Introduction: Musculoskeletal complaints have been observed in the recovery phase of patients with moderate-to-severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). We noted several referrals for physical rehabilitation at the University of the Philippines-Philippine General Hospital (UP-PGH), a designated COVID-19 referral center. These observations resembled the musculoskeletal manifestations associated with poorer outcomes reported in other coronavirus studies. Objectives: The study determined the musculoskeletal signs and symptoms of adults in the recovery phase of moderate to severe COVID-19 using the COVID Musculoskeletal Assessment Tool (CMAT). Methods: This was a three-phased, prospective, descriptive study of adults admitted for COVID-19 at the UP-PGH. Phase 1 was the development of the CMAT based on a review of related literature and patient charts, and patient interviews. The tool was pretested and validated in Phase 2 before it was used in the evaluation of study participants in Phase 3 of the research. Data was encoded using Microsoft® Excel 2007 and analyzed using STATA, Version 12.0 (Texas, USA). Descriptive statistics were used to summarize the variables collected for the study. Results: A cohort of 40 patients admitted at the UP-PGH for moderate-to-severe COVID-19 infection was evaluated using the CMAT. Most of the patients had an average age of 55 years and were males. Majority resided in an urban area, reached high school education, and were ambulatory before their illness. The most common comorbidities were hypertension and diabetes. All patients required oxygen support. Based on the CMAT, majority of the participants complained of muscle pain, generalized weakness, and easy fatigability. Other common findings were neck-shoulder and lower limb pain, dyspnea on exertion, limited mobility in the trunk, hips, and knees, joint pains, and decreased muscle strength. Half of the participants needed a wheelchair or walker to ambulate. These findings may be due to the COVID-19 disease and to prolonged confinement in bed. Only one patient underwent physical therapy through bedside instructions. Conclusion Musculoskeletal signs and symptoms were common in the patients recovering from COVID-19 disease. The COVID-19 Musculoskeletal Assessment Tool facilitated the evaluation of patients and the recording of results. Early referral for medical rehabilitation and timely intervention are strongly recommended.
COVID-19 ; Coronavirus ; Myalgia

Van Nes rotationplasty has gained popularity as a surgical treatment for malignant bone tumors without resorting to amputation. However, the nature of the surgery poses unique challenges in the rehabilitation management in order to optimize safety and functional mobility. We describe a case of a 6-year-old female with Ewing’s sarcoma of the right femur who underwent Van Nes Type BIIIA rotationplasty. This procedure involved a complete femoral resection, with the tibia and the foot rotated by 180 degrees and the lateral tibial plateau placed into the acetabulum that is expected to remodel to form a neo-hip joint. The patient was referred to rehabilitation medicine and was eventually admitted due to impairment in mobility secondary to the surgery. The goal was to achieve K-1 level of function. This case demonstrates that the rehabilitation management of a child with Type B-IIIA rotationplasty using a modified Van Nes prosthesis requires a comprehensive multidisciplinary approach.

Human ; Female ; Child: 6-12 Yrs Old ; Prosthesis ; Prostheses And Implants ; Rehabilitation

OBJECTIVE: The potential of a low-cost, novel Kinect?-based markerless motion analysis system as a tool to measure temporospatial parameters, joint and muscle kinematics, and hand trajectory patterns during the propulsion and recovery phase of wheelchair propulsion (WCP) was determined.

METHODS:Twenty (20) adult male track and field paralympians,(mean age = 36 ± 8.47) propelled themselves on a wheelchair ergometer system while their upper extremity motion was recorded by two Kinect? cameras and processed.

RESULTS: The temporospatial parameters, joint kinematics, and hand trajectory patterns during the propulsion and recovery phase of each participant's WCP cycle were determined and averaged. Average cycle time was 1.45s ± 0.19, average cadence was 0.70 cycles/s ± 0.09, and average speed was 0.76m/s ± 0.32. Average shoulder flexion was 30.99° ± 28.38, average elbow flexion was 24.23° ± 12.25, and average wrist flexion was 12.82° ± 26.78. Eighty five percent (85%) of the participants used a semicircular hand trajectory pattern.

CONCLUSION: The low-cost, novel Kinect?-based markerless motion analysis system had the potential to obtain measurable values during independent wheelchair propu
Biomechanical Phenomena ; Ergometry ; Track and Field ; Para-Athletes

Dengue hemorrhagic fever is a severe form of dengue presenting commonly with bleeding diathesis, but rarely with peripheral nervous system manifestations. Proximal median neuropathy comprises 1% of upper limb compression syndromes, and this case is the first to report injury to the proximal median nerve due to compression from hematoma formation. This case report presents the rehabilitation process of a 25-year-old Filipino female median nerve entrapment from venipuncture-associated hematoma presenting as burning sensation on the medial elbow, forearm and hand, weak flexion movement of her left thumb, index, and middle fingers. The patient was managed conservatively with pain medications, range of motion, gross and fine motor, and sensory re-education exercises. At 12 months, there was partial but functional recovery of median motor distribution and full recovery of median sensory distribution, as evidenced by improved sensory nerve action potential conduction velocity and amplitude, and compound motor action potential conduction velocity, with persistent decreased amplitude at 50%, and decrease in cross-sectional area of the left median nerve.

This paper highlights the functional outcomes of a conservatively managed median nerve entrapment from venipuncture hematoma from dengue hemorrhagic fever. This case report also emphasizes that in the presence of severe bleeding risk of surgery in the background of severe thrombocytopenia, timely rehabilitation medicine referral with monitoring through clinical evaluation, musculoskeletal ultrasound, and electrodiagnostic study presents a viable alternative in the management of compression neuropathy.

Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever ; Severe Dengue ; Nerve Conduction Studies ; Rehabilitation