Physical Medicine & Rehab

All Physical Medicine & Rehab Articles

• Comparative Efficacy of Digital Exercise Interventions for Balance in Older Adults
• Telehealth physical therapy for low back pain in rural Maryland faces access and technology barriers, qualitative study finds
• Physical literacy programs for children with special educational needs lack consistent framework and inclusive settings
• Eccentric overload training may improve lower-limb strength and explosive power in older adults
• Manual therapy and therapeutic exercise reduce pain intensity in patients with temporomandibular disorders
• Participatory body mapping and virtual consultation workshops co-create patient-centered definitions of early mobility after cardiac surgery
• Robotic-assisted therapy improves gait and upper-limb function in adults with stroke compared to conventional therapy
• Exercise improves balance function in patients with osteoporosis with larger effects for longer durations
• Maximal and explosive strength correlate strongly with rowing ergometer performance in rowers
• Evaluating the Efficacy of Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy for Diverse Tendinopathy Conditions
• Resistance Training May Boost Working Memory and Cognitive Flexibility in Older Adults
• Resisted sprint training improves acceleration and jump performance in athletes across multiple metrics
• Combined rTMS and mirror therapy significantly improves upper limb function in patients with stroke
• Low-load exercise with blood flow restriction improves muscle strength and disability in musculoskeletal conditions
• Mind-body exercise improves global cognition and processing speed in older adults with mild cognitive impairment
• Theta burst stimulation significantly improves motor symptoms and reduces depressive scores in Parkinson's disease
• Patient-reported experience measures show heterogeneous conceptualization and measurement in non-hospital care settings
• MI-BCI training improves upper limb motor function and fine motor control in post-stroke hemiplegia
• Combined exercise is most effective for cancer-related fatigue and lean mass in breast cancer
• Creatine combined with resistance training significantly increases upper and lower body muscle strength
• Exercise-based telerehabilitation improves peak oxygen uptake in adults with cardiovascular disease
• Media coverage of physical education emphasizes sport and fitness over pedagogical and educational concepts
• DeepSeek AI generates guideline-conforming exercise prescriptions for myocardial infarction, heart failure, and atrial fibrillation
• Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Improves Motor and Sensory Outcomes in Spinal Cord Injury
• Self-directed CBT-CP reduces pain interference by 0.98 points compared to clinician-delivered CBT-CP
• Comprehensive dementia care interventions improve caregiver self-efficacy in those with lower baseline scores
• Intradialytic exercise improves cardiovascular function and arterial stiffness in patients on maintenance haemodialysis
• Working memory training shows limited transfer between updating and span tasks
• Fractional laser therapy improves scar scores and collagen regeneration more than microneedling for dermal lesions
• Organizational factors such as institutional integration and peer infrastructure influence Collegiate Recovery Program sustainability
• School-based physical activity policies often face implementation inequities and barriers in disadvantaged populations
• Local Hypothermia Shows Neurological Improvement in 54.4% of Acute Spinal Cord Injury Patients
• Moderate-intensity isotonic exercise improves function by MD -16.66 in patients with knee osteoarthritis
• Structured physical exercise programs significantly reduce PTSD symptom severity in patients with post-traumatic stress disorder
• Multidisciplinary interventions provide greatest clinical recovery improvements for patients with sport-related concussion
• Combined training improves HbA1c and glucose in middle-aged and older adults
• Blood flow restriction training improves explosive power in athletes across pooled trials
• Low vision rehabilitation with optical devices improves visual outcomes and quality of life in Sub-Saharan Africa
• The IHCHE framework provides a standardized roadmap for assessing housing quality and tenure security
• Impact of Very Early Exercise Rehabilitation on Functional Outcomes in Intracerebral Hemorrhage
• Cesarean delivery is associated with lower risk of postpartum stress urinary incontinence compared to vaginal delivery
• Acute cold-water immersion reduces subjective soreness but transiently impairs immediate explosive power
• Interactive remote rehabilitation shows no significant advantage over conventional rehabilitation for post-TKA patients
• Intradural decompression improves motor recovery in acute traumatic spinal cord injuries with incomplete profiles
• Spinal cord stimulation for chronic neuropathic pain results in 0.35 adverse events per patient
• Reduced-exertion HIIT may improve cardiorespiratory fitness and modify CVD risk factors
• Online pelvic floor muscle training reduces postpartum urinary incontinence incidence and severity
• eHealth interventions improve self-care and quality of life in patients with intestinal stomas
• Animal-assisted interventions improve depression in dementia, but not other outcomes
• Physical Exercise Improves Sleep Quality in Patients with Psychiatric Disorders
