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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Rehabilitation medicine"”.
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Understanding standing
… sciences in relationship to the practice of rehabilitation and movement re-education. The concepts of variety and constraint provide the foundation for inquiring into the anatomical, biomechanical, dynamical, and sensorial bases of bipedal stance. Theoretical issues are related to …
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A Comparative Study of the Effects of Deep Oscillation and Physical Therapy Modalities in Patients with Cervical Spondylosis // Сравнително проучване на ефектите на дълбока осцилация (Deep Oscillation) и някои преформирани физикални фактори при пациенти с шийна остеохондроза
… was conducted at the Clinic for Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine at St. Marina University Hospital - Varna and the Department of Rehabilitation. According to the study design, the patients were divided into three groups – group "A" (Deep Oscillation therapy, TENS and kinesitherapy), group …
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Design and development of a 7 degree-of-freedom powered exoskeleton for the upper limb
… to those of the human body. With applications in rehabilitation medicine and virtual reality simulation, exoskeletons offer benefits for both disabled and healthy populations. A pilot database defining the kinematics and dynamics of the upper limb during daily living activities was among several …
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Anwendungsorientierte Konzeption zur internen Qualitätssteuerung der Klassifikationen KTL und ICF in der medizinischen Rehabilitation
In medical rehabilitation, the requirements of legislators and cost bearers for quality management are at a high level. The Deutsche Rentenversicherung (DRV) supports this with its quality assurance measures, as does the World Health Organization (WHO) with guidelines anent certified quality …
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Family experience after paediatric acquired brain injury
… (Royal College of Physicians& British Society of Rehabilitation Medicine, 2003). Given its wide-ranging impact, ABI is likely to have an effect on the family. However, there is limited qualitative research exploring the lived experiences of siblings of children with ABI, and none that focuses …
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Musculoskeletal pain rehabilitation A one-year follow-up of occupational performance, psychosocial functioning and disability
Multidisciplinary pain rehabilitation programmes are found decreasing pain and improve back-to-work rates. There is, however, a lack of knowledge in several respects. The overall aim of this thesis was to study outcomes in terms of occupational performance, satisfaction with performance, …
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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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Shoulder pain after stroke: prevalence, contributing factors and consequences in daily life
Post stroke shoulder pain, PSSP, is a common type of pain after stroke, but still further knowledge of this condition is needed. An increased knowledge of prevalence, contributing factors and impact on the individual’s life could enhance the possibility to find more effective treatments and …
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Physical activity in persons with late effects of polio
Physical activity is beneficial for the health of persons with disabilities but the levels of such activity are lower than for persons without disability. In addition the level of physical activity decreases with increasing age. For persons aging with a disability it may be a challenge to engage in …
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The Rehabbing of Cardiac Rehabilitation
… the RN’s and patients to complete their daily rehabilitation exercises. This intervention is geared towards accelerating patient recovery and expediting discharge to decrease length of stay for this CV surgery population. The entire staff has been receptive to the improvement modifications …
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Independence through Patient Education in a Spinal Cord Injury Population
… was conducted at the SCI unit at Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Hospital in Allentown, PA. This assessment included structured observation of patient education in the therapy process, semi-structured interviews about site needs and patient education topics completed with patients and occupational …