Immobility in the bed of pediatric patients intensive care units increases risk morbidities such as pneumonia, with consequences for autonomic function. Physiotherapy based on physical exercise is part rehabilitation process and can modify To compare effects two therapy protocols, one conventional other exercise, heart rate variability, length stay invasive mechanical ventilation children venti...

UNLABELLED To assess the impact of rehabilitation on healing and recurrence rate of ankle sprain, 1year apart, 111 patients, who suffered an ankle sprain (67 men and 44 women; 17 mild sprains, 67 medium and 27 severe), were included by emergency physicians of four emergency rooms (ER) of Finistère. The physician was free to prescribe, or not, further investigations. He prescribed systematically...

Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is a noninvasive technique that could improve the rehabilitation outcomes in stroke, eliciting neuroplastic mechanisms. At the same time conflicting results have been reported in subacute phase of stroke, when neuroplasticity is crucial. The aim of this double-blind, randomized, and sham-controlled study was to determine whether a treatment with ca...

During the past several decades, early rehabilitation programs for the care of patients with colorectal surgery have gained popularity. Several randomized controlled trials and meta-analyses have confirmed that the implementation of these evidence-based detailed perioperative care protocols is useful for early recovery of patients after colorectal resection. Patients cared for based on these pr...

abstract objective children suffering from cerebral palsy (cp), exhibit movement limitations and physiological abnormalities as compared to normal individuals. the objective of this study was to assess mechanical efficiency and certain cardiovascular indices before and after an exercise-rehabilitation program in children with dipelegia spastic cerebral palsy (experimental group) in comparison w...

Intermittent claudication in peripheral arterial disease limits exercise capacity. Rehabilitation can produce an improvement in absolute walking distance. Very often changes in skeletal muscle, rather than changes in blood flow, are responsible for the improved exercise capacity. We studied 8 patients with intermittent claudication (Fontaine 2 class) that underwent a 4week treadmill mild-modera...

Advanced rehabilitation strategies of the upper limb in stroke patients focus on the recovery of the most important daily activities. In this study we analyzed quantitatively and qualitatively the motor strategies employed by stroke patients when reaching and drinking from a glass. We enrolled 6 hemiparetic poststroke patients and 6 healthy subjects. Motion analysis of the task proposed (reachi...

The prosthetic rehabilitation of an atrophic mandible is usually unsatisfactory due to the lack of support tissues, mainly bone and keratinized mucosa for treatment with osseointegrated implants or even conventional prosthesis. The prosthetic instability leads to social and functional limitations and chronic physical trauma decreasing the patient's quality of life. A 53-year-old female patient ...

The present article purports to present a case of implant-supported rehabilitation of a patient who had previously undergone a procedure of fl oor of the mouth squamous cell carcinoma resection followed by radiotherapy (56 Gy total). Treatment consisted on hyperbaric oxygen therapy by means of the following protocol: previous to implant placement: 20 daily sessions, 100% oxygen at 2.4 ATM press...

INTRODUCTION The role of robotics in poststroke patients' rehabilitation has been investigated intensively. This paper presents the state-of-the-art and the possible future role of robotics in poststroke rehabilitation, for both upper and lower limbs. MATERIALS AND METHODS We performed a comprehensive search of PubMed, Cochrane, and PeDRO databases using as keywords "robot AND stroke AND reha...