It’s Like Doing Simultaneous Mind Puzzles: Exploring How Care is Understood and Experienced by Nursing Assistants Working in Sweden with Older Persons by Lilienthal A, Farias L, Boström AM, Patomella AH, Asaba E

“…Anneliese Lilienthal,1 Lisette Farias,1 Anne-Marie Boström,2– 4 Ann-Helen Patomella,1,5 Eric Asaba1,3,6 1Department of Neurobiology, Care Science and Society (NVS), Division of Occupational Therapy, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; 2Department of Neurobiology, Care Science and Society (NVS), Division for Nursing, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; 3Unit for Research, Education, Development and Innovation, Stockholms Sjukhem Foundation, Stockholm, Sweden; 4Theme Inflammation and Aging, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden; 5Academic Primary Health Care Centre (APC), Stockholm Region, Sweden; 6Department of Health and Rehabilitation, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, SwedenCorrespondence: Anneliese Lilienthal, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences, and Society, Division of Occupational Therapy, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, 141 83, Sweden, Email Anneliese.Lilienthal@ki.seBackground: The care of older persons is facing several challenges, especially as care tasks are becoming increasingly rationalized with less opportunity for relational engagement between nurse assistants and older persons. …”
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Is Dry Needling Effective When Combined with Other Therapies for Myofascial Trigger Points Associated with Neck Pain Symptoms? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by César Fernández-De-Las-Peñas, Gustavo Plaza-Manzano, Jorge Sanchez-Infante, Guido F Gómez-Chiguano, Joshua A Cleland, José L. Arias-Buría, Ibai López-de-Uralde-Villanueva, Marcos J. Navarro-Santana

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Treatment of Advanced Parkinson's Disease by Sara Varanese, Zoe Birnbaum, Roger Rossi, Alessandro Di Rocco

“…Supportive care, including physical and rehabilitative interventions, speech therapy, occupational therapy, and nursing care, has a key role in the late stage of disease. …”
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Energy management education for persons living with long COVID-related fatigue (EMERGE): protocol of a two-parallel arms target trial emulation study in a multicentre outpatient in... by Emilia Riggi, Marco Barbero, Gian Luca Di Tanna, Ruth Hersche, Andrea Weise

“…The ‘standard of care’ of the CG will include any intervention, except occupational therapy-based EME in peer groups. The causal contrast of interest will be the per-protocol effect. …”
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Validation and Evaluation of Two Observational Pain Assessment Tools in a Trauma and Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit by Jane Topolovec-Vranic, Celine Gélinas, Yangmei Li, Mary Ann Pollmann-Mudryj, Jennifer Innis, Amanda McFarlan, Sonya Canzian

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Comprehensive Insights into De Quervain’s Tenosynovitis: From Etiology to Rehabilitation by Piotr Charzewski, Agnieszka Starzyk

“…Conservative treatments such as splinting, corticosteroid injections, and occupational therapy remain the cornerstone of management, while surgical decompression offers definitive relief for refractory cases. …”
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A Case Report of Rehabilitation of Nitrous Oxide Intoxication by Yiming XU, Honghua SHEN, Qin ZHANG, Lei REN

“…Furthermore, individualization occupational therapy was designed according to the patient's condition to promote his activity of daily living, 30 minutes a day, six days a week. …”
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The Role of Health Anxiety among Patients with Chronic Pain in Determining Response to Therapy by Heather D Hadjistavropoulos, Gordon JG Asmundson, Diane L LaChapelle, Allisson Quine

“…Sixty-five patients with chronic pain completed measures of pain, anxiety and cognition following an active occupational therapy session in which they were specifically instructed either to inhibit or reduce pain behaviour, or to carry out the session as they normally would. …”
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Irreducible Dislocation of the Great Toe Interphalangeal Joint Secondary to an Incarcerated Sesamoid by Hamid Rahmatullah Bin Abd Razak, Zi-Yang Chia, Hwee-Chye Andrew Tan

