Community-based rehabilitation and stigma management by physically disabled people in Ghana.

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:To describe young adults' experiences of living with recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD2) from a salutogenic orientation. METHODS:A qualitative explorative interview study, including 14 participants aged 20-30 years, was performed focusing on comprehensibility, manageability and meaningfulness in d...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Aho AC,Hultsjö S,Hjelm K

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The presence of an individual with disability in a family affects the whole family. Families of individuals with cerebral palsy (CP) experience increased psychological anxiety and financial problems; specifically, parents tend to feel time pressure and struggle to maintain their social and cultural activities. ...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Park EY,Nam SJ

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:This study aimed at exploring the perceived benefits and drawbacks of practicing tai chi, an alternative therapy that can be implemented in the community, as part of upper-limb rehabilitation following stroke. METHODOLOGY:Semistructured interviews were carried out with participants with chronic stroke (>6...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Desrochers P,Kairy D,Pan S,Corriveau H,Tousignant M

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The effects of gravity and immobilisation are regarded as factors in the development of spinal deformity in cerebral palsy (CP). This study was to assess the body positions in daily life of children with CP using a wearable device. METHOD:Four institutionalised children with severe quadriplegic CP participated...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Sato H,Hirai T

更新日期：2011-01-01 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：: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：:Purpose: Much of the support required to live in the community post-traumatic brain injury (TBI) is provided by informal carers. Understanding the nature of caregiving work is important to better support informal carers. This study explored the work being performed by informal carers, and factors impacting on their ca...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： McIntyre M,Ehrlich C,Kendall E

更新日期：2020-03-01 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:To develop a test that identified fallers from their turning strategies, as people with Parkinson's Disease (PD) commonly fall turning. METHOD:We compared (1) Turn Types demonstrated when turning 180 degrees during the Timed Up and Go Test (TUG Test) by 19 non-fallers and 29 fallers (median age 71) and (2) Tur...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Stack E,Jupp K,Ashburn A

更新日期：2004-04-22 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:To evaluate the psychometric and administrative properties of outcome measures assigned to the ICF Body Functions category, and commonly used in stroke rehabilitation research. METHOD:Critical review and synthesis of measurement properties for five commonly reported instruments in the stroke rehabilitation lit...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Salter K,Jutai JW,Teasell R,Foley NC,Bitensky J

更新日期：2005-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of this paper is to assist those engaged in research dealing with attitudes towards persons with disabilities by presenting a catalogue of various attitude measurement methods. METHOD:A review of the methodological and psychological literatures on the measurement of attitudes towards persons with d...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Antonak RF,Livneh H

更新日期：2000-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Understanding the experiences of fallers after stroke could inform falls-prevention interventions, which have not yet shown effectiveness in this population. The aim of this study was to explore the experience of recurrent fallers post-stroke in relation to recovery and living with falls. METHODS:Participants ...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Walsh ME,Galvin R,Williams DJP,Harbison JA,Murphy S,Collins R,McCabe DJH,Crowe M,Horgan NF

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:While most studies of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) have focused on physical impairment, there is a need to explore how impairment impacts real-life experiences in order to provide intervention strategies focused on participation. Objectives were: (1) to investigate the domains of participation in a sample ...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Bendixen RM,Lott DJ,Senesac C,Mathur S,Vandenborne K

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health is the international standard for describing and monitoring functioning. While the categories, the units of the classification, were not designed with measurement in mind, the hierarchical structure of the classification lends itself to t...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Prodinger B,Stucki G,Coenen M,Tennant A

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to investigate the effect of perceptual assessment and treatment provided on a stroke unit by comparison with that provided on health care of the elderly and general medical wards. Stroke patients admitted to hospital were randomly allocated to a stroke unit or conventional wards. Perceptual i...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Lincoln NB,Drummond AE,Berman P

