Predictors of balance in older hip fracture patients undergoing standard motor rehabilitation.

Purpose: Little is known about the factors predicting balance in hip fracture patients. The aim of this retrospective observational study was to assess balance before and after inpatient rehabilitation and, secondarily, to identify factors predicting the balance levels in older hip fracture patients after motor rehabilitation.

Methods: Data were collected in 124 hip fracture patients over a 2-year period.

The minimal clinically-important difference of the Prosthesis Evaluation Questionnaire - Mobility Scale in subjects undergoing lower limb prosthetic rehabilitation training.

Background: There is increasing interest in psychometrically sound outcome measures of mobility for people with lower limb amputation (LLA), in order to accurately monitor the impact of the prosthetic training during and after rehabilitation.

Aim: To determine the minimum detectable change (MDC) and minimal clinically important difference (MCID) for the Prosthesis Evaluation Questionnaire-Mobility Scale (PEQ-MS) in people with LLA.

Design: Prospective single-group observational study.

Pain, disability and adherence to home exercises in patients with chronic neck pain: long term effects of phone surveillance. A randomized controlled study.

Background: Effectiveness of phone surveillance and other communication technologies in the management of neck pain patients have been evaluated previously only at the suspension of the service.

Aim: To verify whether a phone surveillance program can improve pain, disability, and adherence to home exercises in neck pain patients, and whether the improvement achieved continues to be maintained also after suspension of the support.

Design: This is a randomized controlled study.

Functional recovery in hip fracture patients: the role of pharmacotherapy.

Background And Aim: The aim of this prospective observational cohort study was to verify the relationship between number of drugs used and functional outcome in hip fracture patients undergoing rehabilitation.

Methods: This study was conducted on 139 patients with hip fracture who underwent a rehabilitation program. Efficiency rate in the Functional Independence Measure (FIM) and Berg Balance Scale (BBS), and length of stay (LOS) were the outcome measures.

Multicentre registry of brain-injured patients with disorder of consciousness: rationale and preliminary data.

Diagnostic accuracy and reliable estimation of clinical evolution are challenging issues in the management of patients with disorders of consciousness (DoC). Longitudinal systematic investigations conducted in large cohorts of patients with DoC could make it possible to identify reliable diagnostic and prognostic markers. On the basis of this consideration, we devised a multicentre prospective registry for patients with DoC admitted to ten intensive rehabilitation units.