management based on the best available evidence and expert opinion. Clinical judgment should be exercised, and recommendations tailored to individual patient needs, preferences, and risk profiles. The accompanying table summarizes the best practice recommendations for spasticity assessment and management, reflecting principles with little controversy in care delivery.</p>","PeriodicalId":20354,"journal":{"name":"PM&R","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141071679","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 : 2024-08-01Epub Date: 2024-02-07DOI: 10.1002/pmrj.13112
Leslie Wilson, Alina Denham, Yelena Ionova, Conor O'Neill, Carol M Greco, Afton L Hassett, Janel Hanmer, Sana Shaikh, Mehling Wolf, Sigurd Berven, David Williams, Yanlei Ma, Jeffrey Lotz, Patricia Zheng
{"title":"Preferences for risks and benefits of treatment outcomes for chronic low back pain: Choice-based conjoint measure development and discrete choice experiment.","authors":"Leslie Wilson, Alina Denham, Yelena Ionova, Conor O'Neill, Carol M Greco, Afton L Hassett, Janel Hanmer, Sana Shaikh, Mehling Wolf, Sigurd Berven, David Williams, Yanlei Ma, Jeffrey Lotz, Patricia Zheng","doi":"10.1002/pmrj.13112","DOIUrl":"10.1002/pmrj.13112","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Understanding individual patient preferences for chronic low back pain (cLBP) outcomes is essential for targeting available therapeutic options; yet tools to elicit patient outcome preferences are limited.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To develop and test a choice-based conjoint (CBC) measure, commonly used in behavioral economics research, to elicit what outcomes patients with cLBP want to achieve and avoid.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>We developed a survey-based CBC measure to allow patients to make risk/benefit trade-off choices between possible treatment outcomes. After extensive literature, clinician, and patient input, our measure included seven attributes: fatigue, anxiety/depression, difficulty thinking/making decisions, pain intensity, physical abilities, change in pain, and ability to enjoy life despite pain. Random-parameters logit models were used to estimate strength of preferences, and latent class analysis was used to identify patient characteristics associated with distinct preference.</p><p><strong>Setting: </strong>Online study using the Sawtooth web-based platform.</p><p><strong>Participants: </strong>Two hundred eleven individuals with cLBP recruited from online advertising as well as at clinical sites across multiple academic and private institutions.</p><p><strong>Interventions: </strong>Not applicable.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The most valued outcome was the highest level of physical activity (β = 1.6-1.98; p < .001), followed by avoiding cognitive difficulties (β = -1.48; p < .001). Avoidance of severe pain was comparable to avoiding constant fatigue and near-constant depression/anxiety (β = -0.99, -1.02); p < .001). There was an association between preferences and current pain/disability status; patients with higher pain had a stronger preference to avoid severe pain, whereas those with higher disability have stronger preferences for achieving physical activity. The latent class analysis identified two distinct groups: (1) more risk-seeking and willing to accept worse outcomes (56%); and (2) more risk-averse with a stronger preference for achieving maximum benefits (44%).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Our study illuminated cLBP patient preferences for treatment outcomes and heterogeneity in these preferences. Patients stressed the importance of reaching high physical activity and avoiding cognitive declines, even over a desire to avoid pain. More work is needed to understand patient preferences to aid informed, shared decisions.</p>","PeriodicalId":20354,"journal":{"name":"PM&R","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11251494/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138470686","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PM&RPub Date : 2024-08-01Epub Date: 2024-01-18DOI: 10.1002/pmrj.13113
Shruti P Nair, Anulucia Augustine, Chaitrali Panchabhai, Sarika Patil, Kinjal Parmar, Vrushali P Panhale
{"title":"Safety and feasibility of pulmonary rehabilitation in patients hospitalized with post-COVID-19 fibrosis: A feasibility study.","authors":"Shruti P Nair, Anulucia Augustine, Chaitrali Panchabhai, Sarika Patil, Kinjal Parmar, Vrushali P Panhale","doi":"10.1002/pmrj.13113","DOIUrl":"10.1002/pmrj.13113","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Emerging data suggest a spectrum of pulmonary complications from COVID-19, ranging from dyspnea to difficult ventilator weaning and fibrotic lung damage. Prolonged hospitalization is known to significantly affect activity levels, impair muscle strength and reduce cardiopulmonary endurance.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To assess the feasibility and safety of inpatient pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) and to explore effects on functional capacity, physical performance, fatigue levels, and functional status.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>A prospective feasibility study.</p><p><strong>Setting: </strong>Inpatient unit of a tertiary care hospital.</p><p><strong>Participants: </strong>Twenty-five hospitalized patients diagnosed with post-COVID-19 fibrosis referred for PR.</p><p><strong>Intervention: </strong>Individualized PR intervention including breathing exercises, positioning, strengthening, functional training, and ambulation twice a day for 6 days a week.</p><p><strong>Outcome measures: </strong>One-minute sit-to-stand test (STST), Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB), Fatigue Assessment Scale (FAS), and Post-COVID-19 Functional Status Scale (PCFS).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Twenty-five participants (19 males, 6 females) with a mean age of 54.2 ± 13.4 years were enrolled. Sixteen completed the two-point assessment after undergoing in-patient PR of mean duration 14.8 ± 9 days. PR led to a significant improvement in all functional outcomes that is, STST (from 7.1 ± 4.3 repetitions to 14.2 ± 2.1 repetitions, SPPB (from 5 ± 2.8 to 9.4 ± 1.5), FAS (from 33.3 ± 10.8 to 25.8 ± 4.7) at the p ≤ .001, and PCFS (from 3.6 ± 0.9 to 2.9 ± 1.2, p ≤ .05).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Early initiation of PR for hospitalized patients with COVID-19 fibrosis was safe, well tolerated, and feasible and may improve functional status.</p>","PeriodicalId":20354,"journal":{"name":"PM&R","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138445903","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 : 2024-08-01Epub Date: 2024-07-06DOI: 10.1002/pmrj.13238
Berkay Yalçınkaya, Ahmet Furkan Çolak, Tolga Hancı, İlkay Işıkay, Deniz Pınar Baran, Berrin Babaoğlu, Alp Çetin
{"title":"Unveiling a common peroneal nerve schwannoma: An ultrasonographic approach to a posterolateral knee mass.","authors":"Berkay Yalçınkaya, Ahmet Furkan Çolak, Tolga Hancı, İlkay Işıkay, Deniz Pınar Baran, Berrin Babaoğlu, Alp Çetin","doi":"10.1002/pmrj.13238","DOIUrl":"10.1002/pmrj.13238","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20354,"journal":{"name":"PM&R","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141545194","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 : 2024-08-01Epub Date: 2024-02-14DOI: 10.1002/pmrj.13120
Brian P Logarbo, Mei Yang, Michele T Longo, Catherine Kingry, Jacques Courseault
{"title":"Long COVID and the diagnosis of underlying hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and hypermobility spectrum disorders.","authors":"Brian P Logarbo, Mei Yang, Michele T Longo, Catherine Kingry, Jacques Courseault","doi":"10.1002/pmrj.13120","DOIUrl":"10.1002/pmrj.13120","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20354,"journal":{"name":"PM&R","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138800610","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}