The functional assessment of multiple sclerosis (FAMS) is a disease-specific instrument that describes functional status of individuals with multiple sclerosis. The instrument was originally developed in the US and has been adapted to different languages including Danish. This study is a validation of the Danish version of FAMS in a sample of individuals referred to a four-week rehabilitation p...

BACKGROUND Individual Placement and Support (IPS) is an evidence-based work rehabilitation model with well-documented effects for people with mental illness. The model has, however, never been tested out for people with chronic pain. This pilot study aimed to investigate chronic pain patients' experiences with the IPS job support model. METHODS We recruited eight consecutive patients referred...

Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (PRM) is an independent medical specialty focusing on the improvement of functioning. A shared understanding of concepts is of vital importance for integrated action in this field. The aim of the present paper is to provide a conceptual model of PRM, to give background on its development and adoptions, and to explain the choice of terms, phrases, and concept...

BACKGROUND The management of patients with end stage ocular surface disease sometimes requires extensive surgical treatment that can only be provided by specialised ophthalmology. The authors discuss the costs and gains of such complex techniques based on a case of bilateral corneal blindness secondary to Stevens-Johnson syndrome. METHODS AND RESULTS Despite multiple lid surgery for trichiasi...

Evaluating change in patients over time can be challenging to any health care provider. Response shift theory is based on the change typology of alpha, beta, and gamma change and proposes that residual changes in self-response measures occur over time. These changes are the result of recalibration, reconceptualization, and reprioritization of internal standards and references utilized for self-...

OBJECTIVE To access the percentage of the patients whose repetitive nerve stimulation (RNS) studies were negative for 10% amplitude decrement but positive for 10% area decrement and to compare these disagreed results with specialist physician's diagnosis. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective descriptive study. SETTING Electrodiagnosis laboratory, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, King Chulalongk...

BACKGROUND the National Service Framework for Older People requires every general hospital which cares for stroke patients to introduce a specialist stroke service by 2004. OBJECTIVE to describe the organisation and staffing of specialist hospital-based stroke services in the UK. DESIGN a national postal survey of consultant members of the British Association of Stroke Physicians (BASP) see...

BACKGROUND The quality of health care after myocardial infarction (MI) may be lacking; in particular, guidelines for nonpharmacologic interventions (cardiac rehabilitation, smoking cessation) may receive insufficient priority. We identified gaps between secondary prevention guidelines and ambulatory care received by Medicaid enrollees after an MI. METHODS MI survivors were selected by using 2...

AIM To explore the appropriateness of using the interval-scale version of the Gross Motor Function Measure (GMFM-66) in paediatric acquired brain injury (ABI), and to characterize GMFM-66 recovery trajectories and factors that affect them. METHOD An observational study of gross motor recovery trajectories during rehabilitation at a single specialist paediatric in-patient rehabilitation centre...

OBJECTIVES There has been an increased request for intensive training and rehabilitation of patients with brain damage in Norway. These programs are demanding with regard to personnel, travelling, time and economic resources. We aimed to indicate cost and gain to make these programs cost-effective. METHODS A retrospective study included all patients referred to the Northern Norway Regional He...