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Effectiveness of a combination of cognitive behavioral therapy and task-oriented balance training in reducing the fear of falling in patients with chronic stroke: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial - Liu TW, Ng GYF, Ng SSM.
BACKGROUND: The consequences of falls are devastating for patients with stroke. Balance problems and fear of falling are two major challenges, and recent systematic reviews have revealed that habitual physical exercise training alone cannot reduce the occu...
Source: SafetyLit - March 12, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Falls Source Type: news
Fear of falling in acute stroke: the Fall Study of Gothenburg (FallsGOT) - Lar én A, Odqvist A, Hansson PO, Persson CU.
OBJECTIVE Little is known about which factors are associated with a patient's fear of falling (FoF) after acute stroke. The aim of this study was to investigate baseline variables and their association with FoF during rehabilitation in acute stroke. Patien...
Source: SafetyLit - March 7, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news
A pilot study: can the UFOV assessment be used as a repeated measure to determine timing of on-road assessment in stroke? - McNamara A, John Barr C, Bond MJ, George S.
BACKGROUND/AIMS: Useful Field of View scores are predictive of on-road performance post-stroke. No objective data exist to determine if the Useful Field of View (UFOV) assessment can be used as a repeated measure in the post-stroke population to determine ...
Source: SafetyLit - February 26, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Distraction, Fatigue, Chronobiology, Vigilance, Workload Source Type: news
A novel one arm motorized walker for hemiplegic stroke survivors: a feasibility study - Cho KH, Pyo S, Shin GS, Hong SD, Lee SH, Lee D, Song S, Lee G.
This study aimed to test the safety and feasibility of a prototype one-arm motorized walker that uses a power-driven dev...
Source: SafetyLit - February 5, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news
FIT for FUNCTION: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial - Richardson J, Tang A, Guyatt G, Thabane L, Xie F, Sahlas D, Hart R, Fleck R, Hladysh G, Macrae L.
BACKGROUND: The current state of evidence suggests that community-based exercise programs are beneficial in improving impairment, function, and health status, and are greatly needed for persons with stroke. However, limitations of these studies include ris...
Source: SafetyLit - January 18, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Community-Based Prevention Source Type: news
Functional reach, depression scores and number of medications are associated with number of falls in people with chronic stroke - Alenazi AM, Alshehri MM, Alothman S, Rucker J, Dunning K, D'Silva L, Kluding PM.
BACKGROUND: Falls are a common adverse event among people with stroke. Previous studies investigating risk of falls after stroke have relied primarily on retrospective fall history ranging from 6-12 months recall, with inconsistent findings. OBJECT...
Source: SafetyLit - January 3, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news
Fall risk during opposing stance perturbations among healthy adults and chronic stroke survivors - Patel PJ, Bhatt T.
Studies examining recovery from SLIPS and TRIPS indicate higher incidence of falls during SLIPS than TRIPS however, differences in the recovery mechanisms during these opposing perturbations have not been examined. We therefore aimed to compare the reactiv...
Source: SafetyLit - December 29, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news
Developing a falls prevention program for community-dwelling stroke survivors in Singapore: client and caregiver perspectives - Xu T, O'Loughlin K, Clemson L, Lannin NA, Dean C, Koh G.
PURPOSE: Drawing on the perspectives of stroke survivors, family members and domestic helpers, this study explores participants' experiences of self-perceived fall risk factors after stroke, common fall prevention strategies used, and challenges to communi...
Source: SafetyLit - December 28, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news
Bilateral early activity in the hip flexors associated with falls in stroke survivors: preliminary evidence from laboratory-induced falls - Celinskis D, Grabiner MD, Honeycutt CF.
OBJECTIVE: Falls are the most common and expensive medical complication following stroke. Hypermetric reflexes have been suggested to impact post-stroke balance but no study has evaluated reflex amplitudes under real conditions of falls in this population....
Source: SafetyLit - December 11, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news
Post-stroke fatigue and depressive symptoms are differentially related to mobility and cognitive performance - MacIntosh BJ, Edwards JD, Kang M, Cogo-Moreira H, Chen JL, Mochizuki G, Herrmann N, Swardfager W.
This study investigates how they are related, directly or indirectly, to mobility and cognitive outcomes within 6 months of stroke. METHODS: Participant...
Source: SafetyLit - November 28, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news
Association of stroke subtypes with risk of hip fracture: a population-based study in Taiwan - Zheng JQ, Lai HJ, Zheng CM, Yen YC, Lu KC, Hu CJ, Lee HH, Wang YH.
This study aimed to investigate the association of stroke subtypes and hip fracture by using the Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database. Significantly higher risks of hip fracture were found fo...
Source: SafetyLit - November 27, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Photobiomodulation for traumatic brain injury and stroke - Hamblin MR.
There is a notable lack of therapeutic alternatives for what is fast becoming a global epidemic of traumatic brain injury (TBI). Photobiomodulation (PBM) employs red or near-infrared (NIR) light (600-1100nm) to stimulate healing, protect tissue from dying,...
Source: SafetyLit - November 16, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Program and Other Evaluations, Effectiveness Studies Source Type: news
Population-based study of ischemic stroke risk after trauma in children and young adults - Fox CK, Hills NK, Vinson DR, Numis AL, Dicker RA, Sidney S, Fullerton HJ.
OBJECTIVE: To quantify the incidence, timing, and risk of ischemic stroke after trauma in a population-based young cohort. METHODS: We electronically identified trauma patients (...
Source: SafetyLit - November 13, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Prediction of falls in subjects suffering from Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis and stroke - Beghi E, Gervasoni E, Pupillo E, Bianchi E, Montesano A, Aprile I, Agostini M, Rovaris M, Cattaneo D.
OBJECTIVE: To compare the risk of falls and fall predictors in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD), multiple sclerosis (MS) and stroke using the same study design. DESIGN: Multicenter prospective cohort study. SETTING: Three [masked] institution...
Source: SafetyLit - November 13, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news
Outcome and risk factors associated with extent of central nervous system injury due to exertional heat stroke - Yang M, Li Z, Zhao Y, Zhou F, Zhang Y, Gao J, Yin T, Hu X, Mao Z, Xiao J, Wang L, Liu C, Ma L, Yuan Z, Lv J, Shen H, Hou PC, Kang H.
To explore the relationship between the extent of central nervous system (CNS) injury and patient outcomes meanwhile research the potential risk factors associated with neurologic sequelae. In this retrospective cohort study, we analyzed data from 117 cons...
Source: SafetyLit - November 7, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
