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Rehab My Patient [26] is an online exercise software program for therapists to print and email exercise hand-outs to patients. Complete customization on mobile, tablet, or desktop. Diary tracking, and evidence-based. The Rehab Lab [27] is an online exercise prescription package for generating patient handouts as PDF documents
The Bobath concept is an approach to neurological rehabilitation that is applied in patient assessment and treatment (such as with adults after stroke [1] or children with cerebral palsy [2]). The goal of applying the Bobath concept is to promote motor learning for efficient motor control in various environments, thereby improving participation ...
The patient watches their hand or arm movements (for example) and corrects them as needed. [4] Although the technique is simple, needs virtually no exercise equipment, and can be done on one's own, concentration and some degree of perseverance is required. Research has shown that 20,000 to 30,000 repetitions may be required to produce results.
Irvin Korr, J. S. Denslow and colleagues did the original body of research on manual therapy. [2] Korr described it as the "Application of an accurately determined and specifically directed manual force to the body, in order to improve mobility in areas that are restricted; in joints, in connective tissues or in skeletal muscles."
Closed chain exercises are often compound movements, that generally incur compressive forces, while open-chain exercises are often isolation movements that promote more shearing forces. [ 1 ] CKC exercises involve more than one muscle group and joint simultaneously rather than concentrating solely on one, as many OKC exercises do (single-joint ...
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Rehabilitation for improving automobile driving after stroke The current body of evidence is uncertain whether the use of rehabilitation can improve on-road driving skills following stroke. [ 90 ] There is limited evidence that training on a driving simulator will improve performance on recognizing road signs after training. [ 90 ]
Hand Therapy is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering the field of physical medicine and rehabilitation, especially physiotherapy and occupational therapy for the hand. The editor-in-chief is Christina Jerosch-Herold ( University of East Anglia ).