Could Activity Modifications Indicate Physical Decline Among Adults With Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis?

Objectives: Mobility activity modifications indicate early functional losses that act as precursors to future declines among community-dwelling older adults. However, there is scarce evidence on whether activity modifications indicate poorer physical health among adults with symptomatic osteoarthritis, a major cause of disability. Our purpose was to investigate whether patient-reported mobility activity modifications indicated poorer physical health among adults with symptomatic knee osteoarthritis.

Revisiting the status of oral health services in adult PM&R programs: a 40-year follow-up survey.

Purpose: This survey compared the status of oral health service access and needs for adult Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (PM&R) patients over a 40-year period.

Methods: This report compares two surveys (1974 vs. 2014) of Directors of PM&R residency programs in the United States.

Musculoskeletal education for medical students.

Musculoskleletal conditions comprise the second most common reason for physician visits and have the greatest negative impact on health-related quality of life in the industrialized world. Therefore, all medical schools should provide education for their students in these disorders. Physiatrists play a unique role in musculoskeletal care and hence, should play a leading role in medical student education.

The epidemiology of cancer pain.

We identified 28 epidemiological surveys by applying a sensitive search in Medline and CancerLit databases, supplemented by hand searches. Only two surveys enrolled more than 10,000 patients with cancer. The remaining were hospital or clinic-based surveys of at most a few hundred patients.

Rehabilitation medicine approach to cancer pain.

Cancer pain may benefit from interventions that focus on function. Pain and mobility may be improved by strengthening, stretching, and the use of assistive devices. Physical, occupational, and speech therapy may all be needed to help manage pain in the cancer patient.

Evidence report on the treatment of pain in cancer patients.

Pain associated with cancer is of widespread concern. We conducted a systematic review to evaluate the best available evidence on the efficacy of treatments of cancer-related pain. The sources used were MEDLINE, CancerLit, and the Cochrane Library from 1966 through April 2001, as well as bibliographies of meta-analyses and review articles.