• Comparative Efficacy of Implantable Upper Airway Stimulation and Surgical Interventions for OSA
• Comparative Efficacy of Diverse Exercise Modalities for Nonspecific Neck Pain Management
• Umbrella review protocol will assess early rehabilitation in ICU for post-intensive care syndrome
• Fragmented physical infrastructure and reliance on assistance models create barriers for travelers with disabilities
• Exercise may stabilize neuroprotective biomarkers and improve immunometabolic profiles in patients with epilepsy
• Community-Based Rehabilitation and empowerment-oriented interventions improve social inclusion and participation for persons with disabilities
• Computer vision-based rehabilitation techniques require transition from engineering parameters to Evidence-Based Medicine reasoning
• Physical Exercise Improves Inhibition and Working Memory in Substance Use Disorder Patients
• High frequency chest wall oscillation may improve mucus clearance and reduce exacerbations in bronchiectasis
• No single upper limb prosthesis is universally superior, as selection depends on specific user needs
• Joint Mobilization as an Adjunctive Treatment for Shoulder Impingement Syndrome
• Extracorporeal shock wave therapy significantly reduces pain intensity in patients with temporomandibular disorders
• Combined training reduces 24-hour systolic blood pressure by 6.18 mm Hg in adults with hypertension
• Comparative Efficacy of Physical Therapy Modalities for Managing Rotator Cuff Tendinopathy
• Home exercise and activity-based rehab modestly improve daily function in older adults
• Exercise improves cardiorespiratory fitness and quality of life in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
• Delayed Auditory Feedback alone does not consistently improve fluency in individuals with developmental stuttering
• Blood flow restriction training plus resistance training boosts leg strength and muscle size in athletes
• Combined physical therapy and intra-articular corticosteroid injections improve range of motion in adhesive capsulitis
• Respiratory biofeedback and neurofeedback offer potential frameworks for managing multi-component dyspnea in COPD patients
• Exercise therapy significantly improves pain and physical function in elderly patients with knee osteoarthritis
• Vocational rehabilitation programs rarely include structured or concept-driven involvement of significant others in current research
• Warm Saline Irrigation Reduces Early Postoperative Bleeding Following Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy
• Continuous shortwave diathermy with physiotherapy for chronic low back pain: trial protocol details
• Exercise improves sleep questionnaire scores for sedentary adults with insomnia across multiple modalities
• Systemic barriers like ableist culture and gendered care burdens hinder leadership advancement for women with disabilities
• Evaluating the Impact of Digital Health Interventions on Chronic Disease Self-Care Outcomes
• Epidural neuroplasty shows potential advantages over pulsed radiofrequency for lumbar radicular pain
• Yoga with education yields clinically relevant improvements for depressive symptoms and pain in chronic low back pain
• High-intensity interval aerobic exercise improves brachial FMD in coronary artery disease and heart failure
• Lumbosacral orthoses may improve pain and disability in some patients with chronic non-specific low back pain
• Integrated vocational rehabilitation models outperform traditional approaches for patients with spinal cord injury
• Extended occupational therapy showed no significant improvement in behavioral symptoms for dementia patients
• Home-based upper limb exercise shows no benefit over lower limb exercise for shoulder function in older adults
• Combined exercise and diet modestly improves cognition in mild cognitive impairment
• Cryotherapy ranks highest for early pain relief after total knee arthroplasty in network meta-analysis
• Flywheel resistance training improves change of direction in team sport athletes
• Outpatient rehab improves function in children with brain tumours, but long-term effects unclear
• Dog-assisted therapy significantly improves behavioral symptoms in dementia patients compared to routine care in a systematic review
• Mental fatigue reduces resistance exercise volume by moderate effect in healthy adults
• Exercise therapy shows no clear advantage over passive treatments for short-term rotator cuff pain relief
• Nurse-administered acupressure reduces PSQI scores by MD -7.61 in menopausal insomnia
• Physical exercise reduces pain in lumbar disc herniation: meta-analysis of 13 RCTs
• Systematic review finds VR and physiotherapy equally effective for Parkinson's balance
• Lifestyle Interventions Improve Erectile Function in Men With ED: Meta-Analysis
• Network meta-analysis shows exercise modalities reduce blood pressure in adults with prehypertension or hypertension
• Systematic review and meta-analysis of creatine in postmenopausal women finds lean mass and strength benefits
• Systematic review and meta-analysis shows computerized cognitive training improves mild cognitive impairment
• Meta-analysis of 16 trials shows no added benefit of subgingival chemical irrigation for periodontitis
• Systematic review finds no significant impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions on behavioral outcomes or quality of life for young-onset dementia patients and caregivers
