BACKGROUND The aim of the research was to evaluate the effectiveness of the phased rehabilitation program in patients after traumatic brain injury, one developed by the authors and controlled by the strategic plan, pertaining to their quality of life compared to patients treated according to a standard, phased rehabilitation program. MATERIAL/METHODS The study included 40 patients of post tra...

BACKGROUND Patients' participation in their health care is recognized as a key component in high-quality health care. Persons with persistent pain are recommended treatments with a cognitive approach from a biopsychosocial explanation of pain, in which a patient's active participation in their rehabilitation is in focus. Web-based interventions for pain management have the potential to increase...

BACKGROUND Timely accessibility to organized inpatient stroke rehabilitation services may become compromised since the demand for rehabilitation services following stroke is rapidly growing with no promise of additional resources. This often leads to prolonged lengths of stays in acute care facilities for individuals surviving a stroke. It is believed that this delay spent in acute care facilit...

A customised vestibular rehabilitation therapy (VRT) programme is an important treatment modality in patients with vestibular dysfunction resulting in motion-provoked vertigo, oscillopsia (gaze instability), disequilibrium and gait disturbances. We discuss in this paper the patient selection criteria for VRT, rehabilitation strategies for unilateral and bilateral vestibular deficits, and some o...

This report presents a case in which a patient was treated with a segmental hemimandibulectomy to improve function and esthetics. Crowns were placed on the remaining teeth and the remaining space was rehabilitated with an acrylic partial denture in the maxillary arch and a cast partial denture in the mandibular arch. The treatment and rehabilitation of a patient with a resected mandible involve...

Zusammenfassung Rehabilitationsroboter unterstützen die Rehabilitation von Patientenmit Bewegungsstörungen aufgrund von Schädigungen des Nervensystems. Neu entwickelte, patientenkooperative Regelungsansätze sollen es diesen Robotern ermöglichen, individuell an die Patienten angepasste, effektivere Trainingseinheiten durchzuführen, als dies bislang möglich war. Dieser Beitrag beschreibt zwei Ans...

Central Pontine Myelinosis (CPM) and Extra Pontine Myelinosis (EPM) are debilitating conditions, resulting from the rapid correction of hyponatremia. The outcome and prognosis of this medical condition are variable; mainly involving functional decline from neuro-musculoskeletal upset. An intensive, multidisciplinary rehabilitation has played an essential role in facilitating and hasten recovery...

OBJECTIVE To test the effect of a postsurgical motor imagery program in the rehabilitation of a patient with quadriplegia. DESIGN Crossover design with kinematic analysis. SETTING Rehabilitation Hospital of Lyon. Study approved by the local Human Research Ethics Committee. PARTICIPANTS C6-level injured patient (American Spinal Injury Association Impairment Scale grade A) with no voluntary...

This case report describes the presentation of an obese patient with status Post Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery (CABG), severe bilateral knee osteoarthritis who was enrolled into traditional outpatient cardiac rehabilitation program including both weight bearing and non weight bearing aerobic exercise then she developed severe knee pain and effusion after 2 sessions, she stopped the exercise an...