Active video games for knee osteoarthritis improve mobility but not WOMAC score: A randomized controlled trial
Conclusions: Therapeutic exercises and playing AVGs similarly improved the pain of patients with knee OA; however, playing AVGs improved dynamic balance, physical functional performance, and physical health more than therapeutic exercises did. (Source: Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine)
Source: Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine - January 24, 2020 Category: Rehabilitation Source Type: research

Test–retest reliability of an adapted version of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire for healthy individuals and stroke survivors
Publication date: Available online 22 January 2020Source: Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation MedicineAuthor(s): Aristide S. Honado, Jean-Sébastien Roy, Jean-François Daneault, Orthelo Léonel Gbètoho Atigossou, Charles Sèbiyo Batcho (Source: Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine)
Source: Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine - January 24, 2020 Category: Rehabilitation Source Type: research

Effect of chronic stretching interventions on mechanical properties of muscles in patients with stroke: a systematic review
Conclusion. Long interventions involving high stretching volumes and/or loads may have effects on muscle/joint mechanical properties, for preventing/treating contractures after stroke injury, but need to be further explored before firm conclusions are drawn. (Source: Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine)
Source: Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine - January 24, 2020 Category: Rehabilitation Source Type: research

Eighteen months of combined Mediterranean diet and high-intensity interval training successfully maintained body mass loss in obese individuals
Publication date: Available online 22 January 2020Source: Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation MedicineAuthor(s): Maxime Boidin, Anil Nigam, Valérie Guilbeault, Elise Latour, Antoine Langeard, Martin Juneau, Mathieu Gayda (Source: Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine)
Source: Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine - January 24, 2020 Category: Rehabilitation Source Type: research

Home-based cycling using connected ergometric bicycles for people with lumbar spinal stenosis (FLEXCAL): protocol for a randomised trial
Publication date: Available online 23 January 2020Source: Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation MedicineAuthor(s): Christelle Nguyen, Isabelle Boutron, Alexandra Roren, Gabriel Baron, Charlotte Pauwels, Marie-Martine Lefèvre-Colau, Serge Poiraudeau, Arnaud Dupeyron, Emmanuel Coudeyre, François Rannou (Source: Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine)
Source: Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine - January 24, 2020 Category: Rehabilitation Source Type: research

The Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine through the 2010s: a generalist journal of rehabilitation with a French touch
Publication date: Available online 28 December 2019Source: Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation MedicineAuthor(s): By D Pérennou, Ph Azouvi, S Nadeau, JM Casillas, H Burger, P Denys, E Coudeyre, F Rannou (Source: Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine)
Source: Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine - December 30, 2019 Category: Rehabilitation Source Type: research

Tilted writing after stroke, a sign of biased verticality representation
Publication date: Available online 17 December 2019Source: Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation MedicineAuthor(s): Caroline Jolly, Céline Piscicelli, Remi Gimat, Claire Berenger, Eric Guinet, Laure Mathevon, Anne Chrispin, Shenhao Dai, Monica Baciu, Dominic Perennou (Source: Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine)
Source: Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine - December 18, 2019 Category: Rehabilitation Source Type: research

Rehabilitation of the upper arm early after stroke: video games versus conventional rehabilitation. A randomized controlled trial
Conclusion. In general, we cannot conclude that video gaming and conventional OT led to different long-term sensorimotor recovery of the UL after sub-acute stroke. However, when applied within the first month after stroke, video gaming was more efficient than conventional rehabilitation on both sensorimotor recovery and gross grasping function.Trial registration. ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT01554449) (Source: Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine)
Source: Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine - December 9, 2019 Category: Rehabilitation Source Type: research

Determinants of satisfaction with motor rehabilitation in people with cerebral palsy: A national survey in France (ESPaCe)
ConclusionThis study suggests that measures to improve the quality of healthcare for individuals with cerebral palsy should focus on improving pain management by the physiotherapist, establishing a therapeutic alliance, and greater provision of CP-specific practice education for healthcare professionals. (Source: Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine)
Source: Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine - December 7, 2019 Category: Rehabilitation Source Type: research

Construct validity of the Trunk Aesthetic Clinical Evaluation (TRACE) in young people with idiopathic scoliosis
Conclusions. The TRACE ordinal scale has been converted into a Rasch-consistent, interval-level measure of trunk aesthetics in IS patients and can be used to compare different populations. Its main flaw is low reliability, likely because of the small number of items. TRACE can be used as an outcome measure and in everyday clinical evaluation of IS, even if new developments of the scale are advised. (Source: Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine)
Source: Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine - December 7, 2019 Category: Rehabilitation Source Type: research

The importance of lower-extremity muscle strength for lower-limb functional capacity in multiple sclerosis: systematic review
Conclusions: In PwMS, muscle strength of particularly the weakest limb explains 20% to 30% of the variance across a number of lower-limb functional capacity tests. Thus, exercise programs should focus on increasing lower-extremity muscle mechanical function in PwMS and minimizing strength asymmetry between limbs. (Source: Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine)
Source: Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine - December 7, 2019 Category: Rehabilitation Source Type: research

Barthel Index and modified Rankin Scale: psychometric properties during medication phases in idiopathic Parkinson disease
Conclusion: The BI and mRS showed acceptable validity and reliability to measure the degree of disability in patients with PD in daily activities in both ON and OFF medication phases. (Source: Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine)
Source: Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine - December 7, 2019 Category: Rehabilitation Source Type: research

Additional validation study and French cross-cultural adaptation of the Pediatric Stroke Outcome Measure–Summary of Impressions (PSOM-SOI)
Conclusion: The IRR of the French PSOM-SOI gave variable results depending on the item and rater’s experience, but the extent of disagreements was minor for individual items and total score. Additional prospective validation studies using the French PSOM-Short Neurological Exam to score the PSOM-SOI are needed. A dichotomized total score (cutoff ≤ 0.5) could be used to define normal function versus poor outcome. (Source: Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine)
Source: Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine - December 7, 2019 Category: Rehabilitation Source Type: research

Thank you, Reviewers, 2019
Publication date: November 2019Source: Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Volume 62, Issue 6Author(s): (Source: Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine)
Source: Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine - December 5, 2019 Category: Rehabilitation Source Type: research

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Publication date: November 2019Source: Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Volume 62, Issue 6Author(s): (Source: Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine)
Source: Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine - December 5, 2019 Category: Rehabilitation Source Type: research