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(MDPI, 2023-09)BACKGROUND : Trail running is characterised by large elevation gains/losses and varying uneven running surfaces. Limited literature is available to help guide injury prevention strategies among trail runners. The purpose ...
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(Elsevier, 2021-01)OBJECTIVE : To determine the epidemiology and clinical characteristics of RRIs among trail runners who entered the 2019 SkyRun races. DESIGN : Descriptive cross-sectional study. SETTING : 2019 SkyRun races. PARTICIPANTS ...
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(BMJ Publishing Group, 2021-01)INTRODUCTION: Approximately 80% of people with spinal cord injury experience clinically significant chronic pain. Pain (whether musculoskeletal or neuropathic) is consistently rated as one of the most difficult problems ...
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(AOSIS, 2023-01-31)BACKGROUND : Participation in activities of daily living (ADL), education, leisure and play in children living with cerebral palsy (CP) may be affected by various factors, as outlined in the International Classification ...
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(AOSIS Open Journals, 2020-11-04)BACKGROUND : The pectoralis minor (PM) muscle is commonly regarded as a contributor to abnormal scapula positioning. Subsequently, the muscle length of the scapular stabilising muscles may be affected, as these muscles ...
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(AOSIS Open Journals, 2018-07-03)BACKGROUND : Successful discharge from rehabilitation for patients with spinal cord injury (PWSCI) relies on a smooth transition home. Assessing readiness for hospital discharge (RHD) is important in reducing secondary ...
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(AOSIS, 2023-04)BACKGROUND : Ensuring quality in the structure and process of stroke rehabilitation helps to attain a good outcome. However, knowledge on this is limited in resource-constrained settings such as Ghana. OBJECTIVES : This ...
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(AOSIS Open Journals, 2008)STUDY DESIGN : Case Report. OBJECTIVES : To describe physiotherapy intervention in an individual with a suspected whiplash injury. BACKGROUND : The patient was a 29-year old male with complaints of neck pain and tightness ...
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(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2019-03)There is considerable evidence to support the rise in non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Reduction of the NCD burden is of vital importance globally, including South Africa (SA). Recent evidence demonstrates that NCDs ...
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(AOSIS, 2022-09)BACKGROUND : Elderly patients report a decrease in function and activities of daily living following abdominal surgery. The objectives of our pilot study were to determine the effects of a single pre-operative physiotherapy ...
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(AOSIS, 2022-02-22)BACKGROUND: Pain after spinal cord injury (SCI) is common and is likely to continue throughout life with varying levels of severity. OBJECTIVE: To determine the presence of pain, the sociodemographic and injury profile of ...
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(Taylor and Francis, 2019-11)OBJECTIVES : To describe the demographic and socio-economic profiles, and injury related characteristics of people who sustain SCIs in KZN in order to provide baseline information to instigate a model that guides employment ...
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(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2012)The evaluation of rehabilitation outcomes requires measurement instruments that are valid and reliable, and have been psychometrically tested in the context of a particular population. The purpose of this study was to ...
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(AOSIS Open Journals, 2016-02-26)PURPOSE : To investigate the role that rehabilitation professionals play in the rehabilitation of children with disabilities in the rural and under-resourced community of Giyani in South Africa. METHOD : A qualitative, ...
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(BioMed Central, 2020-11)BACKGROUND: Encouraged by the widespread adoption of enhanced recovery protocols (ERPs) for elective total hip and knee arthroplasty (THA/TKA) in high-income countries, our nationwide multidisciplinary research group ...
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(Pensoft Publishers, 2016-04-15)South Africa’s 800 km-long southern Great Escarpment hosts numerous endemic plant species only known from their type specimens or from very few records. This is a legacy of a 100–150 year lag between the pioneer work of ...
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(Routledge, 2022)OBJECTIVE : Strong healthcare systems require rich rehabilitation protocols for improving the outcomes of disabling ailments such as HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder (HAND). Currently, the rehabilitative interventions ...
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(AOSIS Open Journals, 2017-10-26)BACKGROUND : People with spinal cord injury (PWSCI) who use wheelchairs for mobility tend to be physically inactive because of their limited mobility. Poor endurance and exercise tolerance, associated with poor physical ...
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(AOSIS Open Journals, 2020-05-07)BACKGROUND : Measuring rehabilitation outcomes in patients with spinal cord injury (PWSCI) requires measurement tools that are valid and reliable and have been psychometrically tested in the population with spinal cord ...
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(Nature Reseach, 2023-05-18)There seems to be no information on the incidence of injury and associated risk factors for academy football players in Ghana. We determine the risk factors associated with match and training injuries among male football ...
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