A 67-year-old woman was hospitalized for rehabilitation from the after effects of a traumatic brain injury. In addition to memory impairment, attention disorder, and executive dysfunction, she experienced musical hallucinations. Brain magnetic resonance imaging revealed cerebral contusion in the bilateral temporal lobes and the left frontal lobe. Case reports of musical hallucinations caused by...

Recently, dental implants have considerably contributed towards the rehabilitation of partially edentulous patients. It has become a predictable way of tooth replacement. In order to improve treatment outcomes, extensive research aroused from Branemark protocol where he described the original two-stage surgical protocol. Currently, the concept of prosthetic driven Implantology is gaining attent...

Current understanding of brain plasticity has lead to new approaches in ischemic stroke rehabilitation. Stroke units that combine good medical and nursing care with task-oriented intense training in an environment that provides confidence, stimulation and motivation significantly improve outcome. Repetitive trans-cranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS), and trans-cranial direct current stimulation ...

OBJECTIVE To assess the occurrence and risk factors for complications following spinal cord injury during and after inpatient rehabilitation. DESIGN Multicentre longitudinal study. SUBJECTS A total of 212 persons with a spinal cord injury admitted to specialized rehabilitation centres. METHODS Assessments at the start of active rehabilitation (n=212), 3 months later (n=143), at discharge ...

OBJECTIVE To estimate from a societal perspective the cost-utility of a multidisciplinary job retention vocational rehabilitation program compared with usual care in patients with chronic rheumatic diseases at risk of job loss. METHODS Patients (n = 121) were randomly assigned to either the vocational rehabilitation program or usual outpatient care initiated by the treating rheumatologist. Fo...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the prevalence and course of pass notive shoulder range of motion in people with a spinal cord injury and the relationships between shoulder range of motion limitations and personal and lesion characteristics. DESIGN Multicentre longitudinal study. SUBJECTS A total of 199 subjects with spinal cord injury admitted to specialized rehabilitation centres. METHODS Asse...

Many factors that have an adverse effect on fetal growth and development can manifest later in the child's development. Because of the biological basis, children born under the influence of these factors belong to the group of neurorisk children. They need special attention and prompt participation in the early rehabilitation program to encourage the use of brain plasticity. In addition to the ...

Although stroke affects cognitive functioning as well as motor functioning, research on cognitive consequences has lagged behind that focused on motor function. The evidence that is accruing suggests that cognitive function is importantly related to successful rehabilitation. The present study examined two aspects of attentional functioning (divided attention and switching attention) in older a...

The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago established the first private Amputee Clinic in the Chicago area in 1954 . In 1958, with financing by the Veterans Administration, a prosthetics research facility was established in the physical facilities of the Rehabilitation Institute by the Department of Orthopaedics, Northwestern University Medical School. From its inception the activities of the Pro...

The aim of our research was to assess the efficiency of cognitive rehabilitation aimed at training selective memory with the help of mnemonic techniques. The patient, aged 26, had been treated for anorexia for two years (BMI-9.7, almost critical condition). He complained of an xiety, difficulties in coping, hyperorality and attention disorders, compulsiveness and auto-aggressive behavior. He al...