Refinements of the ICF Linking Rules to strengthen their potential for establishing comparability of health information.

abstract：PURPOSE:Accelerated degradation models are emerging as ways to characterize the interaction between disability and the functional decline of aging and to provide insights about the processes of aging with disability. Typically the models employ sophisticated mathematical treatments that are beyond the scope of many cli...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Hayes KC,Wolfe DL,Trujillo SA,Burkell JA

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To examine the immediate and long-term effects of a walking-skill program compared with usual physiotherapy on physical function, pain and perceived self-efficacy in patients after total knee arthroplasty (TKA). METHOD:A single blind randomized controlled trial design was applied. Fifty-seven patients with pri...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Bruun-Olsen V,Heiberg KE,Wahl AK,Mengshoel AM

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate a new style of resistance exercise using elastic bands and explore its therapeutic effect on the lower-extremity function of female patients with osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee. DESIGN:A randomized, controlled clinical trial. SETTING:University-affiliated medical center. PARTICIPANTS:Forty-...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Chang TF,Liou TH,Chen CH,Huang YC,Chang KH

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the effect of multimodal exercises integrated with cognitive-behavioural therapy on disability, pain, and quality of life in patients suffering from failed back surgery syndrome (FBSS), and to appraise its extent in the long term. METHODS:By means of a parallel-group superiority-controlled trial, 1...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Monticone M,Ambrosini E,Rocca B,Cazzaniga D,Liquori V,Lovi A,Brayda-Bruno M

更新日期：2020-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Upper limb amputations cause severe functional disability and lower the patient's self body image, with severe psychological implications. Many parameters are involved in the successful rehabilitation of upper limb amputations. The aim of this study was to investigate whether there are any parameters that might...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Dudkiewicz I,Gabrielov R,Seiv-Ner I,Zelig G,Heim M

更新日期：2004-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Impairment of language ability, aphasia, can cause barriers to communication and hence impact on participation in many life situations. This study aimed to describe and explore how persons with aphasia following stroke experience engaging in everyday occupations. METHOD:Six persons from Southwest Finland who h...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Niemi T,Johansson U

更新日期：2013-10-01 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:Clinical psychology and disability studies have traditionally occupied very different academic, philosophical and political spaces. However, this paper aims to illustrate the positive consequences and implications of attempts to understand and bridge this disciplinary divide. METHOD:A narrative review format w...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Simpson J,Thomas C

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This study was planned to investigate the effects of individual and group approaches to sensory-perceptual-motor (SPM) training on children with cerebral palsy. METHOD:This study was carried out at the School of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation of Hacettepe University, Occupational Therapy Unit. Forty-one c...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Bumin G,Kayihan H

更新日期：2001-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose was to explore and understand what patients with mild acquired brain injury (mABI) consider is effective in a holistic therapy group rehabilitation programme and how the programme affects the rehabilitation process. METHODS:Thematic interviews were conducted with ten informants with diagnosed mABI....

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Nilsson C,Bartfai A,Löfgren M

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aim: To investigate the effect of physical therapy interventions on spatiotemporal gait parameters in children with cerebral palsy. Methods: Six databases were searched: PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, Science Direct, Lilacs, and Scopus. Two independent reviewers worked on primary study selection based on titles, abst...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Corsi C,Santos MM,Moreira RFC,Dos Santos AN,de Campos AC,Galli M,Rocha NACF

更新日期：2019-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose: This study compared Internet use post-stroke in people with aphasia (n = 25) and without aphasia (n = 17). The purpose was to understand how people with aphasia were using the Internet and to investigate the impact of aphasia on their use.Materials and methods: A face-to-face supported questionnaire explored ...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Menger F,Morris J,Salis C

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:People with Multiple Sclerosis (PwMS) have a high incidence of accidental falls that have a potentially detrimental effect on their daily life participation. The effect of balance specific rehabilitation on clinical balance measures and frequency of falls in PwMS was studied. METHOD:A bi-centre randomised rate...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Cattaneo D,Rasova K,Gervasoni E,Dobrovodská G,Montesano A,Jonsdottir J

更新日期：2018-03-01 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：:Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore rehabilitation clinicians' understanding of how sex and gender facilitate or hinder care provided to patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI).Materials and methods: Sixteen clinicians from various specialities, attending to patients with TBI from a large rehabilitati...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Hanafy S,Amodio V,Haag HL,Colquhoun H,Lewko J,Quilico E,Riopelle R,Archambault P,Colantonio A,Lindsay S,Mollayeva T

