BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Neuromuscular weakness and impaired physical function are common and long-lasting complications experienced by intensive care unit (ICU) survivors. There is growing evidence that implementing rehabilitation therapy shortly after ICU admission improves physical function and reduces health care utilization. Recently, there is increasing interest and utilization of extracorp...

A 42-year-old patient, a physician, with history of high blood pressure and essential tremor, who received dose ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine (AZD1222). It began symptoms compatible COVID-19 evolved unfavorably, developing Severe Respiratory Distress Syndrome. He was admitted to Intensive Care Unit requiring mechanical respiratory assistance, sedation, neuromuscular blockers prone position. favorably...

OBJECTIVE To introduce an approach to shoulder rehabilitation that integrates the kinetic chain throughout the rehabilitation program while providing the theoretical rationale for this program. BACKGROUND The focus of a typical rehabilitation program is to identify and treat the involved structures. However, in activities of sport and daily life, the body does not operate in isolated segments...

Strength deficits of the musculature surrounding the knee can be significant after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLr). In patients who have undergone ACLr, regaining quadriceps function is a core focus of therapeutic rehabilitation. Knee stability, which is dependent on neuromuscular control, including quadriceps strength, is necessary for normal coordination of the lower extremit...

Repetitive facilitative exercise (RFE), a combination of high-dose (high frequency) of repetitions and neurofacilitation, is a recently developed approach to the rehabilitation of stroke-related limb impairment. We conducted a randomized controlled evaluation of RFE compared with a duration-matched conventional rehabilitation program in the treatment of subacute stroke-related upper extremity i...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the predictors related to upper extremity functional recovery, with special emphasis on neuromuscular electrical stimulation dose-response in patients after stroke. SUBJECTS Ninety-five patients with stroke who received a 4-week neuromuscular electrical stimulation intervention. DESIGN Prospective predictive analysis. METHODS The change score of the Action Researc...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to assess the efficacy of neuromuscular stimulation in enhancing the upper extremity motor and functional recovery of acute stroke survivors. METHODS Forty-six stroke survivors admitted to an inpatient rehabilitation unit were randomly assigned to receive either neuromuscular stimulation or placebo. Twenty-eight subjects completed the study...

The objective of the study was to assess the effectiveness of using electromyographic biofeedback in the early stages of rehabilitation after meniscal repair. In this randomised, controlled, parallel group study, the evolution of patients with meniscal lesions treated by meniscal suture who received (study group, n = 33) or did not receive (control group, n = 31) electromyographic biofeedback a...