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New Survey Shows Urgent Need For Better Access To Post-hospital Physiotherapy For Stroke Patients, UK
Categorie : RehabilitationA fifth of stroke survivors questioned in England for a recent survey didn't receive any post-hospital physiotherapy on the NHS, meaning they either had to pay for private treatment or go without any. The results also showed that almost three quarters of physiotherapists surveyed in the UK believe ...
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Sun Mar 2010
Shoulder Function Not Fully Restored After Surgery: Henry Ford Hospital Study
Categorie : RehabilitationShoulder motion after rotator cuff surgery remains significantly different when compared to the patient's opposite shoulder, according to Henry Ford Hospital researchers... ...
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Natural And Artificial Sheaths Used To Mend Traumatic Bone Loss
Categorie : RehabilitationA husband and wife research team has found a way to use the sleeve-like cover on bone to heal serious bone injuries faster and more simply than current methods. And they've developed an artificial sleeve that spurs fast healing when a car wreck, bomb blast or disease leaves too little cover... ...
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Immigrants With Disabilities More Frequently Employed Than US-Born Persons With Disabilities
Categorie : RehabilitationCurrently, foreign-born people make up approximately 13 percent of the total U.S. population. As the immigrant population grows, understanding its disability status and employment characteristics becomes increasingly important... ...
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Brain-Controlled Cursor Doubles As A Neural Workout
Categorie : RehabilitationHarnessing brain signals to control keyboards, robots or prosthetic devices is an active area of medical research. Now a rare peek at a human brain hooked up to a computer shows that the two can adapt to each other quickly, and possibly to the brain's benefit. Researchers at the University of Washin ...
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States Push For Insurers To Increase Coverage
Categorie : RehabilitationStates tackle several health care policy issues focused on health insurance coverage mandates and requirements. Idaho Reporter explores efforts to mandate that insurers cover prosthetics in the state with the nation's fewest health insurance mandates. "The Idaho Senate is looking at requi ...
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Treatment Options Available For Women's Pelvic Health Concerns
Categorie : RehabilitationPelvic health concerns in women are common -- yet how the issues impact sexuality and childbearing is not often discussed, according to Mayo Clinic Women's HealthSource. The February issue features an overview of pelvic health problems, risk factors, causes and treatment options... ...
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New Journal To Be Launched By SAGE: Geriatric Orthopaedic Surgery & Rehabilitation
Categorie : RehabilitationGeriatric Orthopaedic Surgery & Rehabilitation is a new bimonthly journal being launched in September 2010 by SAGE, the world's leading independent academic and professional publisher... ...
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Special Issue Of NeuroRehabilitation Focuses On Hypoxic-Ischemic Brain Injuries
Categorie : RehabilitationIOS Press announces publication of a special issue of NeuroRehabilitation: An International Journal (NRE) devoted specifically to hypoxic-ischemic brain injury (HI-BI), a significant disruption of brain function due to a deficient supply of oxygen to the brain. This is the first publication to prese ...
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What Are Leg Cramps? What Cause Leg Cramps?
Categorie : RehabilitationLeg cramps, also known as night leg cramps, especially calf-muscle cramps, are fairly common. Some people experience cramps in the muscles of their feet, as well as their thigh muscles. In most cases these types of cramps occur while the individual is sleeping or resting. Leg cramps are sudden, pai ...
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Physical Therapy: A Career That Fits Your Future
Categorie : RehabilitationFor Americans looking for a rewarding career in a struggling job market and down economy, a career in physical therapy could be the perfect answer. Boasting plentiful job openings, strong job security, flexibility and a high satisfaction rating among those working in the field, a career in physical ...
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Wii™ Video Games May Help Stroke Patients Improve Motor Function
Categorie : RehabilitationVirtual reality game technology using Wii™ may help recovering stroke patients improve their motor function, according to research presented as a late breaking poster at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2010. The study found the virtual reality gaming system was sa ...
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Helping Children To Walk Using Treadmill Training
Categorie : RehabilitationUsing a treadmill could help infants with prenatal complications or who were injured at birth walk earlier and better, according to a University of Michigan researcher... ...
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APTA Joins With Patient And Health Care Groups On Capitol Hill In Calling For Long-Term Solution To Therapy Cap
Categorie : RehabilitationThe American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) joined with more than forty patient advocacy groups and health care organizations today to thank Congress for temporarily reinstating the therapy cap exceptions process and urge for a long-term solution to ensure that Medicare beneficiaries can contin ...
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Stroke Survivors Can Improve Functioning Of Paralyzed Arm Years After Stroke
Categorie : RehabilitationHigh-intensity, repetitive rehabilitation exercises can help stroke survivors significantly improve functioning in their paralyzed arm and in their quality of life even years after their disabling event, according to late-breaking science results presented at the American Stroke Association's Intern ...
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Reid Upset After Republicans Block COBRA Benefits Extension Request
Categorie : RehabilitationRoll Call: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid criticized Republicans Wednesday after the GOP denied "a unanimous consent request to pass an extension of unemployment insurance and COBRA health care benefits, a move he warned would leave 'out-of-work Americans vulnerable to losing this valuable safet ...
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APTA Learning Center Launches Partnership With Section On Geriatricts
Categorie : RehabilitationThe American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) has partnered with its Section on Geriatrics to publish six continuing education courses to the APTA Learning Center. This union reflects the first in a series of planned partnerships with APTA sections and chapters to provide quality, evidenced-base ...
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APTA Calls On Congress To Restore Access To Rehabilitative Services For Medicare Beneficiaries
Categorie : RehabilitationCongress must act immediately to restore access to rehabilitative services for Medicare beneficiaries as many senior citizens and people with disabilities are nearing arbitrary limits (also known as therapy caps) on services provided by physical therapists and other health care providers in outpatie ...
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NHS Confederation Statement On National Audit Office Major Trauma Care Report
Categorie : RehabilitationNHS Confederation director of policy Nigel Edwards responds to the National Audit 'Major Trauma Care' report. "The progress made to increase the co-ordination of urgent and emergency care means that trauma care has improved and the number of lives being saved is rising... ...
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Physical Therapists Offer Snow Shovelers Advice To Avoid Injuries
Categorie : RehabilitationAs the Mid-Atlantic states brace for another bout of winter weather expected to produce a heavy amount of snowfall, the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) is offering tips on how to properly shovel snow to minimize the risk of injury... ...
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