The aim of this review is to discuss the basic forms of neuropsychological rehabilitation for patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI). More broadly, we discussed cognitive rehabilitation therapy (CRT) which constitutes a fundamental component in therapeutic interaction at many centres worldwide. Equally presented is a comprehensive model of rehabilitation, the fundamental component of which ...

BACKGROUNDCONTEXT The Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia (TSK) is commonly used in clinical practice to quantify levels of pain-related fear of activity or re-injury in patients presenting with back pain. Patients with high levels of kinesiophobia are often considered at greater risk of developing long-term activity limitation and chronicity. There is, however, little evidence to support this assump...

PURPOSE To reach insurance physician (IPs) consensus on factors that must be taken into account in the assessment of the work ability of employees who are sick-listed for 2 years. METHODS A Delphi study using online questionnaires was conducted from October 2010 to March 2011. RESULTS One hundred and two insurance physicians reached a consensus on important factors for return to work (RTW) ...

BACKGROUND Each year, approximately 12,000 Australians of working age survive a stroke. As a group, younger stroke survivors have less physical impairment and lower mortality after stroke compared with older survivors; however, the psychosocial and economic consequences are potentially substantial. Most of these younger stroke survivors have responsibility for generating an income or providing ...

This study evaluated the efficacy of adding contingency management techniques to vocational rehabilitation (VR) to improve treatment outcome as measured by entry into competitive employment. Nineteen dually diagnosed veterans who entered VR in the Veterans' Administration's compensated work therapy (CWT) program were randomly assigned to CWT (n = 8) or to CWT with enhanced incentives (n = 11). ...

tection legislation, active labour market policies, universal rights to income maintenance, relatively generous benefits and provision of medical and vocational rehabilitation? The scanty research findings so far suggest that the answer is affirmative. This evidence suggests that the Nordic welfare regime might be sustainable also in the longer run as long as it is able to provide ‘full employm...

OBJECTIVE Examine disparities in vocational rehabilitation (VR) services for Hispanic clients with traumatic brain injury. DESIGN Logistic regression analysis of secondary data. PARTICIPANTS Five thousand eight hundred thirty-one European American and Hispanic clients. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Type of services and employment status. RESULTS European Americans were 1.27 times more likely to...

BACKGROUND Driving is a complex form of activity involving especially cognitive and psychomotor functions. These functions may be impaired by Parkinson's disease. The relation between Parkinson's disease and driving ability is still obscure and clinicians have to make decisions concerning the driving ability of their patients based on insufficient information. Until now no studies have compared...

OBJECTIVE The main objective of this investigation was to identify a set of variables usable in early outcome prediction of vocational rehabilitation. DESIGN On commencement of rehabilitation at an employability institute, data were sampled using structured interviews and checklists. Two years later the subjects were followed up by telephone interviews. SUBJECTS The study sample was all une...

A high proportion of people with severe mental health problems are unemployed but would like to work. Individual Placement and Support (IPS) offers a promising approach to establishing people in paid employment. In a randomized controlled trial across six European countries, we investigated the economic case for IPS for people with severe mental health problems compared to standard vocational r...