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Showing 1 to 20 of 21 for “"Rehabilitation therapy"”.
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A gait generation mechanism for leg rehabilitation therapy
… rapidly deconditioning and other co-morbidities. Rehabilitation techniques that afford patients the ability to begin reconditioning through walking sooner may ultimately enhance their return to a better quality of life. The overall goal of this study is to design a gait generation mechanism for …
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Force-Myography Based Estimation of Energy Absorption Capabilities of the Human Arm for Robotic Tele-Rehabilitation Therapy
The need for rehabilitation therapy has been significantly increasing in the last few decades, due to neurological disorders caused by stroke. The cost of therapy for such a wide variety of motor impairments is high and the availability of therapists is insufficient for the current demand. …
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Self-regulatory strategies for brain injury patients: how can the therapeutic relationship in cognitive rehabilitation therapy help?
… to facilitate the training of a cognitive rehabilitation intervention. The training process examined in this research was embedded within a meta-cognitive or self-instructional protocol that trained ABI patients with complex executive impairments to use a self-regulatory strategy with …
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Examining the Relationship Between Home Care Rehabilitation Therapy Services and Healthcare Utilization Among Those with Multimorbidity in Ontario, Canada
… for poor health outcomes and functional decline. Rehabilitation therapists (occupational and physical therapists) can help these individuals with complex health challenges to address their functional needs and negotiate successful transitions in health care. Research was needed to determine the …
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Design and Implementation of a Modular Human-Robot Interaction Framework
… research and innovation in the field of motor rehabilitation therapy to accommodate these individuals in a cost-effective manner. In recent years, the implementation of social agents has been proposed to alleviate the burden on in-home human caregivers. Socially assistive robotics (SAR) is a …
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The effectiveness of acupuncture in motor function recovery during cerebrovascular accident rehabilitation
… with motor function control. Conventional stroke rehabilitation therapy plays an important role in motor function recovery, however more than half of the survivors remain with a certain degree of impairment (NINDS, 2011). Thereby, the aim of this dissertation is to search for other modalities of …
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Development of a perceived exertion scale in dogs exercising on a land treadmill using selected physiologic parameters
Physical rehabilitation therapy is rapidly becoming an integral component in the treatment of a variety of neurologic and orthopedic conditions in veterinary patients. However, to date there are no perceived exertion scales (PES) available for monitoring dogs or for developing exercise protocols. …
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Factors Affecting Anterior Knee Pain in Post-ACLR Comparing Patellar Tendon and Hamstring Tendon Autografts
… were gathered from existing patient data from rehabilitation therapy records. Additional factors were also analyzed to determine the effect on post-ACLR pain. Post-treatment pain ratings measured by the Numerical Pain Rating Scale (NPRS) were recorded for the patient's first six weeks of …
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Return to Self: Impact of Long Term Acquired Brain Injury Rehabilitation on Community Reintegration
… examine the outcomes of a long term brain injury rehabilitation program and its impact on community re-integration. This unique facility is licensed as a Long-Term Care Facility, able to provide longer lengths of stay to treat medical and psychological needs. All residents of this facility have a …
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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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Incremental vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR) adaptation In subjects with peripheral vestibular hypofunction
… ability to perform daily activities. Vestibular rehabilitation therapy (VRT) is a set of prescribed exercises that help improve function and reduce symptoms. The main pillar of VRT are gaze-stabilization exercises (GSE) which aim to improve the VOR response (by a process we call adaptation) or …
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Challenges of mothers caring for cerebral palsy children at Thulamela Local Municipality, in the Vhembe District, South Africa
… living in the Vhembe District who attends the rehabilitation therapy services at Tshilidzini Hospital. A non-probability, purposive sampling technique was used to select the mothers. Five focus groups, each consisting of eight mothers were composed. Semi-structured group guide consisting of …
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Comparison of DC Motors and Dielectric Elastomer Actuators For Wearable Wrist Exoskeletons
… stroke requires patients to undergo extensive rehabilitation therapy. It is known that intensive therapy contributes significantly to recovery, but as the number of surviving stroke patients increases, it is difficult for clinics to provide patients with the optimal level of therapy. Robotic …
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Design and implementation of a novel lightweight soft upper limb exoskeleton using pneumatic actuator muscles
… Thus, stroke patients require an extensive rehabilitation therapy to regain some of the weaknesses. Many rehabilitation robotic devices have been designed and developed to assist the stroke patients to perform their activities of daily living and to perform repetitive movements. However, …
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Evaluation of risk factors associated with patellofemoral pain syndrome
… All patients, who were referred to physical therapy at Johns Hopkins Rehabilitation Therapy Services Clinic, were diagnosed with PFPS for the first time and were mostly recreational runners. Body mass indexes (BMI) were calculated from weight and height. Pain scores were taken using the …
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Sensorimotor experience in virtual environments
The goal of rehabilitation is to reduce impairment and provide functional improvements resulting in quality participation in activities of life, Plasticity and motor learning principles provide inspiration for therapeutic interventions including movement repetition in a virtual reality environment, …
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Rehabilitation following surgery to the low back
… likely to benefit from surgery and those whose rehabilitation might be prolonged by evaluating the psychological, clinical and demographic factors which may influence outcome. In addition, it attempted to investigate the relationship between cardiovascular and endocrine functioning and …
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Kinetic and 3D Kinematic analysis of netball movements: with and without prophylactic knee bracing
Patellofemoral pain is one of the most common musculoskeletal pain conditions, with a multifactorial aetiology. It is reported that young females are at high risk of developing patellofemoral pain. During dynamic, fast-paced games athletes are exposed to high ground reaction forces, contributing to …
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Evaluation of short-term conservative treatment in patients with tennis elbow (lateral epicondylitis): A prospective randomised, assessor-blinded trial.
… elbow referred by their GP to either the physiotherapy, orthopaedic or MSK CAT services, subject to eligibility criteria, were randomised into one of 3 treatment arms: injection, ultrasound or exercise, to which the assessor remained blinded. The outcome measures of thermal difference, median …
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Vestibular functioning and pathology in adults with HIV/AIDS : a comparative study
… vestibular assessments and subsequent vestibular rehabilitation therapy, to minimize functional limitations of quality of life.
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