Depression, anxiety and insomnia among isolated covid-19 patients: tele occupational therapy intervention vs. conventional one: a comparative study.

Background: COVID-19 is known to cause psychological problems. Psychological rehabilitation can be performed to reduce anxiety, depression, and insomnia. Facing patients with infectious diseases can be difficult for medical staff.

Information technology-supported integrated health service for older adults in long-term care settings.

Background: To examine the effectiveness and safety of a data sharing and comprehensive management platform for institutionalized older patients.

Methods: We applied information technology-supported integrated health service platform to patients who live at long-term care hospitals (LTCHs) and nursing homes (NHs) with cluster randomized controlled study. We enrolled 555 patients aged 65 or older (461 from 7 LTCHs, 94 from 5 NHs).

Long-Term Impact of Psychological Rehabilitation on Isolated Hospitalization Patients With COVID-19: A Longitudinal Study.

Objective: This study aimed to investigate the long-term effects of a psychological rehabilitation program that was effective on anxiety, depression, and quality of sleep in hospitalized COVID-19 patients.

Design: This is longitudinal study. Thirteen patients in the experimental group who received a psychological rehabilitation program during hospitalization and 16 patients in the control group who received conservative treatment completed the questionnaire 6 mos after discharge.

Effects of a time-use intervention in isolated patients with coronavirus disease 2019: A randomized controlled study.

Objective: Patients with coronavirus disease experience deterioration in occupational balance and mental health. The primary objective of this study was to determine the effectiveness of a time-use intervention on the occupational balance of isolated patients with coronavirus disease. Its impact on secondary outcomes including mental health and quality of life was also assessed.

Psychological rehabilitation for isolated patients with COVID-19 infection: A randomized controlled study.

Objective: To improve the mental health of isolated patients with COVID-19 by face-to-face psychological rehabilitation program.

Design: Randomized controlled study.

Setting: Single community-based hospital.

Factors associated with the mental health status of isolated COVID-19 patients in Korea.

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has a substantial impact on the physical and mental health status of patients with COVID-19. This study's objective was to evaluate the factors associated with mental health in patients isolated with COVID-19.

Methods: It is a retrospective, cross-sectional study.

Effect of Communication and Education within the Rehabilitation Team: Therapists' and Nurses' Views.

Background: To improve the rehabilitation team's awareness of patient mobility and participation by enhancing communication between therapists and nurses and conducting patient education.

Methods: This study used a non-equivalent control group with a non-synchronized design. To facilitate communication between therapists and nurses, we used a manual for mobility management to improve the sharing of information on the functional status of patients.

Asymmetrical activation and asymmetrical weakness as two different mechanisms of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.

There have been many studies on adolescent idiopathic scoliosis related abnormal muscle contractions of the spine. However, previous studies using surface electromyography to investigate paraspinal muscle asymmetry are controversial, lacking in clarity of results, and hindered by methodological limitations. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between imbalance factors including surface electromyography activity according to the scoliosis curve type and leg length discrepancy and adolescent idiopathic scoliosis curve types.

Electromyographic activation patterns during swallowing in older adults.

Age-related weakness due to atrophy and fatty infiltration in oropharyngeal muscles may be related to dysphagia in older adults. However, little is known about changes in the oropharyngeal muscle activation pattern in older adults. This was a prospective and experimental study.

Validation of an integrated service model, Health-RESPECT, for older patients in long-term care institution using information and communication technologies: protocol of a cluster randomised controlled trial.

Introduction: There is an increased healthcare need to manage institutionalised older patients owing to the ageing population. To overcome substantial future challenges, the Health-RESPECT (caRE Systems for Patients/Elderly with Coordinated care using icT), a new information and communication technologies based integrated management service model, was developed to provide effective management, enable consultation with distant professionals and share medical information between acute care hospitals and long-term care institutions.

Methods And Analysis: A cluster randomised controlled trial will be conducted to examine the effectiveness of the Health-RESPECT in older patients with chronic diseases and their medical staff in charge.

Development of Health-RESPECT: An Integrated Service Model for Older Long-Term Care Hospital/Nursing Home Patients Using Information and Communication Technology.

Background: Korea, as one of the fastest-aging countries worldwide, requires an improved healthcare service model for older adults. We evaluated the current healthcare system and developed a service model based on information and communication technologies (ICT) for use in older patients in long-term care facilities (LTCF).

Methods: We conducted a qualitative literature review, focus group interviews (FGIs), and structured survey to identify the current technology use and status of healthcare systems.

The comparison of recovery patterns between ischemic spinal cord injury and traumatic spinal cord injury from acute to chronic phase.

