S urvival after stroke initially can depend on the acute phase of specialist hospital care; however, the greatest impact on patient health and well-being is from the long-term consequences faced when stroke survivors leave the hospital. Optimal recovery requires the provision of coordinated specialist rehabilitation, not only in the early stages of returning home but also, usually, many months ...

Objectives: Attention is one of the cognitive functions that can be enhanced through cognitive rehabilitation. Play therapy is a treatment option for cognitive impairments. The present research aimed to investigate the use of rehabilitation based on play therapy to increase the attention of medical students. Methods: The present research is a randomized controlled clinical trial. In 2022, the ...

Background: Alterations of neuroplasticity and cortical excitability are important pathophysiological factors in stroke. Modulation of the neuroplasticity has been proposed as an underlying mechanism of recovery in different neurological disorders. But it is not still clear how the CNS faces the complexity of muscle control. Neuroplastic processes may be used for the functional improvement of s...

gait rehabilitation using body weight support on a treadmill is a recommended rehabilitation technique for neurological injuries, such as spinal cord injury. in this paper, a new robotic orthosis is presented for treadmill training. in the presented design the criteria such as low inertia of robot components, backdrivability, high safety and degrees of freedom based on human walking are conside...

The current issue of the Iranian Rehabilitation Journal contains original research evaluating the efficacy of addiction rehabilitation an evaluation of a child rehabilitation system for community based research, reading program for children with down syndrome, auditory stream segregation in auditory processing disorder, speech and language disorders, quality of life of adolescents with hearing ...

Background: Psychiatric rehabilitation has emerged as an important superspeciality of psychiatry in last few decades. There is a growing commitment to evidence-based practices in psychiatric rehabilitation. There is sufficient amount of literature, though not overwhelming, to have evidence based conclusions. Aims & Objectives: To do a systematic review of interventions available in psychiatric ...

Brain injury such as traumatic brain injury (TBI) and stroke is the major cause of long-term disabilities in many countries. The increasing rate of brain damaged victims and the heterogeneity of impairments decrease rehabilitation effectiveness and competence resulting in higher cost of rehabilitation treatment. On the other hand, traditional rehabilitation exercises are boring, thus leading pa...