A participatory program evaluation of a systems change program to improve access to information technology by people with disabilities.

abstract：PURPOSE:The objective of this paper is to stimulate thought and discussion as to how best to set rehabilitation goals to maximize activities and participation of persons with spinal cord injury, across global settings where circumstances and environments may be widely different. METHOD:A review of literature and comme...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Wee JY

更新日期：2006-05-30 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of the present study was translation, cultural adaption and validation of the extended version 12 of the Rehabilitation Complexity Scale (RCS-E) in a sample of patients with stroke and total hip replacement. METHOD:The cross-cultural validation required RCS-E forward-backward translation, revision by a...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Galletti L,Benedetti MG,Maselli S,Zanoli G,Pignotti E,Iovine R

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence and economic cost of the low-back pain problem hardly needs to be mentioned in this journal. Disability ensuing from bouts of low-back pain claims a significant proportion of payments by Worker's Compensation Boards and national treasuries. Any attempt which may enhance our understanding of any aspect o...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Kumar S

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare the characteristics of elderly patients hospitalized for rehabilitation following stroke with those following hip fracture (HF). METHODS:A prospective study in a geriatrics department of a general university hospital in southern Israel. Five hundred and sixteen hospitalized elderly patients were inc...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Lieberman D,Friger M,Fried V,Grinshpun Y,Mytlis N,Tylis R,Galinsky D,Lieberman D

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aims were to evaluate (a) the feasibility of face-to-face cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) in people with MS (PwMS) with depressive symptoms; (b) the feasibility of methods and measurements used; and (c) the outcome of the intervention before the conducting of an equivalence study of comparative methods ...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Chruzander C,Gottberg K,Ytterberg C,Backenroth G,Fredrikson S,Widén Holmqvist L,Johansson S

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose: Cognitive impairment is highly prevalent (61%) in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). International guidelines recommend providing self-management education through resource-intensive, pulmonary rehabilitation programs, yet screening for deficits likely to interfere with learning have received insuf...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Disler RT,Spiliopoulos N,Inglis SC,Currow DC,Davidson PM

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Many patients suffer long term loss of mobility after hip fracture but there is no gold standard method for measuring mobility in this group. We aimed to validate a new mobility outcome measure, the de Morton Mobility Index (DEMMI) in a hip fracture population during inpatient rehabilitation. METHOD:The DEMMI ...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： de Morton NA,Harding KE,Taylor NF,Harrison G

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The study aimed at describing the language and communication abilities of a child diagnosed with Developmental Apraxia of Speech (DAS), who used a Macaw Digital voice output device. METHOD:This case study describes the training of a mother in the use of a Macaw digital voice output device to give her child wit...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Bornman J,Alant E,Meiring E

更新日期：2001-09-20 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Our aim was to identify demographic, clinical and socioeconomic predictors of self-management in multiple sclerosis (MS). METHODS:The study was performed on a group of 283 patients with multiple sclerosis who completed Multiple Sclerosis Self-Management Scale - Revised (MSSM-R), Multiple Sclerosis Impact Scale...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Wilski M,Tasiemski T,Kocur P

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To adapt and to combine the self-report Upper Extremity Functional Index and Lower Extremity Function Scale, for the assessment of disability severity in patients with a neuromuscular disease and to examine its psychometric properties in order to make it suitable for indicating disease severity in neuromuscul...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Bos I,Wynia K,Drost G,Almansa J,Kuks JBM

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Art-based practices show promise as a beneficial solution for mental health services because they are in line with the whole person recovery framework currently being adopted, and have high acceptability with consumers. Nevertheless, incorporation of art-based approaches into mental health services has been imp...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Van Lith T,Schofield MJ,Fenner P

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim was to compare self-rated health, health-related quality of life (HRQoL), social networks and health care utilisation of those granted disability pension (DP) and those not granted disability pension (nDP). METHOD:Demographic data and medical diagnoses were obtained from the records of the social insur...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Ydreborg B,Ekberg K,Nordlund A

更新日期：2006-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To develop and validate parallel short forms for the assessment of activities of daily living in cardiac rehabilitation patients (PADL-cardio I & II). METHOD:PADL-cardio I & II were developed based on a sample of 106 patients [mean age  =  57.6; standard deviation (SD) = 11.1; 72.6% males] using Rasch analysis...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Schmucker A,Abberger B,Boecker M,Baumeister H

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The National Service Framework (NSF) for Long-Term Neurological Conditions (LTNC) highlights the need for vocational rehabilitation (VR) services in quality requirement 6. As a part of a review of this requirement, an extensive literature review was undertaken to identify, review and report on all relevant re...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Sweetland J,Howse E,Playford ED

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: Traumatic brain injury is a neurological disorder of biopsychosocial nature influenced by sex and gender interactions across the lifespan. Traumatic brain injury sustained during adolescence can result in cognitive and social communication impairments that compromise the development and maintenance of inti...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Wiseman-Hakes C,Saleem M,Poulin V,Nalder E,Balachandran P,Gan C,Colantonio A

