SAS-PRP Study: A Real-Life Satisfaction Assessment in Patients with Cartilage Lesions of the Knee Treated by Platelet-Rich Plasma.

Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) is a rising therapy treating locomotor system lesions such as knee osteoarthritis. The objective of this study was to evaluate patients' satisfaction 6 to 12 months after a PRP injection for cartilage lesions of their knee under real-life conditions. Patients' satisfaction was assessed by a specific questionnaire named SATMED-Q©, which explores six different dimensions of a given treatment.

Sensory substitution of elbow proprioception to improve myoelectric control of upper limb prosthesis: experiment on healthy subjects and amputees.

Background: Current myoelectric prostheses lack proprioceptive information and rely on vision for their control. Sensory substitution is increasingly developed with non-invasive vibrotactile or electrotactile feedback, but most systems are designed for grasping or object discriminations, and few were tested for online control in amputees. The objective of this work was evaluate the effect of a novel vibrotactile feedback on the accuracy of myoelectric control of a virtual elbow by healthy subjects and participants with an upper-limb amputation at humeral level.

Correction to: Effect of vibration characteristics and vibror arrangement on the tactile perception of the upper arm in healthy subjects and upper limb amputees.

The original article [1] contained an error whereby the captions to Fig. 3 and Fig. 8 were mistakenly interchanged.

Effect of vibration characteristics and vibror arrangement on the tactile perception of the upper arm in healthy subjects and upper limb amputees.

Background: Vibrotactile stimulation is a promising venue in the field of prosthetics to retrain sensory feedback deficits following amputation. Discrimination is well established at the forearm level but not at the upper arm level. Moreover, the effects of combining vibration characteristics such as duration and intensity has never been investigated.

Quality of life assessment following amputation for septic shock: a long-term descriptive survey after symmetric peripheral gangrene.

Purpose: To assess health-related quality of life (HRQOL) following rehabilitation of amputees suffering symmetric peripheral gangrene (SPG) after septic shock.

Material And Methods: A retrospective cohort study was conducted in nine French specialized rehabilitation centers. Thirty-two ICU adult patients hospitalized between 2005 and 2015 for septic shock who additionally presented with SPG resulting in at least two major amputations were enrolled.

[Rehabilitation after a war injury].

Rehabilitation after a war injury. Combat wounds can be the cause of serious physical and mental trauma. Injuries caused by the explosion of improvised devices are responsible for multiple penetrating injuries, limb amputations, brain or spinal-cord injuries, and sometimes severe burns.

Occurrence of adverse events in long-term intrathecal baclofen infusion: a 1-year follow-up study of 158 adults.

Objective: To assess the frequency and types of adverse events (AEs) related to intrathecal baclofen (ITB) therapy in adults, and associated risk factors.

Design: A prospective, observational cohort study of adults followed up from January 1 to December 31, 2010.

Setting: A neurologic rehabilitation department in a university hospital.