Rehabilitation
More Physical Problems A Year After Surgery Than Before Reported By Up To 1 In 4 Patients - One in seven patients experience more pain, physical and emotional problems a year after surgery than before their operation and a quarter have less vitality. Those are the key findings of a research study of more than 400 patients published online by the British Journal of Surgery…
Physiotherapy For Arthritic Pets - On receiving an honour, the American entertainer Jack Benny once said, “I don’t deserve this award but I have arthritis and I don’t deserve that either.” Unfortunately, Benny was not alone in suffering from arthritis as he grew older. Arthritis is associated with significant discomfort and simple activities such as going for walks and climbing stairs often become extremely painful…
Playing With Pain Can Ruin Your Tennis Game - Foot pain began affecting Donna’s tennis game, and she was determined not to let it keep her from the sport she loved. The 47-year-old avid tennis player from Arizona tried to play through the pain and rest her feet between matches. But when the pain became too much, and even started affecting her everyday activities, she made an appointment with a foot and ankle surgeon…
Disasters Especially Tough On People With Disabilities, Mental Disorders - As hurricane season gets into full swing, mental health teams will be ready to respond and help survivors cope with possible devastation. Psychologists have analyzed decades of research and found that disaster response strategies should address the needs of the population affected, specifically those with disabilities and mental disorders…
Propel Technology: New Venture Will Apply F1 Technology To Improve Physiotherapy For Conditioning And Patient Rehabilitation - New company to create objective analysis and measurement physiotherapy products to improve support for critical decisions relating to patient assessment, condition and the need for surgical intervention…
Advanced Spine And Headache Center’s New Approach For Treatments Of Spinal Disc Injuries - Advanced Spine and Headache Center is pleased to announce their expansion into a multidisciplinary approach for the treatment of neck and back pain caused by an auto accident, sports injury, or work related injury. “Our main objective was to integrate physical medicine, chiropractic, physical and massage therapy, and family medicine under one location,” said founder Dr. Alex Meltser…
Physical Therapists Receive Clinical Specialist Recertification - The American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties (ABPTS) of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) announces that 371 physical therapists were awarded recertification in 2010 as board-certified clinical specialists. To date, more than 2,300 board-certified clinical specialists have been recertified…
American Board Of Physical Therapy Specialties Recognizes Board-Certified Specialists - The American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties (ABPTS) of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) awarded specialist certification to 939 physical therapists this year. Since 1985, 10,348 physical therapists have achieved board certification…
Physiotherapy After Surgery, The Best Solution For Shoulder Problems - Most patients who receive physiotherapy after surgery experience that pain is reduced by a half within a few months. Most of them are free of pain after one to two years. This is the conclusion of a thesis presented at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. “Age-related changes in tissue combined with acute trauma can contribute to shoulder problems…
Many Benefits From Cardiac Rehab, Yet Many Women Don’t Participate - People who participate in cardiac rehabilitation cut their chances of dying of heart disease by nearly 30 percent in the subsequent two to five years, according to the August issue of Mayo Clinic Women’s HealthSource. Other proven results include less stress, less pain, reduced risk of future heart problems and improved ability to return to work and participate in social activities…
Study Is First To Show Reversal Of Long-Term Hind-Limb Paralysis - A UC Irvine study is the first to demonstrate that human neural stem cells can restore mobility in cases of chronic spinal cord injury, suggesting the prospect of treating a much broader population of patients…
Wii-Like Technologies May Help Stroke Survivors Improve Communication Skills - Motion sensing technologies, such as the Nintendo Wii Remote, could be used in the rehabilitation of people with aphasia - a language impairment, commonly caused by a stroke, that affects around 250,000 people in the UK1…
Autism Research Finds Empirical Link Between Multisensory Integration And Autism - A new study by researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University has provided concrete evidence that children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) process sensory information such as sound, touch and vision differently than typically developing children…
Kessler Institute Offers Guidelines On Recognizing And Treating Concussion - With fall sports season beginning, millions of students are preparing to take to the field. Among those playing football, soccer or other contact sports, more than 3.8 million will sustain a brain injury, with football-related injuries being the most prevalent…
Pennsylvania Trauma Systems Foundation Releases White Paper On Optimal Trauma System Development In PA - The Pennsylvania Trauma Systems Foundation (PTSF) Board of Directors has released a white paper outlining recommendations for development of trauma centers in Pennsylvania moving into the future. Currently new trauma center development in Pennsylvania with limited exception is driven by competitive financial and hospital/healthcare system imperatives…
Trauma Center Care Cost-Effective - Trauma center care not only saves lives, it is a cost-effective way of treating major trauma, according to a new report from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health’s Center for Injury Research and Policy. Although treatment at a trauma center is more expensive, the benefits of this approach in terms of lives saved and quality of life-years gained outweigh the costs…
NHS Confederation Trauma Report Makes Case For Regional Commissioning Of Trauma Care - A study published by the NHS Confederation says the care of patients who have suffered serious injury or accidents is best commissioned at a regional level…
Nursing Home Residents’ Compost With A Twist - Residents at Courtland Gardens Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Randallstown, MD, are using one of their favorite hobbies to improve the environment. The residents are taking part in programs where they plant flowers using compost from their own cafeteria and others…
Children Taught To Use Wheelchair By ROLY-RObot - A robotic wheelchair is being developed that will help children learn to ‘drive’. Researchers writing in BioMed Central’s open access Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation describe the testing of ROLY-RObot-assisted Learning for Young drivers - in a group of children without disabilities and one child with cerebral palsy…
Robot Teaches Children How To Use Wheelchair At Their Own Pace - US researchers are developing a wheelchair that uses a robot to teach young users how to use it safely at their own pace, in the hope that it will lower the cost and improve accessibility to wheelchair training for children with a disability…
Protecting Your Back, Neck And Arms From ‘Laptop-itis’ - The symptoms are familiar to any student who has ever spent a long night pounding out a paper on a laptop computer: an aching neck, throbbing head and tingling fingers…
Reducing Injuries For Older Adults Using Motion Tracking Technology - Exercise is an important part of recovering from an injury, illness or surgery, but many older adults lack the knowledge and guidance needed to properly perform exercises. University of Missouri researchers from the Sinclair School of Nursing and the College of Engineering have developed technology to track motions while people exercise…
Amputee Coalition Of America’s 2010 National Conference In Irvine, Calif., Aug. 26 - 29, Inspires All Americans To Live Life Without Limitations - More than 1,000 amputees from around the country will converge in Irvine, Calif., Aug. 26 - 29, for the Amputee Coalition of America’s (ACA) 2010 National Conference, the largest gathering of its kind in the United States…
Regeneration Of Nerve Connection After Spinal Cord Injury - Researchers for the first time have induced robust regeneration of nerve connections that control voluntary movement after spinal cord injury, showing the potential for new therapeutic approaches to paralysis and other motor function impairments…
Hand Therapy Critical Link Between Serious Hand Injuries And Good Outcomes - Hand therapy is one of the most vital treatment steps in recovery from hand injury surgery, according to a literature review published in the August 2010 issue of The Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (JAAOS). In fact, many patients spend more time with the hand therapist than the orthopaedic surgeon in the effort to ensure the best results and long-term recovery…
