New commissioning arrangements in the NHS require the identification of 'complex specialised' (CS) services, as distinct from more 'general' or 'district specialist' (DS) rehabilitation services, to determine differential cost-tariffs. In this cross-sectional postal survey representing 49 inpatient neurological rehabilitation services in the UK, no clear service characteristics that distinguish...

Background and Purpose. Training in the virtual environment in post stroke rehab is being established as a new approach for neurorehabilitation, specifically, ReoTherapy (REO) a robot-assisted virtual training device. Trunk stabilization strapping has been part of the concept with this device, and literature is lacking to support this for long-term functional changes with individuals after stro...

The science of motor control provides dynamic and intriguing study for practical problems of concern to neurorehabilitation specialists. Two areas of present interest and controversy in stroke rehabilitation are addressed in this issue of NeuroRehabilitation. Section I of this jou'rnal will highlight current issues on the controversies of strengthening spastic muscle and forced-limb usage as th...

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...

which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. The Journal of Exercise Rehabilitation is supported by the Korean Society of Exercise Rehabilitation. The primary mission of the Korean Society of Exercise Rehabilitation is to aim for the scientific development of exercise rehabilitation by promoting academ...

OBJECTIVES To determine why so few patients with chronic heart failure in England, Wales and Northern Ireland take part in cardiac rehabilitation. DESIGN Two-stage, postal questionnaire-based national survey. PARTICIPANTS AND SETTING Stage 1: 277 cardiac rehabilitation centres that provided phase 3 cardiac rehabilitation in England, Wales and Northern Ireland registered on the National Audi...

The global burden of depression and stress-related mental disorders is substantial, and constitutes a major need for effective rehabilitation. Can nature-based rehabilitation help people return to work? OBJECTIVE To study if the length of a nature-based rehabilitation program affects the outcome with regard to return to work one year after the onset of the program, in a group of patients with...

BACKGROUND Rehabilitation is a central treatment modality for patients with chronic cardiopulmonary disease. Physical exertion for patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) has typically been discouraged. Inpatient pulmonary rehabilitation has been shown to improve exercise capacity in patients with PAH. The present study aimed to evaluate outpatient pulmonary rehabilitation for patie...

The objective of this study was to identify factors associated with a positive outcome of vocational rehabilitation, and to identify groups that have been successfully rehabilitated in a Swedish rural area. In this study vocational rehabilitation is defined as medical multidisciplinary, psychological, social and occupational activities aiming to re-establish, among sick or injured people with p...

aim and background: deficit of theory of mind is a fundamental impairment of social skill in autistic children. the purpose of present study was evaluation of cognitive rehabilitation on social cognition abilities of children with high function autism. methods and materials: in present single subject study, 4 children with high function autism participated in study with no probably sampling. si...