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From:Physical Therapy (Vol. 94, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedBackground. It is hypothesized that increasing physical fitness and daily physical activity can lead to a reduction in fatigue. However, standard medical care following liver transplantation seldom includes...
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From:Physical Therapy (Vol. 85, Issue 12) Peer-ReviewedBackground and Purpose. Cardiac rehabilitation has been shown to be effective in people with chronic heart failure (CHF), particularly in terms of exercise capacity. However, no effects have been found on the level of...
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From:Physical Therapy (Vol. 82, Issue 9) Peer-ReviewedBackground and Purpose. The sit-to-stand (STS) movement is a skill that helps determine the functional level of a person. Assessment of the STS movement has been done using quantitative and semiquantitative techniques....
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From:Physical Therapy (Vol. 80, Issue 12) Peer-ReviewedBackground and Purpose. Exercises for low back and pelvic pain are supposed to increase muscle force to reduce symptoms, but they could exacerbate symptoms by loading of the spinal and pelvic structures. The purpose of...
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From:Physical Therapy (Vol. 94, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedBackground. Most surgical techniques intervene at the level of body functions of the upper limb, aiming to improve manual capacity and activity performance. However, the nature of the relationships among these levels of...
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From:Physical Therapy (Vol. 83, Issue 9) Peer-ReviewedBackground and Purpose. There is limited documentation of measurement error of grip and pinch force evaluation methods. The purposes of this study were (1) to determine indexes of" measurement error for intraexaminer...
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From:Physical Therapy (Vol. 94, Issue 12) Peer-ReviewedBackground. People with spinal cord injury (SCI) may benefit from resistive inspiratory muscle training (RIMT). Current evidence is weak, and little is known about the effect on functional outcomes and long-term...
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From:Physical Therapy (Vol. 78, Issue 9) Peer-ReviewedBackground and Purpose. In this study, the validity and reliability of measurements obtained with an "Activity Monitor" (AM) were examined. The instrument is designed to monitor ambulatory activity by use of...
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From:Physical Therapy (Vol. 95, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedBackground. Optimal physical activity levels have health benefits for patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and are an important goal of cardiac rehabilitation (CR). Purpose. The purpose of this study was to...
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From:Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry (Vol. 82, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedCitation Only
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From:AJOT: American Journal of Occupational Therapy (Vol. 73, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedOBJECTIVE. We investigated whether demographic, disease-related, or personal baseline determinants can predict a positive response to energy conservation management (ECM). METHOD. We conducted a secondary analysis of...