OBJECTIVE To measure serum cardiac troponin I (cTnI) concentrations in orphaned harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) pups at various points during rehabilitation in a seal rescue center and determine whether cTnI concentration was associated with survival during rehabilitation and duration of rehabilitation. DESIGN Serial cross-sectional study. ANIMALS Fifty-five 2- to 9-day-old harbor seal pups. PROCE...

This study compared the network of rehabilitation for the disabled during the Roh, Moo-hyun administration and the Lee, Myung-bak administration. Through such effort, how the public social activity related to rehabilitation for the disabled has changed through time was observed and the future network level of rehabilitation for the disabled was considered. The analysis was conducted using the s...

Affiliations: Dept of Respiratory Medicine, Glenfield Hospital, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, UK. St Francis Hospital Medical Center, Hartford, CT, and Pulmonary and Cardiac Rehabilitation Dept, Seton Medical Center, Daly City, CA, USA. Program Development Center, CIRO+ Center of Expertise for Chronic Organ Failure, Horn, The Netherlands. A full list of members of the ...

Background The prevalence of disability in Iran has increased due to ageing of the population and the presence of chronic diseases. However, little is known about the availability of rehabilitation services in Iran. Objective To study the availability of physical rehabilitation services in Iran. Methods This was a mixed method study. In the first phase, a qualitative design was conducted fo...

The juvenile correction and rehabilitation center is a place for reforming and rehabilitating juvenile adolescents. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of mindfulness-based training on aggression and empathy of adolescents at the juvenile correction and rehabilitation center in Tehran. The research was a quasi-experimental design with pretest-posttest and the control group. The st...

The aim of the present study was to evaluate dog-assisted therapies and activities in the rehabilitation of children with cerebral palsy and physical and mental disabilities who have difficulties in benefiting from well-being and health-improving services. This descriptive-explanatory study was conducted in disabled children of various ages between 2008 and 2011 by an experienced team in a priv...

Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Neuromodulation Center, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, Boston, MA, United States, Coma Science Group, GIGA-Consciousness, University Hospital of Liege, University of Liege, Liege, Belgium, 3 Spaulding-Harvard SCI Model System Center, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston, MA, United States, M...