Using Physical Function to Predict Hospital Readmission within 1 Year in Patients with Heart Failure.

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate which method of evaluating physical function could predict 1-year readmission due to worsening of heart failure (HF) in newly diagnosed HF patients.

Methods: One hundred sixteen consecutive patients with HF who underwent cardiac rehabilitation at our hospital between May 2012 and September 2015 were retrospectively enrolled. Participants were divided into two groups based on whether they were readmitted for worsening HF within 1 year.

Arthroscopic anterior inferior iliac spine decompression does not alter postoperative muscle strength.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to assess the additional effect of anterior inferior iliac spine (AIIS) decompression on knee extensor and hip flexor strength and compare functional outcomes after arthroscopic FAI correction with and without AIIS decompression.

Methods: Sixty patients who underwent arthroscopic FAI correction surgery were divided into two groups matched for AIIS morphology: 31 patients who underwent arthroscopic FAI surgery only (without AIIS decompression) (FAI group) (AIIS Type I; n = 5, Type II; n = 26, Type III; n = 0) and 29 patients who underwent arthroscopic FAI surgery with AIIS decompression (AIIS group) (AIIS Type I; n = 5, Type II; n = 24, Type III; n = 0). Knee extensor and hip flexor strength were evaluated preoperatively and at 6 months after surgery.

Comparison of the Time Course of Return to Work After Stroke Between Two Cohort Studies in Japan.

The conditions for stroke rehabilitation such as individual therapeutic procedure and medical treatment system in Japan have drastically changed over the past decade: increasing incidence of ischemic stroke, the use of intravenous recombinant tissue plasminogen activator, hospital specialization, introduction of convalescent rehabilitation wards, and public long-term care insurance. However, it is not known whether these changes have influenced the time course of return to work (RTW) after stroke. In this study we compared the time course of RTW after stroke in Japan that was reported in two cohort studies performed 20 years apart.