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Upper Extremity Rehab in the Elderly
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Whenever a patient age 60 or over needs to regain function in the upper extremity or shoulder girdle, several questions arise: Are exercises appropriate, safe, and effective? Won't exercising the upper extremity make the problem worse, because of degeneration or osteoarthrosis? The last thing we want to do for older patients is to increase their pain or add to their disability.
Contrary to common belief, moderate exercise does not increase the risk for osteoarthrosis, or exacerbate it;...
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Upper Extremity Use in People with Hemiparesis in the First Few Weeks After Stroke
Journal of Neurologic Physical Therapy
; Abstract: The purposes of this report were to: 1) determine the amount of upper extremity use in people with hemiparesis post stroke during their inpatient rehabilitation stay, and 2) to examine the relationships between upper extremity use and impairments and activity limitations at this early
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Review of upper extremity deep venous thrombosis. (Tips from Other Journals).
American Family Physician
; Upper extremity deep venous thrombosis (DVT) is becoming a more common problem because of increased use of central venous catheters for chemotherapy, bone marrow transplantation, dialysis, and parenteral nutrition. One concern is that pulmonary embolism is present in an estimated one third of
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Challenges of work-related upper extremity disorders.(Editorial)
American Family Physician
; The reported number of work-related disorders of the upper extremity has increased to epidemic levels in the past 20 years, and the World Health Organization considers the cause of these disorders to be multifactorial.[1] One well-documented epidemic of upper extremity disorders occurred in the
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Hand and Upper Extremity Rehabilitation: A Practical Guide, ed3.(Book review)
Physical Therapy
; Hand and Upper Extremity Rehabilitation: A Practical Guide, ed3 Burke SL, Higgins JP, McClinton MA, et al, eds. St Louis, MO 63146, Elsevier, 2006, paperback, 762 pp, illus, ISBN: 0-44306663-9, $69.95. The purpose of this book is to serve as a clinical guide for the rehabilitation of nonsurgical
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Upper Extremity Reconstruction in the Tetraplegic Population, a National Epidemiologic Study
The Journal of Hand Surgery
; Purpose: More than 100,000 Americans live with the disability of tetraplegia. For these people their level of independence often is related to the function of the upper extremity. Reconstructive procedures can improve the use of the upper limb and multiple case series have shown benefit from these
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