Assessment Tools for the Admission of Older Adults to Inpatient Rehabilitation: A Scoping Review.

(1) Objective: To identify the assessment tools and outcome measures used to assess older adults for inpatient rehabilitation. (2) Design: Scoping review. (3) Data sources: ProQuest, PEDro, PubMed, CINAHL Plus with full text (EBSCO), Cochrane Library and reference lists from included studies.

Inpatient Geriatric Rehabilitation: Definitions and Appropriate Admission Criteria, as Established by Maltese National Experts.

(1) Background: The importance of having an appropriate admissions system for geriatric rehabilitation is on the increase. However, the process of admitting patients to inpatient rehabilitation is a complex process. This is yet to be standardised across the European Union, as the approach to geriatric rehabilitation tends to vary from one Member State to another.

Nicotine dependence and the International Association for the Study of Pain neuropathic pain grade in patients with chronic low back pain and radicular pain: is there an association?

Background: This study investigated whether current smoking and a higher nicotine dependency were associated with chronic low back pain (LBP), lumbar related leg pain (sciatica) and/or radicular neuropathic pain.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted on 150 patients (mean age, 60.1 ± 13.

Pulmonary Rehabilitation in patients with Interstitial Lung Disease: The effects of a 12-week programme.

Background: The inclusion of Pulmonary Rehabilitation as part of the management of Interstitial Lung Disease, although being highly recommended in most recent guidelines, still has limited studies exploring the outcomes from such an intervention. The present study aims to contribute to the available literature by investigating the effects of a high intensity, 12 week PR programme on functional and quality of life measures in patients with a diagnosis of Interstitial Lung Disease.

Method: ology: This paper reports outcomes of an observational, prospective, quasi experimental type of study.

Health status of COPD patients undergoing pulmonary rehabilitation: A comparative responsiveness of the CAT and SGRQ.

The St. George's Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) assessment test (CAT) are the measures used to assess health status. This study aims to examine the responsiveness of these tools by severity of dyspnoea category in patients with COPD.