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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"physical recovery"”.
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CLINICAL OUTCOMES OF POST-OPERATIVE EXERCISE AND REHABILITATION FOR ELDERLY INDIVIDUALS FOLLOWING TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY : A QUASI-SYSTEMATIC AND NARRATIVE REVIEW
… of the physiotherapist. Due to the frailty of physical condition, ageing in this population tends to develop arthritis in the weight-bearing joints, specifically the knees. The elderly patients were thereby being hindered from pain-free mobility and physical independence. Surgical intervention …
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The role of physical activity for recovery after surgical procedures
… association between and effect of preoperative physical activity and postoperative recovery after surgery due to gallbladder disease or colorectal cancer. Paper I examined the association between self-reported level of physical activity before cholecystectomy and postoperative recovery in an …
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NCAA injured student athletes' perception of social support
… NCAA athletes' complete psychological and physical recovery. When individuals, such as the coach, athletic trainer, teammates, and family, incorporate social support in the recovery process the injured athlete's attitude and belief system is positively influenced. The coach and athletic …
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Towns undergoing changes: a case study on the recovery after the Wenchuan earthquake, China
Post-disaster recovery is a complicated and dynamic socio-economic-political process, with time compression as the key feature that differentiates it from normal development procedures. The devastating Wenchuan Earthquake in China occurred on May 12, 2008, and its recovery process provides a unique …
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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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Occupational Therapy in the Intensive Care Unit
… lack a standard protocol for addressing physical, cognitive, and psychosocial factors in patients post cardiac surgery. Furthermore, individuals’ experience and clinical reasoning frequently guides interventions rather than current evidence. The American Occupational Therapy Association’s …
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Motherhood in Crisis: A Qualitative Study of First-Time Mothers Diagnosed with Breast Cancer
… mother and is felt to disrupt the emotional and physical bond to her baby at varying times during her illness. For each mother, however, these feelings recede in lockstep with her physical recovery allowing for the resumption of a deep-felt connection to her child. The findings from this study …
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Needs assessment for personalized garments to improve quality of life in breast cancer care
… patients continue to face ongoing emotional and physical challenges. These challenges may include diminished body image and difficulties with intimacy due to perceived changes in their bodies, which can impact their overall quality of life and personal relationships Garments play a critical role …
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The Relationship between Coping, Anxiety, and Quality of Life for Taiwanese Post-Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery Patients
… Both men and women were concerned about their physical recovery following CABG, but men tended to make plans to take control of their health, while women tended to seek help to overcome their stress. The semi-structured interviews provided richness to the study that could not have been captured …
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What are the experiences of adolescents during the recovery process from Anorexia Nervosa after receiving inpatient treatment? : an interpretative phenomenological analysis study
… sufferers has shown that improvement during the recovery process may lead to new difficulties particularly in regards to managing their negative feelings without restricting their dietary intake. Most studies that have explored the experiences of people with Anorexia Nervosa tend to report more …
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A Mindful Approach to Managing Stress in Stroke Survivors and Support Persons: Feasibility, Acceptability, and Impact of a Stroke-Tailored, Mindfulness-Based Intervention
<p>Stroke recovery often presents psychosocial challenges not only for stroke survivors (SS) but also for their support persons (SP). Guided by the Theory of Dyadic Illness Management, which emphasizes the interdependence and mutual influence between survivor and support person during post-stroke …
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Essays in credit derivatives
… inventory. The third essay shows that stochastic recovery rates are priced ex ante in CDS and thus we can extract this information from CDS spreads. Recovery rates have been treated as a constant in the literature. However, recent empirical findings suggest that realized recovery rates are also …
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Disaster risk management of interdependent infrastructure systems for community resilience planning
… developing methodologies to model the damage and recovery of interdependent infrastructure systems under disruptive events for community resilience planning. The overall research can be broadly divided into two parts: developing a model to simulate the post-disaster performance of interdependent …
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Societal risk and resilience analysis: A multi-scale approach to model the dynamics of infrastructure-social systems
… to recover. The severity of consequences and the recovery progression can significantly vary among communities, depending upon the socio-economic characteristics and infrastructure functionality. The scarcity of resources and the ever-growing demand on infrastructure call for resilient …
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Physical activity and function in survivors of critical illness after discharge from the Intensive Care Unit (ICU)
… patients are susceptible to high levels of physical inactivity, as well as reductions in physical function, exercise capacity and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) that can contribute to a prolonged recovery period that may last for several months or years in some patients. Follow-up …