Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

186 Pages·2007·5.17 MB·English

Archives of Physical Medicine and
Rehabilitation
Volume 88, Issue 11, Pages , 1369-1545 (November 2007)

Masthead
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Editorial Board
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Table of Contents
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ORIGINAL ARTICLES
Somatosensory Stimulation Enhances the Effects of Training Functional
4.
Hand Tasks in Patients With Chronic Stroke
Pages 1369-1376
Pablo Celnik, Friedhelm Hummel, Michelle Harris-Love, Rebecca Wolk
and Leonardo G. Cohen
Electromyographic Activity in the Immobilized Shoulder Girdle
5.
Musculature During Ipsilateral Kinetic Chain Exercises
Pages 1377-1383
Jay Smith, Diane L. Dahm, Brian R. Kotajarvi, Andrea J. Boon, Edward
R. Laskowski, David J. Jacofsky and Kenton R. Kaufman
Clinical Correlates of Elevated Serum Concentrations of Cytokines and
6.
Autoantibodies in Patients With Spinal Cord Injury
Pages 1384-1393
Andrew L. Davies, Keith C. Hayes and Gregory A. Dekaban
Smoking Among Veterans With Multiple Sclerosis: Prevalence
7.
Correlates, Quit Attempts, and Unmet Need for Services
Pages 1394-1399
Aaron P. Turner, Daniel R. Kivlahan, Lewis E. Kazis and Jodie K.
Haselkorn
Employment After Traumatic Brain Injury: Differences Between Men
8.
and Women
Pages 1400-1409
John D. Corrigan, Lee A. Lineberry, Eugene Komaroff, Jean A.
Langlois, Anbesaw W. Selassie and Kenneth D. Wood
Reliability and Validity of the Dynamic Gait Index in Persons With
9.
Chronic Stroke
Pages 1410-1415
Johanna Jonsdottir and Davide Cattaneo
Exercise Prevents Fatigue and Improves Quality of Life in Prostate
10.
Cancer Patients Undergoing Radiotherapy
Pages 1416-1422
Uma Monga, Susan L. Garber, John Thornby, Carlos Vallbona,
Anthony J. Kerrigan, Trilok N. Monga and Kuno P. Zimmermann
The Segway Personal Transporter as an Alternative Mobility Device for
11.
People With Disabilities: A Pilot Study
Pages 1423-1428
Bonita Sawatzky, Ian Denison, Shauna Langrish, Shonna Richardson,
Kelly Hiller and Bronwyn Slobogean
Efficacy of a Fabricated Customized Splint and Tendon and Nerve
12.
Gliding Exercises for the Treatment of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: A
Randomized Controlled Trial
Pages 1429-1435
Teresa L. Brininger, Joan C. Rogers, Margo B. Holm, Nancy A. Baker,
Zong-Ming Li and Robert J. Goitz
Reliability of the Family Impact of Assistive Technology Scale for
13.
Families of Young Children With Cerebral Palsy
Pages 1436-1440
Stephen E. Ryan, Kent A. Campbell and Patricia J. Rigby
Differences in Isometric Neck Muscle Strength Between Healthy
14.
Controls and Women With Chronic Neck Pain: The Use of a Reliable
Measurement
Pages 1441-1445
Barbara Cagnie, Ann Cools, Veerle De Loose, Dirk Cambier and
Lieven Danneels
Normalizing Lower-Extremity Strength Data for Children Without
15.
Disability Using Allometric Scaling
Pages 1446-1451
Tishya A. Wren and Jack R. Engsberg
Review Article
Exercise Therapy and Other Types of Physical Therapy for Patients
16.
With Neuromuscular Diseases: A Systematic Review
Pages 1452-1464
Edith H. Cup, Allan J. Pieterse, Jessica M. ten Broek-Pastoor, Marten
Munneke, Baziel G. van Engelen, Henk T. Hendricks, Gert J. van der
Wilt and Rob A. Oostendorp

Clinical Notes
Allergic Reactions to Gadodiamide Following Interventional Spinal
17.
Procedures: A Report of 4 Cases
Pages 1465-1467
Casey J. O’Donnell and William G. Cano
Prolonged, Severe Intrathecal Baclofen Withdrawal Syndrome: A Case
18.
