BACKGROUND The Cerebral Palsy Computerized Adaptive Test (CP-CAT) is a parent-reported outcomes instrument for measuring lower and upper-extremity function, activity, and global health across impairment levels and a broad age range of children with cerebral palsy (CP). This study was performed to examine whether the Lower Extremity/Mobility (LE) CP-CAT detects change in mobility following ortho...

Knee osteoarthritis is an extremely common musculoskeletal disorder of the lower extremity that results in significant physical impairment and functional limitations. The resulting pain and disability associated with knee osteoarthritis impacts various components of physical function including treatment satisfaction and patient/client quality of life. Therefore, the need to know the efficacy of...

BACKGROUND Chronic exertional compartment syndrome (CECS) is characterized by elevated pressures within a closed space of an extremity muscular compartment, causing pain and/or disability by impairing the neuromuscular function of the involved compartment. The diagnosis of CECS is primarily made on careful history and physical exam. The gold standard test to confirm the diagnosis of CECS is inv...

BACKGROUND Valid measures of physical activity are critical research tools. The objective of this study was to develop a Spanish translation of the Yale Physical Activity Survey, and to provide preliminary evidence of its validity in a population of Dominican patients with lower extremity arthritis. METHODS A Dominican bilingual health care professional translated the Yale Physical Activity S...

Physical fitness has been long associated with maintenance and improvement of motor performance as we age. In particular, measures of psychomotor speed and motor dexterity tend to be higher in physically fit aging adults as compared to their sedentary counterparts. Using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), we explored the patterns of neural ...

Motor dysfunction and cognitive impairment (CI) are the most prevalent disabling among stroke consequences. CI decreases effectivity of motor rehabilitation, but itself may also influence manifestations progression CI. So development study novel physical therapy tactics, which aiming to target both these syndromes, becomes a subject great interest nowadays.
 The aim was evaluate impact dif...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to assess the reliability, construct validity, and sensitivity to change of the Lower Extremity Functional Scale (LEFS). SUBJECTS AND METHODS The LEFS was administered to 107 patients with lower-extremity musculoskeletal dysfunction referred to 12 outpatient physical therapy clinics. METHODS The LEFS was administered during the initial as...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of constraint–induced movement therapy (CIT) on upper extremity function and unilateral neglect in person with stroke. The subject was a man who was diagnosed with stroke. A single subject experimental research with ABA design was employed in this study. The experiment formed 20 sessions in total: 5 sessions for baseline, 10 sessions for C...