1Motion Analysis Laboratory, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA 2Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Ferrara University Hospital, Ferrara, Italy 3Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA 4Spaulding Center of Neuromodulation, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospi...

Objective: Traditional and complementary medicine (TCM) is becoming more common worldwide. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the perspectives of physical rehabilitation (PMR) physicians in Turkey regarding TCM methods.
 Methods: A 24-question survey form was prepared which PMR were asked fill out on a voluntary basis via internet.
 Results: total 150 participated study 53.3% had tra...

1 Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA 2 Department of Radiology, Logan College of Chiropractic, Chesterfield, MO 63017, USA 3 Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Medford, MA 02155, USA 4 Department of Physical ...

The aim of this paper is to give an overview of the Cochrane Collaboration, its development over the years, and its usefulness for physical and rehabilitation medicine specialists. After introducing the Cochrane Collaboration, we systematically analyzed all titles of the reviews in each of the 50 review groups. For ''Rehabilitation,'' we included not only exercise and physical therapy, but also...

Usefulness and Importance of Informatics Solution in Evaluating Disability Starting Point for Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine Draft Application Nida-Alexandra COJAN-CARLEAa; Cristian Marius COJOCARUa; Adrian BIGHEAc; Florina POPAd; Mihai BERTEANUa,b a Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Elias University Hospital, Bucharest, Romania b ”Carol Davila” University of Medicine an...

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...

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...

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...