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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Injury Recovery"”.
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Readiness to return: psychosocial factors and injury recovery
… between psychosocial factors, rate of recovery, and readiness to return to competition. The specific psychosocial variables measured were: social support, coping, daily hassles, and rehabilitation self-efficacy. Athletes and dancers (N= 35), ranging from club to elite level, who …
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Informatics Intervention for Self-Management of Pain after TBI
The occurrence of traumatic brain injury (TBI) and post injury recovery are major public health concerns in the United States (Taylor et al., 2017). The number of TBI related emergency department visits, hospitalizations and deaths has increased over time and is currently about 2.8 million each …
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Reading Your Own Mind: Dynamic Visualization of Real-Time Neural Signals
… external devices in applications such as brain injury recovery, human prosthetics, and robotics. The dynamic and adaptive nature of the brain makes it difficult to create classifiers or control systems that will remain effective over time. However it is precisely these qualities that offer the …
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Burn injury and self-silencing: a study of women's narratives
… need to focus on psychological aspects of burn injury recovery, particularly how people adapt to their changed bodies. The literature indicates that burn size and severity is not directly associated with the degree of distress and that for women, dissatisfaction with their bodies increases in …
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A study of the "Phoenix phenomenon" in Clostridium perfringens
… This indicated that Phase I and II was an injury-recovery process. The type and temperature of diluent was varied and the results indicate that although temperature of diluent had no effect on enumeration, a veal diluent relieved some of the stress to the organism in giving a less …
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The role of the coach-athlete relationship during rehabilitation following severe knee injury in adolescent athletes
Background: Severe knee injury requires prolonged rehabilitation and absence from sport. Coaches are vital during rehabilitation, supporting athletes with psychological challenges associated with injury recovery. While athletes appreciate coaches' involvement during rehabilitation, their …
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Pilot study into knowledge and confidence of sports trainers in community level Australian rules football leagues
… is a common team sport played in Australia. Injury rates from ARF are higher than most sport and recreational activities in Australia, with substantial cost to the community from injuries. The aim of this research was to investigate if community level ARF sports trainers responsible for …
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Ascribed and Acquired Identities: Women's Collective Renegotiation of Social and Personal Identity Following Brain Injury
"This study examines eleven women's accounts of recovery from and living with brain injury. It is a qualitative depth interview and semi-ethnographic study methodologically grounded in interpretive interactionism and narrative theory. The broad focus is on the ways and contexts in which these women …
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Effects of BMI Status on the Occurence and Recovery From Injuries in Youth
Background: Injury and obesity are two of the leading public health problems in youth around the world. To reduce the burden of obesity, efforts are underway to increase physical activity participation; however, physical activity is also the leading cause of injury in youth. Recovery from injury is …
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THE PROPHYLACTIC POTENTIAL OF DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID, AN OMEGA-3 FATTY ACID, IN TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is a worldwide public health problem that can result in cognitive deficits, neuropsychiatric disorders, or even death. Given the unpredictable and heterogeneous nature of TBI symptoms along with the lack of a standard of care for TBI, there is interest in developing …
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Post-Injury Anxiety and PTSD Symptoms in Canadian University Athletes following a Substantial Injury: Looking to Compare Musculoskeletal Injuries and Concussions
Post-injury rehabilitation occurs across all levels of sport, but post-injury mental recovery receives much less attention. Research on the psychological impacts of injury in athletes is a very underrepresented field, with few studies focusing on it specifically. Hutchinson et al. (2009) found …
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Paw Print Gait Analysis in Rats with Spinal Cord Injury
Recovery of locomotion following spinal cord injury (SCI) in the rat may be tracked by different approaches to gait analysis, such as open field locomotor scoring and automated paw print analysis. Until recently, both of these approaches allowed the animal to walk at a self-selected speed. To …