When persons are discharged back to their homes following an acute inpatient rehab stay, celebration can quickly give way to bewilderment. Even after months or years of functional improvement, they may be stunned by the difficulty of common household tasks. Worse still, some may experience a profound sense of isolation, as they discover that participating [...]
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For many rehab providers, research remains secondary to treatment. Scientific inquiry—both time-consuming and expensive—must be relegated to the background due to the enormous demands of the clinic. At MossRehab, however, a team devoted entirely to research operates within the infrastructure of the rehabilitation hospital. Collectively called the Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute (MRRI), these researchers work [...]
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As part of MossRehab’s ongoing commitment to quality and transparency, we choose to undergo triennial reviews by the Commission for Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF). This year, we are proud to announce that CARF’s comprehensive survey and inspection of all of our operations has resulted in three-year accreditation for a total of 15 MossRehab programs. [...]
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MossRehab will soon begin the exclusive U.S. clinical trial for a new assistive technology called the ReWalk. The ReWalk is a motorized exoskeleton suit that enables patients with lower limb disabilities, including complete paralysis, to independently engage in ambulatory activities, such as standing, walking and in some cases climbing stairs.The ReWalk consists of a lightweight [...]
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by David Caraway, MD, PhD; Michael Saulino, MD, PhD; Robert Fisher, MD The 2007 Polyanalgesic Consensus Panel recommends ziconotide as one of three options for first-line intrathecal (IT) monotherapy. As we all know, Medicare and most insurance companies require a trial of IT therapy before one can proceed with implantation of a delivery system. Unlike [...]
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by E. Anthony Overton, DO, Ira D. Kornbluth, MD, Michael F. Saulino, MD, Michele Y. Holding, MD, Mitchell K. Freedman, DO This self-directed learning module highlights strategies for interventional treatments for chronic pain disorders. It is part of the chapter on chronic pain in the Self-Directed Physiatric Education Program for practitioners in physical medicine and [...]
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by Mitchell K. Freedman, DO, Michael F. Saulino, MD, E. Anthony Overton, DO, Michele Y. Holding, MD, Ira D. Kornbluth, MD This self-directed learning module first reviews the importance of weight management and smoking cessation in the treatment of axial low back pain and then describes the use of medication in complex regional pain syndrome [...]
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Ira D. Kornbluth, MD, Mitchell K. Freedman, DO, Michele Y. Holding, MD, E. Anthony Overton, DO, Michael F. Saulino, MD This self-directed learning module highlights the monitoring of progress and compliance in chronic pain management. It is part of the chapter on chronic pain in the Self-Directed Physiatric Education Program for practitioners in physical medicine [...]
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by Michael F. Saulino, MD, Ira D. Kornbluth, MD, E. Anthony Overton, DO, Michele Y. Holding, MD, Mitchell K. Freedman, DO This self-directed learning module highlights approaches to the investigation of selected lumbar spine conditions. It is part of the chapter on chronic pain management in the Self-Directed Physiatric Education Program for practitioners in physical [...]
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by Mitchell K. Freedman, DO, E. Anthony Overton, DO, Michael F. Saulino, MD, Michele Y. Holding, MD, Ira D. Kornbluth, MD This self-directed learning module highlights approaches to the investigation of common cervical and thoracic conditions. It is part of the chapter on chronic pain management in the Self-Directed Physiatric Education Program for practitioners in [...]
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by Michele Y. Holding, MD, Michael F. Saulino, MD, E. Anthony Overton, DO, Ira D. Kornbluth, MD, Mitchell K. Freedman, DO This self-directed learning module highlights definitions used in pain management. It is part of the chapter on chronic pain management in the Self-Directed Physiatric Education Program for practitioners in physical medicine and rehabilitation. Terms [...]
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by Steven A. Jax, PhD, David A. Rosebaum Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute, Philadelphia, PA 19141, United States. The dorsal, action-related, visual stream has been thought to have little or no memory. This hypothesis has seemed credible because functions related to the dorsal stream have been generally unsusceptible to priming from previous experience. Tests of this [...]
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