Objective After critical illness, some survivors experience long-term physical, functional, neurocognitive and/or mental health impairments, which has been termed “Post–Intensive Care syndrome” (PICS) . A specific follow-up is required and…
Objective Cerebral 18F-FDG PET complements bedside examination with behavioural scales in patients with DOC enabling better functional categorization. We realized a resting PET, then another after motor/visual activation, in patients…
Objective Brainstem lesions can cause a locked-in syndrome (LIS). At the initial state, the LIS can be complete (CLIS), without any possibility for the patient to communicate. The main issues…
Opinion/Feedback The patients in the neurological rehabilitation service are often in pain and anxious. To take care of them, some alternatives to medicine are being tested, especially to limit their…
Objective Post intensive care rehabilitation is a relatively new concept that aims to admit in rehabilitation unit patients just after intensive care to deliver appropriate rehabilitation treatment while ensuring monitoring…
Objective Phantom limb pain (PLP) is a major problem after limb amputation. Mirror therapy (MT) is a non-pharmacological treatment using representations of movement, the efficacy of which in reducing PLP…
Objective A rehabilitation program, with successive types of exercises, including limb laterality recognition, imagined movements and mirror therapy, can be conducted in patients with CRPS I1. This graded motor imagery…
Opinion/Feedback Within the framework of cooperation between the physical medicine and rehabilitation (PMR) department and psychiatry department in our establishment with care and education, we have created in 2006 a…
Objective Intramuscular injection of botulinum toxin can be painful for some patients. This may be due either to a broken skin, stimulation for locating, or injecting the product. The objective…
Objective In France, chronic pain prevalence, causing professional or domestic activity restriction, increases with age, and reaches more than 60% people over 85 years old. In 2006, 40% of patients…
