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Profiles of executive function across children with distinct brain disorders: traumatic brain injury, stroke, and brain tumor - Araujo GC, Antonini TN, Anderson V, Vannatta KA, Salley CG, Bigler ED, Taylor HG, Gerhardt C, Rubin K, Dennis M, Lo W, Mackay MT, Gordon A, Hajek Koterba C, Gomes A, Greenham M, Owen Yeates K.
This study examined whether children with distinct brain disorders show different profiles of strengths and weaknesses in executive functions, and differ from children without brain disorder. METHODS: Participants were children with tra...
Source: SafetyLit - May 19, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Clinical and biochemical characteristics of exertional heat stroke among paratroopers in Agra, India - Deshwal R, Tiwari D, Singh R.
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to assess the clinical profile, biochemical parameters and outcome in a series of 78 patients of heat stroke admitted and treated in a military hospital in India. METHODS: This was a prospective study in a m...
Source: SafetyLit - May 9, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Environmental Issues, Climate, Geophysics Source Type: news
The relationship between objective balance, perceived sense of balance, and fear of falling in stroke patients - Oguz S, Dem ırbüken İ, Kavlak B, Acar G, Yurdalan SU, Polat MG.
The objective of our study was to investigate the relationship between objective balance, fear of falling, and perceived sense of balance (PSB) in stroke patients. METHODS: Seventy patients aged 18-65 years with chronically developed hem...
Source: SafetyLit - May 9, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news
Relationships between environmental factors and participation in adults with traumatic brain injury, stroke, and spinal cord injury: a cross-sectional multi-center study - Wong AWK, Ng S, Dashner J, Baum MC, Hammel J, Magasi S, Lai JS, Carlozzi NE, Tulsky DS, Miskovic A, Goldsmith A, Heinemann AW.
PURPOSE: To develop and evaluate a model of environmental factors-participation relationships for persons with traumatic brain injury (TBI), stroke, and spinal cord injury (SCI), and test whether this model differed across three diagnostic groups, as well ...
Source: SafetyLit - May 2, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Physiological arousal accompanying postural responses to external perturbations after stroke - Pollock CL, Carpenter MG, Hunt MA, Gallina A, Vieira TM, Ivanova TD, Garland SJ.
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to examine simultaneously the level of physiological arousal and the postural response to external perturbations in people post-stroke compared to age-matched controls to build a more comprehensive understanding of ...
Source: SafetyLit - April 17, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news
American football and fatal exertional heat stroke: a case study of Korey Stringer - Grundstein A, Knox JA, Vanos J, Cooper ER, Casa DJ.
On August 1, 2001, Korey Stringer, a Pro Bowl offensive tackle for the Minnesota Vikings, became the first and to date the only professional American football player to die from exertional heat stroke (EHS). The death helped raise awareness of the dangers ...
Source: SafetyLit - March 23, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Environmental Issues, Climate, Geophysics Source Type: news
Effects of stair task training on walking ability in stroke patients - Choi YK, Kim K, Choi JU.
[Purpose] The aim of this study was to determine the effect of stair task training on gait abilities by conducting stair task training. In this training, step training is applied in various directions with hemiplegia patients. [Subjects and Methods] Thirty...
Source: SafetyLit - March 11, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Falls Source Type: news
Comparison of gait symmetry between poststroke fallers and nonfallers during level walking using triaxial accelerometry: a STROBE-compliant cross-sectional study - Lien WC, Cheng YH, Kuan TS, Zheng YL, Hsieh CH, Wang WF.
To compare the degree of gait symmetry of chronic poststroke fallers with that of nonfallers during level walking using triaxial accelerometry.In this cross-sectional study, a total of 14 patients with chronic stroke were recruited from a community hospita...
Source: SafetyLit - March 9, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news
Shifting gears: an inpatient medical record audit and post-discharge survey of return-to-driving following stroke/transient ischaemic attack - Frith J, Warren-Forward H, Hubbard I, James C.
This study investigates the provision of return-to-driving education in the acute hospital set...
Source: SafetyLit - February 23, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Distraction, Fatigue, Chronobiology, Vigilance, Workload Source Type: news
Evaluation of the impact of exercise of gait on a treadmill on balance of people who suffered from cerebral stroke - Dru żbicki M, Przysada G, Guzik A, Kwolek A, Brzozowska-Magoń A, Sobolewski M.
PURPOSE: The aim of the study is to define the impact of exercise on a treadmill on static balance and stability of posture in a group of patients after cerebral stroke rehabilitated in a late period, with an application of a treadmill with the function of...
Source: SafetyLit - February 1, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news
Validation of two risk-prediction models for recurrent falls in the first year after stroke: a prospective cohort study - Walsh ME, Galvin R, Boland F, Williams D, Harbison JA, Murphy S, Collins R, Crowe M, McCabe DJ, Horgan F.
BACKGROUND: several multivariable models have been derived to predict post-stroke falls. These require validation before integration into clinical practice. The aim of this study was to externally validate two prediction models for recurrent falls in the f...
Source: SafetyLit - January 25, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news
Clinical validation of the nursing outcome falls prevention behavior in people with stroke - de Sousa Costa AG, de Araujo TL, Cavalcante TF, Oliveira Lopes MV, Oliveira-Kumakura AR, Chaves Costa FB.
PURPOSE: To review the nursing outcome, Fall Prevention Behavior, and clinically validate its indicators in people with stroke. METHODS: A methodological study performed with 106 patients in two outpatient clinics, from July to September of 2013. T...
Source: SafetyLit - January 19, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news
Predicting home and community walking activity post-stroke - Fulk GD, He Y, Boyne P, Dunning K.
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Walking ability post-stroke is commonly assessed using gait speed categories developed by Perry et al. The purpose of this study was to reexamine factors that predict home and community ambulators determined from real-world walking ...
Source: SafetyLit - January 15, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news
Assessment of patients' medical fitness-to-drive by primary care physicians: a cross-sectional study - Alkharboush GA, Al Rashed FA, Saleem AH, Alnajashi IS, Almeneessier AS, Olaish AH, Bhatti JA, Bahammam AS.
OBJECTIVES: Motor vehicle collisions (MVCs) are a significant health burden in Saudi Arabia. The literature has consistently indicated that chronic medical conditions, such as diabetes, heart disease, stroke, obstructive sleep apnea, and neurodevelopmental...
Source: SafetyLit - January 14, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Distraction, Fatigue, Chronobiology, Vigilance, Workload Source Type: news
Effects of virtual reality training using Nintendo Wii and treadmill walking exercise on balance and walking for stroke patients - Bang YS, Son KH, Kim HJ.
[Purpose] The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of virtual reality training using Nintendo Wii on balance and walking for stroke patients. [Subjects and Methods] Forty stroke patients with stroke were randomly divided into two exercise pr...
Source: SafetyLit - December 16, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Falls Source Type: news
