objectives: to check and compare the effectiveness of modified agility and perturbation training over conventional physical therapy in patients with knee osteoarthritis. methods: subjects were screened on the basis of inclusion and exclusion criteria and a total of 50 subjects were recruited for the study. they were randomly divided into group a and group b with n=25 each. results: group receiv...

The long trend of low unemployment and increasing economical growth in Sweden was broken in the early 1990’s. In a short time the rate of unemployment had risen from 1.3% in 1990 to 8.2% in 1993. A previous study made in Stockholm showed that among the longterm sick-listed 20% were unemployed. The sparsely populated areas in the furthermost northern counties of Sweden have had a high rate of un...

A common challenge in stroke rehabilitation research is the translation of research findings into the clinical setting. Multiple factors present obstacles to dissemination and adoption, including the complexity of the physical rehabilitation protocols and the shift in practice required by treatment philosophies that require innovative approaches. The Constraint-Induced Movement (CI) Therapy Res...

PURPOSE The aim of this manuscript is to describe recent changes in rehabilitation medicine education in Croatia, and to highlight the effort that was made at University of Split School of Medicine, as well as at University Hospital Split in order to improve training in rehabilitation medicine. METHOD Critical collection and study of pertinent data on evolvement and present state of physical ...

In this paper, we analyzed the characteristics of muscles and balance to develop integrated contents for rehabilitation of the motor functions with the aged and the infirm, and, on this ground, made prototypical devices and rehabilitation training contents corresponding to each exercise. In the system, rehabilitation training for the upper limbs has a functional form of motion designed to put o...

The article reviews the latest interventions in cognitive rehabilitation for patients with schizophrenia. Studies referring to cognitive rehabilitation for people with schizophrenia from the last three years, found in the PubMed database, are presented. The authors categorised cognitive rehabilitation trainings in terms of targeted cognitive spheres - neurocognitive training, social cognition t...

This study was conducted to investigate the effects of blind rehabilitation training on self-reported mobility function in visually impaired adults. Mobility function was assessed with a questionnaire administered before and 2 months after subjects completed a comprehensive blind rehabilitation program that included orientation and mobility training. Subjects rated the level of difficulty perfo...

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of computerized cognitive (COMCOG) rehabilitation training system with white noise on memory and attention in elderly. 28 elderly subjects were recruited and conveniently allocated into experimental and control groups. Experimental group received computer assisted cognitive training using COMCOG rehabilitation training system with white nois...

result in better outcomes for patients. Systematic MEDLINE search, search of the Cochrane database and of informal sources . .was .performed .for .the .motor .rehabilitation .of .the .upper .and .lower .extremity .function . .For .the .upper .extremity . 40 references were identified that evaluate training therapy or neuromuscular electrical stimulation for arm paresis after stroke and describe...

introduction: myocardial infarction (mi) is associated with increased oxidative stress and reduced antioxidants. some studies have shown that exercise training increases the serum level antioxidants. therefore, this study investigated the effect of rehabilitation training on antioxidant status in patients with myocardial infarction. materials and methods: in this study, 20 patients with myocard...