更新日期：2020-06-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:In 1994, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) established the IPC Sport Science Committee in an effort to bring Paralympic Movement relevant research questions to the academic world. In 1996, the IPC Sport Science Committee put an application system in place, allowing scholars to conduct ...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Thompson WR,Vanlandewijck YC

更新日期：2020-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We aimed to investigate the ability of oxygen uptake kinetics to predict short-term outcomes after off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting. METHODS:Fifty-two patients aged 60.9 ± 7.8 years waiting for off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery were evaluated. The 6-min walk test distance was performed pre-operat...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Rocco IS,Viceconte M,Pauletti HO,Matos-Garcia BC,Marcondi NO,Bublitz C,Bolzan DW,Moreira RSL,Reis MS,Hossne NA Jr,Gomes WJ,Arena R,Guizilini S

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Few functional outcomes scales have used Item Response Theory (IRT) for validation. IRT allows individual line item validations and offers substantial advantages over classic methods of scale validation or the simplest from of IRT known as Rasch. Rasch analysis reduces data to dichotomous variables thus decr...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Cook CE,Richardson JK,Pietrobon R,Braga L,Silva HM,Turner D

更新日期：2006-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduction: Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is a sensorimotor disorder characterised by an uncomfortable urge to move the legs. Management is primarily pharmacological. Effects for non-pharmacological, non-surgical options are published but lack systematic examination. Objectives: To synthesise results of non-pharmacol...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Harrison EG,Keating JL,Morgan PE

更新日期：2019-08-01 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：:Alexithymia (Greek, a = lack, lexis = word, thymos = emotion) is a new concept which, whilst being based upon longstanding clinical observation, remains unproven clinically. The lack of definite criteria for inclusion, and the absence of reliable and valid assessment tools, ensures that past data collection has been f...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Stephenson R

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose: To study the long-term evolution of patients with lower-limb Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS), focusing on functional and proprioceptive aspects and quality of life. Methods: In 20 patients suffering from chronic distal lower-limb CRPS diagnosed using Budapest criteria, we assessed joint position sense a...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Mouraux D,Lenoir C,Tuna T,Brassinne E,Sobczak S

更新日期：2019-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Bladder dysfunction affects 75% of people with multiple sclerosis (MS). People with MS are reluctant to seek treatment for this distressing symptom. This is the first-known study to explore in depth how bladder dysfunction interferes with quality of life for people with MS. METHODS:Nineteen individual semi-str...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Browne C,Salmon N,Kehoe M

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To examine the third version of the Spinal Cord Independence Measure (SCIM III) for reliability and validity in a multi-center cohort study. METHOD:Four hundred and twenty-five patients with spinal cord lesions from 13 spinal cord units in six countries from three continents were assessed with SCIM III and the...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Itzkovich M,Gelernter I,Biering-Sorensen F,Weeks C,Laramee MT,Craven BC,Tonack M,Hitzig SL,Glaser E,Zeilig G,Aito S,Scivoletto G,Mecci M,Chadwick RJ,El Masry WS,Osman A,Glass CA,Silva P,Soni BM,Gardner BP,Savic G

更新日期：2007-12-30 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper gives a brief introduction to the geography and demography of the Republic of South Korea. Since 1988 South Korea has been actively legislating and implementing welfare policy for the disabled of the Republic. An overview of these policy changes is presented. The extent to which the policy has been implemen...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Kim YH,Jo NK

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study assessed activities of daily living (ADL) and ambulation of rehabilitated bilateral lower limb amputees with relation to their level of amputation in an Indian setting. SUBJECTS AND METHODS:This retrospective study of 25 subjects comprised 12 bilateral Trans-femoral (TF) amputees, 8 bilateral Tran...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Paul R,Masilamani S,Dwyer AJ

更新日期：2012-01-01 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 present a minimally invasive technique for the management of chronic Achilles tendinopathy (AT). METHODS:Four longitudinal skin incisions each 0.5 cm long are made. Two incisions are made just medial and lateral to the origin of the tendon; the other two incisions are made just medial and lateral to the dis...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Longo UG,Ramamurthy C,Denaro V,Maffulli N

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: People with post-stroke aphasia commonly experience mental health conditions, with depression having a high prevalence. An understanding of current practice may inform ways to improve psychological care for people with aphasia.Aim: To explore current practice for managing depression after post-stroke aphas...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Baker C,Worrall L,Rose M,Ryan B

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of this study is to estimate the associations of psychosocial factors with pain and disability outcomes among neck-pain patients enrolled in a randomized clinical trial of chiropractic treatments. METHODS:Neck-pain patients were randomized to one of 8 modes of chiropractic treatment. Health status ...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Hurwitz EL,Goldstein MS,Morgenstern H,Chiang LM

更新日期：2006-11-15 00:00:00