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The Kickstart Walk Assist System for improving balance and walking function in stroke survivors: a feasibility study - Yao J, Sado T, Wang W, Gao J, Zhao Y, Qi Q, Mukherjee M.
BACKGROUND: Compared with traditional physical therapy for stroke patients, lower extremity exoskeletons can provide patients with greater endurance and more repeatable and controllable training, which can reduce the therapeutic burden of the therapist. Ho...
Source: SafetyLit - March 4, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news
Effects of dual-task gait treadmill training on gait ability, dual-task interference, and fall efficacy in people with stroke: a randomized controlled trial - Baek CY, Chang WN, Park BY, Lee KB, Kang KY, Choi MR.
This study aimed to investigate the effects of dual-task gait training using a treadmill on gait ability, dual-task interference, and fall efficacy in people with stroke. METHODS: Patients with chronic stroke (N = 34) were recruited an...
Source: SafetyLit - February 24, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news
Investigating on-road lane maintenance and speed regulation in post-stroke driving: a pilot case-control study - Zhou H, Sun QC, Blane A, Hughes B, Falkmer T, Xia JC.
Stroke can adversely affect the coordination and judgement of drivers due to executive dysfunction, which is relatively common in the post-stroke population but often undetected. Quantitatively examining vehicle control performance in post-stroke driving b...
Source: SafetyLit - February 15, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news
Gait and balance disorder in patients with transient ischemic attack or minor stroke - Li N, Li J, Gao T, Wang D, Du Y, Zhao X.
This study aimed to explore the ...
Source: SafetyLit - February 15, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news
Feasibility study of problem-solving training for care partners of adults with traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, burn injury, or stroke during the inpatient hospital stay - Juengst SB, Osborne CL, Holavanahalli R, Silva V, Kew CL, Nabasny A, Bell KR.
OBJECTIVE: To determine the feasibility of delivering an evidence-based self-management intervention, problem-solving training (PST), to care partners of individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI), spinal cord injury (SCI), burn injury, or stroke during...
Source: SafetyLit - February 8, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Burns, Electricity, Explosions, Fire, Scalds Source Type: news
Patient-related factors associated with severe heat-related illnesses in Karachi: a hospital perspective - Kanwal S, Sajid S, Nasir N, Ahsan S, Almas A.
In 2015, Karachi saw its first ever epidemic of severe heatrelated illnesses that resulted in an extraordinary number of hospital admissions, especially in the intensive care, for fatal heat stroke within-hospital mortality of 3.7%.We conducted this study ...
Source: SafetyLit - January 25, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Cognitive and motor deficits contribute to longer braking time in stroke - Lodha N, Patel P, Shad JM, Casamento-Moran A, Christou EA.
BACKGROUND: Braking is a critical determinant of safe driving that depends on the integrity of cognitive and motor processes. Following stroke, both cognitive and motor capabilities are impaired to varying degrees. The current study examines the combined...
Source: SafetyLit - January 15, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Distraction, Fatigue, Chronobiology, Vigilance, Workload Source Type: news
Posterior fall-recovery training applied to individuals with chronic stroke: a single-group intervention study - Pigman J, Reisman DS, Pohlig RT, Jeka JJ, Wright TR, Conner BC, Petersen DA, Christensen MS, Crenshaw JR.
BACKGROUND: To assess the effects of the initial stepping limb on posterior fall recovery in individuals with chronic stroke, as well as to determine the benefits of fall-recovery training on these outcomes. METHODS: This was a single-group inter...
Source: SafetyLit - January 11, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news
Heat-related illnesses in a mass gathering event and the necessity for newer diagnostic criteria: a field study - Alkassas W, Rajab AM, Alrashood ST, Khan MA, Dibas M, Zaman M.
In this study, we aimed to explore the HRIs' types and patient characteristics among a sample taken from various ...
Source: SafetyLit - January 5, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Egress, Escape, Evacuation, Crowds Source Type: news
Does exercise-based conventional training improve reactive balance control among people with chronic stroke? - Kannan L, Vora J, Varas-Diaz G, Bhatt T, Hughes S.
BACKGROUND: Exercise-based conventional training has predominantly benefited fall-associated volitional balance control domain; however, the effect on reactive balance control is under-examined. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine the eff...
Source: SafetyLit - January 4, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news
Incidence of recurrent exertional heat stroke in a warm-weather road race - Stearns RL, Hosokawa Y, Adams WM, Belval LN, Huggins RA, Jardine JF, Katch RK, Davis RJ, Casa DJ.
Background and Objectives: Exertional heat stroke (EHS) survivors may be more susceptible to subsequent EHS; however, the occurrence of survivors with subsequent EHS episodes is limited. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to evaluate the incidence ...
Source: SafetyLit - December 31, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Environmental Issues, Climate, Geophysics Source Type: news
Readiness to change is related to real-world walking and depressive symptoms in chronic stroke - Miller A, Wright T, Wright H, Thompson E, Pohlig RT, Reisman DS.
This study aims to apply the transtheoretical model in understanding a person with stroke's readiness to ch...
Source: SafetyLit - December 17, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news
Effects of walking with talus-stabilizing taping on passive range of motion, timed up and go, temporal parameters of gait, and fall risk in individuals with chronic stroke: a cross-sectional study - Park D, Cynn HS.
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of walking with talus-stabilizing taping on ankle dorsiflexion passive range of motion, the timed up-and-go test, temporal parameters of gait, and fall risk in individuals with chronic strok...
Source: SafetyLit - December 3, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news
Development of the Spanish version of the Wisconsin Gait Scale. Reliability and consistency analysis of spatial and temporal parameters with gait assessment in stroke patients - Murciano Casas MP, Zarco Peri ñán MJ, Corral López I, Álamo Vera V, Ferrand Ferri P, Barrera Chacón JM.
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: We aimed to perform a cross-cultural adaptation of the Wisconsin Gait Scale (WGS) to Spanish and ensure its reliability, validity and sensitivity.
MATERIAL AND METHOD: A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted in patie...
Source: SafetyLit - December 1, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news
Early depression independently of other neuropsychiatric conditions, influences disability and mortality after stroke (research study-part of PROPOLIS Study) - Kowalska K, Krzywosza ński, Droś J, Pasińska P, Wilk A, Klimkowicz-Mrowiec A.
Post-stroke depression (PSD) is the most frequent neuropsychiatric consequence of stroke. The nature of the relationship between PSD and mortality still remains unknown. One hypothesis is that PSD could be more frequent in those patients who are more vulne...
Source: SafetyLit - November 28, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
