Effectiveness of Neighborhood Care Volunteer Training Programs: A Mixed-Methods Study.

Objective: To develop and implement a tiered training model for neighborhood caregiving volunteers and to evaluate its impact on participants' knowledge, behaviors, and attitudes toward caregiving services.

Design And Methods: We employed a mixed-methods research design. Participants included 32 neighborhood care volunteers and six seed volunteers.

Managing spastic hypertonia in children with cerebral palsy via repetitive passive knee movements.

Objective: Most children with cerebral palsy have increased muscle tension in the lower extremities, which inevitably leads to abnormal gait characteristics. Proper management of excessive muscle tension is therefore of great importance. The aim of this study was to explore the effects of continuous passive motion on children with cerebral palsy, regarding their lower extremity spastic hypertonia and ambulatory function.

The role of the great toe in balance performance.

The objective of this study was to evaluate great toe function in maintaining static and dynamic balance. Correlation among great toe length, body height, and balance performance parameters were also investigated. Thirty females (aged 22.