To investigate the neurological and functional recovery patterns of ischemic spinal cord injury (ISCI) compared with traumatic spinal cord injury (TSCI) in the acute to chronic phase. Retrospective cohort study. Department of Neurology, Neurosurgery, Rehabilitation Medicine at a tertiary hospital.

A novel de novo mutation in MYH7 gene in a patient with early onset muscular weakness and severe kyphoscoliosis: A case report.

Introduction: Various phenotypes have been identified for MYH7 gene mutation-related myopathy. Here, we describe a patient with severe muscular weakness and skeletal deformity with de novo heterozygous MYH7 gene mutation.

Patient Concerns: A 33-year-old woman presented with early onset of muscular weakness, with delayed motor development during infancy.

The Mechanism of Hip Dislocation Related to the Use of Abduction Bar and Hip Compression Bandage in Patients With Spastic Cerebral Palsy.

Objective: The aims of the study were to identify the differences of forces in the hip adductors between with or without the abduction bar and to evaluate the effect of hip compression bandage on the spasticity of the adductor muscles.

Design: Thirty-three patients with cerebral palsy (Gross Motor Functional Classification System IV and V) were prospectively included. Surface electromyography was taken by attaching electromyography on the adductor and abductor muscles.

The effect of lumbar stabilization and walking exercises on chronic low back pain: A randomized controlled trial.

Background: Various exercises have been proposed to mitigate chronic low back pain (LBP). However, to date, no one particular exercise has been shown to be superior. Hence, the aim of this study was to compare the efficiency between 2 exercises: the individualized graded lumbar stabilization exercise (IGLSE) and walking exercise (WE).

Proposal of a new exercise protocol for idiopathic scoliosis: A preliminary study.

In clinical practice, we found a unilateral instability in patients with right thoracic scoliosis during asymmetric spinal stabilization exercise (ASSE), which can be an important clue to identify the pathophysiology of idiopathic scoliosis (IS).We investigated the relationship between unilateral postural instability and weakness of paraspinal muscles according to curve pattern. And finally, we propose the new exercise method based on the curve pattern.

The reversible effect of neck flexion on the somatosensory evoked potentials in patients with Hirayama disease: a preliminary study.

The aim of this study was to examine and characterize the reversibility of the cervical somatosensory electrophysiological pathways during neutral and flexed neck positions. The parameters of somatosensory evoked potentials (SEPs) during neutral and flexed neck positions (N9, N13, and N20 SEP latencies; N9-N13 and N13-N20 inter-peak latencies; and the changes in N9-N13 and N13-N20 inter-peak latency during neutral and flexed neck positions) were measured in the patients with Hirayama disease (HD) and also in the healthy controls. In patients with HD, there was a significant difference in the mean value of N13-N20 inter-peak latency during the flexed neck position compared to that of the healthy controls (p < 0.

Are Seating Systems With a Medial Knee Support Really Helpful for Hip Displacement in Children With Spastic Cerebral Palsy GMFCS IV and V?

Objective: To evaluate whether medial knee support (MKS) in seating systems aggravates hip displacement in children with cerebral palsy (CP).

Design: Retrospective chart review.

Setting: Rehabilitation department of tertiary university hospital.

The Prognostic Significance of Pedicle Enhancement from Contrast-enhanced MRI for the Further Collapse in Osteoporotic Vertebral Compression Fractures.

Study Design: A retrospective observational study.

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the prognostic significance of contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for detecting pedicle enhancement and predicting future collapse in patients with acute benign osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture (OVCF).

Summary Of Background Data: Traditional morphological classification regarding compression versus burst fractures cannot accurately anticipate the prognosis of further collapse.

A new injectable liquid crystal system for one month delivery of leuprolide.

An injectable liquid crystal-forming system (LCFS) was prepared by using sorbitan monooleate (SMO) as a new liquid crystal-forming material for injections, and its potential use of clinically available sustained-release formulation was evaluated. LCFS was prepared using SMO mixed with phosphatidyl choline and tocopherol acetate, and contained 3.75 mg of leuprolide acetate as a monthly dose in 90 μl in liquid form.

Minimalism in fabrication of self-organized nanogels holding both anti-cancer drug and targeting moiety.

Recent researches to develop nano-carrier systems in anti-cancer drug delivery have focused on more complicated design to improve therapeutic efficacy and to reduce side effects. Although such efforts have great impact to biomedical science and engineering, the complexity has been a huddle because of clinical and economic problems. In order to overcome the problems, a simplest strategy to fabricate nano-carriers to deliver doxorubicin (DOX) was proposed in the present study.