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Rehabilitation professionals' views on individual peer support interventions for assisting stroke survivors with reintegration into the community: a qualitative study
CONCLUSIONS: Our study supports the necessity to involve professionals in the construction of peer-support interventions and to sensitise them to provide patient-centred care. It delivers insights on effective implementation strategies to develop peer support interventions for stroke survivors reintegrating the community.PMID:36576210 | DOI:10.1080/09638288.2022.2152115
Source: Disability and Rehabilitation - December 28, 2022 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Sara Corbin Eleonore Damiolini Anne Termoz Laure Huchon Gilles Rode Anne-Marie Schott Julie Haesebaert Source Type: research

Task and ecologically based assessment of upper-limb passive function before and after botulinum injections in adults with stroke using the Upper-Limb Performance Assessment: French cross-cultural adaptation and feasibility pilot study
CONCLUSIONS: French use of ULPA is a promising standardized, objective and ecologically based assessment of passive performance in adults with stroke. Preliminary findings after TCCA support feasibility for measurement of individualized goals for UL passive use. Future studies may explore other tasks and environments. Implications for rehabilitationULPA is a performance-based, criterion-referenced and ecological measure of individualized goals based on task-analysis of upper-limb (UL) performance in real-life situations providing an interest for individualized assessment of activity and participation.The measure provides a...
Source: Disability and Rehabilitation - June 14, 2022 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Claire Villepinte Camille Cormier Mathilde Couderc Claire Lebely HuiJun Chih Xavier de Boissezon Judy Ranka David Gasq Source Type: research

Relationships between overall physical activity and step counts in able-bodied adults and stroke survivors in developing countries: a cross-sectional study
CONCLUSION: There is a strong relationship between overall PA and step counts in able-bodied adults and stroke survivors in Benin. Step counts appear to be an indicator of PA levels in developing countries, suggesting walking as a potential exercise to improve PA levels in stroke survivors.Implications for RehabilitationStep counts could serve as an indicator of physical activity levels in stroke survivors in developing countries.Walking may be suggested as exercise to improve physical activity levels in stroke survivors in developing countries.In Africa French speaking countries, the IPAQ-AF could be used to assess physic...
Source: Disability and Rehabilitation - March 9, 2022 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Aristide S Honado Orthelo L éonel Gbètoho Atigossou Jean-Fran çois Daneault Jean-S ébastien Roy Charles S èbiyo Batcho Source Type: research