Health
Pregnancy permanently changes foot size
A new University of Iowa study confirms what many women have long suspected – that pregnancy permanently changes the size and shape of a woman's feet.
Mar 1, 2013
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Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Other
New metric to track prosthetic arm progress
Amputees with a new prosthetic arm must learn how to use their device to perform everyday tasks that were once second nature. Taking off a shirt becomes a conscious, multistep effort: grasp the shirt, lift the shirt over ...
Oct 31, 2012
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Uncertain about health outcomes, male stroke survivors more likely to suffer depression than females
Post-stroke depression is a major issue affecting approximately 33% of stroke survivors. A new study published in the current issue of Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation reports that the level to which survivors ...
Sep 12, 2012
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Neuroscience
Majority of people with spinal cord injury use complementary and integrative healthcare
In a cross-sectional self-report study led by experts from five Spinal Cord Injury Model Systems Centers, a survey of people with spinal cord injury revealed that 80 percent of participants were current or previous users ...
Aug 25, 2021
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Neuroscience
More than half of wheelchair users with spinal cord injury needed repairs in past 6 months
Among wheelchair users with spinal cord injury 42 percent reported adverse consequences related to needing wheelchair repair, according to a team of experts in spinal cord injury rehabilitation. The research team, comprised ...
Jul 2, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Researchers analyze the role of kinesiophobia in individuals with chronic pain
Finding out how kinesiophobia –unreasonable fear of movement– may affect individuals with chronic musculoskeletal pain is the aim of a research group of the University of Malaga (UMA), which recent studies have been published ...
Oct 14, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Diaphragm linked to chronic low back pain, study shows
Researchers of the Physical Therapy and Medicine departments of the CEU Cardenal Herrera University recently published a study on patients with chronic, non-specific low back pain, in which they conducted the first clinical ...
Jun 22, 2018
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Neuroscience
For stroke victims, brain magnetic stimulation leads to improved walking speed
A technique of magnetic stimulation of the brain can increase walking speed in patients who are undergoing rehabilitation after a stroke, reports a research update in the American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, ...
May 9, 2018
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Cardiology
Horseback riding interventions have therapeutic benefits for people with disabilities
Physical activities incorporating horseback riding can help to improve strength, balance, and other outcomes for children and adults with a range of neuromotor, developmental, and physical disabilities, according to a report ...
Mar 2, 2017
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Health
Implementation science looks to eHealth technology to enhance doctor-patient relationship
New and developing eHealth technologies have the potential to improve the patient-provider connection and patient-centered health care. An opinion piece authored by three physicians looks to rehabilitation medicine, with ...
Nov 18, 2016
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