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Physiother Theory Pract
December 2024
Queensland University of Technology, Kelvin Grove, Australia.
Background: The therapeutic alliance (TA) has emerged as a key principle in enhancing the quality of health and rehabilitation services.
Purpose: This study aimed to explore patient perspectives on the influence of TAs with practitioners during inpatient rehabilitation following spinal cord injury (SCI).
Methods: Using a qualitative methodology, ( = 18) in-depth interviews were conducted with inpatient participants.
Health Commun
December 2024
Department of Health and Kinesiology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Current estimates indicate around 6% of US adults have experienced long COVID symptoms. Given the novelty of both COVID and long COVID, those who continue to be ill after an initial SARS-CoV-2 infection have little precedence on which to rely when navigating the medical (e.g.
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December 2024
Department of Media and Journalism, Glasgow School for Business and Society, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, United Kingdom.
Background: The complex physical, cognitive, and psychological consequences of stroke can disrupt a survivor's sense of pre-stroke normality and identity. This can have a substantial impact on their individual and social lives. Individual reports about life after stroke have improved our understanding of this impact.
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February 2024
Center for Jewish Studies, University of Graz, Graz, Austria.
J Aging Stud
December 2024
Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Leiden University Medical Center, Postbus 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, Netherlands; Leyden Academy on Vitality and Ageing, Rijnsburgerweg 10, 2333 AA Leiden, Netherlands. Electronic address:
Our qualitative study, consisting of in-depth semi-structured interviews with recent retirees in the Dutch city of Leiden, set out to investigate how communication, through processes of self-identification and the negotiation of social identities, relates to (self-)ageism. A letter from the city administration was used to make age identification salient in our research and prompted stories of various liminal spaces and phases that our participants experienced. Whilst liminal phases are usually considered uncertain and ambiguous, in our study we found that for older people liminality can offer a desired ambiguity that allowed them to adopt a more positive identity than 'being old', which was rejected as undesirable.
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