K. Martin Sattelmayer

HES-SO Valais-Wallis | HES-SO · School of Health Sciences

Introduction: Muscle weakness is a common consequence of stroke and can result in a decrease in physical activity. Changes in gait performance can be observed, especially a reduction in gait speed, and increased gait asymmetry, and energy cost is also reported. Objective: The aim was to determine whether strengthening of the lower limbs can improve...

Background It was suggested that robot-assisted gait training (RAGT) should not be routinely provided to disabled patients in place of conventional over-ground walking training (CGT). There exist several randomised controlled trials reporting on RAGT for people with multiple sclerosis. However, the effectiveness of RAGT varies between studies with...

Background: Procedural skills are a key element in the training of future physiotherapists. Procedural skills relate to the acquisition of appropriate motor skills, which allow the safe application of clinical procedures to patients. In order to evaluate procedural skills in physiotherapy education validated assessment instruments are required. Re...

Background Acquisition of procedures is an important element in health professions education. Traditionally procedures are taught using a “see one - do one” approach. That is a teacher demonstrates and describes a procedure and afterwards the students practice the procedure. A more recent teaching approach for the acquisition of procedural skills w...

Background People with multiple sclerosis (PwMS) frequently have impaired balance from an early stage of the disease. Balance difficulties can be divided into categories; although, to date, these lack scientific foundation. Impaired balance in PwMS can be addressed using specific and challenging exercises. Such exercises should provide an optimal c...

Background During hospitalization older adults have a high risk of developing functional impairments unrelated to the reasons for their admission. This is termed hospital-associated disability (HAD). This systematic review aimed to assess the incidence of HAD in older adults admitted to acute care with two outcomes: firstly in at least one activity...

Risk of bias (RoB) assessment of randomized clinical trials (RCTs) is vital to conducting systematic reviews. Manual RoB assessment for hundreds of RCTs is a cognitively demanding, lengthy process and is prone to subjective judgment. Supervised machine learning (ML) can help to accelerate this process but requires a hand-labelled corpus. There are...

Background During hospitalization older people have a high risk of developing functional impairments unrelated to the reasons for their admission. This is termed hospital-associated disability. This systematic review aimed to assess the incidence of hospital-associated disability among older patients admitted to acute care, to identify the tools us...

Background : After a diet- or surgery induced weight loss almost 1/3 of lost weight consists of fat free mass (FFM) if carried out without additional therapy. Exercise training and a sufficient supply of protein, calcium and vitamin D is recommended to reduce the loss of FFM. Objective : To investigate the effect of exercise training, protein, calc...

Background : After a diet- or surgery induced weight loss almost 1/3 of lost weight consists of fat free mass (FFM) if carried out without additional therapy. Exercise training and a sufficient supply of protein, calcium and vitamin D is recommended to reduce the loss of FFM. Objective : To investigate the effect of exercise training, protein, calc...

Background Virtual reality (VR) exergames have gained popularity in the rehabilitation of persons with neurological disorders as an add-on therapy to increase intensity of training. Intensity is strongly dependent on the motivation of the patient. Motivation can be increased by delivering variation within training and challenging exercises. However...

Background : After a diet- or surgery induced weight loss almost 1/3 of lost weight consists of fat free mass (FFM) if carried out without additional therapy. Exercise training and a sufficient supply of protein, calcium and vitamin D is recommended to reduce the loss of FFM. Objective : To investigate the effect of exercise training, protein, calc...

BACKGROUND Virtual reality (VR) exergames have gained popularity in the rehabilitation of persons with neurological disorders as an add-on therapy to increase intensity of training. Intensity is strongly dependent on the motivation of the patient. Motivation can be increased by delivering variation within training and challenging exercises. However...

Introduction: Procedural skills are a central element in the education of physiotherapists. Procedural skills relate to the execution of a practical task. An educational intervention, which can be used to support skill acquisition of procedural skills, is mental practice (MP). Several studies have investigated the use of MP or imaging in medical ed...

