Obstructive sleep apnoea in adults: body postures and weight changes interactions.

The aim of this work was to study the relationship between changes of body posture dominance and changes of body weight overtime in adults with obstructive sleep apnoea. The participants were 112 non-treated adults with obstructive sleep apnoea who underwent two polysomnographic evaluations at our Sleep Disorders Unit during an average of 6.2years interval.

Use of medical technologies in rehabilitation medicine settings in Israel: results of the TECHNO-R 2005 survey.

Background: With the development of computer technology and the high-tech electronic industry over the past 30 years, the technological age is flourishing. New technologies are continually being introduced, and questions regarding the economic viability of these technologies need to be addressed.

Objectives: To identify the medical technologies currently in use in different rehabilitation medicine settings in Israel.

Survey on the use of function assessment and outcome measures in rehabilitation facilities in Israel (SUFA 2004).

Background: Measurement of function is an essential component of routine rehabilitation work (mainly for quantifying function at different phases in the rehabilitation process), rehabilitation policy (admission and discharge criteria, length of stay in rehabilitation), goal setting, and outcome measurement.

Objective: To explore the scope of the scales used for function assessment by the various disciplines of rehabilitation medicine in rehabilitation facilities.

Method: A structured questionnaire was sent to 36 rehabilitation facilities.

Allocation and preference of patients for domiciliary or institutional rehabilitation after a stroke.

On discharge from an acute-care hospital after a stroke, 191 patients were told that they needed rehabilitation and were offered the option of receiving care in an institution or in their homes. One hundred and one (52.4%) patients chose an institution and 91 (47.

Effectiveness of home rehabilitation after stroke in Israel.

On discharge from an acute general hospital after a stroke, 191 patients were in need of, and were appropriate for, multidisciplinary rehabilitation. One-hundred-and-one patients (52.4%) received it in a rehabilitation institution as inpatients (the institutional rehabilitation group (IR) group) and 91 patients received it at home (the home rehabilitation (HR) group).