Association of a Housing Mobility Program With Childhood Asthma Symptoms and Exacerbations.

Importance: Structural racism has been implicated in the disproportionally high asthma morbidity experienced by children living in disadvantaged, urban neighborhoods. Current approaches designed to reduce asthma triggers have modest impact.

Objective: To examine whether participation in a housing mobility program that provided housing vouchers and assistance moving to low-poverty neighborhoods was associated with reduced asthma morbidity among children and to explore potential mediating factors.

Rehabilitation service models for people with physical and/or mental disability living in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review.

Objective: To compare models of rehabilitation services for people with mental and/or physical disability in order to determine optimal models for therapy and interventions in low- to middle-income countries.

Data Sources: CINAHL, EMBASE, MEDLINE, CENTRAL, PsycINFO, Business Source Premier, HINARI, CEBHA and PubMed.

Study Selection: Systematic reviews, randomized control trials and observational studies comparing >2 models of rehabilitation care in any language.

Injected corticosteroids for treating plantar heel pain in adults.

Background: Plantar heel pain, commonly resulting from plantar fasciitis, often results in significant morbidity. Treatment options include nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), orthoses, physical therapy, physical agents (e.g.

Assessing activities, participation, and quality of life in hemophilia: relevance, current limitations, and possible options.

The international classification of functioning (ICF) has provided a basic framework for the measurement of outcomes in any health condition. This includes the assessment of the level of activity, participation, and the quality of life of an individual with hemophilia. The measure of activity is an assessment of the individual's ability to perform daily tasks while participation assesses the social role of the individual.

Mirror therapy enhances motor performance in the paretic upper limb after stroke: a pilot randomized controlled trial.

Objective: To investigate the effectiveness of mirror therapy (MT) combined with bilateral arm training and graded activities to improve motor performance in the paretic upper limb after stroke.

Design: Randomized, controlled, assessor-blinded study.

Setting: Inpatient stroke rehabilitation center of a tertiary care teaching hospital.

Livedoid vasculopathy: review of pathogenesis, clinical presentation, diagnostic workup, and treatment.

We report the case of a patient with livedoid vasculopathy that had been undiagnosed and inadequately treated for more than 10 years. To improve disease recognition and management, we review the pathogenesis, typical clinical presentation, diagnostic workup, and treatment options for livedoid vasculopathy.

Improving the detection of pressure ulcers using the TMI ImageMed system.

Objective: The aim of the study was to evaluate a novel infrared imaging device coupled with an intelligent software interface that may provide a more objective means of identifying anatomical sites at risk for pressure ulcer (PrU) development as compared with the Braden Scale for Predicting Pressure Sore Risk.

Design: Repeated-measures design.

Setting: Duke University Medical Center.