Report
Pages 1468-1471
Colby R. Hansen, Judith L. Gooch and Teresa Such-Neibar
Development of Spontaneous Intracranial Hypotension Concurrent
19.
With Grade IV Mobilization of the Cervical and Thoracic Spine: A
Case Report
Pages 1472-1473
J. Skye Donovan, Charles W. Kerber, William H. Donovan and
Lawrence F. Marshall
Refusal to Eat, Capacity, and Ethics in Stroke Patients: A Report of 3
20.
Cases
Pages 1474-1477
Hillel M. Finestone and Jeff Blackmer

Special Section
State-of-the-Science on Postacute Rehabilitation: Setting a Research
21.
Agenda and Developing an Evidence Base for Practice and Public
Policy. An Introduction
Pages 1478-1481
Allen W. Heinemann
State-of-the-Science on Postacute Rehabilitation: Measurement and
22.
Methodologies for Assessing Quality and Establishing Policy for
Postacute Care
Pages 1482-1487
Pamela W. Duncan and Craig A. Velozo
Access to Postacute Rehabilitation
23.
Pages 1488-1493
Melinda Beeuwkes Buntin
Growth and Payment Adequacy of Medicare Postacute Care
24.
Rehabilitation
Pages 1494-1499
Sally J. Kaplan
Assessing the Effectiveness of Postacute Care Rehabilitation
25.
Pages 1500-1504
Robert L. Kane
The Uniform Postacute Assessment Tool: Systematically Evaluating the
26.
Quality of Measurement Evidence
Pages 1505-1512
Mark V. Johnston, Daniel Graves and Maureen Greene
The State-of-the-Science: Access to Postacute Care Rehabilitation
27.
Services. A Review
Pages 1513-1521
Kenneth J. Ottenbacher and James E. Graham
The State-of-the-Science: Challenges in Designing Postacute Care
28.
Payment Policy
Pages 1522-1525
Leighton Chan
Effectiveness of Multidisciplinary Rehabilitation Services in Postacute
29.
Care: State-of-the-Science. A Review
Pages 1526-1534
Janet A. Prvu Bettger and Margaret G. Stineman
Postacute Rehabilitation Research and Policy Recommendations
30.
Pages 1535-1541
Dexanne B. Clohan, Elizabeth M. Durkin, Joy Hammel, Patrick
Murray, John Whyte, Marcel Dijkers, Bruce M. Gans, Daniel E.
Graves, Allen W. Heinemann and Greg Worsowicz

Departments

Letters to the Editor
Reduced Longitudinal Excursion of the Median Nerve in Carpal Tunnel
31.
Syndrome
Page 1542
Myron M. LaBan
Saphenous Nerve Conduction Study Techniques
32.
Page 1542
Seyed Mansoor Rayegani
The author responds
33.
Page 1543
Anthony Chiodo

Organizational News--AAPM &R
Journal-Based CME Evaluation and Application
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Page 1544
CME Processing Fees and Application
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Table of Contents
ORIGINAL ARTICLES
1369 SomatosensoryStimulationEnhancestheEffectsofTrainingFunctionalHandTasksin
PatientsWithChronicStroke
PabloCelnik,MD,FriedhelmHummel,MD,MichelleHarris-Love,PhD,RebeccaWolk,BA,LeonardoG.Cohen,MD
1377 ElectromyographicActivityintheImmobilizedShoulderGirdleMusculature CMECredit
DuringIpsilateralKineticChainExercises
JaySmith,MD,DianeL.Dahm,MD,BrianR.Kotajarvi,PT,AndreaJ.Boon,MD,EdwardR.Laskowski,MD,
DavidJ.Jacofsky,MD,KentonR.Kaufman,PhD
