Rehabilitation
Research News and Information

Saturday, November 21, 2009

Strategies for rehabilitation professionals to move evidence-based knowledge into practice: a systematic review.

30 Oct 2009 RATIONALE: Rehabilitation clinicians need to stay current regarding best practices, especially since adherence to clinical guidelines can significantly improve patient outcomes. However, little is known about the benefits of knowledge translation ... Read more...

Kinematic and neurophysiological models: future applications in neurorehabilitation.

30 Oct 2009 This paper emphasizes the importance of developing kinematic and neurophysiological methods for evaluating motor and functional recovery in the field of neurorehabilitation. From a review of the literature, it is concluded that optoelectronic motion ... Read more...

Manual wheelchair-handling skills by caregivers using new and conventional rear anti-tip devices: a randomized controlled trial.

29 Sep 2009 Kirby RL, Walker R, Smith C, Best K, MacLeod DA, Thompson K. Manual wheelchair-handling skills by caregivers using new and conventional rear anti-tip devices: a randomized controlled trial. OBJECTIVE: To test the hypothesis that, in comparison with ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Rehabilitation'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Research and publishing in rehabilitation medicine. 30 Oct 2009
• Commentary on "Strategies for rehabilitation professionals to move evidence-based knowledge into practice: a systematic review". 30 Oct 2009
• Strategies for rehabilitation professionals to move evidence-based knowledge into practice: a systematic review. 30 Oct 2009
• Kinematic and neurophysiological models: future applications in neurorehabilitation. 30 Oct 2009
• Manual wheelchair-handling skills by caregivers using new and conventional rear anti-tip devices: a randomized controlled trial. 29 Sep 2009
• The economics of treating stroke as an acute brain attack. 21 Sep 2009
• Perceived roles and collaboration between neuropsychologists and speech-language pathologists in rehabilitation. 30 Aug 2009
• Towards integrative neurorehabilitation science. 30 Aug 2009
• Models for integrating rehabilitation and primary care: a scoping study. 30 Aug 2009
• Chapter 6: The policy agenda of ISPRM. 30 Aug 2009
• Chapter 5: Organizational structures suited to ISPRM's evolving role as an international non-governmental organization in official relation with the world health organization. 30 Aug 2009
• Chapter 4: A policy process and tools for international non-governmental organizations in the health sector using ISPRM as a case in point. 30 Aug 2009
• Chapter 3: International non-governmental organizations in the emerging world society: the example of ISPRM. 30 Aug 2009
• Chapter 2: ISPRM's way forward. 30 Aug 2009
• Chapter 1: Achievements and challenges of ISPRM. 30 Aug 2009
• Developing the International Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (ISPM). Foreword. 30 Aug 2009
• Medical necessity: is current documentation practice and payment denial limiting access to inpatient rehabilitation? 30 Aug 2009
• [Objectives and tasks of the "exercise therapy" Commission of the German Society of Rehabilitation Science, DGRW] 15 Aug 2009
• [The United Nations Disability Rights Convention - a first opinion by the German Society for Rehabilitation, DVfR] 15 Aug 2009
• ["Making work as accessible for everybody as possible"] 15 Aug 2009

See a longer list of these articles.

Technical information about 'Rehabilitation'

Definition: Restoration of human functions to the maximum degree possible in a person or persons suffering from disease or injury.

Descriptor UI: D012046

Alternative terms: Rehabilitation; Habilitation;

Related Mesh Headings: Disability Evaluation; Halfway Houses; Early Intervention (Education); Recovery of Function;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; education; history; instrumentation; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics; psychology;

Tree Number: E02.831; H02.403.776.620.600; N02.421.784;

Technical Notes: general only: prefer /rehabil with diseases: Manual 19.7+, 19.8.64; differentiate from AFTERCARE; DF: REHABIL