Research
Ouellet and Morin (based in Quebec) conducted a mail-out questionnaire to 452 people with traumatic brain injury in order to explore the concept of fatigue following brain injury and its relationship to other factors including severity of injury, psychological stress and involvement in rehabilitation. This study presents a summary of their findings. Read more »
- 20 Jul 2007
Wahington et al. (2007) set about developing and testing a measure of community participation for children and teenagers (aged 8-20) with disabilities. This is an interesting endeavour: there is already considerable information about the impact of disability during childhood on levels of social participation – but can this be measured in any meaningful way? What does ‘community participation’ mean for children anyway? Read more »
A Cochrane Collaboration review of the effectivess of occupational therapy interventions to improve the functional ability, social participation and health-related quality of life of people with rheumatoid arthritis. Read more »
- 17 Apr 2007
This small study investigated the therapeutic benefits of whole-body vibration training (WBV) versus progressive resistance training in adults with cerebral palsy. Effects on spasticity, muscle strength and motor performance are considered. Read more »
- 17 Mar 2007
Here’s an interesting question: Who do you think would do better in rehabilitation following a serious injury? A guy who conforms to traditional male roles – e.g. the strong, silent type who is not one to ask for help when he’s hurt, who believes that men should be in charge and who is uncomfortable at any suggestion of discussing emotions – OR a guy who does not conform to such roles – a ‘new-age snag’ or the 'metrosexual' perhaps? While there has been some theorisation in the past about which type of masculinity is more conducive to successful rehabilitation outcomes, these authors claim that theirs is the first study to collect data on such issues. Read more »
While not a research article per se, in this editorial Derick Wade attempts to confront the difficulties that rehabilitation researchers and practitioners have describing what it is exactly that they do. Read more »
Wendi Wicks
