Essentials of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Musculo¬skeletal Disorders, Pain and Rehabilitation

Musculoskeletal ultrasonography in physical and rehabilitation medicine.

Musculoskeletal ultrasound has gained a significant place in the diagnosis and management of various musculoskeletal disorders due to its several advantages (being convenient, inexpensive, non-invasive, repeatable, providing dynamic imaging and not requiring any exposure to radiation). It has also become a valuable tool in the daily clinical practice of physical and rehabilitation medicine phys...

Physical medicine and rehabilitation.

An important priority has been the development of quantitative methods for measuring the disability status of patients undergoing rehabilitation. Intramuscular injection of botulinum toxin is an effective new therapy for spasticity due to a number of causes.

of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Geriatric rehabilitation. 4. Physical medicine and rehabilitation interventions for common age-related disorders and geriatric syndromes.

UNLABELLED This self-directed learning module highlights physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM and R) interventions for age-related physiologic changes. It is part of the study guide on geriatric rehabilitation in the Self-Directed Physiatric Education Program for practitioners and trainees in PM and R and geriatric medicine. This article specifically focuses on PM and R interventions (inclu...

American Journal Of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Izawa KP, Watanabe S, Omiya K, Hirano Y, Oka K, Osada N, Iijima S: Effect of the self-monitoring approach on exercise maintenance during cardiac rehabilitation: A randomized, controlled trial. Am J Phys Med Rehabil 2005;84:313–321. Objective: To evaluate the effect of the self-monitoring approach (SMA) on self-efficacy for physical activity (SEPA), exercise maintenance, and objective physical a...