A peer-led HIV counselling and testing programme for the deaf in Kenya.

abstract：:Most nations are undergoing two fundamental demographic changes: concentration of their population in cities and accelerated pace of population ageing. The fastest-growing population is that 85 years and over. Morbidity increases with advancing age, functional capacities decrease; this results in decreased performance...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Hermanova H

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To explore ideas experts, working in the field of physical activity for people with a disability, pose on a stimulating movement intervention for physically disabled people longer than one year post rehabilitation or not familiar with rehabilitation. METHODS:Four semi-structured focus groups were conducted wit...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Krops LA,Hols DHJ,Folkertsma N,Dijkstra PU,Geertzen JHB,Dekker R

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Outcome measures must be responsive to change (able to show statistically significant change) and must also produce information on the degree of change that is clinically significant, or the minimal clinically important difference (MCID). This research sought to establish the MCID for four domains of the Austra...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Unsworth CA,Coulson M,Swinton L,Cole H,Sarigiannis M

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To describe the development and feasibility of a self-management intervention called the Help to Overcome Problems Effectively (HOPE: MS), aimed at improving the physical and psychological wellbeing of people living with Multiple Sclerosis (MS). METHOD:HOPE: MS is an innovative, 6-week group-based, manualised ...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Anderson JK,Turner A,Clyne W

更新日期：2017-06-01 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：:This paper presents a model of disability disparities. Though the concept of health disparities is discussed in the health care literature, there is no such model that explicitly addresses disparities in the disability literature. Therefore, this model begins to fill a void in the disability literature. Part of the va...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Lewis A

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of the study was to determine whether mechanical nerve root compression could indirectly contribute to early muscle fatigue because of impaired activation. METHOD:The patients' two legs and the control group's dominant leg were subjected to exhausting foot dorsiflexion against 2 kg weight. Electrop...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Tsur A,Glass I,Solzi P

更新日期：2002-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the construct-concurrent validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the European Child Environment Questionnaire (ECEQ-T) in children with cerebral palsy (CP). METHODS:Mean age 9.53 ± 4.45 years 306 children with CP and their parents participated in the study. While construct validity wa...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Çankaya Ö,Kerem Günel M,Özdemir P

更新日期：2020-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To review the current international rehabilitation and healthcare climate and describe a new model of service delivery aimed at enhancing the continuity of care for people with spinal cord injury (SCI). METHOD:An extensive literature review was undertaken and a new model of service delivery conceptualized and ...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Kendall MB,Ungerer G,Dorsett P

更新日期：2003-09-02 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To empirically test a biopsychoecological model referred to as Health Environmental Integration (HEI) by showing associations between the perception of unmet need for home accessibility features and the experience of Activities of Daily Living (ADL) difficulties. METHOD:A USA population-based cross-sectional s...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Stineman MG,Ross RN,Maislin G,Gray D

更新日期：2007-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the effects of eccentric strengthening exercises (ESE) in athletic patients with Achilles tendinopathy. METHODS:Forty-five athletic patients (29 men, average age 26 years +/- 12.8, range 18 - 42; 16 women, average age 28 years +/- 13.1, range 20 - 46; average height: 173 +/- 16.8, range 158 - 191; ...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Maffulli N,Walley G,Sayana MK,Longo UG,Denaro V

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:National strategic plans (NSPs) provide a framework for a comprehensive response to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) including strategies such as prevention, treatment, care and support for all affected. Research indicates limited recognition of the interrelationship between disability and HIV in the Eastern ...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Hanass-Hancock J,Strode A,Grant C

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:As there is no evidence for a specific treatment for post-stroke-induced hand oedema, rehabilitation centre Blixembosch formalized a best practice protocol. We investigated whether the Blixembosch hand oedema protocol is usable in daily practice and leads to lower incidence (prevention) and shorter duration (tr...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Kuppens SP,Pijlman HC,Hitters MW,van Heugten CM

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:There is increasing pressure by providers, purchasers and recipients of service within the United Kingdom for a more accurate prediction of rehabilitation outcomes. The purpose of this research was to investigate how accurately clinicians were predicting rehabilitation outcomes. METHOD:The study was carried ou...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Taylor L

更新日期：2001-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a rapidly progressive neuromuscular disorder causing weakness of the skeletal, respiratory, cardiac and oropharyngeal muscles with up to one third of young men reporting difficulty swallowing (dysphagia). Recent studies on dysphagia in DMD clarify the pathophysiology of swal...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Toussaint M,Davidson Z,Bouvoie V,Evenepoel N,Haan J,Soudon P