Objectives To determine the diagnostic accuracy of clinical tests for cam or pincer morphology in individuals with suspected femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) syndrome and to evaluate their clinical utility. Design A systematic review of studies investigating the diagnostic accuracy of clinical tests for cam and pincer morphology. Data sources P...

Objective To investigate the effectiveness of conservative interventions for pain, function and range of motion in adults with shoulder impingement. Design Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised trials. Data sources Medline, CENTRAL, CINAHL, Embase and PEDro were searched from inception to January 2017. Study selection criteria Random...

Introduction Learning of procedural skills is important in the education of physiotherapists. It is the aim of physiotherapy degree programmes that graduates are able to practice selected procedures safely and efficiently. Procedural competency is threatened by an increasing and diverse amount of procedures that are incorporated in university curri...

Background: Movement control abilities are often reduced in persons with neck pain. In physiotherapeutic practice observational tests are frequently used to assess the impaired abilities. Several tests for movement control abilities are available, but no evidence exists on how to combine and interpret them. Objective: The aim was to investigate str...

Introduction L’apprentissage des compétences procédurales constitue une part importante de la formation des physiothérapeutes [1]. Le but des programmes d’études de physiothérapie est que les diplômés soient capables d’appliquer des procédures sélectionnées de manière sûre et efficace. La compétence procédurale est menacée par le nombre croissant e...

Background: Learning of procedural skills is an essential component in the education of future health professionals. There is little evidence on how procedural skills are best learnt and practiced in education. There is a need for educators to know what specific interventions could be used to increase learning of these skills. However, there is gro...

Objectives: To evaluate the responsiveness of the classic Star Excursion Balance Test (SEBT) and of a modified version performed on a soft surface (Airex Balance-Pad). The classic Star Excursion Balance Test is widely used in persons with chronic ankle instability. For the use in healthy athletes, the test can be made more difficult by performing i...

Assessing sensorimotor abilities, such as movement control, becomes increasingly important for the management of patients with neck pain because of the potential contribution to the development of chronic neck pain. Our aim was to evaluate whether sensorimotor tests could discriminate between persons with neck pain and persons without neck pain and...

Assessments (Test- und Messverfahren) gewinnen immer mehr Bedeutung zur Beurteilung von Gesundheitszustand und Funktionsfähigkeit von Patienten und zur Kontrolle des Therapieverlaufs. Assessments sind eine systematische Form der Anamnese und/oder Patientenuntersuchung. Sie dienen einerseits zur Identifikation von Schwächen, Funktionsdefiziten und R...

A small proportion of individuals with non-specific low back pain (NSLBP) develop persistent problems. Up to 80% of the total costs for NSLBP are owing to chronic NSLBP. Psychosocial factors have been described to be important in the transition from acute to chronic NSLBP. Guidelines recommend the use of the Acute Low Back Pain Screening Questionna...

to determine the effects of power training with high movement velocity compared with conventional resistance training with low movement velocity for older community-dwelling people. systematic review of randomised controlled trials. the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, PubMed (Medline), EMBASE, CINAHL, PEDro and Scholar-Google. Trial...

Introduction : La création d’un programme d’exercices à domicile permettant l’auto-évaluation de ses propres capacités sensori-motrices implique le choix d’exercices judicieux, une capacité optimale d’auto-évaluation de la difficulté et une bonne corrélation entre l’échelle de l’auto-évaluation de la difficulté et l’échelle de l’évaluation de la qu...

Les chutes constituent la plus grande part des accidents domestiques, en particulier chez les plus de 65 ans. Les conséquences de ces chutes peuvent être plus ou moins graves, qu’elles soient physiques, psychiques ou sociales. La prévention les chutes chez les personnes âgées doit être interdisciplinaire et agir sur les facteurs de risque intrinsèq...