• Exercise interventions significantly increase plasma s-Klotho levels in healthy and diseased populations
• Total hip arthroplasty with rehabilitation improves WOMAC and HHS scores versus conservative exercise in hip osteoarthritis
• Systematic review finds shockwave therapy offers no consistent benefit for Achilles tendinopathy compared to controls
• Adding self-care complementary therapies to practitioner care showed no difference in pain function for Veterans
• Cluster resistance training yields better affective responses than traditional protocols in young adults
• Cluster set resistance exercise preserves barbell velocity better than traditional sets in strength-trained individuals
• Blood flow restriction vs traditional resistance exercise: effects on heart rate variability
• Home-Based Core Stability Telerehabilitation Shows Feasibility for Hereditary Ataxia
• Unsupervised remote brain endurance training plus exercise improved muscular endurance performance more than standard exercise in 22 recreational athletes
• Blood flow restriction during heat acclimation reduces force loss in trained adults
• Umbrella review shows strong evidence for Tai Chi and aerobic exercise benefits in cardiometabolic risk factors
• Meta-analysis finds home-based exercise improves VO2 peak in CVD and healthy adults
• Systematic review and meta-analysis links prior flap reconstruction and injury level to pressure injury recurrence in SCI patients
• Longitudinal study of 148 stroke patients examines cognitive and motor recovery correlations at one and three months
• Routinely available clinical variables predict swallowing status after stroke
• Non-immersive virtual reality for upper limb motor function after chronic stroke
• Pilot RCT of mHealth intervention in adult elective cardiac surgery patients showed feasibility and acceptable uptake
• Transition period between hamstring contractions does not differ after injury
• Review of global assistive product prices across 12 countries shows lower income linked to higher financial burden
• Narrative review explores transcranial magnetic stimulation feasibility for chronic respiratory diseases
• Longitudinal study tracks activity load in a single player progressing from grassroots to professional football in Norway
• Shengdi Dahuang Decoction Improves Functional Outcomes in Acute Intracerebral Hemorrhage
• Network meta-analysis of exercise, TMS, and behavioral therapies for methamphetamine use disorder craving
• Meta-analysis links digital exclusion to functional decline and dementia in older adults
• Early transanal irrigation improves constipation and independence in spinal cord injury patients
• Structured triglycerides with EPA and DHA increased serum EPA ratios compared with physical mixtures in healthy men
• Individual participant data meta-analysis shows exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation reduces hospitalization, not mortality in coronary heart disease
• Deep Learning Models Demonstrate Superior Diagnostic Performance Compared to Machine Learning for Carotid Plaque Stroke Risk
• Technology-based Cardiac rehabilitation Therapy improves functional capacity and quality of life in women with cardiac disease
• Systematic review and meta-analysis of rehabilitation interventions for lumbar degenerative disc disease surgery patients
• Meta-analysis of 26 trials shows IVR exercise interventions do not statistically differ from comparators for mobility, strength, or quality of life
• Structured rehabilitation reduced pain in hip or knee osteoarthritis patients in a Danish nationwide program
• Cross-Sectional Survey of Physical Activity and Associated Factors in Zambian Upper Primary School Children
• Observational analysis of musculoskeletal adverse events during walking training for chronic stroke
• Observational study of treadmill walking speeds in post-stroke hemiparesis reveals gait organization patterns
• Most ABI patients discharged to community after SNF therapy following IRF stay
• Optimized epidural stimulation restored volitional hand function in two individuals with severe chronic cervical spinal cord injury
• Systematic review evaluates SDR, ITB, DBS, and other interventions for functional outcomes in ambulatory children with cerebral palsy
• Physical activity components show unique sex-specific trajectories independent of traditional measures in older adults
• Shoulder Strength Gains Show Limited Association With Function and Pain in HSD
• Systematic review of percutaneous ablation for residual and phantom limb pain after amputation
• Non-immersive VR-supplemented rehabilitation improves cognition in older orthopedic inpatients versus standard therapy
• Chronotype-aligned exercise reduces systolic BP more than misaligned exercise in sedentary adults with cardiovascular risk
• Isometric handgrip training reduces blood pressure in normotensive and hypertensive populations
• Patient characteristics associated with cardiorespiratory exercise participation in Ontario stroke rehabilitation
• Telemedicine exercise program shows comparable pain and function outcomes to in-person care for rotator cuff syndrome
• Rhythmic auditory cueing and tDCS improve gait parameters in Parkinson's disease
• 12-week home exercise intervention shows LDH reduction and high feasibility in myeloproliferative neoplasms patients
• Velocity-based resistance training with 10% vs 20% velocity loss thresholds in female basketball players
