Psychological depression in the elderly in medical/rehabilitation/nursing care settings.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Timed up and go test (TUG), the Five times sit-to-stand test (FTSTS) and the Bed Mobility test (BMT) are widely used in clinical practice for Parkinson Disease (PD). However, no reported studies have evaluated the responsiveness to group physical therapy intervention (GPTI). OBJECTIVE:To verify if TUG, ...

journal_title：NeuroRehabilitation

authors： Spagnuolo G,Faria CDCM,da Silva BA,Ovando AC,Gomes-Osman J,Swarowsky A

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Little is known about prognostic factors associated with motor outcome when the corticospinal tract (CST) was compressed by hematoma. Using diffusion tensor tractography (DTT), we attempted to investigate prognostic factors for motor outcome in patients whose affected CST was compressed by hematoma. The study included...

journal_title：NeuroRehabilitation

authors： Kwak SY,Son SM,Choi BY,Chang CH,Byun WM,Kim SH,Cho YW,Jang SH

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Delayed post-hypoxic leukoencephalopathy (DPHL) is a demyelinating syndrome characterized by acute onset of neuropsychiatric symptoms days to weeks following apparent recovery from coma after a period of prolonged cerebral hypo-oxygenation. It is diagnosed, after excluding other potential causes of delirium, with a cl...

journal_title：NeuroRehabilitation

authors： Shprecher D,Mehta L

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Good assessment is an essential component of effective patient management. Yet the sheer volume of available assessment instruments presents a barrier for the clinician or researcher to (a) be knowledgeable about suitable measures and (b) keep up-to-date with new measures that are published. In orde...

journal_title：NeuroRehabilitation

authors： Tate RL,Godbee K,Sigmundsdottir L

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To explore the impact of rehabilitation robot training (RRT) on upper limb motor function and daily activity ability in patients with stroke. METHODS:Forty patients meeting the inclusion criteria were randomly divided into the treatment group (TRE) and the control group (CON). Group TRE was trained with an u...

journal_title：NeuroRehabilitation

authors： Xu Q,Li C,Pan Y,Li W,Jia T,Li Z,Ma D,Pang X,Ji L

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent basic research on the neural control of female sexual function is reviewed with an emphasis on the pathways controlling the genitalia. Sexual responses require the coordination of sympathetic, parasympathetic and somatic nervous system. This coordination is performed by interneuronal systems within the lower sp...

journal_title：NeuroRehabilitation

authors： McKenna KE

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Little is known about neural recovery of an injured cingulum following brain injury. We report on a patient with brain injury who showed apparent neural recovery of an injured cingulum on follow up diffusion tensor tractography (DTT). METHODS:A 53-year-old female patient had suffered hypoxic ischemic brain ...

journal_title：NeuroRehabilitation

authors： Seo JP,Jang SH

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is increasing interest and activity in the provision of teleassessment and telerehabilitation services to individuals with traumatic brain injury. Yet, little formal research exists, and there are no large-scale clinical trials or evidence-based applications of these technologies in TBI. The present commentary w...

journal_title：NeuroRehabilitation

authors： Ricker JH

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Constraint-induced movement therapy (CIMT) has been demonstrated to be effective in improving hemiparetic upper extremity function in stroke patients, but few studies have been performed to assess orthosis modification. We investigated the effect of the newly designed small orthosis named modified opposition...

journal_title：NeuroRehabilitation

authors： Kim DG,Cho YW,Hong JH,Song JC,Chung HA,Bai DS,Lee CH,Jang SH

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Stroke severely compromises the capacity for skilled motor control including the ability to reach with the stroke-affected upper-extremity. Research incorporating intensive motor therapies has broadly demonstrated the ability to improve hemiparetic reaching post-stroke, yet the role of specific task paramete...

journal_title：NeuroRehabilitation

authors： Massie CL,Malcolm MP

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Systemic inflammation and its impact on rehabilitation for patients with non-traumatic haemorrhagic injury (HBI) sequelae has not yet been adequately documented. OBJECTIVE AND METHODS:We therefore considered 31 patients with HBI, to determine the serum levels of inflammatory markers (C-Reactive Protein, CRP...

journal_title：NeuroRehabilitation

authors： Boselli M,Aquilani R,Maestri R,Achilli MP,Arrigoni N,Pasini E,Condino AM,Boschi F,Dossena M,Buonocore D,Verri M

更新日期：2018-04-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) limits a survivor's ability to appraise their task performance. There are, however, few measures of self-appraisal. OBJECTIVE:This study developed a technique for measuring self-appraisal originally proposed by Wilbur, Wilk, Silver, and Parente (2008). METHODS:A multivariate mod...

journal_title：NeuroRehabilitation

authors： Chaney GA,Parente R

更新日期：2016-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is psychometric evidence that supports the six-minute walk (6MW) as a measure of walking performance, whereas other psychometric data support it as a submaximal measure of physical fitness in persons with MS. OBJECTIVE:The current cross-sectional study compared measures of walking performance and phys...

journal_title：NeuroRehabilitation

authors： Sandroff BM,Pilutti LA,Motl RW

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:This paper examined the effectiveness of postural training on upper extremity performance in an ataxic individual. The ataxia resulted from a brain stem stroke. RESEARCH DESIGN:Before-after, single-subject experimental design. EXPERIMENTAL INTERVENTION:Four-week course of postural training, comprise...

journal_title：NeuroRehabilitation

authors： Stoykov ME,Stojakovich M,Stevens JA

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:In advanced Parkinson's disease (PD), the emergence of symptoms refractory to conventional therapy poses a therapeutic challenge. The success of deep brain stimulation (DBS) and advances in the understanding of the pathophysiology of PD have raised interest in non-invasive brain stimulation as an...

