The aim of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of rehabilitation of traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients when conducted by therapists who had participated in a training program on effective patient communication, as compared to rehabilitation administered by therapists without this training. The study included 40 TBI patients under treatment in a phased rehabilitation program. The expe...

Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital (formerly Bloorview Kids Rehab) is Canada's largest teaching hospital for pediatric rehabilitation and the only in-patient pediatric rehabilitation centre in Ontario. SickKids is a quaternary-level academic health sciences centre. The acute care neuroscience and trauma patient population at SickKids represents the largest volume of transitioning cl...

This study examined a population-based profile of older adults with acquired brain injury, and their functional outcomes, in in-patient rehabilitation. Older adults aged 65 and older admitted to in-patient rehabilitation from acute care with traumatic brain injury (TBI) (n = 1214) or non-traumatic brain injury (nTBI) (n = 1,530) from 2003/04 to 2009/10 in Ontario were identified. Demographic an...

Rehabilitation following anterior cruciate ligament surgery continues to change, with the current emphasis being on immediate weight bearing and range of motion, and progressive muscular strengthening, proprioception, dynamic stability, and neuromuscular control drills. The rehabilitation program should be based on scientific and clinical research and focus on specific drills and exercises desi...

Rehabilitation Medicine or Physiatry (as is known in North America) is the medical specialty dealing with “restoration of function in people affected by physical disabilities”. The disease categories with which the specialty is mainly concerned are neurological conditions like stroke and brain injury, spinal injury, musculoskeletal disorders and limb amputation. The rehabilitation paradigm diff...

[Purpose] The purpose of present study were to develop an out-patient satisfaction questionnaire to be used in health care system, from which the underlying dimensions could be derived and individual patient scores calculated, and to evaluate some of the questionnaire's psychometric properties. [Subjects and Methods] Forty out-patient of local hospital reply both the questionnaire used in previ...

Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence, severity and nature of adverse events (AEs) and also suggestions to prevent AEs recurrence in an Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospital (IRH) in Iran. Methods: This retrospective descriptive-analytic was conducted in 2021, in Rofaydeh rehabilitation hospital, Tehran, Iran. AEs associated with rehabilitation services and nursing care...

This study examined the importance of neuro-rehabilitation on a severe brain injury patient. We studied on a 9years old girl who had severe brain injury following a motor vehicle accident (MVA). According to her mother, after accident patient had poor attention and memory and behavioural changes. Subsequent to three months the patient was undergone with neuropsychological assessments. Wechsler ...

BACKGROUND There are a number of indications for total joint replacement surgery, mainly degenerative changes with limited function, rheumatoid arthritis, post-traumatic changes, arthropathy accompanying rotator cuff injuries. Problems in the rehabilitation of patients following partial or total shoulder joint replacement surgery result from the anatomy and biomechanics of the shoulder, includi...