In the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) era, roles of rehabilitation to be played in medical system are more emphasized. Rehabilitation is known help patients recover from acute period after COVID-19 infection. addition, studies reported that required return patients’ physical function state before their Intensive care unit and cardiopulmonary recovery have same principles techniques as thos...

OBJECTIVE To identify the impairments and limitations that indicate loss of independence in older patients after discharge from post-acute rehabilitation. DESIGN Prospective cohort study. SUBJECTS/PATIENTS A total of 128 patients in the development cohort and 137 patients in the validation cohort. METHODS Data on functioning and previous living situation were collected at admission; data ...

Introduction Medical equipment is an essential health intervention tool used by nurses for prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disease and for rehabilitation of patients. However, access to functioning medical equipment is a challenge in low- and middle-income countries. The World Health Organization estimated that 50 to 80 percent of medical equipment in developing countries is not working,...

BACKGROUND Despite documented benefits of cardiac rehabilitation, adherence to programs is suboptimal with an average dropout rate of between 24% and 50%. The goal of this study was to identify organizational and patient factors associated with cardiac rehabilitation adherence. METHODS AND RESULTS Facilities of the Wisconsin Cardiac Rehabilitation Outcomes Registry Project (N = 38) were surve...

the iranian rehabilitation journal has published many articles related to  different dimensions of treatment and psycho-education. as a reference we will review some articles which already published in this journal. dadkhah and his colleagues evaluated an individually family-based dohsa exercise programme of balance in the aged people and its effect on self confidence for performing common dail...

The rehabilitation exoskeleton is an effective piece of equipment for stroke patients and the aged. However, this complex human–robot system incurs many problems, such as modeling uncertainties, unknown interaction, external disturbance, actuator fault. This paper addresses adaptive fault-tolerant tracking control a lower limb joint driven by electro-hydraulic (EHA). First, model built consider...

Background. This article presents an evaluation of the strategic approach to managing rehabilitation for patients with cervical spinal cord injuries and "locked in syndrome". Consistent pursuit of concrete and explicit individual goals enables the patient to achieve greater independence, and thus a better quality of life. Material and methods. We examined 68 patients with tetraplegia subsequent...

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal neurodegenerative disease that results in a constellation of problematic symptoms and a high patient and caregiver burden. Multidisciplinary care includes rehabilitation interventions that have the goal of assisting people to teach their fullest potential despite the presence of a disabling disease. Given the progressive nature of ALS, the clinicia...