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Cad Saude Publica
January 2025
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.
This study analyzes the social representations of healthcare for deaf individuals by healthcare professionals. To this end, a qualitative study was conducted, applying the Theory of Social Representations in its procedural approach. In-depth semistructured interviews were conducted with nurses, nursing technicians, physical therapists, and physicians from a health facility in Porto Velho, Rondônia State, Brazil.
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January 2025
John J. DeWitt is the associate director, education and professional development and associate clinical professor in the Rehab Services at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, and School of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, 453 W 10th Ave, Rm 516, Columbus, OH 43210 Please address all correspondence to John J. DeWitt.
Introduction: Emerging evidence shows positive impact of postprofessional physical therapy education (residency and fellowship) specific to participants; however, outcomes on organizational impact are largely unknown. The purpose of this project was to describe the impact residency and fellowship training has on financial metrics. A secondary purpose of this case study was to describe trends associated with higher productivity.
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January 2025
Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan.
Aims: To clarify the long-term effects of short-term exercise instructions by physical therapists in Japanese people with type 2 diabetes (T2D).
Methods: This was a follow-up study of 2 years after randomized controlled study of short-term exercise instructions included 18 patients (5 in the non-intervention and 13 in the intervention groups). Motor skills, including 6 min walk test scores, and transtheoretical model was evaluated at baseline (week 0) the end of the study of the previous study (week 8), and 2 years after (2 years).
Front Psychol
January 2025
School of Population Health, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
Objectives: This research describes four aspects of the development of the Sense of Safety Theoretical Framework for whole person care: exploring the meaning of the phrase "sense of safety"-the whole person ; the range of human experience that impacts sense of safety-whole person ; the dynamics that build sense of safety-the healing ; and the personal and cross-disciplinary trauma-informed practitioner that facilitate sense of safety.
Methods: This qualitative participatory study was conducted in two phases. Researchers iteratively explored the concept of sense of safety using focus groups and semi-structured interviews.
JMIR Rehabil Assist Technol
January 2025
Department of Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
Background: Forearm, wrist, and hand impairments affect many individuals and impose a significant economic burden on health care systems. The FEPSim (flexion, extension, pronation, and supination) is designed for hand and wrist rehabilitation. It could become part of the standard care for upper extremity rehabilitation, aiming to improve range of motion, dexterity, and strength during therapeutic activities.
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