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Tóvári, Anett; Hermann, Mária; Tóvári, Ferenc; Prisztóka, Gyöngyvér; Kránicz, János – Practice and Theory in Systems of Education, 2015
Currently, overweight and obesity are the most widespread problems in life-style having a significant impact on everyday life, and thus, conduct of life. Further contributory problems may develop in patients with weight problems: deformities of the joints and skeleton (coxarthrosis and gonarthrosis), circulatory problems and arrhythmia. Overweight…
Descriptors: Obesity, Human Body, Pain, Life Style
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Leonard, Guillaume; Tousignant-Laflamme, Yannick; Mercier, Catherine – International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 2013
Psychological barriers to rehabilitation are generally viewed as pre-existing patient traits that clinicians are asked to evaluate and modify. In the present case report, we provide evidence that these barriers can also be involuntarily created or perpetuated by the clinician himself when too much attention is placed on physical abnormalities.…
Descriptors: Physical Therapy, Outcomes of Treatment, Pain, Rehabilitation
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Paolucci, Teresa; Fusco, Augusto; Iosa, Marco; Grasso, Maria R.; Spadini, Ennio; Paolucci, Stefano; Saraceni, Vincenzo M.; Morone, Giovanni – International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 2012
Patients with chronic low back pain have a worse posture, probably related to poor control of the back muscles and altered perception of the trunk midline. The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of a perceptive rehabilitation in terms of stability and pain relief in patients with chronic nonspecific low back pain. Thirty patients were…
Descriptors: Pain, Patients, Human Posture, Rehabilitation
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Clementz, Gunilla; Borsbo, Bjorn; Norrbrink, Cecilia – International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 2012
This study sought to assess burnout and its relation to pain, disability, mood and health-related quality of life in a group of patients with chronic whiplash-associated disorders (WAD). Forty-five patients with chronic WAD ([greater than or equal to] 3 months) referred to a multidisciplinary rehabilitation centre were included. A questionnaire…
Descriptors: Quality of Life, Questionnaires, Depression (Psychology), Burnout
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Khan, Fary; Pallant, Julie F.; Amatya, Bhasker; Young, Kevin; Gibson, Steven – International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 2011
The aim of this study was to replicate, in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), the three-cluster cognitive-behavioral classification proposed by Turk and Rudy. Sixty-two patients attending a tertiary MS rehabilitation center completed the Pain Impact Rating questionnaire measuring activity interference, pain intensity, social support, and…
Descriptors: Intervention, Pain, Well Being, Questionnaires
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Sawin, Kathleen J.; Bellin, Melissa H. – Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews, 2010
Quality of life (QOL) is an important concept for individuals with chronic health conditions. Measuring and supporting QOL in children, adolescents, and adults with spina bifida (SB) may be especially unique given the broad range of complex health and rehabilitative challenges they encounter. This article provides a research update on (a)…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Quality of Life, Congenital Impairments, Literature Reviews
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Linder, Jurgen; Ekholm, Kristina Schuldt; Jansen, Gunilla Brodda; Lundh, Goran; Ekholm, Jan – International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 2009
The number of patients with difficulty in resuming work after long-term sick leave has increased in several European countries including Sweden. The general aim of this study was a comprehensive description--based on multidisciplinary diagnostics and assessments--of patients with the common feature of marked difficulty in resuming working life…
Descriptors: Physicians, Quality of Life, Psychiatry, Patients