Study THERA-Trainer
Published Study: The Use of the THERA-vital Bicycle Trainer for the Treatment of Gait Dysfunction in Extended Care PatientsMr. John Branten is a specialist geriatric physical therapist and team leader for allied health services in the extended care facility “Joachim en Anna” in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. Ms. Chantal Leijgraaff is a staff physical therapist in the extended care facility “Joachim en Anna” in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. Dr. Peter Huijbregts is an Assistant Professor at the University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences in St. Augustine, FL, and a consultant at Shelbourne Physiotherapy in Victoria, BC |
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Study: Arm ergometry for people with cognitive restrictions
The demographic development leads to a constantly increasing percentage of elderly people worldwide. This has become an issue for all people concerned, their families, the health care system and the society as a whole because a great amout of elderlies depend on care. The increase in life expectancy includes many „disabled life years“. The health care systems and the medical research face the challenge of researching the disablement-process in order to develop and implement effective prevention and rehabilitation measures. This process of research is characterised by the key words disablement, frailty and sarkopenia. It is analysed in numerous studies which etiologies form the basis of the development of care dependency, how the identified factors interact, and in which way they can be influenced. |