Publications by authors named "P Sanchez-Herrera-Baeza"
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- Long COVID-19 syndrome affects over 145 million people worldwide, leading to various symptoms and challenges in treatment, making it essential to understand its influences on quality of life and independence.
- The study used logistic regression to analyze how sociodemographic factors and clinical variables relate to symptoms like fatigue (asthenia), low mood, and anxiety.
- Results indicated that older age, gender, and longer duration of symptoms increase mental health issues, while greater independence and better physical functioning help protect against such symptoms.
Introduction: The use of YouTube® has spread among patients with chronic diseases such as multiple sclerosis (MS). These patients consult the available videos to learn more about their disease in terms of diagnosis and making decisions about treatments, including rehabilitation. The aim of this study was to evaluate the content, educational value, and quality analysis of MS videos about neurorehabilitation on YouTube® using quantitative instruments.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF: The prevalence of neurological disorders is increasing worldwide. In recent decades, the conventional rehabilitation for people with neurological disorders has been often reinforced with the use of technological devices (robots and virtual reality). The aim of this systematic review was to identify the evidence on the economic cost of rehabilitation with robotic and virtual reality devices for people with neurological disorders through a review of the scientific publications over the last 15 years.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: New technologies have gained popularity, especially the use of mobile phone applications, in neurorehabilitation. The aim of this paper was (1) to develop a free mobile application () that provides information about and helps to select the appropriate mobile application related to a list of neurological disorders (cognitive impairment, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, traumatic brain injury, stroke, cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy, spina bifida, and facial paralysis), based on different objectives such as healthy habits, information, assessment, and treatment; and (2) to assess the feasibility, acceptability, and degree of satisfaction by physiotherapists after using for a minimum of three months.
Methods: A free application was created to work with the Android operating system.
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- * The findings revealed that overall health-related quality of life was low, particularly concerning physical health, and gender differences impacted areas like physical functioning and bodily pain.
- * Additionally, longer time since infection negatively affected physical health measures, and occupational imbalance was linked to poorer quality of life across all assessed dimensions.