BACKGROUND Exercise therapy following total hip replacement (THR) is considered to be important during the initial postoperative care, but till date only a few evidence-based recommendations exist. The aim of this survey was to identify prescription standards among different rehabilitation professionals, for the exercise therapy management after THR in Germany. METHODS The study was a cross-s...

Stroke is the first cause of disability. Several robotic devices have been developed for stroke rehabilitation. Robot therapy by NeReBot is demonstrated to be an effective tool for the treatment of poststroke paretic upper limbs, able to improve the activities of daily living of stroke survivors when used both as additional treatment and in partial substitution of conventional rehabilitation th...

CONTEXT Whether virtual rehabilitation is beneficial has not been determined. OBJECTIVE To investigate the psychological benefits of virtual reality in rehabilitation. DESIGN An experimental group underwent therapy with a virtual-reality-based exercise bike, and a control group underwent the therapy without virtual-reality equipment. SETTING Hospital laboratory. PATIENTS 30 patients suf...

AIMS Systematic data are sparse on clinical outcome after acute coronary disease followed by cardiac rehabilitation therapy. Therefore, our objective was to determine the long-term development of cardiac risk factors, recurrent clinical events, and cardiac medication in patients undergoing routine in hospital cardiac rehabilitation therapy. METHODS AND RESULTS In the prospective PIN Study (Po...

Interactive bio-feedback (iBF) was initially developed for the rehabilitation of motor function in patients with neurological disorders, and subsequently yielded the development of the hybrid assistive limb (HAL). Here, we provide a review of the theory underlying HAL treatment as well as our clinical experience and recommendations for future clinical studies using HAL in acute stroke patients....

1Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation, Bakırköy Dr. Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey 2Department of Neurology, Bakırköy Dr. Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey 3Department of Biochemistry, Bakırköy Dr. Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey 4Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation, Fatih Sultan Mehmet...

introduction : drug addiction and drug dependency are major problem in the “mental”,”social”, and “health-care” fields. it decreases occupational performance and educational abilities in different social groups, and may lead to miscellaneous crimes. different methods are recommended for drug addiction treatments. detoxification is the first step however it would not be successful without follow...