Spasticity is the most common motor disturbance in cerebral palsy (CP). Lockdown COVID-19 outbreak has profoundly changed daily routines, and similarly caused suspension of spasticity treatment plans. Besides, delay botulinum toxin (BoNT) injection, which important management focal spasticity, led to some problems children. This consensus report includes BoNT injection recommendations during pa...

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Patients and Methods: This study included thirteen patients with volar cut wrist injuries. Ten patients were males and three patients were females. The age ranged from 18 to 46 years (average 30 y). All injuries were single sharp cut wound in flexor zone five. Injury was accidental in all patients without skeletal involvement. Neurovascular examinations were done, the sensory and motor componen...

Neuropathic pain (NP), caused by a primary lesion or dysfunction in the nervous system, affects approximately 4 million people in the United States each year. It is associated with many diseases, including diabetic peripheral neuropathy, postherpetic neuralgia, human immunodeficiency virus-related disorders, and chronic radiculopathy. Major pathophysiological mechanisms include peripheral sensi...

A ssessment of vision and prescription of low vision devices are part of a comprehensive low vision service. Other components of the service include training the person affected by low vision in use of vision and other senses, mobility, activities of daily living, and support for education, employment or leisure activities. Specialist vision rehabilitation agencies have services to provide acce...

Objectives: The purpose of the trial was to evaluate the efficacy of dry needling of myofascial pain syndrome trigger points to relieve the hemiparetic shoulder pain resulting from a cerebrovascular accident [CVA, stroke]. Methods: A prospective, randomized, comparison cohort investigation was performed in the setting of a large inpatient rehabilitation unit with 400 admissions [mainly CVA or h...

The outcome of treatment after injury can be measured using the general terms of mortality and morbidity. Mortality is an all-or-none phenomenon, but morbidity is a graded response to injury and its medical treatment, varying from complete return to normality at one end of the scale to total dependence on other people requiring residence in an institution at the other end. The words disability ...

In reference to an article by Al-Jadid1 that provides a commendable insight on rehabilitation medicine in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), I would like to further explore the training aspects of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) in the kingdom. The contribution of Non-Saudi board training programs in the specialty of PM&R in KSA deserves more attention. In October 2011, Saudi residency ...

BACKGROUND The Norwegian model for opioid maintenance treatment (OMT) "Drug-assisted rehabilitation" (DAR) is a cross-disciplinary tripartite model for the treatment of opioid dependence. The model requires collaboration among GPs, the social services and the specialist health services. To some degree it restricts the doctor's professional autonomy. The investigation aims to examine GPs' attitu...