• Systematic review finds nanomaterial-enabled physical rehabilitation shows potential in preclinical models for musculoskeletal repair and neuromuscular activation
• Chiropractic thoracic spinal manipulation showed moderate effects on cytokines in a pilot RRMS trial
• Telemedicine-based exercise cardiac rehabilitation shows comparable effects to center-based programs for coronary heart disease patients
• Exercise training improves strength in adults with myotonic dystrophy type 1 based on meta-analysis of 14 studies
• Protocol Describes Gusu Constraint Standing Training for Hemiparetic Gait Post-Stroke
• High-frequency rTMS plus exercise reduced craving and negative emotions in methamphetamine use disorder
• Pilot RCT finds Cognitive Multisensory Rehabilitation may improve sensorimotor function in spinal cord injury
• Gliclazide MR before exercise improves performance and recovery markers in strength-trained men
• Pilot RCT finds orofacial myofunctional program improves respiratory measures in adults with malocclusion
• Vitamin K2 supplementation shows mixed neuromuscular effects in healthy older adults
• Cluster set resistance training reduced acute fatigue compared to traditional sets in resistance-trained adults
• Insurance delays in Indonesia impair functional recovery after total knee arthroplasty
• A pilot prospective cohort study in 30 adults with peripheral vestibular disorders examined a five-session vestibular rehabilitation protocol
• Multidomain assessment protocol feasible in secondary care for low back pain
• HGNS therapy improves subjective outcomes but shows limited cognitive benefit in OSA patients
• Survey finds 94% of cancer patients willing to try acupuncture for symptom relief
• Tendon-actuated prosthetic hand with adaptive force distribution improved task performance and reduced effort in healthy participants
• Resistance and interval training plus berry extract did not alter muscle AGEs in older adults
• WNV-neutralizing plasma did not reduce death or functional decline in hospitalized older patients
• First-in-human case study of BCI-spinal stimulation shows hand function gains in chronic tetraplegia
• Survey of 232 physiotherapy patients in Gujarat finds high satisfaction and symptom discussion
• Short-foot exercise program improves static postural control and subjective ankle instability in chronic ankle instability
• Resistance training improves quality of life in older adults with osteoporosis, meta-analysis finds
• Mindfulness-Based Art Therapy and Stress Reduction Show Benefits for Oncology Nurses in RCT
• High and low intensity resistance training both acutely lower blood pressure in treated hypertension
• Soleus coordination deficits observed during standing in subacute stroke patients versus controls
• Nociceptor hypostimulation shows superior long-term benefit for chronic cervical pain in small RCT
• Standardized feeding pathway improves documentation and alert adherence in postoperative CHD infants
• Rehabilitation interventions improve functional outcomes in bronchiectasis patients, though implementation remains inconsistent across clinical settings
• Feasibility study shows high acceptability for STRIDE rehabilitation in lumbar spinal stenosis surgery
• Symptom burden explains most variance in pain intensity for unexplained myofascial neck/shoulder pain
• HIIT improves exercise capacity in cardiovascular rehabilitation for CAD, HF, and atrial fibrillation
• Modular Footwear Setup Validated for Biomechanical Testing in 10 Healthy Adults
• Proprioceptive training added to physiotherapy reduced cervicogenic headache frequency and duration in small RCT
• Explainable AI system predicts cardiovascular risk with high accuracy but struggles with patient retention
• Digital self-management technologies show small-to-moderate benefit for medication adherence in chronic disease
• Pilot study explores cervical spinal cord stimulation for post-stroke motor recovery via polysynaptic pathways
• Preliminary study finds altered cortical activity during balance recovery in symptomatic mTBI
• Observational registry finds 29% hospital-associated disability in older Japanese rehabilitation patients
• Cross-sectional study develops inventory to measure psychosocial concerns about non-preferred hand use
• Lower FMS scores associated with higher sports injury risk in physical education students
• Protocol for trial of ICF-based case management versus usual care in community disability rehabilitation
• Prediction models for mortality in ICU patients with delirium show fair discrimination
• Scoping review finds variable procedures and gaps in patient-centered goal-setting for stroke rehabilitation
• Combined aquatic and Pilates exercise improves outcomes in women with lumbar disc herniation
• Resistance exercise after high-carb meal improves postprandial glucose and endothelial function in healthy adults
• 8-week home biofeedback system equivalent to 16-week for fecal incontinence in women
• Virtual reality training added to pelvic floor rehab improves muscle relaxation in postpartum myofascial pain
• Network meta-analysis ranks exercise modalities for fibromyalgia impact in women
• Stabilization exercise shows moderate effect on dynamic balance versus conventional PT in chronic lumbopelvic pain
• Meta-analysis finds combined balance and plyometric training improves change-of-direction and dynamic balance