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Olavi Airaksinen

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Effects of intensive therapy using gait trainer or floor walking exercises early after stroke.

2009

Objective: To analyse the effects of gait therapy for patients after acute stroke in a randomized controlled trial. Methods: Fifty-six patients with a mean of 8 days post-stroke participated in: (i) gait trainer exercise; (ii) walking training over ground; or (iii) conventional treatment. Patients in the gait trainer exercise and walking groups practiced gait for 15 sessions over 3 weeks and received additional physiotherapy. Functional Ambulatory Category and several secondary outcome measures assessing gait and mobility were administered before and after rehabilitation and at 6-month follow-up. Patients also evaluated their own effort. Results: Walking ability improved more with intensive…

AdultMalemedicine.medical_specialtymedicine.medical_treatmenteducationPhysical Therapy Sports Therapy and RehabilitationWalkinglaw.inventionGait trainerGait (human)Physical medicine and rehabilitationGait trainingRandomized controlled triallawOutcome Assessment Health CaremedicineHumansStrokeGaitGait Disorders NeurologicPhysical Therapy ModalitiesAgedRehabilitationbusiness.industryRehabilitationStroke RehabilitationExercise therapyGeneral MedicineMiddle Agedmedicine.diseaseExercise TherapyStrokeTreatment OutcomeAmbulatoryPhysical therapyFemalebusinesshuman activitiesFollow-Up StudiesJournal of rehabilitation medicine
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Muscle hypertrophy, strength development, and serum hormones during strength training in elderly women with fibromyalgia.

2005

To examine the effects of strength training on maximal force, cross-sectional area (CSA), and electromyographic (EMG) activity of muscles and serum hormone concentrations in elderly females with fibromyalgia (FM).Twenty-six patients with FM were randomly assigned to a training (FMT; n = 13; mean age 60 years) or a control (FMC; n = 13; 59 years) group. FMT performed progressive strength training twice a week for 21 weeks. The measurements included maximal isometric and concentric leg extension forces, EMG activity of the vastus lateralis and medialis, CSA of the quadriceps femoris, and serum concentrations of testosterone (T), free testosterone (FT), growth hormone (GH), insulin-like growth…

medicine.medical_specialtyAgingFibromyalgiaWeight LiftingStrength trainingImmunologyIsometric exerciseElectromyographySeverity of Illness IndexMuscle hypertrophychemistry.chemical_compoundDehydroepiandrosterone sulfateRheumatologyReference ValuesInternal medicineFibromyalgiamedicineImmunology and AllergyHumansHormone metabolismMuscle SkeletalTestosteronePhysical Therapy ModalitiesAgedProbabilitymedicine.diagnostic_testbusiness.industryElectromyographyGeneral MedicineHypertrophyMiddle Agedmedicine.diseaseHormonesExercise TherapyEndocrinologyCross-Sectional StudiesTreatment OutcomechemistryPhysical FitnessFemalebusinessFollow-Up StudiesScandinavian journal of rheumatology
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Interexaminer reliability of low back pain assessment using the McKenzie method.

2002

STUDY DESIGN A test-retest design was used. OBJECTIVE To assess interexaminer reliability of the McKenzie method for performing clinical tests and classifying patients with low back pain. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Clinical methods and tests classifying patients with nonspecific low back pain have been based mainly on symptom duration or extent of pain referral. The McKenzie mechanical diagnostic and classification approach is a widely used noninvasive, low-technology method of assessing patients with low back pain. However, little is known about the interexaminer reliability of the method, previous studies having yielded conflicting results. METHODS For this study, 39 volunteers with low b…

AdultMalemedicine.medical_specialtyConcordanceCohen's kappaPredictive Value of TestsMedicineHumansOrthopedics and Sports MedicineReliability (statistics)FinlandPain MeasurementContingency tableObserver Variationbusiness.industryReproducibility of ResultsMiddle AgedLow back painPredictive value of testsPhysical therapyMcKenzie methodFemaleNeurology (clinical)medicine.symptombusinessLow Back PainKappaSpine
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