How to End the Futile Blame Game Over Failed Long COVID Research
The health outlook for Long COVID sufferers is no better today than it was when the condition was first recognized in early 2020. This has been attributed in large measure to the disappointing results of clinical research, particularly when compared to the magnitude of the problem.
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Now with hundreds of published results emerging from federally conducted or sponsored research, outraged experts and patient advocates say that there is little to show for it. The critique is that the pace of the work is slow and opaque, and that little has emerged that directly impacts prev...
Source: TIME: Health - November 15, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Steven Phillips and Michelle Williams Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 Source Type: news
Safety-promoting interventions for the older person with hip fracture on returning home: a systematic review - Rocha P, Baixinho CL, Marques A, Henriques MA.
BACKGROUND: Older adults with a prior history of falls that results in hip fractures have difficulties in regaining pre-fracture functional capacity. Scientific evidence has shown benefits of the implementation of multidimensional rehabilitation programs, ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - November 15, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news
Zynex Submits FDA Application for its Next Generation NMES Device
ENGLEWOOD, Colo., Nov. 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Zynex, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZYXI), an innovative medical technology company specializing in the manufacture and sale of non-invasive medical devices for pain management, rehabilitation, and patient monitoring, today announced that it has submitted... (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - November 13, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: FDA PDT Source Type: news
Communication between rehabilitation staff and people with traumatic brain injury: a systematic review - Christensen I, Power E, Togher L, Brassel S, Elbourn E, Folder N, Jensen LR.
This systematic review aimed to synthesize barriers and facilitators in communicative interactions between staff and people with traumatic brain injury (TBI) in the rehabilitation context. Searches captured published evidence up to November 2022 in MEDLINE... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - November 13, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Creation and evaluation of human models with varied walking ability from motion capture for assistive device development - Chan SS, Lei M, Johan H, Ang WT.
As the world ages, rehabilitation and assistive devices will play a key role in improving mobility. However, designing controllers for these devices presents several challenges, from varying degrees of impairment to unique adaptation strategies of users. T... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - November 13, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news
Modeling the human gait phases by using B èzier curves to generate walking trajectories for lower-limb exoskeletons - Zuccatti M, Zinni G, Maludrottu S, Pericu V, Laffranchi M, Del Prete A, De Michieli L, Vassallo C.
The clinical usage of powered exoskeletons for the rehabilitation of patients affected by lower limb disorders has been constantly growing in the last decade. This paper presents a versatile and reliable gait pattern generator for these devices able to acc... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - November 13, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news
Are we jumping to the wrong conclusions? Longer jumps and more hops in female football players who went on to sustain a primary or secondary ACL injury compared to those who did not - F ältström A, Kvist J, Hägglund M.
BACKGROUND: Different functional performance tests are used to assess patients in the clinic and before return to sport (RTS), where the rehabilitation goal is to reach good strength and jumping ability. A limb symmetry index of ≥ 90% is a common target in... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - November 13, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Treating Cancer Survivors at Increased Cardiovascular Risk Treating Cancer Survivors at Increased Cardiovascular Risk
A cardio-oncology rehabilitation model for cancer survivors at high cardiovascular risk may lead to greater improvements in peak oxygen consumption in comparison with usual care.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines - November 10, 2023 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Source Type: news
Utilizing mobile robotics for pelvic perturbations to improve balance and cognitive performance in older adults: a randomized controlled trial - Adeniyi A, Stramel DM, Rahman D, Rahman M, Yadav A, Zhou J, Kim GY, Agrawal SK.
Late-life balance disorders remain a severe problem with fatal consequences. Perturbation-based balance training (PBT), a form of rehabilitation that intentionally introduces small, unpredictable disruptions to an individual's gait cycle, can improve balan... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - November 10, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news
Utilization of rehabilitation services in violent versus non-violent traumatic spinal cord injury - Barnett HM, Wilson JM, Kunapaisal T, Nehra D, Vavilala MS, Hoffman JM, Crane DA.
INTRODUCTION: Violence is the third leading cause of spinal cord injury (SCI) in the United States, and people with violence-related SCI have worse long-term outcomes compared to other traumatic SCI etiologies. Little is known, however, about the underlyin... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - November 10, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Teaching motor skills without a motor: a semi-passive robot to facilitate learning - Augenstein TE, Remy CD, Claflin ES, Ranganathan R, Krishnan C.
Semi-passive rehabilitation robots resist and steer a patient's motion using only controllable passive force elements (e.g., controllable brakes). Contrarily, passive robots use uncontrollable passive force elements (e.g., springs), while active robots use... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - November 10, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news
Hospitals - rehabilitation
ABOUT THE LIST Information was obtained from representatives of listed acute-care hospitals, state health departments and Louisville Business First research. Others might have been eligible but did not respond to information requests. The list is limited to acute-care hospitals in the Louisville area of Jefferson, Bullitt, Hardin, Henry, Meade, Nelson, Oldham, Shelby, Spencer and Trimble counties in Kentucky and Clark, Floyd, Harrison, Scott and Washington counties in Indiana. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - November 10, 2023 Category: Biotechnology Source Type: news
Post-stroke mobility rehab gets more personalised with new wearable robot
The device developed by Hong Kong researchers is said to be 40% more effective for rehabilitation of ankle-foot following a stroke than applying external mechanical forces alone. (Source: mobihealthnews)
Source: mobihealthnews - November 9, 2023 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Nigeria: Cultivating Political Will for Universal Health Coverage in Nigeria
[Nigeria Health Watch] Universal Health Coverage (UHC) is a health-systems performance outcome where people have access to quality health care where and when they need it, without financial hardship. Coverage can be defined in two ways: the range of health services provided (promotive, preventive, curative, rehabilitative, and palliative) and the proportion of the population covered. While no country can provide health services to 100% of its population, measures that ensure that the poorest and most vulnerable are cared for (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 9, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Nigeria West Africa Source Type: news
Concussion rehabilitation and the application of ten movement training principles - McLoughlin J.
Concussion awareness continues to grow in all aspects of healthcare, including the areas of prevention, acute care, and ongoing rehabilitation. Most of the concussion research to date has focussed on the challenges around screening and diagnosing what can ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - November 8, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