“…The patient was treated with open surgical exploration, resection of the interposed sesamoid, and Kirschner-wire fixation of the IP joint followed by occupational therapy for mobilization exercises. The operative course was uneventful. …”
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Applying Acupuncture as Part of Multidisciplinary Treatment for Locked-in Syndrome: A Case Report by Liu Tsung-Han, Tsung-Han Yang

“…In the meantime, the patient received repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulations, regular physiotherapy, occupational therapy, and speech therapy. By week 11, the patient could voluntarily move his right fingers and toes and was successfully weaned off the tracheostomy. …”

The Effects of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on the Cognitive Functions in Older Adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Pilot Study by Pablo Cruz Gonzalez, Kenneth N. K. Fong, Ted Brown

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Development of quality indicators for hand osteoarthritis care – Results from an European consensus study by Daniel H. Bordvik, Yeliz Prior, Rachael Bamford, Francis Berenbaum, Mathilda Björk, Thalita Blanck, Barbara Slatkowsky Christensen, Krysia Dziedzic, John Edwards, Nazemin Gilanliogullari, Carol Graham, Ida K. Haugen, Margreet Kloppenburg, Hellen Laheij, Marco J.P.F. Ritt, Tanja Stamm, Anne Therese Tveter, Nina Østerås, Ingvild Kjeken

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Does rehabilitation improve work participation in patients with chronic spinal pain after spinal surgery: a systematic review by Jonas Callens, Olivia Lavreysen, Lisa Goudman, Ann De Smedt, Koen Putman, Dominique Van de Velde, Lode Godderis, Dries Ceulemans, Maarten Moens

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Analysis of Differences in the Degree of Biomechanical Adaptation according to Habituation to Different Heel Heights by Yu-Jin Cha

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Physical Activity in Hospitalised Stroke Patients by Tanya West, Julie Bernhardt

“…Approximately one hour per day is spent in physiotherapy (median 63.2 minutes, IQR 36.0–79.5) and occupational therapy (median 57.0 minutes, IQR 25.1–58.5). …”
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A case series on combining repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation with conventional rehabilitation therapies for upper limb motor-function restoration by Mei Yin Pong, Mazlina Mazlan, Tze Yang Chung, Sakinah Sabirin, Soo Chin Chan

“…Each session included 1800 pulses at 120% resting motor threshold for 40 minutes, followed by 60 minutes of upper limb motor-function training. Outpatient occupational therapy was then continued for 3 months. All patients showed neurological and functional recovery as measured by the Medical Research Council scale and Fugl-Meyer Assessment-Upper Extremity Motor. …”
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Community mental health funding, stakeholder engagement and outcomes: a realist synthesis by Walter P Wodchis, Vicky Stergiopoulos, Katie N Dainty, Maritt Kirst, Andrea Duncan

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The Development of a Design and Construction Process Protocol to Support the Home Modification Process Delivered by Occupational Therapists by Rachel Russell, Marcus Ormerod, Rita Newton

“…Using both the existing occupational therapy intervention process model and the design and construction process protocol as the theoretical frameworks, a 4-phase, 9-subphase design and construction process protocol for home modifications was developed. …”
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Role of Glass Composition on Mechanical Properties of Shape Memory Alloy-Metallic Glass Composites by Supat Chupradit, Indah Raya, Dinh Tran Ngoc Huy, Dmitry Bokov, Pham Van Tuan, Aravindhan Surendar, Doaa Alaa Lafta, Mustafa M. Kadhim, Olga Kravchenko, Yasser Fakri Mustafa, Zaid Hameed Mahmood, Sami Sajjadifar

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Relationship between Supportive Services of Parents with Children Disabilities by Noor Al-Huda Satar S. K. Al-Kafajy, Nuhad Mohammad Al-Dorie

“…Conclusions: This study found the children with special needs received poor overall supportive services in the areas of physiotherapy, occupational therapy, social work, psychology, and technology. …”
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