Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

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

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...

Global Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

The system developed by Särelä et al. (2003) [6] consists mainly in a wearable device and a base station, installed at the user ́s home, to monitor the user ́s movements. The wearable device collects activity data and sends it to the base station, which can synchronize the data with a dedicated server through a wired public telephone line or send alert messages to a caregiver. The target populati...

Global Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

The replacement fluid ingested immediately after exercise provides the hydration for the next exercise. Limiting fluid ingested before exercise can cause problems to the thermoregulation body process during the following exercise if that fluid is not adequate. The loss of water from the body due to sweating is a function related to the combined effects of exercise intensity and environmental co...