{"title":"Investigation of Possum users in Scotland.","authors":"F Bell, E Whitfield, P Rollett","doi":"10.3109/03790798709166190","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3109/03790798709166190","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>New users in Scotland of Possum PSU3 environmental control equipment were investigated over a 2-year period. At the conclusion of the study, of 48 disabled people, some 9 months after installation, 29 (60%) were still using the equipment, seven (15%) still had the equipment but were not using it, seven (15%) had had the equipment removed or cancelled at their request, and five (10%) had died. Of the 29 users eight (28%) were having specific operational difficulties. Analysis of a series of factors which could have influenced the outcome of the study did not reveal any one statistically significant factor affecting the success or failure of the use of the equipment for the whole sample. Individual case studies did reveal some problems which should be attended to, and which are relevant to occupational therapists.</p>","PeriodicalId":75944,"journal":{"name":"International rehabilitation medicine","volume":"8 3","pages":"105-12"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1987-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3109/03790798709166190","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14086851","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Such sweet sorrow.","authors":"P Wood","doi":"10.3109/03790798709166188","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3109/03790798709166188","url":null,"abstract":"From the combination of knowledge and actions, someone can improve their skill and ability. It will lead them to live and work much better. This is why, the students, workers, or even employers should have reading habit for books. Any book will give certain knowledge to take all benefits. This is what this such sweet sorrow tells you. It will add more knowledge of you to life and work better. Try it and prove it.","PeriodicalId":75944,"journal":{"name":"International rehabilitation medicine","volume":"8 3","pages":"97"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1987-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3109/03790798709166188","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14680391","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Impairment, disability, and the ICIDH model. III: Underlying disease, impairment, and disability.","authors":"E M Badley, J Lee","doi":"10.3109/03790798709166212","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3109/03790798709166212","url":null,"abstract":"Secondary analysis of data carried out in a national survey of the disabled is used to explore the relationship between underlying condition, impairment and disability, where the conditions are considered in three groups depending on whether they affect control, mechanical performance or energy. Comparison of impairment and disability profiles highlights the role of functional limitation in mediating between disease and disability. Disability profiles were found to be less associated with the underlying condition than were impairment profiles, but this can to some extent be explained by the nature of the functional limitation.","PeriodicalId":75944,"journal":{"name":"International rehabilitation medicine","volume":"8 4","pages":"174-81"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1987-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3109/03790798709166212","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14090899","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Bath aids--their use by a multi-diagnostic group of patients.","authors":"I Shipham","doi":"10.3109/03790798709166214","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3109/03790798709166214","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A survey was undertaken on use of bath seats, and whether diagnosis, age, sex, living conditions and payment for the aid(s) influenced their use. Eighty-two per cent of patients were found to use their aids. Only diagnosis influenced the use significantly (p = 0.008). With correspondence analysis those with joint disease showed closest relationship with permanent use. Those with spinal cord injury showed closest relationship with no use.</p>","PeriodicalId":75944,"journal":{"name":"International rehabilitation medicine","volume":"8 4","pages":"182-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1987-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3109/03790798709166214","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14090900","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Retraining of functional gait through the reduction of upper extremity weight-bearing in chronic cerebellar ataxia.","authors":"R Balliet, K B Harbst, D Kim, R V Stewart","doi":"10.3109/03790798709166204","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3109/03790798709166204","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Patients with chronic ataxia resulting from traumatic central nervous system (CNS) damage frequently attain a gait pattern dependent upon upper extremity weight-bearing (UEWB). Traditional attempts to train these patients may perpetuate UEWB dependency, by not allowing optimal facilitation of balance and associated movement control required for independent ambulation. In the present study an ambulation retraining approach designed to facilitate coordination and balance while minimizing UEWB was used. This approach can allow the patient to train outside of the clinic; only about 5% of the actual therapy hours involved a therapist.