Reliability of the diagnosis of impairments in survey research in the field of chiropody.

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the extent to which Electric Indoor/Outdoor Powered wheelchair (EPIOC) users travel in vehicles, their concerns about safety, any accidents occurring during transportation and difficulties with their equipment. METHOD:All 268 EPIOC users on the departmental database were sent a purpose-designed po...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Belcher MJ,Frank AO

更新日期：2004-05-20 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To calculate the impact of stroke in Italy in 1998, expressed in terms of disability adjusted life years (DALYs) according to the WHO Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study. METHOD:The data on first-ever stroke incidence (FES), remission rate and case fatality derived from the health information system and a res...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Francescutti C,Mariotti S,Simon G,D'Errigo P,Di Bidino R

更新日期：2005-03-04 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Incontinentia pigmenti (IP), or Bloch-Sulzberger syndrome, is a rare X-linked dominant genetic disorder with multisystem involvement. To our knowledge, there are no previous reports about rehabilitation in IP adult with intact cognitive development. We report a 20-year-old lady with IP managed and followed into...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Lioce E,Milani P,Bistolfi A,Capacchione P,Nascimbeni A,Massazza G

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of this study was to understand the views of falls service practitioners regarding: their role in supporting self-management of falls prevention; and a transition pathway from National Health Service (NHS) exercise-based falls interventions to community-run exercise programmes. METHOD:Semi-structured i...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Killingback C,Thompson MA,Chipperfield S,Clark C,Williams J

更新日期：2020-11-19 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the sensitivity and responsiveness of the Health-Related Quality of Life in Stroke Patients-40 (HRQOLISP-40) scale in evaluating stroke patients from onset to 12 months. METHODS:Fifty-five patients with first-incidence stroke were followed-up for 12 months. The HRQOLISP-40 scale was used to asse...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Vincent-Onabajo GO,Owolabi MO,Hamzat TK

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: "Ehlers-Danlos syndrome" (EDS) is a heritable connective disorder influencing multiple aspects of daily life. Most studies have focused on describing the physical symptoms and level of disability, but little knowledge exists about the psychosocial effects of the pathology. Participation in employment is an...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： De Baets S,Calders P,Verhoost L,Coussens M,Dewandele I,Malfait F,Vanderstraeten G,Van Hove G,Van de Velde D

更新日期：2019-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This study investigates (i) the potential discriminative role of a clinical measure of peripheral neuropathy (PN) in assessing postural performance and fall risk and (ii) whether the integration of a simple screening vibration perception threshold (VPT) for PN in any physical (fall risk) assessment among elderl...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： de Mettelinge TR,Calders P,Palmans T,Vanden Bossche L,Van Den Noortgate N,Cambier D

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To describe the first Italian experience of ICF implementation in the Labour Sector by a Ministerial body, and the development of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF)-based worker checklist. METHODS:Nation-wide training was provided. ICF-based worker checklist was develo...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Conclave M,Fusaro G,Sala M,Martinuzzi A,Russo E,Frare M,Gorini G,Leonardi M,Raggi A

更新日期：2009-01-01 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:This study investigates coping strategies after traumatic brain injury (TBI) and their associations with health-related quality of life (HRQoL). METHODS:Participants were 141 adults followed up 3 months to 15 years after TBI of all severity degrees. Coping was assessed by the Freiburg Questionnaire of Coping w...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Sasse N,Gibbons H,Wilson L,Martinez R,Sehmisch S,von Wild K,von Steinbüchel N

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose: A mental model is the collection of an individual's perceptions, values, and expectations about a particular aspect of their life, which strongly influences behaviors. This study explored orthopedic outpatients mental models of adherence to prescribed home exercise programs and how they related to mental mode...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Rizzo J,Bell A

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate whether 12 week inspiratory muscle training (IMT) has any impact on pulmonary function, maximum respiratory pressures and diaphragmatic mobility (DM) in morbidly obese subjects. METHOD:Thirty-one morbidly obese individuals were assessed. Volunteers were randomised into two groups. The IMT group ...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Tenório LH,Santos AC,Câmara Neto JB,Amaral FJ,Passos VM,Lima AM,Brasileiro-Santos Mdo S

