Rehabilitation Services News & Practice Updates

Practice Updates & Statements

January 2026

Early Recognition and Intervention for Poststroke Spasticity: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association. Stroke. Published online January 29, 2026. doi:10.1161/STR.0000000000000515

October 2025

Occupational Therapy Practice Guidelines for Nonoperative Management of Osteoarthritis and Rheumatoid Arthritis. American Journal of Occupational Therapy. 2025;79(5):1-23. doi:10.5014/ajot.2025.790510

Hand & Upper Extremity

October

Updated, detailed scoring of the activities measure for upper limb amputation (AM-ULA). Journal of Hand Therapy. 2025;38(3):442-449. doi:10.1016/j.jht.2024.07.005

Rehabilitation Exercise

February 2026

Holden, M. A., Nicholls, E., Abdali, Z., Birrell, F., Borrelli, B., Callaghan, M., Dziedzic, K., Felson, D., Foster, N. E., Halliday, N., Ingram, C., Jinks, C., Jowett, S., Peat, G., & PROP OA trial team (2026). Provision of knee bracing for knee osteoarthritis (PROP OA): multicentre, parallel group, superiority, statistician blinded, randomised controlled trial. BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 392, e086005. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2025-086005

January 2026

The immediate effect of swimming stroke on pain in people with chronic low back pain: a crossover study. Annals of physical and rehabilitation medicine. 2025;69(1):102030. doi:10.1016/j.rehab.2025.102030

Sleep Medicine

February 2026

Karroum, E. G., Bachmann, C. G., Bronstone, A., & Morrison, L. (2026). Efficacy and safety of tonic motor activation (TOMAC) for restless legs syndrome as adjunctive and monotherapy: An individual participant data systematic review and meta-analysis. Sleep medicine, 140, 108810. Advance online publication.

Siengsukon, C., Beheshti, M., Donkers, S. J., Costa, S. J., Vaduvathiriyan, P., Glaser, A., Baber, G., & Williams, J. (2026). Better sleep is associated with improved mobility in adults: a scoping review. Journal of rehabilitation medicine, 58, jrm44109. https://doi.org/10.2340/jrm.v58.44109

Sports Medicine

October

Ulnar Stress Injury in a Recreational Disc Golf Player. Current sports medicine reports. 2025;24(9):271-274. doi:10.1249/JSR.0000000000001279