Article titles in rehabilitation literature.
This section provides readers with a list of articles on rehabilitation topics that have been recently published in other journals. Articles are listed by the type of study. Outcomes/Effectiveness Altered quadriceps control in people with anterior cruciate ligament deficiency. Williams GN, Barrance PJ, Snyder-Mackler L,...

Small Improvements in Pharmaceuticals Have Large Positive Impact on Patient Care and Healthcare Spending, According to New Temple University Release.
Choice in Prescribing Options Especially Important to Elderly Patients and Others with Chronic Illness PHILADELPHIA, July 12 /PRNewswire/ -- The small incremental improvements to existing drugs that make up the majority of the new drug approvals by the FDA each year provide important...

LipidViro Tech Inc. Selects Allen & Caron for Investor Relations and Corporate Communications.
SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- LipidViro Tech, Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: LPVT) , a development-stage medical device company, announced that it has selected Allen & Caron, Inc. as its agency for investor relations and corporate communications. Founded in 2003 Salt Lake City-based LipidViro Tech is engaged...

New Results Show Improved Brain Function Retained a Year After Minimally Invasive Stroke Treatment.
HOLLYWOOD, Fla., Jan. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- New data shows that a year after undergoing carotid angioplasty and stenting, a minimally invasive treatment to prevent stroke, nearly half of patients (43 percent) showed statistically significant improvement in brain function, such as memory, judgement and reasoning. Those are the findings of...

Neurobiological Technologies Receives $1.7 Million Quarterly Payment for Sales of Memantine.
EMERYVILLE, Calif., Jan. 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Neurobiological Technologies, Inc. (NTI(R)) , today announced it has received approximately $1,708,000 from Merz Pharmaceuticals GmbH (Merz) for sales of Memantine for the treatment of moderate-to-severe Alzheimer's disease. Under an exclusive marketing agreement, NTI receives quarterly royalty payments on sales of Memantine by...

Rehabco Introduces the LifeGlider 3000.
Patented exercise and rehab chair creates a whole new rehabilitation and exercise category for hospitals, nursing homes, physical therapy practices and health and fitness centers ROANOKE, Va., Feb. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Physical therapist Alan Reitz was frustrated when he couldn't find the right equipment for his patients...

Arbor Vita and NoNO to Present at 2007 International Stroke Conference.
SUNNYVALE, Calif. and TORONTO, Feb. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Arbor Vita Corporation and NoNO Inc. today announced that a poster highlighting the Phase I clinical trial of the collaboration's investigational compound NA-1 for the treatment of stroke will be presented at the 2007 International Stroke Conference being held in San...

Merci(R) L5 Retriever from Concentric Medical Receives FDA Clearance for Neurovascular Clot Retrieval in Stroke Patients.
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Feb. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Concentric Medical announced the FDA clearance and commercial release of the Merci(R) L5 Retrieval System in the United States. Concentric Medical is presently the only company offering devices cleared by FDA for clot removal in ischemic stroke patients. The Merci L5 Retrieval...

Welmer AK, von Arbin M, Murray V, et al. Determinants of mobility and self-care in older people with stroke: importance of somatosensory and perceptual functions.
Welmer AK, von Arbin M, Murray V, et al. Determinants of mobility and self-care in older people with stroke: importance of somatosensory and perceptual functions. Phys Ther. 2007;87:1633-1641. What problems did the researchers set out to study, and why? Although stroke results in a wide variety of...