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Recent trends in telerehabilitation of stroke patients: A narrative review
CONCLUSIONS: The review shows TR is superior or similar to conventional rehabilitation in clinical outcomes and is used as complementary therapy or as alternative treatments. More importantly, TR provides access to rehabilitation services of a large number of patients with immobility, living in remote areas, and during COVID-19 pandemic or similar events.PMID:35527574 | DOI:10.3233/NRE-210330
Source: NeuroRehabilitation - May 9, 2022 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Vitaly A Nikolaev Alexander A Nikolaev Source Type: research
UN Aims at People-Centered Governance in a Post-Pandemic World
A rescued boat woman and her two children eat some welcome food at a centre in Kuala Cangkoi, Indonesia. The UN urges 'people-centred' approach to migrants and refugees in Southeast Asia. Credit: UNHCRBy Simone GalimbertiKATHMANDU, Nepal, Apr 29 2022 (IPS) The recently disseminated Zero Draft Ministerial Declaration of the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF)– the main UN event to track the member states’ progress to achieve the Agenda 2030 slated to be held in the first half of July– is a disappointment.
For all its comprehensiveness, the document neglected to mention one of the most...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - April 29, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Simone Galimberti Tags: COVID-19 Development & Aid Featured Food and Agriculture Global Global Governance Headlines Poverty & SDGs TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau Source Type: news
Grace Under Pressure: Resiliency of Quality Monitoring of Stroke Care During the Covid-19 Pandemic in Mexico City
Stroke is one of the leading causes of death and disability among adults worldwide. The World Health Organization (WHO) officially declared a COVID-19 pandemic on March 11, 2020. The first case in Mexico was confirmed in February 2020, subsequently becoming one of the countries most affected by the pandemic. In 2020, The National Institute of Neurology of Mexico started a Quality assurance program for stroke care, consisting of registering, monitoring and feedback of stroke quality measures through the RES-Q platform. We aim to describe changes in the demand for stroke healthcare assistance at the National Institute of Neu...
Source: Frontiers in Neurology - April 6, 2022 Category: Neurology Source Type: research
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the frequency, clinical spectrum and outcomes of pediatric guillain-Barr & #233; syndrome in India: A multicentric ambispective cohort study
Conclusions: The COVID-19 pandemic led to a marked decline in pediatric GBS presenting to hospitals. Antecedent illnesses, clinical and electrophysiological profile of GBS remained largely unchanged from the pre-pandemic era.
Source: Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology - February 22, 2022 Category: Neurology Authors: Divyani Garg Rajinder K Dhamija Aditya Choudhary Ritu Shree Sujit Kumar Priyanka Samal Abhishek Pathak Pamidimukkala Vijaya Yareeda Sireesha Sruthi S Nair Sanjay Sharma Soaham Desai Human P Sinha Ayush Agarwal Ashish Upadhyay MV Padma Srivastava Rohit Bha Source Type: research
When the cupboard is bare: Impact of low pay revealed by conference
On a busy opening day of UNISON’s women’s conference – held virtually because of the continuing pandemic – delegates worked hard to ensure they have every chance of getting through the entire agenda.
Irene Graham from Northern Ireland told delegates about that region’s relaunch of the Feminist Recover Plan, which highlights the effects of both the pandemic and Brexit on women.
Conference voted to support the region’s plan and called on the national committee to use it as a model to shape its future work.
Describing the struggle low-paid women workers have to survive on “on the hamster wheel of life”, Laura ...
Source: UNISON meat hygiene - February 18, 2022 Category: Food Science Authors: Amanda Kendal Tags: Article News 2022 National Womens Conference Source Type: news
Stroke patients waiting nearly an hour longer to get to hospital
Some stroke patients are waiting nearly an hour longer to get to hospital than before the pandemic, risking their lives and chances of recovering without severe disability, HSJ has found.
Source: HSJ - January 18, 2022 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Feasibility of a remotely supervised home-based group eHealth Fitness and Mobility Exercise program for stroke: French-Canadian version preliminary study
CONCLUSION: FAME@home was feasible to deliver as a remotely supervised group exercise program to community-dwelling stroke survivors, with high levels of retention and adherence. FAME@home improved accessibility to exercise and facilitated engagement by having a class schedule and social interaction.PMID:34994303 | DOI:10.1080/10749357.2021.2012008
Source: Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation - January 7, 2022 Category: Neurology Authors: Marie-Andr e Gagnon Charles S biyo Batcho Marie-Louise Bird Benoit Labb Krista L Best Source Type: research
Barriers leading to increased disability in neurologically challenged populations during COVID-19 pandemic: a scoping review
CONCLUSIONS: COVID-19 pandemic has given rise to barriers that affect almost every aspect of healthcare and rehabilitation in neurologically challenged populations prompting an increase in their disability level. This can assist policymakers in designing mitigation strategies to minimize the detrimental effects on this vulnerable population.Implications for rehabilitationPandemic has led to the worsening of existing motor and non-motor symptoms, which need to be monitored, assessed and managed medically, and through rehabilitation in neurologically challenged populations.Notable decline of cognition and physical activity i...
Source: Disability and Rehabilitation - October 20, 2021 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Jennifer D'souza Arunima Biswas Pooja Gada Jaydip Mangroliya Manikandan Natarajan Source Type: research