</p>","PeriodicalId":75944,"journal":{"name":"International rehabilitation medicine","volume":"8 4","pages":"148-53"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1987-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3109/03790798709166204","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14731771","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Impending surgery: the expectations of male coronary patients and their wives.","authors":"A Radley, R Green, M Radley","doi":"10.3109/03790798709166206","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3109/03790798709166206","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Waiting to receive coronary graft surgery presents patients and their spouses with a stressful episode which nevertheless holds out the possibilities of symptom relief and improved quality of life. This study examines differences between couples in their experience of waiting, approach to surgery and expectations of treatment benefit. These differences, conceptualized in terms of a theory of adjustment to illness, are discussed in relation to their practical implications for helping patients and spouses to prepare for surgery and its possible outcomes.</p>","PeriodicalId":75944,"journal":{"name":"International rehabilitation medicine","volume":"8 4","pages":"154-61"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1987-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3109/03790798709166206","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14620935","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Functional evaluation of cerebral palsy using the ICIDH.","authors":"J Pfeiffer","doi":"10.3109/03790798609166501","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3109/03790798609166501","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In the past children with cerebral palsy have been assessed by evaluation of the most important functions found to be disturbed in this condition. Such evaluation provides a database for planning long-term rehabilitation. The approach has been transformed by introduction of the ICIDH. From a practical point of view it is useful to concentrate evaluation on only the typical and important disabilities associated with cerebral palsy. It is recommended that, where the severity scale is not applicable to particular disabilities, appropriate means of scaling the severity of involvement should be developed.</p>","PeriodicalId":75944,"journal":{"name":"International rehabilitation medicine","volume":"8 1","pages":"11-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1986-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3109/03790798609166501","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14078021","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A test battery to measure the recovery of voluntary movement control following stroke.","authors":"A J Turton, C M Fraser","doi":"10.3109/03790798609166179","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3109/03790798609166179","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Tests of upper limb function and an activities of daily living (ADL) index were selected to measure recovery following stroke. Thirty stroke patients were assessed at intervals for up to 6 months to 1 year post-stroke using the battery. The results showed the ADL index is insensitive to upper limb recovery. All the tests measured recovery in some of the patients after 24 weeks post-stroke. Since the presentation and recovery of patients was variable, it is argued that it is necessary to offer a selection of assessment tests to measure recovery and to aid treatment planning.</p>","PeriodicalId":75944,"journal":{"name":"International rehabilitation medicine","volume":"8 2","pages":"74-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1986-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3109/03790798609166179","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14923293","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Aerobic capacity during two-arm and one-leg ergometric exercise.","authors":"V Bond, B Balkissoon, M Caprarola, R J Tearney","doi":"10.3109/03790798609166181","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3109/03790798609166181","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Previous studies have shown that maximal oxygen uptake (VO2 max) measured during two-arm cranking and one-leg cycling is about 70-78 per cent of VO2 max measured during two-leg cycling. The present study investigated the maximal physiological responses of eight healthy untrained males during two-arm, one-leg, and two-leg ergometric exercise. Two-arm cranking and one-leg cycling were found to be 55 and 66 per cent of two-leg VO2 max, respectively. The % VO2 max at which the anaerobic threshold occurred during the two-arm and one-leg exercise conditions were 57 and 68 per cent, respectively. These findings suggest that when the active muscle mass is limited, a progressive exercise test using one leg may elicit a higher VO2 max than with two arms.</p>","PeriodicalId":75944,"journal":{"name":"International rehabilitation medicine","volume":"8 2","pages":"79-81"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1986-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3109/03790798609166181","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14923294","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Speleotherapy: a special kind of climatotherapy, its role in respiratory rehabilitation.","authors":"T Horvath","doi":"10.3109/03790798609166185","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3109/03790798609166185","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Speleotherapy, the use of the climate of caves, is an accepted but not widely known therapeutic measure in the treatment of chronic obstructive airway diseases. This study summarizes the therapeutic experiences of more than 4000 patients who were treated in a 10-year period in a hospital-cave complex in Tapolca, Hungary. A sharp and long-lasting clinical improvement and a significant recovery from airway obstruction could be observed in the overwhelming majority of patients. It is established that the microclimate of some caves can beneficially affect these disorders, but the cave should be considered as an optimal environment for complex respiratory rehabilitation.</p>","PeriodicalId":75944,"journal":{"name":"International rehabilitation medicine","volume":"8 2","pages":"90-2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1986-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3109/03790798609166185","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14923295","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}