OBJECTIVE To identify psychometrically robust and clinically feasible measurement tools of balance activity in people with neurological conditions to recommend for use in clinical practice. DATA SOURCES MEDLINE, CINAHL, EMBASE, PEDro and AMED. REVIEW METHODS Independent reviewers selected and extracted data from articles that assessed the reliability, validity, sensitivity to change and cli...

background : lack of insight in patients with bipolar i disorder has been associated with poor course and clinical outcome and compromised therapeutic compliance. therefore, it is important to evaluate insight and use more specialized scales such as mood disorder insight scale (mdis) in these patients. our objective in this study was to assess validity and reliability of persian version of mdis...

A binaural beat is a beat phenomenon that is generated by the dichotic presentation of two almost equivalent pure tones but with slightly different frequencies. The brain responses to binaural beats remain controversial; therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate theta activity responses to a binaural beat by controlling factors affecting localization, including beat frequency, carrier...

BACKGROUND This study examined the effectiveness of using Physical Activity Consultation (PAC) as an addition to the standard smoking cessation treatment in Malaysia. We explored participants' experiences in terms of physical activity and smoking abstinence with the combined PAC and smoking cessation intervention. METHODS Walk-in smokers from a local smoking cessation clinic volunteered for t...

Stefan Weber, Brett Bell, Nicolas Gerber, Tom Williamson ARTORG Center University of Bern Bern, Switzerland Peter Brett, Xinli Du Brunel Institute for Bioengineering Brunel University London, UK Marco Caversaccio Department of ENT, Head and Neck Surgery Bern University Hospital Bern, Switzerland David Proops, Chris Coulson, Andrew Reid Department of Otolaryngology Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmi...

Emel Aktas Brunel University – Brunel Business School, EGB202K Kingston Lane, Uxbridge, Middlesex UB8 3PH, United Kingdom, [email protected] Ozay Ozaydin Dogus University Industrial Engineering, Istanbul 34722, Turkey, [email protected] Burcin Bozkaya Sabanci University Operations Management, Istanbul 34956, Turkey, [email protected] Fusun Ulengin, Sule Onsel Dogus University I...

0026-2714/$ see front matter 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.microrel.2013.07.095 ⇑ Corresponding author at: United Monolithic Semiconductor, 10 Av du Québec, 91140 Villebon-sur-Yvette, France. Tel.: +33 169863235. E-mail address: [email protected] (L. Brunel). L. Brunel a,b,⇑, B. Lambert , P. Mezenge , J. Bataille , D. Floriot , J. Grünenpütt , H. ...

OBJECTIVES First, to evaluate the clinical effectiveness of a virtual reality (VR)-based telerehabilitation program in the balance recovery of individuals with hemiparesis after stroke in comparison with an in-clinic program; second, to compare the subjective experiences; and third, to contrast the costs of both programs. DESIGN Single-blind, randomized, controlled trial. SETTING Neurorehab...