BACKGROUND Family members are important for support and care of their close relative after severe traumas, and their experiences are vital health care quality indicators. The objective was to describe the development of the Family Experiences of in-hospital Care Questionnaire for family members of patients with severe Traumatic Brain Injury (FECQ-TBI), and to evaluate its psychometric propertie...

stroke is one of the most common diseases among the elderly with high personal and societal costs. in recent years, robotic rehabilitation for stroke has become an active area of research for assistance, monitoring and qualifying the rehabilitation treatments. the key issue needed for improving rehabilitation system is that patient feedback should be taken into account by the robotic rehabilita...

PURPOSE To evaluate the psychometric properties of the UK FIM + FAM. METHODS (a) A systematic literature review integrating the evidence for psychometric qualities of both the original and UK versions, and (b) exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis of admission/discharge data from an inpatient general neuro-rehabilitation cohort using parametric and non-parametric techniques. A prospect...

objectives: the aim of present study was to investigate the effect of cognitive rehabilitation, a new and non-pharmacological approach to reduce memory and other cognitive deficits in alzheimer's disease. methods & materials: this study was a quasi-experimental research, in singlesubject study-with control group- and based on an a-b design. that was conducted in two groups of control and e...

To examine the individual experiences of injury burden in amateur Rugby players across onset injury, rehabilitation, and return to play. Qualitative. Irish clubs. Three male two female who sustained a severe that resulted time loss at least 28 days. Semi-structured interviews were used explore experienced during three phases injury. Hierarchical content analysis revealed 36 codes representing b...

Inroduction : The most important mission of medical universities is Training capable and committed graduates who meet the needs society health system .In general, accountability to community one main priorities education system, so if want community, they must design their based on health.In this regards,this study has been done identify dimentions components accountable for rehabilitation scie...

OBJECTIVE To present a critical review and meta-analysis of studies evaluating the long-term effects of pulmonary rehabilitation in patients with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). DATA SOURCES A database of articles published over the last 45 years, compiled by using medical subject heading key words pulmonary, obstructive, rehabilitation, and exercise. Articles not wri...