Parent-reported family impact in children and young adults with acquired brain injury in the outpatient rehabilitation setting.

To increase knowledge/awareness on family impact (FI) after acquired brain injury (ABI) in rehabilitation settings, it is essential to investigate the associations between patient-functioning and impact on families. This has been explored in hospital-based cohorts, but not in rehabilitation settings. A cross-sectional, multi-center study among parents of children/young adults (aged 5-24 years) with ABI referred to rehabilitation was performed.

Adherence of stroke patients with an online brain training program: the role of health professionals' support.

Background Computer-based cognitive rehabilitation is used to improve cognitive functioning after stroke. However, knowledge on adherence rates of stroke patients is limited. Objective To describe stroke patients' adherence with a brain training program using two frequencies of health professionals' supervision.

Validity of the Michigan Hand Outcomes Questionnaire in Patients With Stroke.

Objective: To investigate the measurement properties of the Dutch version of the Michigan Hand Outcomes Questionnaire (MHQ) in patients with stroke.

Design: Validation study.

Setting: Outpatient rehabilitation clinic.

Cell cycle and organelle enzyme changes in the regenerating liver of the alcoholic rat.

Chronic ethanol effect on regenerating post-partial hepatectomy rat liver was studied from 0 to 80 hr to evaluate sequential changes. The rate of restoration in liver mass was comparable between controls (C) and ethanol (E) treated rats. Cell cycle changes included a decrease in magnitude and duration of the early peak in DNA synthesis (24 hr).

Altered proline uptake by mouse liver cells after chronic exposure to ethanol and its metabolites.

A cloned mouse liver cell model (NCTC 1469) treated with either ethanol or one of its metabolites, acetaldehyde or acetate, was used to study proline uptake. Beginning with the stationary phase of cell growth, 14C-proline uptake was markedly accelerated by both ethanol and acetaldehyde (p less than 0.001).