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The utility of self-management with people from minority ethnic backgrounds has been questioned, resulting in the development of culturally specific tools. Yet, the use of stroke specific self-management programmes is underexplored in these high risk groups. This article presents the experience of stroke therap...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Norris M,Jones F,Kilbride C,Victor C

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives: To investigate the: (i) inter-rater and test-retest reliability of the toe tap test for people with stroke, (ii) the convergent validity of toe tap test counts with stroke-specific impairments, (iii) minimum detectable change in toe tap test counts, (iv) toe tap test cutoff counts which best discriminating...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Ng SSM,Tse MMY,Tam EWC,Lai CYY

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the effects of goal directed functional therapy (GDT) to activity focused therapy (AT) for preschool children with cerebral palsy (CP) on everyday activities and gross motor function. Another aim was to evaluate goal attainment in the GDT group. METHODS:A prospective intervention study comparing t...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Löwing K,Bexelius A,Brogren Carlberg E

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose: To describe physical activity (PA) levels and motivators and barriers to PA amongst haemodialysis (HD) patients and to identify an appropriate approach to increasing their PA. Methods: A cross-sectional mixed methods study conducted in a tertiary and satellite HD unit. One hundred and one participants aged 18...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Sutherland S,Penfold R,Doherty A,Milne Z,Dawes H,Pugh C,Boulton M,Newton JL

更新日期：2019-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To explore the conceptions of patients with persistent low back pain (LBP) of undergoing physiotherapy delivered in Finnish primary healthcare by physiotherapists who had participated in brief training in Cognitive Functional Therapy (CFT). METHODS:As part of a feasibility implementation study exploring CFT in...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Holopainen R,Vuoskoski P,Piirainen A,Karppinen J,O'Sullivan P

更新日期：2020-12-22 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To review research that examined the participation in activities of children who have cerebral palsy, in order to understand their extent of participation and the factors that influenced participation. METHODS:A comprehensive search of seven databases retrieved 2,111 papers, 40 of which met criteria and were r...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Imms C

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To explore the association between participation and social competence for preschool aged children with and without disabilities. METHODS:The sample was drawn from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (n = 4983) which included children aged 4-5 years reported to have hearing problems (n = 164), vision...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Phillips R,Hogan A

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Supportive interventions to enhance return to work (RTW) in cancer survivors hardly showed positive effects so far. Behavioral determinants might have to be considered in the development of interventions to achieve sustained employability. This study aimed to explore cancer survivors' perspectives and experienc...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Duijts SFA,van Egmond MP,Gits M,van der Beek AJ,Bleiker EM

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Conventional phase II cardiac rehabilitation (CR) programmes have not resulted in an improvement in returning coronary heart disease (CHD) patients to work in over 35 years. This 4 year field-initiated research, sponsored by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, compares conventional...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Mital A,Shrey DE,Govindaraju M,Broderick TM,Colon-Brown K,Gustin BW

更新日期：2000-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This paper discusses how vocational rehabilitation (VR) in Australia has been captured by economic concerns, leading to its failure to deliver promised outcomes. Both public and private sector VR in Australia have undergone significant changes over the last two decades. The demise of non-profit and socially-bas...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Kendall E,Muenchberger H,Clapton J

更新日期：2007-05-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The level of independence in self-care was monitored weekly in 212 patients admitted over 6 months to an acute medical ward for elderly people, and documented on discharge using a standard assessment, the Barthel Index. At discharge from the admitting ward, 39% of patients were independent (Barthel score of 20), 36% w...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Stone SP,Herbert P,Chrisostomou J,Vessey C,Horwood C

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: Physical activity confers many physical and psychosocial benefits for adolescent and young adult cancer survivors, yet most are not active enough to accrue benefits. Parental support for physical activity may be important to consider when exploring factors that influence physical activity in this populatio...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Price J,Wurz A,Ramphal R,Wilson K,Brunet J

更新日期：2020-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Aphasia is a debilitating chronic acquired language disorder that impacts heavily on a person's life. Behavioural treatments aim to remediate language processing skills or to enhance communication between the person with aphasia and others, and a number of different treatments are efficacious. However, it is un...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Harvey S,Carragher M,Dickey MW,Pierce JE,Rose ML

更新日期：2020-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Background and purpose: Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) has been extensively studied over the past 20 years to promote functional motor recovery after stroke. However, tDCS clinical relevance still needs to be determined. The present systematic review aims to determine whether tDCS applied to the primar...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Bornheim S,Thibaut A,Beaudart C,Maquet P,Croisier JL,Kaux JF

更新日期：2020-05-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Progress in rehabilitation medicine requires an understanding of the basic rules of motor coordination, as well as of the contribution of adaptive processes within the central nervous system to the patterns of impaired movements. We assume that patterns of voluntary movements reflect rules of coordination that are use...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Latash ML,Nicholas JJ

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00