Physical medicine and rehabilitation improve outcomes in chronic pain management

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

Research in physical medicine and rehabilitation.

The roles and responsibilities of the principal investigator of a research project are described to allow the young researcher to make an intelligent decision regarding which role to take in a research project. Guidelines are given about which tasks may be delegated and how to do this. These tasks include formulation of the question, project design, obtaining funding, project startup and ongoin...

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...

[Nonspecific chronic low back pain and function: a clinical study in a physical medicine and rehabilitation consultation].

OBJECTIVES Nonspecific chronic low back pain (nCLBP) is a common pathology limiting function at different ages. Rehabilitation is not consensual and the efficiency is variable. The objective of this study is to describe pain severity and disability in activities of daily life (ADL) at the end of conventional physical therapy treatment (CPTT). DESIGN This is a non-randomized cross-sectional st...