journal_title：NeuroRehabilitation

authors： Benninger DH,Hallett M

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Persons with moderate to severe TBI are at increased risk for unintentional injury or harm in the home and community; however, there is currently no standard measure of safety risk they face now and in the future. OBJECTIVE:To develop comprehensive and content valid scales and item pools for assessing safet...

journal_title：NeuroRehabilitation

authors： Seel RT,Macciocchi S,Velozo CA,Shari K,Thompson N,Heinemann AW,Sander AM,Sleet D

更新日期：2016-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Neurorehabilitation technologies such as robot therapy (RT) and transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) can promote upper limb (UL) motor recovery after stroke. OBJECTIVE:To explore the effect of anodal tDCS with uni-lateral and three-dimensional RT for the impaired UL in people with sub-acute and ch...

journal_title：NeuroRehabilitation

authors： Triccas LT,Burridge JH,Hughes A,Verheyden G,Desikan M,Rothwell J

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We investigated if longer weaning is associated with inferior rehabilitative outcome in critical illness polyneuropathy (CIP) and cerebrovascular diseases (CVD). METHODS:We analysed retrospectively weaning protocols and medical histories of 171 tracheotomized patients with CIP and CVD. We assessed weaning d...

journal_title：NeuroRehabilitation

authors： Ponfick M,Wiederer R,Bösl K,Neumann G,Lüdemann-Podubecka J,Gdynia HJ,Nowak DA

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The importance of work or productive activity for the well-being, community integration, and quality of life of people living with disabilities is addressed, with implications for life care planning and case management. BACKGROUND:The role of work or productive activity in our society, and consequences of...

journal_title：NeuroRehabilitation

authors： Reid C,Riddick-Grisham S

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to compare the effects of action observation training and motor imagery training on recovery from chronic stroke. METHODS:Thirty patients who were more than six months post stroke participated in this study and were randomly allocated to three groups. The action observation tr...

journal_title：NeuroRehabilitation

authors： Kim JH,Lee BH

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Reports of increased incidence of adult onset stuttering in veterans and service members with mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) from combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan lead to a reexamination of the neurogenic vs. psychogenic etiology of stuttering. OBJECTIVE:This article proposes to examine the mer...

journal_title：NeuroRehabilitation

authors： Roth CR,Cornis-Pop M,Beach WA

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:While cognitive impairment is a recognised feature of Parkinson's disease (PD), few studies have evaluated the validity of brief cognitive screening measures compared to a comprehensive neuropsychological assessment. This studies aim was to evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of the Mini-Mental State ...

journal_title：NeuroRehabilitation

authors： Foley T,McKinlay A,Warren N,Stolwyk RJ

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the effect of motor swallowing exercises on swallowing dynamic, quality of life and swallowing complaints in Parkinson's disease (PD). DESIGN:A before-after trial. SETTING:University Medical Center. PARTICIPANTS:Parkinson's disease patients with dysphagia complaints. INTERVENTIONS:Motor swa...

journal_title：NeuroRehabilitation

authors： Argolo N,Sampaio M,Pinho P,Melo A,Nóbrega AC

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Personal assistant services (PAS) are designed to support persons with disabilities in their routine performance of activities of daily living (ADLs) and to provide individuals with disability the opportunity to go to school, volunteer, obtain active employment, and participate in social and recreational activities. P...

journal_title：NeuroRehabilitation

authors： Hagglund KJ,Clark MJ,Mokelke EK,Stout BJ

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Removal of an indwelling catheter and the initiation of intermittent catheterization (IC) has become a standard urological goal over the past decades. While realistic for men it is more difficult for women, mainly due to their anatomical differences and lack of development of a satisfactory external collection device....

journal_title：NeuroRehabilitation

authors： Jackson AB

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:One of the most interesting emerging medical devices is the medical avatar - a digital representation of the patient that can be used toward myriad ends, the full potential of which remains to be explored. Medical avatars have been instantiated as telemedical tools used to establish a representation of the p...

journal_title：NeuroRehabilitation

authors： Mann J

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Integration of systems of service for individuals who have sustained a brain injury (BI) is critical to their successful recovery and reintegration into the community [6,7,33]. The Toronto Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) Network, an umbrella organization of 17 partners in the city of Toronto, Canada, is attempting to crea...

journal_title：NeuroRehabilitation

authors： Vander Laan R,Brandys C,Sullivan I,Lemsky C

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To identify factors that are independently related to interrupted stroke rehabilitation due to acute care transfer or death. METHODS:Medical records of stroke inpatients admitted from 2012 to 2017 were reviewed. Stroke inpatients with interrupted stroke rehabilitation due to acute care transfer or death wer...

journal_title：NeuroRehabilitation

authors： Pongratanakul R,Thitisakulchai P,Kuptniratsaikul V

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Considering the extensive neural network of the oculomotor subsystems, traumatic brain injury (TBI) could affect oculomotor control and related reading dysfunction. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate comprehensively the effect of oculomotor-based vision rehabilitation (OBVR) in individuals with mTBI. METHODS:Twelve sub...

journal_title：NeuroRehabilitation

authors： Thiagarajan P,Ciuffreda KJ,Capo-Aponte JE,Ludlam DP,Kapoor N

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Segmental muscle vibration (SMV) improves motor performances in neurological conditions, including stroke. OBJECTIVE:To determine if SMV modifies upper limb muscular activity in chronic stroke patients performing a reaching movement. METHODS:We randomized 22 chronic stroke patients to an experimental group...

journal_title：NeuroRehabilitation

authors： Paoloni M,Tavernese E,Fini M,Sale P,Franceschini M,Santilli V,Mangone M

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00