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- 1From: Journal of Rehabilitation Research & Development. (Vol. 47, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedAccess to appropriate and timely healthcare is critical to the overall health and well-being of patients with chronic diseases. In this study, we used geographic information system (GIS) tools to map Veterans Health...
- 2From: Journal of Rehabilitation Research & Development. (Vol. 47, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedThe war in Iraq is the largest and longest sustained combat operation by the U.S. military since the Vietnam war. An estimated nearly 2 million U.S. military personnel have been deployed for Operation Iraqi Freedom and...
- 3From: Journal of Rehabilitation Research & Development. (Vol. 47, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedDecreases in patellofemoral pain have been demonstrated with bracing; however, the mechanisms of pain reduction remain unclear. Our purpose was to evaluate the hypothesis that patellofemoral bracing decreases peak...
- 4From: Journal of Rehabilitation Research & Development. (Vol. 47, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedShuffling and freezing while walking can impair function in patients with Parkinson disease (PD). Open-loop devices that provide fixed-velocity visual or auditory cues can improve gait but may be unreliable or...
- 5From: Journal of Rehabilitation Research & Development. (Vol. 47, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedThe Epidemiology of Hearing Loss Study (EHLS) conducted in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, was a population-based study that focused on the prevalence of hearing loss among 3,753 participants between 1993 and 1995. This article...
- 6From: Journal of Rehabilitation Research & Development. (Vol. 47, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedINTRODUCTION Approximately 795,000 people sustain a stroke in the United States each year [1]. The negative stroke sequelae and high prevalence make stroke the most commonly treated disability by rehabilitation...
- 7From: Journal of Rehabilitation Research & Development. (Vol. 47, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedINTRODUCTION The paretic hand is a common motor impairment after stroke. At 6 months poststroke, 38 percent of patients regained some dexterity in manipulative tasks but only 11.6 percent reached a complete...
- 8From: Journal of Rehabilitation Research & Development. (Vol. 47, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedINTRODUCTION By some estimates, 15 to 20 percent of Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation Enduring Freedom (OIF/OEF) veterans meet criteria for mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) [1-3], although some authors have argued...
- 9From: Journal of Rehabilitation Research & Development. (Vol. 47, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedThe investigators conducted a double-blind randomized crossover study to determine the effects of prosthetic foot forefoot flexibility on oxygen cost and subjective preference rankings of 13 unilateral transtibial...