Restraint, Physical
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Monday, November 23, 2009

The health consequences of using physical restraints in nursing homes.

30 Oct 2009 BACKGROUND: Using a national longitudinal sample of nursing homes residents (N = 264,068), we examine whether physical restraint use contributes to subsequent physical or psychological health decline. METHODS: The minimum data set, the on-line ... Read more...

Spiking in primary somatosensory cortex during natural whisking in awake head-restrained rats is cell-type specific.

2 Sep 2009 Sensation involves active movement of sensory organs, but it remains unknown how position or movement of sensory organs is encoded in cortex. In the rat whisker system, each whisker is represented by an individual cortical (barrel) column. Here, we ... Read more...

Restraint and administration of subcutaneous fluids and intramuscular injections in psittacine birds.

30 Aug 2009 This column provides an overview of restraint in psittacine birds and administration of subcutaneous fluids and intramuscular injections. The principles described here may be also used on other families of ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Restraint, Physical'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• The health consequences of using physical restraints in nursing homes. 30 Oct 2009
• Spiking in primary somatosensory cortex during natural whisking in awake head-restrained rats is cell-type specific. 2 Sep 2009
• Restraint and administration of subcutaneous fluids and intramuscular injections in psittacine birds. 30 Aug 2009
• Fatal pulmonary embolism following antipsychotic treatment and physical restraint. 30 Aug 2009
• The evidence for non-pharmacological therapy of hand and hip OA. 30 Aug 2009
• Prenatal stress alters spine density and dendritic length of nucleus accumbens and hippocampus neurons in rat offspring. 30 Aug 2009
• Knockout of the norepinephrine transporter and pharmacologically diverse antidepressants prevent behavioral and brain neurotrophin alterations in two chronic stress models of depression. 16 Aug 2009
• Opposite role of infralimbic and prelimbic cortex in the tachycardiac response evoked by acute restraint stress in rats. 13 Aug 2009
• The use of physical restraints in home care in the Netherlands. 11 Aug 2009
• Quality of care in for-profit and not-for-profit nursing homes: systematic review and meta-analysis. 2 Aug 2009
• Effect of methanolic extract of Pongamia pinnata Linn seed on gastro-duodenal ulceration and mucosal offensive and defensive factors in rats. 30 Jul 2009
• [Biochemical markers of bone turnover. New aspect. Changes in bone turnover markers during fracture healing] 30 Jul 2009
• Fatty infiltration of the gastrocsoleus after tendo-achilles lengthening and gastrocnemius recession in a rabbit model. 30 Jul 2009
• Hydrotherapy in state mental hospitals in the mid-twentieth century. 30 Jul 2009
• Intramuscular haloperidol versus intramuscular olanzapine for treatment of acute agitation: a cost-minimization study. 30 Jul 2009
• Measuring biting behavior induced by acute stress in the rat. 30 Jul 2009
• Activity of the 5-HT1A receptor is involved in the alteration of glucocorticoid receptor in hippocampus and corticotropin-releasing factor in hypothalamus in SPS rats. 30 Jul 2009
• You're the flight surgeon: a psychiatric patient in a combat zone. 30 Jul 2009
• Chiral separation of catechins in buckwheat groats and the effects of phenolic compounds in mice subjected to restraint stress. 20 Jul 2009
• Effects of environmental stress on mRNA and protein expression levels of steroid 5alpha-Reductase isozymes in adult rat brain. 13 Jul 2009

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Technical information about 'Restraint, Physical'

Definition: Use of a device for the purpose of controlling movement of all or part of the body. Splinting and casting are FRACTURE FIXATION.

Descriptor UI: D012149

Alternative terms: Restraint, Physical; Physical Restraints; Restraints, Physical; Physical Restraint; Immobilization, Physical; Physical Immobilization;

Related Mesh Headings: Immobilization; Protective Devices;

Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects; ethics; instrumentation; legislation & jurisprudence; methods; physiology; psychology; statistics & numerical data; standards; utilization; veterinary;

Tree Number: E02.085.700; E05.472.760;

History Note: 1977

Technical Notes: human and animal: NIM with no qualif for restraint of animals in experimental stress states; do not confuse with IMMOBILIZATION: if in doubt use word of text