Parkinson's disease and posture: evaluation with biometrical holistic of human body device: a pilot study.

Background: Patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) commonly develop severe spinal deformity. The etiology of Parkinson's spinal deformity is not completely understood and in most cases is likely due to multiple factors. These include dystonia and focal myopathy.

Activities-specific balance confidence scale: a Rasch evaluation of the Arabic version in lower-limb prosthetic users.

Purpose: To evaluate the psychometric properties of the Arabic version of the Activities-Specific Balance Confidence Scale using the 5-option response categories for individuals with lower limb amputation (ABC-5/Ar).

Materials And Methods: This was a methodological study on a convenience sample of individuals with unilateral lower-limb amputation attending outpatient rehabilitation centres in Saudi Arabia and Turkey ( = 155). Rasch analysis (WINSTEPS version 4.

The Management of Knee Osteoarthritis in the Real World: An Italian National Survey.

Knee osteoarthritis is a degenerative and inflammatory disease causing pain and worsening patients' quality of life. Various conservative treatment options exist, but a gap between scientific evidence and clinical practice is still present. The aim of this prospective multicenter observational study is to describe the real outpatient territorial management of patients with knee osteoarthritis and to analyze the correlation between the anthropometric and clinical characteristics of the population of patients suffering from symptomatic knee osteoarthritis who were screened in the national survey.

Is there any relationship between scoliosis, cervical pain and postural imbalance in Parkinson's disease? A cross-sectional pilot study.

Parkinson's disease (PD) is defined by progressive worsening of gait, posture, and balance, as well as disability in daily life activities, and improvement in chronic musculoskeletal pain, particularly neck pain associated with worsening of balance. The study's goal is to look into the relationship between scoliosis, balance, and cervical pain in Parkinson's disease patients. Cross-sectional, pilot study.

Functional and Rehabilitative Outcomes of Patients Affected by Bone Cancer of the Upper Limb Treated with MUTARS Prosthesis: A Narrative Review.

Megaprostheses are well-known, reliable, and effective reconstruction prostheses used in oncologic surgery for limb salvage in patients affected by primary or metastatic bone tumors. Rehabilitation plays a major role after MUTARS replacement, with the aim of improving function after surgery and maintaining the highest possible quality of life. Only a few studies have been published about the use of megaprostheses for the upper limb.

Conservative non-pharmacological treatments for chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathies in women treated for breast cancer: a systematic review.

Introduction: Over the last few decades, the use of neo/adjuvant therapies has significantly increased the number of breast cancer survivors who experience chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN). To date, few, low-efficacy, pharmacological remedies exist to manage this side effect. For this reason, alternative treatments are increasingly being investigated as possible strategies to prevent or promote faster recovery from CIPN.

Introduction to target trial emulation in rehabilitation: a systematic approach to emulate a randomized controlled trial using observational data.

Rehabilitation providers and policymakers need valid evidence to make informed decisions about the healthcare needs of the population. Whenever possible, these decisions should be informed by randomized controlled trials (RCTs). However, there are circumstances when evidence needs to be generated rapidly, or when RCTs are not ethical or feasible.

Effects of soft tissue mobilisation on subacute adherent linear scars: a single-group intervention study.

Objective: Scar adherence due to a pathological healing process can cause physical and psychological disturbance. Soft tissue mobilisation (STM) techniques are widely used to treat and prevent scar adherence, but little is known on their effects. We aimed to analyse the effect of STM in patients with subacute post-surgical scar adhesions affecting the extremities.

The influence of bias in randomized controlled trials on rehabilitation intervention effect estimates: what we have learned from meta-epidemiological studies.

This study aimed to synthesize evidence from studies that addressed the influence of bias domains in randomized controlled trials on rehabilitation intervention effect estimates and discuss how these findings can maximize the trustworthiness of an RCT in rehabilitation. We screened studies about the influence of bias on rehabilitation intervention effect estimates published until June 2023. The characteristics and results of the included studies were categorized based on methodological characteristics and summarized narratively.

PEP mask therapy for the rehabilitation of a pre-term infant with respiratory distress syndrome: a case report.

Background: Preterm infants can develop many complications related to organs underdevelopment. Respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) is considered the most important cause of morbidity and mortality in these patients. Traditional therapies for severe RDS, such as mechanical ventilation, come with a potential risk for pneumothorax and bronchopulmonary dysplasia while evidence on chest physiotherapy in preterm infants are controversial in terms of feasibility, tolerability and safety.

Video-based Goniometer Applications for Measuring Knee Joint Angles during Walking in Neurological Patients: A Validity, Reliability and Usability Study.

Easy-to-use evaluation of Range Of Motion (ROM) during walking is necessary to make decisions during neurological rehabilitation programs and during follow-up visits in clinical and remote settings. This study discussed goniometer applications (DrGoniometer and Angles - Video Goniometer) that measure knee joint ROM during walking through smartphone cameras. The primary aim of the study is to test the inter-rater and intra-rater reliability of the collected measurements as well as their concurrent validity with an electro-goniometer.

The management of knee osteoarthritis in elderly: results from a national survey compared to ESCEO guidelines.

Objective: Knee osteoarthritis (KOA) is a degenerative and inflammatory disease with a rising incidence and prevalence worldwide. Various therapeutic strategies have been proposed over time, depending on the degrees of severity and usually based on individual clinical practice. However, several European and international scientific societies published guidelines, to provide practical clinical stepwise guidance and to facilitate individualized therapeutic decisions regarding the management of KOA.

Trust/untrust is not the same as true/false. Lessons learned and ethical questions on the application of untrustworthiness scales to judge individuals.

This special paper reflects on trustworthiness and its implications for scientific medical journals and all the communities they serve: health professionals, policymakers, the public, and a specific discipline, in our case, Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine. We start from a recent episode: a paper claimed the untrustworthiness of two randomised controlled trials (RCTs) published in the European Journal of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine based on a newly developed trustworthiness scale, used until now only in systematic reviews. This likely represents the first case of applying such a scale focusing on a single leading author.

Global statements to produce and implement evidence in the post-COVID-era provide a path forward for rehabilitation - A joint initiative of Cochrane Rehabilitation and the leading journals in the field.

This article is a simultaneous joint publication in Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine, Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Developmental Neurorehabilitation, European Journal of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation, Musculoskeletal Science & Practice and Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair. The articles are identical except for stylistic changes in keeping with each journal's style. Either version may be used in citing this article.

Rasch validation and refinement of the Lymphedema Life Impact Scale version 2 in an Italian cohort with secondary lymphedema.

Purpose: To produce and validate an Italian version of the Lymphedema Life Impact Scale version 2 (LLISv2-It), a tool measuring the impact of lymphedema on health-related quality of life, and investigate its main psychometric characteristics.

Methods: After translation and cross-cultural adaptation of the LLISv2, we administered it to 156 subjects with secondary lymphedema (upper or lower limb), together with (depending on the limb involved) either the Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand questionnaire (DASH) or the Lower Extremity Functional Scale (LEFS). We analyzed the performance of LLISv2-It using Classical Test Theory and Rasch methods.

An overview of Cochrane systematic reviews for pulmonary rehabilitation interventions in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a mapping synthesis.

Introduction: There is a global unmet need for rehabilitation to meet which the World Health Organization, in collaboration with Cochrane Rehabilitation, is developing the Package of Interventions for Rehabilitation with the aim of identifying rehabilitation interventions relevant to a range of key health conditions, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The purpose of this paper is to describe the best available evidence on pulmonary rehabilitation interventions for people with COPD.

Evidence Acquisition: An Overview of Cochrane Systematic Reviews (CSRs).