Understanding societal challenges: a Neurotech perspective.

Futuristic universities like The Neurotech and the technological innovations they provide will shape and serve society, but will also require support from society. Positive attitudes about neuro-technologies will increase their reach within society and may also impact policy-making, including funding decisions. However, the acceptability rates, especially of invasive neuro-technologies, are quite low and the majority of people are more worried than enthusiastic about them.

Effects of a mindfulness-based program on the occupational balance and mental health of university students. Protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

Objective: The aim is to examine whether the addition of Virtual Reality (VR) meditation training to a standard 8-week Mindfulness-Based Health Care Program (MBHC-VR) results in a significantly increased improvement in occupational, mental health, and psychological functioning versus MBHC-only in university students.

Materials And Methods: A randomized controlled clinical trial with three arms (MBHC, MBHC-VR, Control Group), four assessment time points (pre-intervention, inter-session, post-intervention, and 3-month follow-up), and mixed methodology will be proposed. University students (undergraduate, master, or doctoral) interested in participating and who meet the inclusion/exclusion criteria will be included over two years.

Older persons' expressed perceptions on exercise programs in long-term care institutions: Influence of professionals and institutions.

Objective: To explore the perceptions of institutionalised older people about the professionals and institutions regarding exercise programs in long-term care institutions DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: A qualitative study was carried out using focus group discussions. Forty-seven institutionalised participants (≥ 65 years old) with a score of > 23 in the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) were recruited.

Results: Most participants believed that the frequency of the exercise sessions could be increased by enhancing the number of staff assisting them and by adapting the facilities to their needs.

Addition of tDCS and TENS to an education and exercise program in subjects with knee osteoarthritis: A study protocol.

Background: Knee osteoarthritis often leads to chronic pain that frequently becomes disabling.Osteoarthritis has been linked to maladaptive plasticity in the brain, which can contribute to chronic pain. Therapies including neuromodulation and peripheral electrical stimulation are used to counteract the maladaptive plasticity of the brain.

Shall we start? Ready, set, go! Toward early intervention in infants with unilateral cerebral palsy. A randomized clinical trial protocol.

Background: It is crucial to start an early intervention in unilateral cerebral palsy. Intensive therapies are focused on training based on activities.

Objective: The objective of the study was to study the changes in the bimanual functional performance (BFP) after early intensive therapies at home compared with standard care in children with unilateral cerebral palsy from 9 to 18 months of age.

Parents of children with disabilities' perceptions regarding the quality of interaction with Health professionals working in early intervention: A qualitative descriptive study.

Aims And Objectives: The aim of this study is to explore the perceptions of parents of children with physical disabilities concerning the quality of their interaction with health professionals in early intervention programs.

Background: Despite the consensus on the need for Patient and Family-Centered Care, there are still difficulties when executing such care. The quality of interaction among patients, families, and professionals is essential to facilitate the implementation of the programs.

Knowledge and Attitudes towards Patient Safety among Students in Physical Therapy in Spain: A Longitudinal Study.

(1) Background: Patient safety is a discipline of health care management aiming to prevent and reduce errors and harm to patients. The assessment of knowledge and attitudes on patient safety among students in physical therapy is still scarce; no studies have yet explored the changes that internship periods may produce. Objectives: 1.

Wishes and perceptions about exercise programs in exercising institutionalized older adults living in long-term care institutions: A qualitative study.

The level of exercise among older adults is low, particularly among those living in health-care institutions. To gain insight into the perceptions of institutionalized older adults towards the exercise programs developed in long-term care institutions and to identify their wishes and needs regarding these programs, we conducted a qualitative study using focus group discussions. Thirty-six institutionalized participants (≥ 65 years) were recruited.

Static magnetic stimulation in the central nervous system: a systematic review.

Objective: To systematically review the literature on the use of the transcranial static magnetic stimulation (tSMS) technique in humans and animals, its effects on different areas of the central nervous system (CNS), its influence on neural excitability and on the subject's behavior, and its biological effects and future possibilities. All static magnetic field applications that can be considered to have a physiologically similar effect have been reviewed.

Methods: We searched studies using key terms in NCBI PubMed, Scopus, PEDro, SciELO, Cochrane, and links to publications (inception to September 2019).

Tensiomyographical responsiveness to peripheral fatigue in quadriceps femoris.

Background: Fatigue influences athletic performance and can also increase the risk of injury in sports, and most of the methods to evaluate it require an additional voluntary effort. Tensiomyography (TMG), which uses electrical stimulation and a displacement sensor to evaluate muscle contraction properties of one or more muscle bellies, has emerged as a technique that can assess the presence of peripheral and central fatigue without requiring additional voluntary efforts. However, the evaluation of the TMG's ability to detect fatigue is limited, both at the level of muscle bellies and statistical methods.

Predictors of parents' adherence to home exercise programs for children with developmental disabilities, regarding both exercise frequency and duration: a survey design.

Background: Many families have problems adhering to home exercise programs (HEP) for children with developmental disabilities. However, parental participation in HEP is known to have a positive effect on child-related outcome variables, as well as on parental functioning.

Aim: This study examined whether the different behaviours of health professionals, and the behaviour and social characteristics of parents determine rates of parental adherence to both the frequency per week, and duration per session, of HEP for children with developmental disabilities attending paediatric services in early intervention centres.

Continuity of care in hospital rehabilitation services: a qualitative insight from inpatients' experience.

Background: Few empirical studies have been conducted on the continuity of rehabilitation services, despite the fact that it may affect clinical outcomes, patient satisfaction, the perception of quality, and safety.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to explore experiences and perceptions of inpatients receiving physical rehabilitation in an acute care hospital and how these experiences may have led to perceived gaps in the continuity of rehabilitation care.

Method: Using qualitative research methods, fifteen semi-structured interviews were conducted with patients who received physical rehabilitation during hospital stay in an acute care hospital in Murcia, Spain.

Parents of children with physical disabilities perceive that characteristics of home exercise programs and physiotherapists' teaching styles influence adherence: a qualitative study.

Question: What are the perceptions of parents of children with physical disabilities about the home exercise programs that physiotherapists prescribe? How do these perceptions affect adherence to home exercise programs?

Design: Qualitative study using focus groups and a modified grounded theory approach.

Participants: Parents of children with physical disabilities who have been prescribed a home exercise program by physiotherapists.

Results: Twenty-eight parents participated in the focus groups.

Development and initial psychometric evaluation of the Mobility Activities Measure for Inpatient Rehabilitation Settings (Mobam-in).

Objective: To describe the development and the initial psychometric evaluation of a mobility measure for inpatient postacute rehabilitation settings—the Mobility Activities Measure for Inpatient Rehabilitation Settings (Mobam-in).

Design: Self-report-based psychometric study.

Setting: Postacute rehabilitation unit of a public hospital.