As the community corrections system has moved away from a focus on rehabilitation, it has been suggested that criminal offenders are no longer understood psychologically, but rather as rational actors for whom criminality is a choice. Rehabilitative efforts thus aim to guide these choices. Utilizing mixed methodology that draws on observational, interview, and case note data collected within th...

How does the public view the offer of a biological treatment in lieu of prison for criminal offenders? Using the contrastive vignette technique, we explored this issue, using mixed-methods analysis to measure concerns regarding changing the criminal's personality, the coercive nature of the offer, and the safety of the proposed treatment. Overall, we found that of the three variables, the safet...

Drug addiction or substance abuse has been a social menace worldwide. Owing to various reasons the occurrence of drug addiction related problems cannot be done away completely by any country. But, as a responsible society every community, nations or administration cannot turn its face on this social evil. A major observation of the programs of rehabilitation centers revealed complete negligence...

PURPOSE A common source of ethical challenge for health care professionals (HCPs) in rehabilitation is situations when patients wish to make risky choices not related or contrary to rehabilitation goals. We explore the potential contribution of a relational understanding of autonomy for orienting clinical practice when patients wish to enact choices with associated risks for the patient or othe...

In a population-based survey in a defined area in the parish of Clarendon, Jamaica, the prevalence of six types of childhood disabilities was sought. All children aged 2-9 years who screened positive for disability, with 8% of children screening negative (out of a total of 5,468 children), were assessed by a physician and a psychologist. Disabilities were categorised by types and levels of seve...

Vestibular physical therapy is a specialized exercise based intervention for management of symptoms associated with vestibular dysfunction that manifests itself as dizziness and imbalance related to position or movement of the body. The aim of this review is to evaluate and summarize the efficacy of vestibular physical therapy for the treatment of vestibular disorders. A literature review was c...

The article shows the conceptual and terminological apparatus of rehabilitation area (physical therapy, ergotherapy, speech language physical therapist, ergotherapist) by analyzing legislative framework scientific sources. This analysis showed multidirectionality directions rehabilitation. Different specialists do separate tasks for therapy separately occupational therapy. approach contributes ...

BACKGROUND Few studies have looked at longer term functional outcomes of rapid rehabilitation (physical therapy in the postanesthesia care unit on the day of surgery) for patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty. PURPOSE The purpose of this interdisciplinary study (physical therapy and nursing) was to assess the effect of a rapid rehabilitation program on inpatient length of stay (LOS) and...

Stroke is a leading cause of disability worldwide. In this paper, a novel robot‐assisted rehabilitation system based on motor imagery electroencephalography (EEG) is developed for regular training of neurological rehabilitation for upper limb stroke patients. Firstly, three‐dimensional animation was used to guide the patient image the upper limb movement and...

Background: Rehabilitation is cornerstone for the recovery of stroke patients. This lecture focuses on the current status of stroke rehabilitation in China. Methods: Selective review of papers published by Chinese authors. Results: A new system which is called “standardized tertiary rehabilitation” was established in China and has better effect on the recovery of motor function, cognitive funct...