Journal of rehabilitation medicine. Clinical communications最新文献

{"title":"The Efficacy of In-Reach Rehabilitation in Morbidly Obese Post Septic Patients: Two Retrospective Case Reports.","authors":"Baheerathan Narayanan,&nbsp;Friedbert Kohler,&nbsp;Patrick Arulanandam","doi":"10.2340/20030711-1000042","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2340/20030711-1000042","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To report the functional outcomes of two patients with morbid obesity (> 250 kg) who received in-reach rehabilitation after hospitalization for sepsis in Sydney, Australia.</p><p><strong>Case reports: </strong>A retrospective review of hospital charts was performed with the informed consent of both patients. Body mass index, demographics, length of stay, functional status at admission and discharge, medical comorbidities, social history, hospital course, equipment needs, therapy methods used, and discharge disposition were compared.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Both patients had a positive outcome. Function improved in case 1, from requiring hoist transfers, to mobilizing 80 m with 2 assistants. The patient was transferred to a subacute rehabilitation facility, but did not make any gain in Functional Independence Measure. Function improved in case 2, from requiring 2 assistants to walk with a frame, to walking independently with a 4-wheeled walker. The patient was discharged home from the acute hospital, with a minimal Functional Independence Measure gain of 8. Both patients lost approximately 45 kg during acute hospitalization.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>These case reports demonstrate that in-reach rehabilitation can play an important role in the functional recovery of morbidly obese patients hospitalized with severe sepsis. This report also highlights the need for preventive interventions to reduce avoidable acute hospital presentations and to prevent functional decline.</p>","PeriodicalId":73929,"journal":{"name":"Journal of rehabilitation medicine. Clinical communications","volume":"3 ","pages":"1000042"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/98/69/JRMCC-3-1000042.PMC8054740.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38897022","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Rehabilitation of Patients with Platypnea-Orthodeoxia Syndrome in COVID-19 Pneumonia: Two Case Reports.","authors":"Shuen-Loong Tham,&nbsp;Poo Lee Ong,&nbsp;Audrey Jia Yi Lee,&nbsp;Matthew Rong Jie Tay","doi":"10.2340/20030711-1000044","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2340/20030711-1000044","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Platypnea-orthodeoxia syndrome, characterized by dyspnoea and arterial desaturation while upright, is a rare complication of acute respiratory distress syndrome. We report here 2 patients with COVID-19 pneumonia, who were diagnosed with platypnea-orthodeoxia syndrome during commencement of rehabilitation, 18 and 9 days respectively after admission to the intensive care unit. Both patients presented with normocapnic hypoxaemia. One patient required mechanical ventilation with supplemental oxygen during intensive care, while the other required high-flow nasal oxygen therapy. The manifestations of platypnea-orthodeoxia syndrome were most prominent during physiotherapy, when verticalization was attempted, and hindered further mobilization out of bed, including ambulation. This report describes the clinical manifestations of platypnea-orthodeoxia syndrome and the rehabilitative strategies carried out for these 2 patients. The platypnea-orthodeoxia syndrome in these patients resolved after 65 and 22 days respectively from the day of detection. This report highlights this potentially under-recognized phenomenon, which may be unmasked during rehabilitation of patients with COVID-19 pneumonia. Good functional outcomes were achieved with a combination of verticalization training with supplemental oxygen support, respiratory techniques training and progressive endurance and resistance training, whilst awaiting resolution of the platypneaorthodeoxia syndrome.</p>","PeriodicalId":73929,"journal":{"name":"Journal of rehabilitation medicine. Clinical communications","volume":"3 ","pages":"1000044"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/6f/b2/JRMCC-3-1000044.PMC8054748.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38897023","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Exercise Intervention Leads to Functional Improvement in a Patient with Spinal and Bulbar Muscular Atrophy.","authors":"Joanne Compo,&nbsp;Jamell Joseph,&nbsp;Vincent Shieh,&nbsp;Angela D Kokkinis,&nbsp;Ana Acevedo,&nbsp;Kenneth H Fischbeck,&nbsp;Christopher Grunseich,&nbsp;Joseph A Shrader","doi":"10.2340/20030711-1000041","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2340/20030711-1000041","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy is a progressive neuromuscular disease that leads to muscle weakness and reduced physical function. Benefits of physical therapy for people with spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy have not been reported in the literature.