Overall, the 10 trials reviewed compared early supported discharge (ESD) from hospital to CR, with conventional rehabilitation involving inpatient rehabilitation and traditional outpatient follow-up for these groups. These studies generally indicated that ESD to CR was as effective as conventional inpatient rehabilitation in terms of patient outcomes. The majority of these service delivery mode...

After a year at home doing nothing a man of 66 was admitted to a rehabilitation centre for help with the many problems left by his stroke 18 months before. He had in fact spent most of the first six months in a specialist stroke rehabilitation unit; but in the second centre, between 18 and 24 months from the stroke, he recovered considerably and has continued to progress ever since. Now, five y...

OBJECTIVES To examine the characteristics of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients of the Kwai-Tsing area, Hong Kong, and the chronic treatments they received. DESIGN. Cross-sectional survey. SETTING Four clinic settings in Hong Kong: Respiratory Specialist Clinic, Princess Margaret Hospital (group 1); Medical Specialist Clinics, Princess Margaret Hospital (group 2); General Outpatie...

PURPOSE To examine whether differences in access to specialist disability services by people from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds when compared with those born in Australia represent a service gap or the healthy migrant effect. METHOD To use the latest disability statistics to measure the different rates of people with disability, and the rates of people with profound...

1 Specjalistyczna Praktyka Lekarska, Lubsko 2 Oddzia3 Rehabilitacji Pourazowej i Neurologicznej, Wielospecjalistyczny Szpital SPZOZ, Nowa Sól 3 Katedra i Zak3ad Patomorfologii w Zabrzu Œl1skiego Uniwersytetu Medycznego, Katowice 1 Specialist Medical Practice, Lubsko 2 Department of Post-Traumatic and Neurological Rehabilitation, Multispeciality Hospital, Independent Public Health Care Facility,...

OBJECTIVE To explore the attitudes and beliefs of stroke patients identified by professionals as having either "high" or "low" motivation for rehabilitation. DESIGN Qualitative study with semistructured interviews. SETTING The stroke unit of an inner city teaching hospital. PARTICIPANTS 22 patients with stroke who were undergoing rehabilitation; 14 with high motivation for rehabilitation ...

The European Federation of Neurological Societies (EFNS) Scientific Panel on Neurorehabilitation established a Task Force on standards in neurological rehabilitation in June 1996. The remit for the Task Force was to: (1) produce a report on the state of neurological rehabilitation across Europe; and (2) recommend standards for the provision of neurological services for disabled people. The main...

Proximal femoral fractures (PFF) are one of the most common reasons for admission patients to a traumatological and orthopedic hospital. For vast majority with PFF, such injury means loss previous degree mobility.
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The aim of this review is to discuss the basic forms of neuropsychological rehabilitation for patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI). More broadly, we discussed cognitive rehabilitation therapy (CRT) which constitutes a fundamental component in therapeutic interaction at many centres worldwide. Equally presented is a comprehensive model of rehabilitation, the fundamental component of which ...