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Exploring factors influencing occupational therapists’ perception of patients’ rehabilitation potential after acquired brain injury
(Wiley, 2016-09-21)
Background/aim
Clinical practice guidelines advocate for early involvement of rehabilitation professionals in screening acquired brain injury patients’ rehabilitation needs and determining the required rehabilitation ...
Post-acute care referral and inpatient rehabilitation admission criteria for persons with brain injury across two Canadian provinces
(Taylor and Francis, 2016-12-15)
Purpose: Investigate health care providers’ perceptions of referral and admission criteria to
brain injury inpatient rehabilitation in two Canadian provinces.
Methods: Health care providers (n=345) from brain injury ...
Gait-like vibration training improves gait abilities: a case report of a 62 year old person with a chronic incomplete spinal cord injury
(Nature Publishing Group, 2016-07-21)
The purpose of this single-subject case study was to quantify the effect of gait-like
vibration training on gait abilities after an incomplete spinal cord injury. A 62 year old
male with a chronic AIS D spinal cord injury ...
Ethics teaching in rehabilitation: results of a pan-Canadian workshop with occupational and physical therapy educators
(2016-01-10)
Purpose: Ethical practice is an essential competency for occupational and physical therapists. However, rehabilitation educators have few points of reference for choosing appropriate pedagogical and evaluation methods ...
Randomized clinical trial of multimodal physiotherapy treatment compared to overnight lidocaine ointment in women with provoked vestibulodynia: Design and methods
(2016-01-30)
Provoked vestibulodynia (PVD) is a highly prevalent and debilitating condition yet its management relies mainly
on non-empirically validated interventions. Among the many causes of PVD, there is growing evidence that ...
Differences in pelvic floor morphology between continent, stress urinary incontinent, and mixed urinary incontinent elderly women : an MRI study
(2016-04-13)
Aims
To compare magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the pelvic floor musculature (PFM), bladder neck and urethral sphincter morphology under three conditions (rest, PFM maximal voluntary contraction (MVC), and straining) ...
Pelvic floor muscles training to reduce symptoms and signs of vulvovaginal atrophy : a case study
(2016-07)
Objective: Vulvovaginal atrophy (VVA), caused by decreased levels of estrogen, is a common problem in aging women. Main symptoms of VVA are vaginal dryness and dyspareunia. First-line treatment consists of the application ...
Physical therapy for urinary incontinence in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis or low bone density : a randomized controlled trial
(2016-03)
Objective: To assess the effectiveness of 12 weekly physical therapy sessions for urinary incontinence (UI) compared with a control intervention, for reducing the number of UI episodes measured with the 7-day bladder diary, ...
Conservative management for female urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse review 2013 : summary of the 5th International Consultation on Incontinence
(2016-01)
Aims
The objective of the 5th International Consultation on Incontinence (ICI) chapter on Adult Conservative Management was to review and summarize the new evidence on conservative management of urinary incontinence ...
Effects of radiation therapy on the structure and function of the pelvic floor muscles of patients with cancer in the pelvic area : a systematic review
(2016-04)
Purpose
Radiation therapy (RT) is often recommended in the treatment of pelvic cancers. Following RT, a high prevalence of pelvic floor dysfunctions (urinary incontinence, dyspareunia, and fecal incontinence) is reported. ...