MossRehab’s recent acquisition of the Lokomat — a robotic training assistant consisting of an exoskeleton mounted above a treadmill — will greatly enhance the process of helping patients relearn how to walk. The Lokomat’s exoskeleton, pictured at right, wraps around a patient’s hips, knees, and lower back. Via a computer, it can be programmed to [...]
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MossRehab is committed to optimizing our patients’ function and quality of life. As part of this commitment to quality, we grade ourselves each year by quantifying the functional gains our patients make. Using the Functional Independence Measure™ (FIM™), an instrument widely employed in the rehabilitation industry, we track our patient’s admission and discharge status in [...]
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by Michael Saulino, MD.Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute, Albert Einstein Healthcare Network, Philadelphia, PA, USA. STUDY DESIGN: Case report. OBJECTIVES: To report a novel management strategy for neuropathic pain management after spinal cord injury. SETTING: Outpatient spinal cord injury (SCI) clinic. METHODS: The patient demonstrated two neuropathic pain syndromes, namely at- and below-level pain. These syndromes [...]
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by John F. Ditunno, Jr, MD, Hugues Barbeau, PhD, Bruce H. Dobkin, MD, Robert Elashoff, PhD, Susan Harkema, PhD, Ralph J. Marino, MD, Walter W. Hauck, PhD, David Apple, PhD, D. Michele Basso, EdD, Andrea Behrman, PhD, Daniel Deforge, MD, Lisa Fugate, MD, Michael Saulino, MD, Michael Scott, MD, Joanie Chung, MPH; Spinal Cord Injury [...]
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by Hugues Barbeau, PhD, Robert Elashoff, PhD, Daniel Deforge, MD, John F. Ditunno, Jr, MD, Michael Saulino, MD, Bruce H. Dobkin, MD. McGill University/Institut de Readaptation de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. BACKGROUND: Timed walking speed for 6 to 15 m and the distance walked in 2 to 12 minutes are frequently used outcome measures in [...]
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by Bruce H. Dobkin, MD, Hugues Barbeau, PhD, Daniel Deforge, MD, John F. Ditunno, Jr, MD, Robert Elashoff, PhD, David Apple, MD, D. Michele Basso, EdD, Andrea Behrman, PhD, Susan Harkema, PhD, Michael Saulino, MD, Michael Scott, MD; Spinal Cord Injury Locomotor Trial Group. Department of Neurology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, [...]
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by Mark V. Johnston, PhD, Mark Sherer, PhD, John Whyte, MD, PhD.Outcomes Research, Kessler Medical Rehabilitation Research and Education Corporation, West Orange, New Jersey, USA.OBJECTIVE: To describe evidence grading methods employed in the systematic reviews in this special series of articles. To provide an overview of results of these reviews to critique the quality of [...]
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by Bruce H. Dobkin, MD, David Apple, MD, Hugues Barbeau, PhD, D. Michele Basso, EdD, Andrea Behrman, PhD, Daniel Deforge, MD, John F. Ditunno, Jr, MD, Gary Dudley, PhD, Robert Elashoff, PhD, Lisa Fugate, MD, Susan Harkema, PhD, Michael Saulino, MD, Michael Scott, MD; Spinal Cord Injury Locomotor Trial Group.Department of Neurology, University of California [...]
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by Bruce H. Dobkin, MD, David Apple, MD, Hugues Barbeau, PhD, D. Michele Basso, EdD, Andrea Behrman, PhD, Daniel Deforge, MD, John F. Ditunno, Jr, MD, Gary Dudley, PhD, Robert Elashoff, PhD, Lisa Fugate, MD, Susan Harkema, PhD, Michael Saulino, MD, Michael Scott, MD.Department of Neurology, Neurologic Rehabilitation and Research Program, University of California Los [...]
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