Job Retraining

Retraining Issues and Strategies

AUTHOR Kearsley, Greg TITLE Introducing New Technology into the Workplace: Retraining Issues and Strategies. Background Paper No. 8b. SPONS AGENCY Department of Labor, Washington, DC. Commission on Workforce Quality and Labor Market Efficiency. PUB DATE Sep 89 CONTRACT 99-9-4760-75-012-04 NOTE 35p.; In "Investing in People: A Strategy to Address America's Workforce Crisis" (CE 054 080). PUB TYP...

Gait retraining post stroke.

A major component of stroke rehabilitation focuses on gait restoration. The purpose of this review is to examine the efficacy of a variety of gait retraining techniques currently in clinical use, including strength training, functional electrical stimulation, treadmill training, partial body-weight support, EMG biofeedback, and splinting of the lower extremity. Forty-eight studies evaluating si...

Deep Retraining and Innovation

It’s a truism that innovation has the power to create and destroy jobs. One question is whether more jobs are created than are destroyed by innovation. Historically, more new jobs are created partly as a consequence of a growing population (with its increased demands for products and services) and partly because of new demands. The market for mobile phones exploded especially after the inventio...

Facial Neuromuscular Retraining

Facial neuromuscular retraining has been found to be effective in diminishing the effects of synkinesia and improving voluntary movement. In 1982, Balliet and colleagues described a clinical program for facial nerve retraining that included mirror exercises, electromyography (EMG) biofeedback, and personalized home exercise programs for patients more than 2 years after facial nerve injury. Case...

Tinnitus Retraining Therapy