</p><p><strong>Case report: </strong>A 62-year-old male patient with spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy reported falling, difficulty walking and completing upright tasks, and showed clinical signs of low baseline function on examination. Transportation challenges made it difficult for this patient to attend frequent one-on-one physical therapy sessions.</p><p><strong>Interventions and outcomes: </strong>A minimally supervised home-based exercise intervention was chosen with the goal of safely improving his functional capacity. The 5-visit clinical intervention, spread over 10 months, provided 3 exercise modules: seated-to-standing postural alignment and core muscle activation; upright functional and endurance training; and balance training and rhythmic walking. Post-intervention the patient had increased lower extremity muscle strength, improved balance, and reduced self-reported fatigue.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Home-based exercises were well tolerated with no increase in creatine kinase. Multiple clinical measures of strength and function improved, possibly related to the patients' excellent motivation and compliance with the programme. Promising utilization of a minimally supervised home-based programme is described here.</p>","PeriodicalId":73929,"journal":{"name":"Journal of rehabilitation medicine. Clinical communications","volume":"3 ","pages":"1000041"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/63/a5/JRMCC-3-1000041.PMC8008715.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38897021","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Hooverball: Case Study, Literature Review and Clinical Recommendations.","authors":"Alpha Anders,&nbsp;Kenneth Vitale","doi":"10.2340/20030711-1000038","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2340/20030711-1000038","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>With the increasing popularity of extreme conditioning programmes, athletes and patients are searching for new, engaging, high-intensity, total-body workouts. The sport of Hooverball is increasingly used as a workout. First devised in the USA in 1929 to keep President Hoover physically fit, Hooverball has experienced increasing popularity in the past 15 years. The game is scored like tennis and played like volleyball, with players throwing and catching a heavy medicine ball over a volleyball net. Players use complex, multi-joint, explosive movements, featuring torsion, flexion and extension to absorb the forces involved. This paper reports a case of a Hooverball player who presented with a knee injury. The paper also reviews the origins of the sport, and its increase in popularity related to the increasing prominence of extreme conditioning programmes. A literature review, and common Hooverball-related injuries, are presented. Clinical recommendations are set out for patient safety, injury prevention and game coverage, including a prehabilitation strategy for players prior to engaging in this revived and growing sport.</p>","PeriodicalId":73929,"journal":{"name":"Journal of rehabilitation medicine. Clinical communications","volume":"3 ","pages":"1000038"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/40/53/JRMCC-3-1000038.PMC8008713.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38897100","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Rehabilitation Training Following Retroperitoneal Haemorrhage: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.","authors":"Junqing Zhong,&nbsp;Xinlong Ma,&nbsp;Ding Xiang,&nbsp;Liancheng Wang","doi":"10.2340/20030711-1000040","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2340/20030711-1000040","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We report a case of a Chinese man who developed retroperitoneal haemorrhage almost 1 year after surgery for pelvic fracture (1). To the best of our knowledge, this type of delayed haemorrhaging is rarely observed in clinical practice. We also review the literature to identify the common causes of retroperitoneal haemorrhage in patients undergoing surgery for pelvic fracture and to examine the aetiology of this case.</p>","PeriodicalId":73929,"journal":{"name":"Journal of rehabilitation medicine. Clinical communications","volume":"3 ","pages":"1000040"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/ba/2c/JRMCC-3-1000040.PMC8008720.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38897020","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Speech-Language Pathologists' Role in the Multi-Disciplinary Management and Rehabilitation of Patients with Covid-19.","authors":"Bijoyaa Mohapatra, Ranjini Mohan","doi":"10.2340/20030711-1000037","DOIUrl":"10.2340/20030711-1000037","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Respiratory and neurological complications in patients in various stages of COVID-19 emphasize the role of speech-language pathologists in the assessment and management of swallowing and communication deficits in these patients. The speech-language pathologist works within a multidisciplinary team to identify these deficits, and aims to improve swallowing, nutrition, hydration, speech, and quality of life in the medical settings. This paper describes the unique symptoms and complications associated with COVID-19 that require speech-language pathologist services in medical (acute care, inpatient, and outpatient rehabilitation) facilities. The speech-language pathologist is primarily responsible for dysphagia screening and diagnosis in the acute care units, dysphagia and tracheostomy management in the inpatient units, and swallowing, speech and voice rehabilitation and neurocognitive management in the outpatient units. This paper also discusses the current therapeutic services and the precautions that speech-language pathologists must take to reduce transmission of the virus.