Discriminative value of different combinations of tests to detect unilateral neglect in patients with right hemisphere damage.

Background And Purpose: This study was undertaken to assess the most sensitive combination of tests to detect peripersonal unilateral neglect (UN) after stroke.

Methods: The present study is a secondary analysis of a previously reported multicentric study of 203 individuals with right hemisphere damage (RHD), mainly subacute stroke, 11 weeks postonset on average, and 307 healthy controls. A battery of seven tests, providing 19 age- and education-adjusted z-scores, were given: the bells test, line bisection, figure copying, clock drawing, overlapping figures test, and reading and writing.

Physical Rehabilitation Practices for Children and Adolescents with Cancer in Canada.

Children and adolescents with cancer who undergo cancer treatment are at high risk of developing adverse effects, many of which may be amenable to physical rehabilitation. We aimed to identify the current clinical physical rehabilitation practice patterns, services, and programmes available for children and adolescents with cancer in Canada. A cross-sectional survey in English and French was conducted.

Five-year follow-up of persons with brain injury entering the French vocational and social rehabilitation programme UEROS: Return-to-work, life satisfaction, psychosocial and community integration.

Background: Social and vocational reintegration of persons with brain injury is an important element in their rehabilitation.

Aims: To evaluate the 5-year outcome of persons with brain injury included in 2008 in the Aquitaine Unit for Evaluation, Training and Social and Vocational Counselling programme (UEROS).

Method: 57 persons with brain injury were recruited from those who completed the 2008 UEROS programme.

Evaluation of the effectiveness of robotic gait training and gait-focused physical therapy programs for children and youth with cerebral palsy: a mixed methods RCT.

Background: Robot assisted gait training (RAGT) is considered to be a promising approach for improving gait-related gross motor function of children and youth with cerebral palsy. However, RAGT has yet to be empirically demonstrated to be effective. This knowledge gap is particularly salient given the strong interest in this intensive therapy, the high cost of the technology, and the requirement for specialized rehabilitation centre resources.