Incidents and Sudden Patient Deteriorations Occurring During Their Rehabilitation Sessions in an Acute Care Hospital: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

Objective: To investigate the occurrence of incidents and sudden deteriorations during rehabilitation in an acute care setting by disease category based on the International Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th Revision.

Design: Retrospective cohort study.

Setting: University hospital in Japan with 1376 beds.

Effects of head flexion posture in patients with dysphagia.

Background: The chin-down posture is often used as a compensatory manoeuvre for patients with dysphagia. This posture presumably involves flexion of the head and/or neck, but this is not clearly defined.

Objective: This study aimed to assess the effects of head flexion posture in a retrospective study of videofluoroscopic examination of swallowing (VF).

Positional effects of head and/or neck flexion as chin-down posture in normal subjects.

Objective: The "chin-down" posture involves tucking the chin to the neck. However, clinicians and researchers have their own forms of the chin-down posture: some consider it to be head and neck flexion, whereas others consider it to be head flexion alone. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of head, neck and combined head-and-neck flexion postures separately.

Repetitive Peripheral Magnetic Stimulation for Strengthening of the Suprahyoid Muscles: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Objective: Head lift exercise is a widely known form of training in the rehabilitation of patients with dysphagia. This study aimed to compare muscular strength reinforcement training of the suprahyoid muscles using repetitive peripheral magnetic stimulation (rPMS) with head lift exercises in a randomized controlled trial.

Materials And Methods: Twenty-four healthy adults were randomly assigned to either the magnetic stimulation group (M group) or the head lift exercise group (H group).

Effects of dental treatment on the quality of life and activities of daily living in institutionalized elderly in Japan.

Impairment of oral health has a negative impact on the quality of life (QOL) of the elderly. Activities of daily living (ADL) are known to be an important determinant of their QOL. A controlled study was conducted between September and November 2007 to determine the effects of dental treatments on the QOL and ADL among 30 institutionalized Japanese elderly who were allocated into two groups, an intervention group and a control group.