</p>","PeriodicalId":73929,"journal":{"name":"Journal of rehabilitation medicine. Clinical communications","volume":"3 ","pages":"1000037"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-07-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/59/70/JRMCC-3-1000037.PMC8008710.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38897099","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Clinicians' Initial Experiences of Transition to Online Interdisciplinary Pain Rehabilitation During the Covid-19 Pandemic.","authors":"Vera A Baadjou,&nbsp;Marlies Den Hollander,&nbsp;Thijs Van Meulenbroek,&nbsp;Jeanine A Verbunt,&nbsp;Inge Timmers","doi":"10.2340/20030711-1000036","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2340/20030711-1000036","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Public health legislation during the CO-VID-19 pandemic has resulted in forced transitioning to the use of remote care in order to continue the provision of pain rehabilitation worldwide. The objective of this study was to gain insight into clinicians' initial experiences with the provision of interdisciplinary pain rehabilitation via videoconferencing.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Observational, cross-sectional design.</p><p><strong>Participants: </strong>Twelve team members (specialists in rehabilitation medicine -MD-, psychologists, physiotherapists and occupational therapists) from a tertiary expertise centre in pain rehabilitation.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Quantitative and qualitative data were collected via a digital survey. Theme-based content analysis was performed for qualitative data.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The themes that emerged were: the compulsory context; prerequisites for proper use of videoconferencing methods, which are strongly associated with the clinicians' experiences; changes experienced in specific components of pain rehabilitation; and overarching changes experienced, including opportunities and limitations (sub-themes: therapeutic relationship, system involvement, efficiency, hands-on possibilities, interdisciplinary teamwork, and formalities). Overall, clinicians expressed moderate agreement with the statements that the quality of the pain rehabilitation programme can be maintained using videoconferencing, and that the COVID-19 pandemic offers opportunities for growth and innovation in telehealth.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>It is feasible to provide valid and satisfactory pain rehabilitation via videoconferencing. This study identified facilitators and barriers to the use of videoconferencing, and great potential for integrating aspects of telehealth into standard care after the pandemic.</p>","PeriodicalId":73929,"journal":{"name":"Journal of rehabilitation medicine. Clinical communications","volume":"3 ","pages":"1000036"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/77/54/JRMCC-3-1000036.PMC8008721.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38897098","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Arm Numbness at 45 Degrees Abduction: A Case Report of Thoracic Outlet Syndrome After Brachial Neuritis.","authors":"Jamie L Fleet,&nbsp;Srinivasan Harish,&nbsp;James Bain,&nbsp;Steven K Baker","doi":"10.2340/20030711-1000034","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2340/20030711-1000034","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To describe a case of nerve kinking correlating with surgical findings in neurogenic thoracic outlet syndrome in a patient with history of brachial neuritis. Thoracic outlet syndrome and brachial neuritis are briefly reviewed.</p><p><strong>Case report: </strong>A 32-year-old woman with a history of bilateral brachial neuritis presented with paraesthesias in her hand when abducting her shoulder to 45° or higher. A kink in the superior trunk of the brachial plexus, as well as asymmetrically narrowed costoclavicular space, was found on magnetic resonance imaging with the shoulder abducted. Conservative measures failed, leading to partial anterior scalenectomy and neurolysis, which led to improvement in her symptoms.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Anatomical variations in combination with biomechanical changes after brachial neuritis can be associated with neurogenic thoracic outlet syndrome.</p>","PeriodicalId":73929,"journal":{"name":"Journal of rehabilitation medicine. Clinical communications","volume":"3 ","pages":"1000034"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/a8/be/JRMCC-3-1000034.PMC8008736.