1384 ClinicalCorrelatesofElevatedSerumConcentrationsofCytokinesand CMECredit
AutoantibodiesinPatientsWithSpinalCordInjury
AndrewL.Davies,MSc,KeithC.Hayes,PhD,GregoryA.Dekaban,PhD
1394 SmokingAmongVeteransWithMultipleSclerosis:PrevalenceCorrelates,QuitAttempts,and
UnmetNeedforServices
AaronP.Turner,PhD,DanielR.Kivlahan,PhD,LewisE.Kazis,ScD,JodieK.Haselkorn,MD,MPH
1400 EmploymentAfterTraumaticBrainInjury:DifferencesBetweenMenandWomen
JohnD.Corrigan,PhD,LeeA.Lineberry,MS,EugeneKomaroff,PhD,JeanA.Langlois,ScD,MPH,
AnbesawW.Selassie,DrPH,KennethD.Wood,PhD
1410 ReliabilityandValidityoftheDynamicGaitIndexinPersonsWithChronicStroke CMECredit
JohannaJonsdottir,ScD,DavideCattaneo,PT
1416 ExercisePreventsFatigueandImprovesQualityofLifeinProstateCancerPatientsUndergoing
Radiotherapy
UmaMonga,MD,SusanL.Garber,MA,OTR,JohnThornby,PhD,CarlosVallbona,MD,AnthonyJ.Kerrigan,PhD,
TrilokN.Monga,MD,KunoP.Zimmermann,DO,PhD
1423 TheSegwayPersonalTransporterasanAlternativeMobilityDeviceforPeopleWith
Disabilities:APilotStudy
BonitaSawatzky,PhD,IanDenison,BPT,ShaunaLangrish,MOT,ShonnaRichardson,MOT,KellyHiller,BPT,
BronwynSlobogean,BA
1429 EfficacyofaFabricatedCustomizedSplintandTendonandNerveGlidingExercisesforthe
TreatmentofCarpalTunnelSyndrome:ARandomizedControlledTrial
MAJTeresaL.Brininger,SP,USA,JoanC.Rogers,PhD,MargoB.Holm,PhD,NancyA.Baker,ScD,Zong-MingLi,PhD,
RobertJ.Goitz,MD
1436 ReliabilityoftheFamilyImpactofAssistiveTechnologyScaleforFamiliesofYoungChildren
WithCerebralPalsy
StephenE.Ryan,BESc,PEng,KentA.Campbell,PhD,PatriciaJ.Rigby,MHSc,OTReg(Ont)
1441 DifferencesinIsometricNeckMuscleStrengthBetweenHealthyControlsandWomenWith
ChronicNeckPain:TheUseofaReliableMeasurement
BarbaraCagnie,PT,PhD,AnnCools,PT,PhD,VeerleDeLoose,PT,DirkCambier,PT,PhD,LievenDanneels,PT,PhD
1446 NormalizingLower-ExtremityStrengthDataforChildrenWithoutDisabilityUsingAllometric
Scaling
TishyaA.Wren,PhD,JackR.Engsberg,PhD
REVIEW ARTICLE
1452 ExerciseTherapyandOtherTypesofPhysicalTherapyforPatientsWithNeuromuscular
Diseases:ASystematicReview
EdithH.Cup,MSc,OT,AllanJ.Pieterse,PT,JessicaM.tenBroek-Pastoor,MSc,PT,MartenMunneke,PhD,PT,
BazielG.vanEngelen,MD,PhD,HenkT.Hendricks,MD,PhD,GertJ.vanderWilt,PhD,RobA.Oostendorp,PhD,PT
Volume 88 No 11
November 2007
Table of Contents (continued)
CLINICAL NOTES
1465 AllergicReactionstoGadodiamideFollowingInterventionalSpinalProcedures:AReportof
4Cases
CaseyJ.O’Donnell,DO,WilliamG.Cano,MD
1468 Prolonged,SevereIntrathecalBaclofenWithdrawalSyndrome:ACaseReport
ColbyR.Hansen,MD,JudithL.Gooch,MD,TeresaSuch-Neibar,DO
1472 DevelopmentofSpontaneousIntracranialHypotensionConcurrentWithGradeIV
MobilizationoftheCervicalandThoracicSpine:ACaseReport
J.SkyeDonovan,PT,PhD,OCS,CharlesW.Kerber,MD,WilliamH.Donovan,MD,LawrenceF.Marshall,MD
1474 RefusaltoEat,Capacity,andEthicsinStrokePatients:AReportof3Cases
HillelM.Finestone,MD,CM,FRCPC,JeffBlackmer,MD,MHSc,FRCPC
SPECIAL SECTION
1478 State-of-the-ScienceonPostacuteRehabilitation:SettingaResearchAgendaandDevelopingan
