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Showing 1 to 20 of 37 for “"Physical Rehabilitation"”.
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Ascend Physical Rehabilitation
… into the architectural opportunities within physical therapy settings. It recognizes that rehabilitation is not solely a physical endeavor, but also a mental and emotional process requiring resilience, focus, and a supportive environment. The work explores how thoughtful design strategies …
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Use of Fantasy in Serious Games to Assist Physical Rehabilitation
… keeping people engaged and motivated to perform physical rehabilitation, specifically incorporating fantasy elements. Physical rehabilitation helps people recover from injuries and pain; however, due to its monotonous and tedious nature, many people are not interested in it or leave the process …
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A Service Robot for Navigation Assistance and Physical Rehabilitation of Seniors
… will have to live with sensitive, cognitive and physical disabilities. People with impaired physical ability are not confident to move alone, especially in crowded environment and for long journeys, highly reducing the quality of their life. We propose a new generation of robotic walking …
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A Framework for Physical Rehabilitation Using Natural User Interface with Electromyography Biofeedback
Physical rehabilitation is a medical specialty concerned with diagnosis, evaluation, and management of persons of all ages with physical impairment and disability [1]. Patients regain their muscle strength through physical therapy, which includes range of motion improvement. This thesis prepares a …
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The effectiveness of physical rehabilitation in the enhancement of proprioceptive and cognitive aspects on Alzheimer disease patients.
Based on the Alzheimer Disease (AD) prevention and slowing down, this study has shown interest in evaluating the effects of Global Postural Re-education (GPR) on the cognitiveness of individuals with AD. OBJECTIVE: It is important to verify that by modifying and improving postural attitudes, a …
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Social and physical rehabilitation in Boston's South Cove : a new plan for Morgan Memorial and Goodwill Industries
Thesis (M. Arch)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1961.
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Exoskeleton Robot for Upper Limb Rehabilitation: Design Analysis and Control
Current physical rehabilitation services for stroke utilize a manual hands-on approach with little to no application of modern technology. As a result, physiotherapy treatment is lacking in availability, is highly subjective and can only employ very basic exercises. Increasing efforts are being …
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The use of operant procedures to develop ambulation in a wheelchair confined male
… operant procedures can be successfully used in physical rehabilitation. This study was an attempt to develop standing and walking behaviors in a 47-year old male who was confined to a wheelchair. A multiple baseline design across settings was used to demonstrate the effects of verbal, physical …
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The effects of pain on motor learning
… move the body is an incredibly important part of physical rehabilitation and there are many factors that have the potential to influence how well new movements are acquired or remembered. Pain and cognition are two such factors, however it is currently not well understood how either interact with …
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The relationship of personality traits to depression in a geriatric population.
… for depression. Sample included 35 older (65-84) physical rehabilitation patients in a large metropolitan hospital. Statistical analysis included Pearson Product Moment correlations and multiple regression results. Perceived physical health, instrumental ADLs, life satisfaction, extraversion, and …
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The psychology of anterior cruciate ligament injury rehabilitation amongst professional rugby union players
… is manifested by concerns related to career, physical rehabilitation, social interactions, further injury, and return to prior performance levels (Gould et al., 1997; Tracey, 2003).
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Custom Electrical Impedance Tomography Forward Models for Muscle Rehabilitation and Radiation Monitoring
… into internal body composition. For example, physical rehabilitation is traditionally based on motion tracking, though muscle tracking is the ultimate goal. A wearable EIT sensing device can fill this gap. We use sets of electrodes to image and reconstruct muscles in the body for real-time …
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A influência da atividade física adaptada na imagem corporal da pessoa amputada: um estudo de caso
The adapted physical activity has been worked as an important form of physical rehabilitation and social inclusion of people with disabilities along the history. Introducing valuable contributions in the reconstruction of body image of persons with amputation, collaborating with the aggregation of …
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AN EXPLORATORY STUDY OF THE REHABILITATION OF PHYSICAL DISABLED ADULTS IN A GROUP SETTING WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO CONDUCTIVE EDUCATION
Conventional rehabilitation for people with physical difficulties is based on mostly a biomedical approach to health focusing on isolated parts of the body without recognizing the patients’ other needs. While more holistic and bio-psycho-social rehabilitation models have been developed, these are …
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Enhancement of non-motorized three degree of freedom assessment tool for stroke patients
The use of robotic devices for physical rehabilitation of the upper limb following brain injury can assist physiotherapists in rehabilitation program. The presence of robotic rehabilitator will help physiotherapists to assess the stroke patients effectively during their rehabilitation process. …
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Characterization and control of a robot for wrist rehabilitation
… those caused by stroke, can be treated through physical rehabilitation. The use of robots in therapy environments seems appropriate considering the possibilities they offer for quantification of performance as well as "quality control" between therapy sessions. The research presented in this …
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An ankle robot for a modular gait rehabilitation system
… such as stroke survivors, can be treated with physical rehabilitation to regain motor control and function. Conventional therapy techniques are labor intensive and non-standardized. This is especially true in gait rehabilitation. The robotic therapy paradigm developed in the Newman Lab for Hu- …
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A Clinical Nurse Leader Initiative: Promoting Mobility Among Long-Term Care Facility Residents
… of further functional decline. In a 45-bed rehabilitation unit of a Veterans Affairs (VA) health care facility, a clinical nurse leader (CNL) initiative was done to promote mobility among the patients to mitigate functional decline. The patients, also referred to as clients or residents in …
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Music, mind and health : how community change, diagnosis, and neuro-rehabilitation can be targeted during creative tasks.
… group of subjects with various cognitive and physical deficits. Second, it is necessary to quantify what takes place in music interactions so that causality can be attributed to what is unique to the music experience compared to motivation or attention. Finally, one must provide the structure …
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A shoe-integrated sensor system for wireless gait analysis and real-time therapeutic feedback
… or a qualitative analysis with a physician or physical therapist making visual observations. There is a need for a low cost device that falls in between these two methods, and can provide quantitative and repeatable results. In addition, continuous monitoring of gait would be useful for …
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