Aim: The present research aims to investigate the suitability of Functional Independence and Difficulty Scale (FIDS) Turkish version society efficiency its clinical use bring it into for other researchers.
 Materials Methods: One hundred forty older adults living in were enrolled research. physical characteristics states individuals recorded during their first evaluation, cognitive evaluat...

BACKGROUND Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is one of the important causes of morbidity and mortality throughout the world, especially in young people. In recent years normobaric hyperoxia has become an important and useful step for recovery and improvement of outcome in TBI. OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of normobaric hyperoxia on clinical neurological outcomes...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE We compared the test-retest reliability, validity, and responsiveness of the Dynamic Gait Index, the 4-item Dynamic Gait Index, and the Functional Gait Assessment for assessment of walking in patients with stroke. METHODS Forty-five outpatients participating in the validity and responsiveness study were tested using the 3 walking measures as well as the 10-m walk test, ...

BACKGROUND Advancing age is associated with increased vulnerability to chronic health problems. Identifying factors that predict oldest-old status is vital for developing effective clinical interventions and public health strategies. METHODS Observational prospective study of patients aged 75 years and older consecutively admitted to an Acute Geriatric Ward of a tertiary hospital. After a com...

School of Occupational Therapy, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei. Received: 15 December 2000. Revised: 19 March 2001. Accepted: 5 June 2001. Reprint requests and correspondence to: Ching-Lin Hsieh, School of Occupational Therapy, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, 7 Chun-Shan South Road, Taipei, Taiwan. PSYCHOMETRIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE BARTHEL ACTIVITIES ...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to investigate whether acupuncture, especially Yamamoto's New Scalp Acupuncture (YNSA), is of value in additional to standard poststroke motor rehabilitation. DESIGN A prospective, assessor-blinded randomized control trial was carried out in an inpatient stroke rehabilitation unit with day hospital service. After inclusion, patients were stratified into co...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Significant bone mineral density (BMD) reduction occurs in stroke patients on the hemiplegic side compared with the intact side. To elucidate the pathogenesis of hip fractures in this population, we measured serum markers of bone metabolism and BMD in the stroke patients within 1 year (early group) and between 1 and 2 years after onset of hemiplegia (long-term group). M...