A new HIGEE device-rotating zigzag bed (RZB) was developed in the context of process intensification. The RZB is structurally featured by a combinatorial rotor of one series of baffles attached to a rotating disk with another series to a stationary disk. The novel structure of the RZB determines its many advantages over the other HIGEE devices. The RZB is free of dynamic seal, capable of interm...

INTRODUCTION This report is one of a series on the Flight Analog Project, which is designed to lay the groundwork for a standard bed rest protocol. The Spaceflight Cognitive Assessment Tool for Windows (WinSCAT) is a self-administered battery of tests used on the International Space Station for evaluating cognitive functioning. Here, WinSCAT was used to assess cognitive functioning during exten...

Although the complications of immobility are well-described in the literature, critically ill patients are often subjected to prolonged periods of bed rest. Nurses, by virtue of their expertise in preventing iatrogenic complications, are in an ideal position to prevent the adverse outcomes associated with immobility. This article describes how nurses can use a mobility protocol to increase the ...

Before passing to the principal aspect of this subject it is necessary to consider first the train of reactions which are known to set in when a person is subjected to physical trauma, and then to appreciate their bearing on dietary requirements. It is also important to note the influence of the patient's physiological condition at the time of trauma on the subsequent sequence of events. In cas...

The combined program of chemotherapy with potent antimicrobial agents and decreased application of bed rest provided broad opportunities to expand rehabilitation services and to assist hospitalized tuberculous patients in all areas of social, emotional, and vocational adjustment,”2 Thus, at National Jewish Hospital, it became possible to offer a variety of rehabilitation services specifically d...

BACKGROUND Increasing evidence suggests that illnesses and injuries leading to restricted activity have adverse functional consequences, but whether the two components of restricted activity have comparable effects is unknown. We evaluated whether an illness/injury leading to bed rest represents a more potent exposure than one leading to cutting down on one's usual activities without bed rest. ...