Reid Upset After Republicans Block COBRA Benefits Extension Request
Roll Call: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid criticized Republicans Wednesday after the GOP denied "a unanimous consent request to pass an extension of unemployment insurance and COBRA health care benefits, a move he warned would leave 'out-of-work Americans vulnerable to losing this valuable safety net'" (Brady, 2/24)... (Source: Rehabilitation News From Medical News Today)...
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Connecticut Has Especially High Insurance Hikes, Disability Advocates Worry About Medicaid Cuts In Tennessee
The Hartford Courant: "With average rate hikes at 13 percent or more this year for most plans, Connecticut health insurance premiums appear to be rising faster than the nation's. A typical family plan in Connecticut sold through an employer costs about $14,500 -- an estimate based on the Kaiser Family Foundation's report on 2009 prices and this year's rates of growth... (Source: Caregivers / Homecare News From Medical News Today)...
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Physical capacity after 7 weeks of low-intensity wheelchair training.
Conclusions. Low-intensity norm duration hand rim wheelchair training which significantly improved peak aerobic and sprint power output, efficiency and physical strain in able-bodied untrained individuals. Training at 30% HRR (3 x /week, 30 min/session) may be appropriate in untrained individuals, such as novice wheelchair users at the start of their rehabilitation, to prevent early fatigue and overuse and enhance motivation.
PMID: 20187736 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Disability and Rehabilitation)...
POSTED 02/25/2010 at 06:00 PM --
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Glide-symmetric locomotion reinforcement in patients with multiple sclerosis by visual feedback.
Conclusions. Patients with gait disorders due to MS, training with a glide-symmetric visual feedback cue, showed a significantly higher improvement in their gait parameters than patients training with a visual feedback cue of no without distinct symmetry.
PMID: 20187737 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Disability and Rehabilitation. Assistive Technology.)...
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Improved Neurobehavioral Functioning in Emphysema Patients Following Medical Therapy.
CONCLUSION: Emphysema patients who received MT demonstrated improvement in specific neuropsychological functions, depression, anxiety, and QOL scores compared with control subjects during the same interval (with no treatment). Mechanisms for these neurobehavioral changes include greater exercise endurance and decreased depression.
PMID: 20190643 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention)...
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The CEMHaVi Program: Control, Evaluation, and Modification of Lifestyles in Obese Youth.
CONCLUSIONS: The program reduced BMI and improved health knowledge, sleep, and academic performance in obese children. The feasibility of a beneficial lifestyle intervention program is encouraging in addressing obesity and related issues in young boys and girls.
PMID: 20190644 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention)...
POSTED 02/24/2010 at 06:00 PM --
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Special Issue Of NeuroRehabilitation Focuses On Hypoxic-Ischemic Brain Injuries
IOS Press announces publication of a special issue of NeuroRehabilitation: An International Journal (NRE) devoted specifically to hypoxic-ischemic brain injury (HI-BI), a significant disruption of brain function due to a deficient supply of oxygen to the brain. This is the first publication to present a consolidated overview of HI-BI... (Source: Rehabilitation News From Medical News Today)...
POSTED 02/24/2010 at 02:00 AM --
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Cognitive appraisals and posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in informal caregivers of stroke survivors.
Conclusion: The associations found between negative cognitive appraisals and the severity of PTSD symptoms are consistent with current cognitive models of PTSD and the recommended use of trauma-related cognitive–behavioral therapy for individuals with PTSD. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: Rehabilitation Psychology)...
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Promoting self-determined motivation for exercise in cardiac rehabilitation: The role of autonomy support.
Conclusion: Results support SDT and the potential for autonomy support from interventionists to affect self-determined motivation and exercise behavior of participants involved in CR. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: Rehabilitation Psychology)...
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Making those who cannot see look best: Effects of visual resume formatting on ratings of job applicants with blindness.
Conclusion: Because human resource managers severely penalize applicants who do not attend to visual, nonfunctional resume presentation, applicants who cannot see are apt to find themselves disadvantaged in the hiring process. The implications of these findings for organizations, job seekers, and rehabilitation professionals are discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: Rehabilitation Psychology)...
