Content - Volume 37, Issue 1

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Objective: To describe how persons with spinal cord injury perceived their participation in life situations and to determine the relationship between their participation and perceived problems therewith. The purpose was also to evaluate the influence of age, sex, level of injury, time since injury, marital status and access to social support on perceived problems with participation. Design: Cross- ...

Objective: Although the use of appropriate coping strategies has been suggested to be a key factor in determining successful adjustment to severe physical illness/disability, little systematic support for this link has been found. We investigated relationships between spinal cord lesion-related coping strategies and health-related quality of life when studying for sociodemographic, disability-rela ...

Objectives: To determine the views of organizations of and for disabled people in order to inform the writing of the British Society of Research Medicines policy document "Vocational Rehabilitation - The Way Forward". Patients/Organizations: A single mailing was sent to 98 disability organizations within the UK. Design : A semi-structured postal questionnaire focused on factors (i) within the Nati ...

Objective: To analyse cross-cultural validity of the Functional Independence Measure (FIM™) in patients with stroke using the Rasch model. Settings: Thirty-one rehabilitation facilities within 6 different countries in Europe. Participants: A total of 2546 in-patients at admission, median age 63 years. Methods: Data from the FIM™ were evaluated with the Rasch model, using the Rasch analysis pac ...

Objective: Assess the effects of daily neuroprosthetic (NESS Handmaster™) functional electrical stimulation in sub-acute stroke. Design: Controlled study, patients clinically stratified to 2 groups; no active finger movement (10), and partial active finger movements (12), and then randomized to control and neuroprosthesis groups. Observer ...

Objective: To develop and pilot test the Home and Community Environment instrument (HACE), a self-report measure designed to characterize factors in a person's home and community environment that may influence level of participation. Design: A cross-sectional survey. Subjects: Sixty-two adults recruited from community organizations and an outpatient rehabilitation center. Methods: Six environmenta ...

Objectives: To determine efficiency and efficacy of publicly-funded inpatient stroke rehabilitation based on a Case-Mix Group Classification Model, and to analyse the usefulness of this decisional aid in the refinement of rehabilitation services delivery needed to optimize accessibility to inpatient rehabilitation services for individuals with stroke in a publicly-funded healthcare system. Design: ...

Objective: The aim of this study was to explore the relationship between the proteins S100B and S100A1B and symptoms and signs of cognitive impairment for 3 months after mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI). Methods: Serum concentrations of S100A1B and S100B were examined in a prospective cohort study of patients with MTBI and a Glasgow Coma Scale score of 14 or 15. Cognitive performance was assesse ...

Objective: To determine and compare self-management methods used for osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis and to determine which methods patients consider most effective. Methods: Patients with osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis were questioned about self-management methods and asked to indicate the most effective ones. Results: Twenty-seven patients with osteoarthritis and 26 with rheumat ...

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