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To examine the met and unmet needs of young people with stroke who accessed services run by the Stroke Association. METHODS:One hundred and thirty-five out of 200 members of 14 participating Young Stroke groups completed and returned the postal version of the Southampton Needs Assessment Questionnaire for Stro...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Low JT,Kersten P,Ashburn A,George S,McLellan DL

更新日期：2003-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose: Caregiver-mediated exercises are a novel way of delivering augmented exercise therapy for patients with stroke, in which patients do additional therapeutic exercises together with a caregiver. This explorative qualitative study is part of the CARE4STROKE trial and focused on how participants manage these exer...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Vloothuis J,Depla M,Hertogh C,Kwakkel G,van Wegen E

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the effects of spasticity, sensory impairment, and type of walking aid on falls in community dwellers with chronic stroke. METHODS:Functional Independence Measure (FIM) Instrument, Joint Position Sense Evaluation (JPS), the Rivermead motor assessment scale (RMA), Ashworth Scale, Tinetti Assessment T...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Soyuer F,Oztürk A

更新日期：2007-05-15 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：: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：PURPOSE:Hearing impairment may affect the body posture maintenance. The aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of modified Pilates exercise program on the body posture maintenance in hearing impaired people. METHODS:Eighty students (aged 13-24) were enrolled and randomly allocated into two groups: test group (n =...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Walowska J,Bolach B,Bolach E

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of this study was to determine the feasibility of providing a community-based aquatic exercise programme and to examine the effects of a group aquatic exercise programme in individuals with multiple sclerosis. This study illustrates the implementation of a multidisciplinary community-based programme...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Salem Y,Scott AH,Karpatkin H,Concert G,Haller L,Kaminsky E,Weisbrot R,Spatz E

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess whether life-circumstances and factors other than those described in the EuroQol EQ-5D instrument have a systematic influence on how the same EuroQol health-state is valued. METHOD:A simulation exercise whereby health professionals were asked to rate the health-state of 16 case-scenarios. Each case-s...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Taylor WJ,Lord S,McPherson KM,McNaughton HK

更新日期：2001-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To describe cost-effectiveness of the Physical Activity in Rheumatoid Arthritis (PARA) study intervention. METHOD:Costs were collected and estimated retrospectively. Cost-effectiveness was calculated based on the intervention cost per patient with respect to change in health status (EuroQol global visual analo...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Brodin N,Lohela-Karlsson M,Swärdh E,Opava CH

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Whilst research tells us about the benefits and challenges of using prostheses, little attempt has been made to account for and provide explanations for the differing experiences of prosthesis users. In this study, a core concern shared by prosthesis users and an account of how this concern is managed are explo...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Jefferies P,Gallagher P,Philbin M

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose: The study aimed to develop a toileting performance assessment test to measure the toileting performance ability of patients in the early phase after stroke.Methods: In this study, 214 stroke patients were enrolled. Cronbach's α, Spearman's rank correlations (ρ values) with the toileting-related items of the f...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Takeda E,Yamaguchi T,Mizuguchi H,Fujitani J,Liu M

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To explore the development of a speech interface to a virtual world and to consider its relevance for disabled users. METHOD:The system was developed using mainly software that is available at minimal cost. How well the system functioned was assessed by measuring the number of times a group of users with a ran...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Evett L,Tan YK

更新日期：2002-07-20 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 term "Living Lab" was coined to reflect the use of sensors to monitor human behavior in real life environments. Until recently such measurements had been feasible only within experimental laboratory settings. The objective of this paper is to highlight research on health care sensing and monitoring devices ...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Korman M,Weiss PL,Kizony R

更新日期：2016-01-01 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:In rehabilitation studies, it is critical to understand the constituents of interventions. First, to enable replication of the work and second, to identify what treatments work best. The development of a tool to describe and quantify therapy interventions in the context of focal spasticity management is present...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Ashford S,Jackson D,Turner-Stokes L

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To measure the frequency of participation in life situations. METHODS:A sample of 83 persons with systemic sclerosis (SSc) completed questionnaires regarding the presence and severity of disease symptoms, disability [the Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ)], depression [the Center for Epidemiologic Studies D...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Poole JL,Chandrasekaran A,Hildebrand K,Skipper B

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00