Neurorehabilitation: Are We Doing All That We Can?

Neurorehabilitation: are we doing all that we can?

Occupational therapists have many intervention tools available for working with clients having a neurological injury; however, some of the most innovative and effective methods have not gained acceptance by many clinicians. Emerging research and new technologies provide occupational therapists with a multitude of treatment strategies and novel devices, but incorporation of those tools into clin...

How are we doing?

Measuring the performance of community safety partnerships 'Safe and sound', published in May 2000, reported the findings of an Accounts Commission study of community safety partnerships. s The report identified the progress made to date, highlighted good practice and made a number of recommendations. The report found that across Scotland, community safety strategies are generally at an early s...

Neonatal pressure support ventilation: are we doing what we think we are doing?

Assisted modes of mechanical ventilation, including synchronous intermittent mandatory ventilation, pressure support ventilation (PSV), continuous mandatory ventilation, neurally adjusted ventilatory assist, and volume guarantee ventilation, are widely used in neonates, infants, and small children to achieve improved short-term and long-term outcomes.1-3 Specifically, evidence is accumulating t...

What are we doing? Where are we going?

Why aren't we all doing ultrasound?

Musculoskeletal ultrasound (MUS) is potentially the most exciting development in clinical rheumatology practice in recent years. It is readily accessible, patient friendly and relatively inexpensive. It can be used to detect small joint effusions and thus increase the accuracy of diagnostic aspiration and therapeutic injection [1]. It is more sensitive than clinical examination in detecting ent...