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Girls with spinal cord injury: Social and job-related participation and psychosocial outcomes.
Conclusions: Social and job-related participation are related to psychosocial outcomes among girls with SCI. Participation in social and job-related activities should be a focus of rehabilitation for girls, because the skills gained from this involvement may help build resilience against future obstacles to socialization and employment. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: Rehabilitation Psychology)...
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Clinically significant behavior problems during the initial 18 months following early childhood traumatic brain injury.
Conclusions: Predictors of the emergence of clinically significant problems included permissive parenting, family dysfunction, and low socioeconomic status. The findings are similar to those found in school-age children. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: Rehabilitation Psychology)...
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Change in positive emotion and recovery of functional status following stroke.
Objectives: To investigate change in positive emotion over a 3-month follow-up period and determine whether this change is associated with recovery of functional status in persons with stroke. Design: A longitudinal study using information from the Stroke Recovery in Underserved Patients (SRUP) database. Positive emotion and functional status were assessed within 72 hours of discharge from an in-patient medical rehabilitation facility and at 3-month follow-up using established measurement instruments. Participants: The study included 840 adults 55 years old or older with a first-time stroke and admitted to one of eleven in-patient medical rehabilitation facilities in the United States. Results: The mean age was 72.9 (SD = 9.52) years, 78.6% were non-Hispanic white and 51.7% were women. The......
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Resilience and indicators of adjustment during rehabilitation from a spinal cord injury.
Conclusion: Future studies that focus on developing interventions and examine the factors that predict resilience could help build resilience, which in turn may improve rehabilitation outcomes. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: Rehabilitation Psychology)...
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Resilience in the face of coping with a severe physical injury: A study of trajectories of adjustment in a rehabilitation setting.
Conclusions: An adaptation pattern characterized by resilience was found to be the most common response to an acquired severe injury, and trait affect predicts the outcome pattern. Interventions based on resilience are discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: Rehabilitation Psychology)...
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Psychopathology and resilience following traumatic injury: A latent growth mixture model analysis.
Conclusion: The majority of the injured trauma sample demonstrated resiliency, with those exhibiting distress doing so as a delayed, chronic, or recovered trajectory. Coping self efficacy, education, assaultive trauma type, and anger were important covariates of depression and PTSD trajectories. These results are similar to studies of individuals who experienced a major health threat and with survivors from the World Trade Center attacks in the U.S. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: Rehabilitation Psychology)...
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Improvement of gait in a stroke patient. A 7-year longitudinal study.
Conclusions. Stroke patients during the chronic phase with a spastic equinovarus deformity can benefit from various commonly used therapeutic interventions. BTI and TNN were found to be efficient but only for a short time. Orthopaedic surgery gave the most long-lasting results. Further studies should be performed on a larger number of patients to determine the most suitable options for treating stroke patients with an equinus varus foot.
PMID: 20178412 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Disability and Rehabilitation)...
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The psychosocial well-being of parents of children with cerebral palsy: a comparison study.
Conclusions. These results suggest caring for a child with CP may put parents at risk from poor psychosocial well-being. Interventions to improve parental well-being are urgently needed.
PMID: 20178413 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Disability and Rehabilitation)...
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Pilot study of participating in a fatigue management programme for clients with multiple sclerosis.
Conclusion. Participants' experience of the community-based fatigue management programme was described in positive terms with unanticipated benefits and outcomes described.
PMID: 20175673 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Disability and Rehabilitation)...
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Team-based rehabilitation improves long-term aerobic capacity and health-related quality of life in patients with chronic inflammatory arthritis.
Conclusion. Aerobic capacity and HRQOL improved significantly in this interdisciplinary out-patient rehabilitation study, and improvements were maintained for 12 months. The preserved level of aerobic capacity after 12 months indicated a change to a more physically active lifestyle among the participants.
PMID: 20175678 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Disability and Rehabilitation)...
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