EvidenceBaseforPracticeandPublicPolicy.AnIntroduction
AllenW.Heinemann,PhD
1482 State-of-the-ScienceonPostacuteRehabilitation:MeasurementandMethodologiesfor
AssessingQualityandEstablishingPolicyforPostacuteCare
PamelaW.Duncan,PhD,PT,CraigA.Velozo,PhD,OT
1488 AccesstoPostacuteRehabilitation
MelindaBeeuwkesBuntin,PhD
1494 GrowthandPaymentAdequacyofMedicarePostacuteCareRehabilitation
SallyJ.Kaplan,PhD
1500 AssessingtheEffectivenessofPostacuteCareRehabilitation
RobertL.Kane,MD
1505 TheUniformPostacuteAssessmentTool:SystematicallyEvaluatingtheQualityof
MeasurementEvidence
MarkV.Johnston,PhD,DanielGraves,PhD,MaureenGreene,MS
1513 TheState-of-the-Science:AccesstoPostacuteCareRehabilitationServices.AReview
KennethJ.Ottenbacher,PhD,OTR,JamesE.Graham,PhD,DC
1522 TheState-of-the-Science:ChallengesinDesigningPostacuteCarePaymentPolicy
LeightonChan,MD,MPH
1526 EffectivenessofMultidisciplinaryRehabilitationServicesinPostacuteCare:State-of-the-
Science.AReview
JanetA.PrvuBettger,ScD,MargaretG.Stineman,MD
1535 PostacuteRehabilitationResearchandPolicyRecommendations
DexanneB.Clohan,MD,ElizabethM.Durkin,PhD,JoyHammel,PhD,PatrickMurray,MD,MS,JohnWhyte,MD,PhD,
MarcelDijkers,PhD,BruceM.Gans,MD,DanielE.Graves,PhD,AllenW.Heinemann,PhD,GregWorsowicz,MD
DEPARTMENTS
1542 LetterstotheEditor
ReducedLongitudinalExcursionoftheMedianNerveinCarpalTunnelSyndrome
SaphenousNerveConductionStudyTechniques
ORGANIZATION NEWS—AAPM&R
1544 Journal-BasedCMEEvaluationandApplication
1369
ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Somatosensory Stimulation Enhances the Effects of Training
Functional Hand Tasks in Patients With Chronic Stroke
Pablo Celnik, MD, Friedhelm Hummel, MD, Michelle Harris-Love, PhD, Rebecca Wolk, BA,
Leonardo G. Cohen, MD
ABSTRACT.CelnikP,HummelF,Harris-LoveM,WolkR, advancesinourunderstandingofmoreeffectiveschedulesand
CohenLG.Somatosensorystimulationenhancestheeffectsof structureoftrainingprotocols,3,4motorimpairmentrepresents
training functional hand tasks in patients with chronic stroke. a frequent sequela. Somatosensory input is required for accu-
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2007;88:1369-76. ratemotorperformance5,6andformoreeffectivemotorlearn-
ing.6 As predicted by these data, patients with intact somato-
Objective: To test the hypothesis that somatosensory stim-
sensory function experience more satisfactory response to
ulation would enhance the effects of training functional hand rehabilitation interventions,7 and recovery of sensation in pa-
tasks immediately after practice and 1 day later in chronic
tients with sensory deficits is associated with improvement in
subcortical stroke patients. motor control.8
Design: Single-blinded and randomized, crossover study.
In healthy subjects, relatively brief application of somato-
Setting: Human research laboratory.
sensorystimulationintheformofperipheralnervestimulation
Participants: Nine chronic subcortical stroke patients.
