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‘Excess anxiety’ and ‘less anxiety’: both depend on vestibular function

Published on: June 3, 2020

DOI:10.1097/WCO.0000000000000771 www.co-neurology.com Volume 33 * Number 1 * February 2020 Thomas Brandt and Marianne Dieterich Download Article

Vestibular rehabilitation: advances in peripheral and central vestibular disorders

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DOI:10.1097/WCO.0000000000000632 1350-7540 Copyright© 2018 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved. www.co-neurology.com Pamela M. Dunlap, Janene M. Holmberg, and Susan L. Whitney Download Article

Effects of a 12-Month Supervised, Community-Based, Multimodal Exercise Program Followed by a 6-Month Research-to-Practice Transition on Bone Mineral Density, Trabecular Microarchitecture, and Physical Function in Older Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Published on: May 18, 2020

Validation of Physical Performance Tests in Individuals with Advanced Knee Osteoarthritis

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HSSJ (2019) 15:261–268 DOI 10.1007/s11420-019-09702-1 Saurabh P. Mehta, PT, PhD & Nathan Morelli, PT, DPT & Caleb Prevatte, PT, DPT & Derrick White, PT, DPT & Ali Oliashirazi, MD […]

Time of day effect on balance performance, functional capacities and risk of fall in women with rheumatoid arthritis

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CHRONOBIOLOGY INTERNATIONAL 2020, VOL. 37, NO. 2, 227–235 https://doi.org/10.1080/07420528.2019.1700997 Fatma Bouchaala, Rabeb Laatar, Mariam Lahiani, Amira Zouabi, Rihab Borji, Haithem Rebai & Sonia Sahli Read Article

COVID-19: consider cytokine storm syndromes and immunosuppression

Published on: April 29, 2020

May might be Arthritis Awareness Month, but Spring is still coronavirus season. While COVID-19 is a respiratory disease, the virus also appears to cause hyperinflammation that contributes to organ failure […]

April is Mental Health Awareness Month

Published on: April 9, 2020

Dobbels et al (PLoS ONE 15, e0228768 (2020)) sent 119 patients with bilateral vestibulopathy through a testing battery in order to prospectively identify factors that elevated patients’ risk of falling. […]

Cognitive and Motor Recovery and Predictors of Long-Term Outcome in Patients With Traumatic Brain Injury

Published on: March 4, 2020

Zarshenas et al (Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 100, 1274–1282 (2019)) tracked cognitive and motor recovery patterns in 85 patients with brain injuries. While the researchers collected data for […]

February Heart Awareness Month | Early Surgery or Conservative Care for Asymptomatic Aortic Stenosis

Published on: January 31, 2020

In aortic stenosis, the major valve through which oxygenated blood leaves the heart narrows. The severity of a patient’s condition, however, does not correlate to their symptom load. Aortic […]

January – Vision & Balance

Published on: January 13, 2020

Kenny et al (BMC Sports Sci Med Rehabil 11, (2019)) submit that textured insoles offer tactile information that wearers can use to stabilize themselves as they stand. The researchers investigated […]

Pain Neuroscience Education for Adults With Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain: A Mixed-Methods Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Published on: December 17, 2019

Pain Neuroscience Education is built on the principle that patients are more equipped to cope with conditions that they understand. Watson et al (The Journal of Pain 20, 1140.e1-1140.e22 (2019)) […]

November is National Diabetes Month

Published on: November 1, 2019

Researchers have reported prolonged latencies and decreased amplitudes among patients with diabetes in both ocular and cervical vestibular evoked myogenic potentials (VEMPs). Unfortunately, however, there is not a clear profile […]