Physical medicine and rehabilitation clerkships in medical school: A valuable and integrated addition to the advanced clerkships.

The medical specialty of physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R) focuses on quality of life, function, ability, and interdisciplinary care. PM&R clerkships are uniquely qualified to teach medical students about rehabilitation and the spectrum of postacute care, medical knowledge, and medical decision making related to health care affecting people with disabilities, health care disparities affecting people with disabilities, and the communication and teamwork strategies to provide a patient-centered approach to optimize function and outcomes. PM&R clerkships can be used to fulfill stakeholder and governing body requirements, such as medical knowledge, rehabilitation, critical judgment, health disparities, ethics, communication, teamwork, and patient-centered medical care, in order to maintain accreditation and provide a high-quality education This review provides both a rationale for a medical student clerkship in PM&R and an effective example of such an experience that has been implemented during medical school training.

Physical medicine and rehabilitation clinical experiences: A narrative review of curricula and educational interventions.

Physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R) is a specialty of medicine that focuses on function and the care of people with disabilities. Many medical schools offer PM&R content by means of PM&R clerkships for career development purposes with varying curricula and assessments; however, there is limited information regarding the optimal way to teach clinical skills relating to the field of PM&R. This narrative review study was performed to evaluate PM&R specific clinical curricular interventions.

Update on Brain Tumors: New Developments in Neuro-oncologic Diagnosis and Treatment, and Impact on Rehabilitation Strategies.

Brain tumors can be a source of functional impairment to patients due to neurologic sequelae associated with the tumor itself as well as treatment side effects. As a result, many of these patients may require rehabilitation services. Surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy have been longstanding, primary treatment modalities in the management of brain tumors, though these treatments continue to evolve given new developments in research and technology.

Wii Fit balance board playing improves balance and gait in Parkinson disease.

Objective: To assess the effect of exercise training by using the Nintendo Wii Fit video game and balance board system on balance and gait in adults with Parkinson disease (PD).

Design: A prospective interventional cohort study.

Setting: An outpatient group exercise class.

Autonomic dysreflexia with negative-pressure wound therapy: a report of two cases.

Pressure ulcers and autonomic dysreflexia (AD) are common complications that may affect individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI). Negative-pressure wound therapy (NPWT) is a frequently used modality to aid in wound healing in the treatment of pressures ulcers in patients with SCI. Although the common triggers of AD have been well described in the literature, there have been no formal reports of NPWT itself as a cause of AD.