Immersive media environments assist in solving the realworld issues of presenting multimodal information and of responding to user reactions, such as with patients during stroke rehabilitation therapy. Embedding media in the experience creates a new perspective for both the therapist and the patient. It is in this perspective that creative implementation of the arts within technology flourishes...

OBJECTIVE To determine rates of publication and reporting of results within two years for all completed clinical trials registered in ClinicalTrials.gov across leading academic medical centers in the United States. DESIGN Cross sectional analysis. SETTING Academic medical centers in the United States. PARTICIPANTS Academic medical centers with 40 or more completed interventional trials re...

As a consequence of Canada's involvement in the war in Afghanistan, many members of the Canadian Forces have experienced debilitating injuries. Despite the Canadian Forces Health Services (CFHS) having outstanding relationships with many civilian care providers for the rehabilitation of injured soldiers, it became apparent early on that the high-level goals and aspirations of these returning so...

BACKGROUND There are few Australian studies showing how research evidence is used to inform the development of public health policy. International research has shown that compensation for injury rehabilitation can have negative impacts on health outcomes. This study examined transport injury compensation policy in the Australian state of Victoria to: determine type and purpose of reference to i...

Research in rehabilitation medicine has been discussed on a number of occasions and in different journals during recent years. Worries about the situation of academic medicine in our discipline have been raised, but there have also been constructive suggestions. In his Walter J. Zeiter Lecture, DeLisa (1) points out that stronger research must be developed and also that basic science as well as...

Dunhill Medical Trust Research Fellow, Academic Unit of Elderly Care & Rehabilitation, Bradford Institute for Health Research, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Duckworth Lane, Bradford, UK Professor of Elderly Care Medicine, Academic Unit of Elderly Care & Rehabilitation, Bradford Institute for Health Research, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Duckworth Lane, B...