OBJECTIVE Arterial hypertension is the most frequently observed vascular risk factor. Physical and rehabilitative interventions may affect arterial blood pressure. The frequency of hypertensive patients in an outpatient clinic of physical medicine is unknown. DESIGN Prospective data collection. PATIENTS Overall, 3,826 patients admitted to the outpatient clinic for physical and rehabilitativ...

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...

Michael J. Berger1*, Dean Inglis2, Charles A. McKenzie3, Kendra L. Derry4, Aashish Goela5, and Timothy J. Doherty4,6 1Division of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, University of British Columbia, Canada 2Department of Civil Engineering, McMaster University, Canada 3Department of Medical Biophysics and Robarts Research Institute, Western University, Canada 4Schulich School of Medicine and Dent...

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Achieving functional restoration of diseased or injured tissues is the ultimate goal of both regenerative medicine approaches and physical therapy interventions. Proper integration and healing of the surrogate cells, tissues, or organs introduced using regenerative medicine techniques are often dependent on the co-introduction of therapeutic physical stimuli. Thus, regenerative rehabilitation r...

1Department of Psychology, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ 2Kessler Medical Rehabilitation Research and Education Corporation, West Orange, NJ 3Kessler Medical Rehabilitation Research and Education Corporation, West Orange, NJ Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey–New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ 4Center for Molecular and Beha...