Research Chair Chris Chimenti, PT regularly posts abstracts of interest to Home Health Section members on the Home Health Section listserv. The following is a list of references for Chris’ postings for the last several months. Click on the date to open a copy of the abstract. For information on older postings, see the link for the archives below.
January 3, 2008
Survey: 50% of hospital patients prone to pressure sores
January 10, 2008
PUBLIC ACCESS MANDATE MADE LAW
President Bush signs omnibus appropriations bill, including National Institutes of Health research access provision
http://www.taxpayeraccess.org.
January 24, 2008
Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Adiposity as Mortality Predictors in Older Adults Xuemei Sui, MD; Michael J. LaMonte, PhD; James N. Laditka, PhD, et al. JAMA. 2007;298(21):2507-2516.
February 7, 2008
Fielding RA, Katula J, Miller ME, et al. Activity adherence and physical function in older adults with functional limitations. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2007 Nov;39(11):1997-2004
February 14, 2008
Effect of 2-speed geared manual wheelchair propulsion on shoulder pain and function. Finley MA, Rodgers MM. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2007 Dec;88(12):1622-7.
February 21, 2008
Focused Rehabilitation Treatment of Poorly Functioning Total Knee Arthroplasties. Ulrich SD, Bhave A, Marker DR, Seyler TM, Mont MA. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2007 Aug 9.
February 28, 2008
Physical activity and dementia risk in the elderly. Findings from a prospective Italian study. G. Ravaglia MD*, P. Forti MD, A. Lucicesare MD, et al. Published online before print December 19, 2007 (Neurology 2007, doi:10.1212/01.wnl.0000296276.50595.86)
March 6, 2008
Long-term Risk of Incident Vertebral Fractures, Jane A. Cauley, DrPH; Marc C. Hochberg, MD, MPH; Li-Yung Lui, MA, MS, et al. JAMA. 2007;298(23):2761-2767.
March 17, 2008
Aquatic exercise for the treatment of knee and hip osteoarthritis. EM Bartels, H Lund, KB Hagen, H Dagfinrud, R Christensen, B Danneskiold-Samsøe. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2007 Issue 4.
March 20, 2008
Development and validation of the balance outcome measure for elder rehabilitation. Haines T, Kuys SS, Morrison G, Clarke J, Bew P, McPhail S. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2007 Dec;88(12):1614-21.
March 27, 2008
A report by the Bone and Joint Decade 2000–2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders, February 15 issue of Spine.