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose: To determine the feasibility of conducting a definitive randomised trial to evaluate the efficacy of custom-fitted footwear for increasing physical activity in children and adolescents with Down syndrome.Methods: Assessor-blinded, parallel-group randomised pilot study. Thirty-three children and adolescents wi...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Hassan NM,Shields N,Landorf KB,Buldt AK,Taylor NF,Evans AM,Williams CM,Menz HB,Munteanu SE

更新日期：2019-11-22 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:There has been a recent development of the work physical therapy area in Brazil. The relationship between work physical therapy and rehabilitation ergonomics needs to be highlighted to avoid segregation and fragmentation of these complementary fields. For these reasons, the purpose of this article was to review...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Vieira ER

更新日期：2006-12-30 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To describe activity level, operationalized as ADL capacity and performance of occupations, and occupational balance, operationalized as time use and satisfaction with occupations, in women with limited systemic sclerosis, and to investigate the relationship between these occupational factors and disease charac...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Sandqvist G,Eklund M

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Although an effective face-to-face fatigue program is available, people with transportation, time or geographic restrictions cannot access this intervention. Therefore, the aim of this study was to develop and to evaluate effectiveness of an online fatigue self-management program (online FSMP). METHODS:Key fea...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Ghahari S,Packer TL,Passmore AE

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Handicap has proved to be the most contentious and arguably most misunderstood concept of the International Classification of Impairments, Disabilities, and Handicaps (ICIDH). This paper reviews the definition and characteristics of handicap as presented in the original introduction to the ICIDH, and presents some of ...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Badley EM

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This article comments on the paper by Rene Jahiel and Marcia Joslyn Scherer elsewhere in this issue. METHODS:This article adds theoretical constructs. RESULTS:In commenting on their paper, this article makes four broad points. First, the sub-components identified by Drs. Jahiel and Scherer comprise critical f...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Brown SC

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Persons with multiple sclerosis (MS) often experience a decrease in walking performance while simultaneously performing a cognitive task. This decrease in walking performance is termed dual task cost (DTC). OBJECTIVE:To examine if mobility and cognitive function are correlates of DTC in persons with MS. ME...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Sosnoff JJ,Socie MJ,Sandroff BM,Balantrapu S,Suh Y,Pula JH,Motl RW

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To study the impact on health status as measured by SF-36 in groups of subjects having chronic musculoskeletal pain with different degree of generalization: No chronic pain (NCP), chronic regional pain (CRP), chronic widespread pain (CWP), CWP with a stricter 'Manchester' definition (CWP-M), and clinically defi...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Bergman S

更新日期：2005-06-17 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To review prevailing models of disability management and prevention with respect to communication, and to suggest alternative approaches. METHOD:Review of selected articles. RESULTS:Effective disability management and return to work strategies have been the focus of an increasing number of intervention progra...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Pransky G,Shaw W,Franche RL,Clarke A

更新日期：2004-06-03 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This paper presents the evaluation of the following psychometric properties of the Modified Rivermead Mobility Index (MRMI): face/content validity, responsiveness, test-retest reliability, inter-rater reliability and internal consistency. This mobility scale represents a further development of the Rivermead Mob...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Lennon S,Johnson L

更新日期：2000-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:A 4-week Pain Coping Strategies (PCS) programme has been developed for chronic pain patients who may still be undergoing medical interventions but who would benefit from learning pain management skills. The long-term negative behaviours associated with chronic pain may be prevented by introducing pain managemen...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Mead K,Theadom A,Byron K,Dupont S

更新日期：2007-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The objective of this study was to examine disablement as experienced by young adult African American men and women with permanent mobility impairment. METHOD:This study included a sample of 5 male and 5 female participants ranging in age from 22 to 39. An exploratory descriptive design and qualitative methods...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Ricks TN,Harrison T

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To examine test-retest reliability and construct validity of the Scandinavian version of the caregiver priorities and child health index of life with disabilities (CPCHILD) questionnaire for children with cerebral palsy (CP). METHODS:Families were recruited in Sweden and Norway and stratified according to the ...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Pettersson K,Bjerke KM,Jahnsen R,Öhrvik J,Rodby-Bousquet E

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Community-based rehabilitation (CBR) has been practiced in mainland China for over three decades. This study reviews the development of CBR and describes its practice in Chinese communities in order to discuss current controversies within CBR practice internationally and in the Chinese context. METHOD:Review o...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Chung EY,Packer T,Yau M

更新日期：2011-01-01 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