更新日期：1997-06-01 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 describe aspects of process and outcome during early inpatient rehabilitation of younger adults after single incident brain injury. METHOD:Analysis of a database of 290 patients discharged from an inner-city hospital based inpatient unit for younger adults after single incident neurological events, over a 5...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Edwards MJ,McNeil JE,Greenwood RJ

更新日期：2003-04-22 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To argue for and propose bipartite concepts of functioning and disability, to tally with the structure of the ICF classification list, concepts of social models and clinical needs. METHOD:The ICF concepts are discussed in relation to the history of ideas regarding disability concepts and the needs for such con...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Thyberg M,Arvidsson P,Thyberg I,Nordenfelt L

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:It is important to quantify the amount of energy expended in various common household tasks to provide objective information regarding physical activity recommendations in health promotion, weight management, or rehabilitation programs for older people with chronic diseases. These activities may be age/gender s...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Yue AS,Woo J,Ip KW,Sum CM,Kwok T,Hui SS

更新日期：2007-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This survey aimed to provide an expert consensus view of the theoretical beliefs underlying physiotherapy practice in stroke rehabilitation the United Kingdom. METHOD:Questionnaires (with sections related to: therapist background, physiotherapy management, theoretical beliefs and gait re-education strategies...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Lennon S

更新日期：2003-05-06 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:to provide test-retest reliability for the TGlittre-P in children and adolescents with cystic fibrosis (CFG) and healthy controls (HCG), to establish the minimal detectable change for time in TGlittre-P and comparing the performance in the TGlittre-P test between these populations. METHOD:A cross-sectional s...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Scalco JC,Martins R,Almeida ACDS,Caputo F,Schivinski CIS

更新日期：2021-01-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose: Voice and communication changes can occur following cervical spinal cord injury due to dysfunction of the respiratory and phonatory subsystems. Few studies have explored the "lived experience" of communication changes post cervical spinal cord injury. Furthermore, the impacts of these changes on community act...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Wall LR,Nund RL,Ward EC,Cornwell PL,Amsters DI

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To describe the occurrence of self-reported problems of accessibility to health services used by persons with disabilities in terms of social and health services variables. METHODS:We performed a cross-sectional household survey designed to assess problems with accessibility to health services faced by persons...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Castro SS,Cieza A,Cesar CL

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This paper introduces readers to case-control studies and how to analyse them. Specifically, the odds ratio statistic is discussed. The importance of the odds ratio in epidemiology is that it is used as an approximation to the true relative risk. METHOD:Data are presented in the form of 2 x 2 contingency table...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Rigby AS

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of this study was to evaluate the concordance between the assessments of ADL according to the Functional Independence Measure (FIM) and the Barthel ADL index (BI) by means of a rank-invariant statistical method. METHOD:The construct validity, also called parallel reliability, of FIM and BI was assessed...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Gosman-Hedström G,Svensson E

更新日期：2000-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The present review aimed to summarize and critique existing qualitative studies that have examined typically-developing students' views of inclusive education (i.e. the policy of teaching students with special educational needs in mainstream settings). METHODS:Guidelines from the Centre for Reviews and Dissemi...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Bates H,McCafferty A,Quayle E,McKenzie K

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of this experiment was to quantify lumbar muscle endurance training for individuals with a recent episode of acute low back pain (LBP) (≥ moderate pain for ≥ 2 days) and to observe whether the training would reduce the rate and severity of recurrent LBP episodes. METHOD:Twenty-six participants who ...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Ciriello VM,Shaw WS,Rivard AJ,Woiszwillo MJ

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To test General Motor Function assessment scale (GMF) for concurrent validity, to analyse the distribution of scores and its clinical sensitivity in a setting of geriatric rehabilitation. METHOD:A descriptive and comparative study involving comparisons between GMF and Katz Index of ADL, analyses of GMF scores ...

journal_title：Disability and rehabilitation

authors： Aberg AC,Lindmark B,Lithell H

更新日期：2003-04-08 00:00:00