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Sexual Rehabilitation After a Stroke: A Multi-site Qualitative Study About Influencing Factors and Strategies to Improve Services
This study aimed to better understand the factors influencing the provision of sexuality-related post-stroke rehabilitation services by clinicians on different sites and to explore strategies to improve post-stroke rehabilitation services with stakeholders. A qualitative study with co-design methods was conducted with 20 clinicians from five post-stroke rehabilitation centers in Canada, 1 manager and 1 patient-partner. Participants either took part in a focus group or in sessions of an adapted version of the LEGO Serious Play method to explore influencing factors and strategies of improvement in relation to post-stroke sex...
Source: Sexuality and Disability - May 24, 2023 Category: Disability Source Type: research

Responsiveness of the Reaching Performance Scale for Stroke
CONCLUSION: In addition to being reliable and valid, the RPSS is also responsive. Along with the FMA-UE, using RPSS scores can help present a more comprehensive picture of motor compensations to characterize post-stroke upper limb motor improvement.PMID:37178950 | DOI:10.1016/j.apmr.2023.04.020
Source: Health Physics - May 13, 2023 Category: Physics Authors: Sandeep K Subramanian Gita Margolese Andrea Turolla Gustavo Saposnik Mindy F Levin Source Type: research

The 5 Best Ways to Control High Cholesterol, According to People With the Condition
There are a variety of factors that influence cardiovascular risk—but cholesterol is one of the first things that doctors pay attention to. Having high levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol is “definitely a variable we try to manage, because it’s been shown to be problematic for heart health,” says Dr. Adriana Quinones-Camacho, a cardiologist at NYU Langone Health. Though it’s often called the “bad” kind of cholesterol, LDL cholesterol makes up most of your body’s cholesterol stores. That means it’s not a villain on its own, but when levels start creeping ...
Source: TIME: Health - January 18, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Elizabeth Millard Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate heart health Source Type: news

Canadian Stroke Best Practice Recommendations: Virtual Stroke Rehabilitation Interim Consensus Statement 2022
The seventh edition of the Canadian Stroke Best Practice Recommendations for Rehabilitation and Recovery following Stroke includes a new section devoted to the provision of virtual stroke rehabilitation. This consensus statement uses Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluations methodology and Appraisal of Guidelines for Research & Evaluation II principles. A literature search was conducted using PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane databases. An expert writing group reviewed all evidence and developed recommendations, as well as consensus-based clinical considerations where evidence was insufficient for a r...
Source: American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation - October 29, 2022 Category: Rehabilitation Tags: Analysis & Perspective Source Type: research

Canadian Stroke Best Practice Recommendations: Virtual Stroke Rehabilitation Consensus Statement 2022
Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2022 Jun 29. doi: 10.1097/PHM.0000000000002062. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe 7th edition of the Canadian Stroke Best Practice Recommendations (CSBPR) for Rehabilitation and Recovery following Stroke includes a new section devoted to the provision of virtual stroke rehabilitation. This consensus statement utilizes GRADE methodology and AGREE II principles. A literature search was conducted using PUBMED, EMBASE and COCHRANE databases. An expert writing group reviewed all evidence and developed recommendations, as well as consensus-based clinical considerations where evidence was insufficient for a...
Source: Health Physics - June 29, 2022 Category: Physics Authors: Nancy M Salbach Anita Mountain M Patrice Lindsay Dylan Blacquiere Rebecca McGuff Norine Foley H élène Corriveau Joyce Fung Natalie Gierman Elizabeth Inness Elizabeth Linkewich Colleen O'Connell Brodie Sakakibara Eric E Smith Ada Tang Debbie Timpson Tina Source Type: research

Exercise medicine and physical activity promotion: core curricula for US medical schools, residencies and sports medicine fellowships: developed by the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine and endorsed by the Canadian Academy of Sport and Exercise Medicine
Regular physical activity provides a variety of health benefits and is proven to treat and prevent several non-communicable diseases. Specifically, physical activity enhances muscular and osseous strength, improves cardiorespiratory fitness, and reduces the risk of hypertension, coronary heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes, mental health disorders, cognitive decline and several cancers. Despite these well-known benefits, physical activity promotion in clinical practice is underused due to insufficient training during medical education. Medical trainees in the USA receive relatively few hours of instruction in sports and...
Source: British Journal of Sports Medicine - March 17, 2022 Category: Sports Medicine Authors: Asif, I., Thornton, J. S., Carek, S., Miles, C., Nayak, M., Novak, M., Stovak, M., Zaremski, J. L., Drezner, J. Tags: Editor's choice, BJSM Consensus statement Source Type: research

Efficacy of a Forearm Rotation Orthosis for People With a Hemiparetic Arm
CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE: The OTTO intervention provides clinically important benefits in self-perceived functional performance to people poststroke. What This Article Adds: The OTTO approach is an occupation-focused intervention that aims at functional performance and emphasizes clients' active engagement throughout the process. The findings suggest that the protocol of the OTTO intervention and its efficacy are appropriate for clinical practice.PMID:34792542 | DOI:10.5014/ajot.2021.043455
Source: The American Journal of Occupational Therapy - November 18, 2021 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Chih-Huang Yu Virgil G Mathiowetz Andrew Zieffler George S Tomlin Source Type: research

The profession of neuropsychologist in Canada: Findings of a national survey
Clin Neuropsychol. 2021 Nov 18:1-33. doi: 10.1080/13854046.2021.2002934. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe purpose of this study was to investigate the demographic characteristics, academic training and types of professional activities of clinical neuropsychologists in Canada.282 participants completed an online-based survey.Respondents were women for the most part and had a mean age of 43 years. They typically had doctoral-level training (85%) and about one-quarter had postdoctoral training (23%). Nearly half (47%) had a lifespan practice, over one-third (37%) had an adults-only practice, and about one-sixth (16%) had an ...
Source: The Clinical Neuropsychologist - November 18, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Sebastien Monette Josie-Anne Bertrand Elisabeth Perreau-Linck Daniela Ramos-Usuga Diego Rivera Juan Carlos Arango-Lasprilla Source Type: research

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