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{ Monthly Archives } October 2008

Comparative impact of 2 botulinum toxin injection techniques for elbow flexor hypertonia.

by Nathaniel H. Mayer, MD, John Whyte, MD, PhD, Gunilla Wannstedt, MS, PT, Colin A. Ellis, ScB Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA OBJECTIVE: To compare 2 techniques of botulinum toxin injection for elbow flexor hypertonia. DESIGN: Parallel-group, randomized, controlled trial with blinded outcome assessment. SETTING: Laboratory, [...]

Oct 15, 2008 Brain injury
Diseases & Disorders
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The Moss Attention Rating Scale for traumatic brain injury: further explorations of reliability and sensitivity to change.

by John Whyte, MD, PhD, Tessa Hart, PhD, Colin A. Ellis, ScB, Inna Chervoneva, PhD Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute, Albert Einstein Healthcare Network, Philadelphia, PA OBJECTIVE: To examine the interrater agreement and responsiveness to change of the Moss Attention Rating Scale (MARS), 22-item version, during acute inpatient rehabilitation after traumatic brain injury (TBI). DESIGN: Observational [...]

Oct 15, 2008 Attention
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A grand unified theory of rehabilitation (we wish!). The 57th John Stanley Coulter Memorial Lecture.

by John Whyte, MD, PhD Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute, Albert Einstein Healthcare Network, Philadelphia, PA There has been much discussion of the need to enhance the evidence base supporting rehabilitation practice. Much of this discussion focuses on the need for gathering useful empirical data to support or refute the benefit of specific treatments and services. [...]

Oct 15, 2008 Diseases & Disorders
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Inside MossRehab October 2008

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AAPM&R Annual Assembly Preview

American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2008 Annual Assembly & Technical Exhibition November 20-23, 2008 San Diego Convention Center The scholarly contributions of MossRehab will be well represented at this year’s AAPM&R Annual Assembly in San Diego. Here’s a quick preview of some of our notable presentations and posters. Presentations Thomas Watanabe, MD, will [...]

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Nationwide Zolpidem Study Now Underway at Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute

After completing a pioneering study on vegetative patients’ response to the drug zolpidem (known as Ambien, but now available generically) researchers at Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute (MRRI) are embarking on a three-year, nationwide examination of how and why the drug has such a dramatic effect on some patients but not others. Case reports of the [...]

Oct 14, 2008 Brain injury
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A Hospital within a Hospital: MossRehab Benefits from Einstein at Elkins Park

Not many physiatrists outside Pennsylvania know that MossRehab shares its 60-acre suburban campus with a full-service acute-care hospital. Yet the relationship between these two entities, both part of Albert Einstein Healthcare Network (AEHN), makes MossRehab one of the most unique rehab hospitals in the country and provides the basis for its continued level of national [...]

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