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38897096","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Manual Therapy Effectively Decreases the Frequency of Joint Bleeding Improves Joint Health and Reduces Pain in Hemophilic Elbow Arthropathy: A Prospective Cohort Study.","authors":"Raúl PÉRez-Llanes,&nbsp;Elena Donoso-ÚBeda,&nbsp;Javier MeroÑO-Gallut,&nbsp;Jose Antonio Lopez-Pina,&nbsp;Rubén Cuesta-Barriuso","doi":"10.2340/20030711-1000035","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2340/20030711-1000035","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To verify the safety and effectiveness of manual therapy intervention using fascial therapy in adult patients with haemophilic elbow arthropathy.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Prospective cohort study. A total of 28 patients with haemophilic elbow arthropathy was recruited in 3 cities in Spain. Patients received one-fascial therapy session per week for 3 weeks. The dependent variables were: frequency of joint bleeding, joint pain (visual analogue score) and joint status (Hemophilia Joint Health Score). Outcomes were measured at baseline (T0), post-treatment (T1) and after 3 months' follow-up (T2). Using Student's t-test, the means obtained in the evaluations were compared. The analysis of variance (ANOVA) test of repeated measures provided the intra-subject effect. The chosen level of significance was p < 0.05.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 28 patients were recruited according to the selection criteria. No joint bleeding occurred during or after the intervention. The primary outcome, frequency of bleeding, improved after intervention (<i>p</i> <0.001). The secondary variables joint status and joint pain improved after the experimental period (<i>p</i> <0.001). There were significant changes in the repeated measures factor in the frequency of haemarthrosis (F = 20.61; <i>p</i> = 0.00), joint status (F = 64.11; <i>p</i> = 0.00) and perceived pain (F = 33.15; <i>p</i> = 0.00).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Manual therapy using fascial therapy did not produce haemarthrosis in patients with haemophilic elbow arthropathy. Fascial therapy can improve the perception of pain and joint state,maintaining this improvement after a follow-up period of 3 months.</p>","PeriodicalId":73929,"journal":{"name":"Journal of rehabilitation medicine. Clinical communications","volume":"3 ","pages":"1000035"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-06-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.2340/20030711-1000035","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38897097","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Multidisciplinary Treatment for Hypermobile Adolescents with Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain.","authors":"Thijs Van Meulenbroek,&nbsp;Arnoud E A Conijn,&nbsp;Ivan P J Huijnen,&nbsp;Raoul H H Engelbert,&nbsp;Jeanine A Verbunt","doi":"10.2340/20030711-1000033","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2340/20030711-1000033","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>To determine whether adolescents with generalized hypermobility spectrum disorder/ hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (G-HSD/ hEDS) show changes in the level of disability, physical functioning, perceived harmfulness and pain intensity after completing multidisciplinary rehabilitation treatment.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Pre-test post-test design. Fourteen adolescents with G-HSD/hEDS participated. The multidisciplinary rehabilitation treatment consisted of a combination of physical training and exposure <i>in vivo</i>. Physical training aims to improve aerobic capacity, muscle strength and propriocepsis for compensating hypermobility. Exposure <i>in vivo</i> aims to decrease disability and pain-related fear. Pre- and post-treatment assessments were conducted to assess the level of disability, physical functioning (motor performance, muscle strength and physical activity level), perceived harmfulness and pain intensity.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>After completing multidisciplinary rehabilitation treatment, the adolescents showed a significant and clinically relevant improvement (improvement of 67%, <i>p</i><0.01) in functional disability. Furthermore, significant improvements were found in motor performance (<i>p</i> < 0.01), muscle strength (<i>p</i> < 0.05), perceived harmfulness (<i>p</i> < 0.01) and pain intensity (<i>p</i> <0.01) after completing multidisciplinary rehabilitation treatment.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Multidisciplinary rehabilitation treatment leads to a significantly and clinically relevant improvement in the level of disability for adolescents with G-HSD/hEDS. Positive effects were also found in physical functioning, perceived harmfulness and pain intensity. Although the results of this multidisciplinary rehabilitation treatment for adolescents with G-HSD/hEDS are promising, further study is needed to confirm these findings in a randomized design.</p>","PeriodicalId":73929,"journal":{"name":"Journal of rehabilitation medicine. Clinical communications","volume":"3 ","pages":"1000033"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-05-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/6d/85/JRMCC-3-1000033.PMC8008726.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38897095","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}