• Filter By:
• Specialty
• Source
• Condition
• Cancer
• Infectious Disease
• Drug
• Training
• Management
• Procedure
• Therapy
• Vaccine
• Nutrition
• Country

Experiences of participating in a vocational rehabilitation program in Singapore
CONCLUSION: The Singaporean VR program demonstrated internationally recommended best practices. These best practices were beneficial for the participants' return-to-work process, as reflected by their positive feedback about the program. Our study emphasizes the need for comprehensive and evidence-based VR programs to meet the complex needs of individuals with disabilities who want to return to work.Implications for rehabilitationMulti- or inter-disciplinary care services are needed in vocational rehabilitation (VR) programs to support the complex return-to-work process of clients.VR programs should have the capacity to pr...
Source: Disability and Rehabilitation - December 24, 2022 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Nizar Bin Zainal Mohamad Yee Sien Ng Miho Asano Source Type: research

Ekso Bionics Steps Up to Develop Exoskeleton Market in Asia
China is expected to have 30 million stroke patients by 2030, and many of those patients will have some degree of disability. And yet, the stroke and spinal cord rehabilitation industry in China is not as developed as it is in the United States. A new joint venture between Ekso Bionics, Zhejiang Youchuang Venture Capital Investment (ZYVC) and Zhejiang Silicon Paradise Asset Management Group could change that. "This joint venture is a transformative opportunity both for Ekso Bionics and for the millions of Chinese stroke and spinal cord injury patients who currently have limited access to advanced rehabilitation...
Source: MDDI - January 30, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: MDDI Staff Tags: Orthopedics Source Type: news

Interview Functional Independence Measure score: self-reporting as a simpler alternative to multidisciplinary functional assessment.
CONCLUSION: There was no FIM assessment for 14 (29.8%) patients, which highlighted the need for alternative assessment tools. Discrepancies in some scores could be due to ignorance among patients about their own limitations or feelings of embarrassment about reporting. Our results may not be valid for patient populations with cognitive or communication deficits. However, a modest agreement between patient self-reporting and multidisciplinary assessment of FIM motor score was demonstrated. Though patients tend to overrate their performance, self-reported FIM motor score could be an alternative in situations where multidisci...
Source: Singapore Medical Journal - September 5, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: Vadassery SJ, Kong KH, Ho WML Tags: Singapore Med J Source Type: research