Validity, inter-rater reliability, and feasibility of the Chelsea Physical Assessment Tool for assessing physical function in post-acute COVID-19 patients: A cross-sectional study.

Background: Various tools have been created to measure physical function during intensive care unit (ICU) stay and after ICU discharge, but those have not been validated in coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) patients. There is a need for a reliable, valid and feasible tool to define the rehabilitation needs of post-ICU COVID-19 patients entering the acute wards and then rehabilitation clinics.

Objective: This study aims to investigate the validity, inter-rater reliability and feasibility of Chelsea Physical Assessment Tool (CPAx) in assessing the functional status of COVID-19 patients after discharge from the ICU.

Breast Cancer Survivorship: the Role of Rehabilitation According to the International Classification of Functioning Disability and Health-a Scoping Review.

Purpose Of Review: The population of breast cancer (BC) survivors is growing due to earlier diagnosis and effective combined treatments. A scoping review was performed to explore the role of rehabilitation in BC survivorship and the major issues in BC survivors with International Classification of Functioning Disability and Health (ICF) perspective.

Recent Findings: The authors searched PubMed from January 1, 2018, up until November 9, 2021.

Evaluation of Duruöz Hand Index in diagnosis and staging of Carpal tunnel syndrome.

Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is a common entrapment neuropathy of the upper limb. In this cross-sectional study our aim is to investigate the value of Duruöz Hand Index (DHI) in diagnosis and staging of CTS patients and comparing it with Boston Carpal Tunnel Questionnaire (BQ) and provocative tests. Among 423 patients who were referred to the EMG laboratory at the physical medicine and rehabilitation unit with the symptoms of CTS, 294 patients were included in the study.

CT-guided piriformis muscle injection for the treatment of piriformis syndrome.

Aim: Piriformis syndrome is a rare neuromuscular disorder that occurs when the piriformis muscle compresses or irritates the sciatic nerve. The treatment of piriformis syndrome includes injections into the piriformis muscle around the sciatic nerve. These invasive approaches have been used with various techniques to increase the safety of the procedure.

Muscular response to functional treatment of skeletal open-bite and deep-bite cases: an electromyographic study.

Aim: To examine the muscular response of masseter and anterior temporal muscles to functional orthodontic treatment in skeletal open-bite and deep-bite subjects using electromyography (EMG).

Methods: The study sample consisted of 31 subjects (18 males, 13 females) grouped into skeletal open-bite (mean age 12.6 ± 2.

What is the optimal repetition number in electromyographic reaction time studies?

Background: To find out how many trials of electromyographic reaction time measurements are needed for reliable interpretation.

Methods: The electromyographic reaction time values were obtained by surface electromyography from the flexor digitorum superficialis muscle of the 20 healthy volunteers. After five practice trials, the measurements were repeated 20 times.