Construct validity, responsiveness and minimal important difference of the cumulated ambulation score in older adults with hip fracture in sub-acute rehabilitation facility.

Objective: To assess the construct validity, responsiveness and minimal important difference of the cumulated ambulation score in patients with hip fracture in sub-acute rehabilitation facility.

Design: Observational, prospective, monocenter, cohort study.

Setting: Rehabilitation Institute.

Comparison of Two Techniques Performing the Supine-to-Sitting Postural Change in Patients with Sternotomy.

Patients with sternotomy are advised to follow sternal precautions to avoid the risk of sternal complications. However, there are no standard recommendations, in particular to perform the supine-to-sitting postural change, where sternal asymmetrical force may be applied. The aim of this study was to compare the rotational movement and the use of a tied rope (individual device for supine-to-sitting, "IDSS") to perform the supine-to-sitting postural change.

Writing Blindly in Incomplete Locked-In Syndrome with A Custom-Made Switch-Operated Voice-Scanning Communicator-A Case Report.

Background: Locked-In Syndrome (LIS) is a rare neurological condition in which patients' ability to move, interact, and communicate is impaired despite their being conscious and awake. After assessing the patient's needs, we developed a customized device for an LIS patient, as the commercial augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) devices could not be used.

Methods: A 51-year-old woman with incomplete LIS for 15 years came to our laboratory seeking a communication tool.

Writing with the Eyes: The Effect of Age on Eye-Tracking Performance in Non-Disabled Adults and a Comparison with Bimanual Typing.

Eye-tracking technology is advancing rapidly, becoming cheaper and easier to use and more robust. This has fueled an increase in its implementation for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC). Nowadays, Eye-Tracking Communication Devices (ETCDs) can be an effective aid for people with disabilities and communication problems.

Functional capacity assessment and Minimal Clinically Important Difference in post-acute cardiac patients: the role of Short Physical Performance Battery.

Background: The Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB) test is a well-established tool to assess physical performance, and to identify frail patients. Assessment of the SPPB in a specific population of elder patients in cardiac rehabilitation phase after a cardiac event is missing.

Aim: The aim of this study was to correlate SPPB and the cardiac rehabilitation outcome in a group of elder patients after a cardiac event and to identify the Minimal Clinically Important Difference (MCID) of the SPPB.