(PNS) results in enhanced activation of the contralateral pri-
Interventions: Three separate sessions of motor training marysensorimotorcortex(SM1)9,10andincreasedcontralateral
preceded by (1) synchronous peripheral nerve stimulation motorcorticalexcitability.11-15Inpatientswithchronicstroke,
(PNS), (2) no stimulation, or (3) asynchronous PNS.
somatosensory stimulation applied to peripheral nerves inner-
Main Outcome Measures: Time to complete the Jebsen-
vating weak body parts transiently enhances motor perfor-
Taylor Hand Function Test (JTHFT time) and corticomotor mance.16-18 Although most of these studies14,16-18 measured
excitability tested with transcranial magnetic stimulation.
performance immediately after the end of stimulation, little is
Results: After familiarization practice, during which all
known about the mechanisms and ability of PNS to modulate
patients reached a performance plateau, training under the
the effects of motor training in chronic subcortical stroke
effectsofPNSreducedJTHFTtimeby10%beyondthepost- patients.Recently,astudy19investigatedtheeffectsofmedian
familiarizationplateau.Thisbehavioralgainwasaccompanied
nervestimulationontheperformanceoffunctionalhandtasks
by a specific reduction in GABAergically mediated intracorti-
in cortical stroke patients and found improvement and better
cal inhibition in the motor cortex. These findings were not
retentionafterPNSrelativetocontrolstimulation.Thisstudy,
observedaftersimilarpracticeundertheinfluenceofnostim-
however, did not investigate the effects on subcortical stroke
ulation or asynchronous PNS sessions.
patients who may have different mechanisms of motor recov-
Conclusions:Somatosensorystimulationmayenhancethe ery20anddidnotdeterminetheneuroplasticchangesassociated
training of functional hand tasks in patients with chronic
to PNS.
stroke, possibly through modulation of intracortical GABAergic
In this study, we tested the hypothesis that PNS would
pathways.
enhance the effects of training functional hand tasks immedi-
Key Words: Electric stimulation; Motor skills; Rehabilita-
atelyand1dayafterpractice,inagroupofsubcorticalstroke
tion; Stroke.
patients. In addition, using transcranial magnetic stimulation
© 2007 by the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medi-
(TMS),weinvestigatedtheunderlyingmechanismsassociated
cine and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and
with PNS and motor training effects.
Rehabilitation
METHODS
MOTOR TRAINING IS EXTENSIVELY used as part of
rehabilitative treatments to facilitate relearning of activ- Participants
ities of daily living (ADLs) after stroke.1,2 Despite recent Werecruited9patientsthroughtheStrokeNeurorehabilita-
tion Clinic of the National Institutes of Health (table 1). All
participantshadahistoryofsinglesubcorticalischemicstroke,
at least 1 year prior to participation in the study, leading to
From the Human Cortical Physiology Section and Stroke Neurorehabilitation
Clinic,NationalInstituteofNeurologicalDisordersandStroke,NationalInstitutesof initial severe upper arm motor pareses (Medical Research
Health,Bethesda,MD(Celnik,Hummel,Harris-Love,Wolk,Cohen);Departmentsof Council scale score (cid:1)2) with subsequent good recovery of
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Neurology, Johns Hopkins University, function to the point of being able to complete the Jebsen-
Baltimore,MD(Celnik);andDepartmentofNeurology,HamburgUniversityMedical
TaylorHandFunctionTest(JTHFT).Theyallsignedinformed
Center,Hamburg,Germany(Hummel).
SupportedbytheIntramuralResearchProgramoftheNationalInstituteofNeu- consent according to the Declaration of Helsinki and the Na-
rological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health; the Rehabilitation tional Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Institu-
Medicine Scientist Training Program (grant no. 5K12HD001097); and the A. v. tional Review Board approved the experimental protocol.
HumboldtFoundation(Feodor-Lynengrant).
Nocommercialpartyhavingadirectfinancialinterestintheresultsoftheresearch
supporting this article has or will confer a benefit upon the authors or upon any Experimental Design
organizationwithwhichtheauthorsareassociated.
All subjects participated in this single-blinded randomized,
RequestreprintstoLeonardoG.Cohen,MD,HumanCorticalPhysiologySection,
NINDS,NIH,Bethesda,MD20817,e-mail:[email protected]. counterbalanced crossover study. Initially, all subjects partici-
patedinafamiliarizationsessioninwhichtheytrainedwiththe
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doi:10.1016/j.apmr.2007.08.001 JTHFT 30 times (3 blocks of 10 repetitions, separated by
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