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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Home-Based Rehabilitation"”.
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Home-Based Rehabilitation and its Impact on Hospital Utilization
… is compelling evidence for the effectiveness of home-based occupational therapy and physiotherapy rehabilitation for community dwelling elderly who may struggle with basic activities and the functions of daily living and mobility. Nonetheless, an estimated 2% of home care’s elderly clients …
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Design and development of portable home based rehabilitation device
A constant monitoring process for arm rehabilitation activities is very significant to impart information of rehabilitation results to be analyzed by physical therapist. We propose here a new type of leg rehabilitation system. The aim of the system is to realize the multiple-degree-of-freedom (DOF) …
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A human-centered design approach to empowering obesity patients in self-supervised rehabilitation post-bariatric surgery
… concern, necessitates effective and sustainable rehabilitation strategies, particularly for patients undergoing bariatric surgery. The recovery journey for these individuals is complex, often spanning years and requiring significant lifestyle modifications, especially in diet management. …
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Modelling clinical decision-making referral patterns to home-based or hospital-based stroke outpatient rehabilitation programs in London, Ontario: A prognostic model development study
The rehabilitation of stroke survivors is an ongoing process for months to years after the injury. Parkwood Institute in London, Ontario is an example of a model outpatient program recommended by the Canadian Stroke Best Practice Recommendations, as patients have access to hospital-based outpatient …
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Nintendo Wii versus resistance training to improve upper-limb function in children ages 7 to 12 with spastic hemiplegic cerebral palsy: a home-based pilot study
This pilot, home-based study compared a Nintendo Wii intervention to a single-joint upper-limb resistance training of a similar intensity, in n=6 children ages of 7 to 12 with spastic hemiplegic CP with respect to upper limb function, compliance and motivation levels. The main results found that …
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Intelligent Treadmill Control and Holographic Rendering for Accessible Rehabilitation
There is a growing need in the medical rehabilitation market due to the increasing elderly population. More than half of the patients are outpatients who require commuting from home to nursing facilities. However, the geographic distribution of these facilities is highly imbalanced, with states …
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Virtual reality based upper extremity stroke rehabilitation system.
… can achieve improved results in post stroke rehabilitation. Despite the wealth of ongoing research applied to trying to build a virtual reality based system for upper extremity rehabilitation, there still exists a strong need for a training platform that would provide whole arm …
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Shoulder pain in manual wheelchair users: towards a multi-disciplinary solution for a multi-faceted problem
… the custom developed wearable technology for home-based rehabilitation training purposes.
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Ubiquitous and Wearable Computing Solutions for Enhancing Motor Rehabilitation of the Upper Extremity Post-Stroke
… and can greatly limit quality of life. Stroke rehabilitation represents the collective effort to heal the body following stroke and to return the survivor to as normal a life as possible. It is well established that rehabilitation therapy comprising task-specific, repetitive, prolonged movement …
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Stroke Prevention Rehabilitation Intervention Trial of Exercise (SPRITE): a randomised feasibility and pilot study: a randomised feasibility and pilot study
Introduction:<br/>The value of cardiac rehabilitation (CR) after a transient ischaemic attack (TIA) or‘minor’ stroke is untested despite these conditions sharing similar pathology and risk factors to coronary heart disease.<br/><br/>Aims:<br/>To develop and test the feasibility of conducting a …