Abstract Aims To study how physicians caring for adult patients presenting a chronic mental disturbance take account of the difficulties of their patients’ children under 18. Method Exploratory and qualitative…
Abstract Objective Our objective is to assess the effect of mechanical and manual intermittent cervical traction on pain, use of analgesics and disability during the recent cervical radiculopathy (CR). Methods…
Abstract Introduction Wandering is a behavioural disorder, which occurs in Alzheimer’s disease or other dementia. People who wander are at risk of physical harm and untimely death. Moreover, wandering behaviour…
Abstract Most studies of functional outcomes in hemiplegic stroke patients use standard disability rating scales (such as the Barthel Index). However, planning the allocation of assistance and resources requires additional…
Abstract The European Community is based on a series of treaties and legal decisions, which result from preliminary documents prepared long before by different organizations and lobbies. The European union…
Abstract Objective To analyse contraceptive methods and the extent of screening for breast and cervical cancer in women with neuromuscular disease, compare these results with data and guidelines for the…
Abstract Objective To investigate semantic memory in brain-injured patients. Methods We used the new word questionnaire (QMN) to assess the ability of 12 brain-injured patients and 12 healthy controls to define French…
Abstract Introduction During the first two years of life, hypotonia may be the only symptom of a central or peripheral nervous system disorder. We propose to assess the sensitivity of…
Le système sanitaire français met en place une politique nationale en faveur de l’éducation thérapeutique du patient (ETP) . Les circulaires d’avril 2008 inscrivent l’éducation thérapeutique dans les missions des services…
Abstract The cervical spine’s stabilising function is generated by three interacting systems: an active system (the muscles), a passive system (capsules, intervertebral disks and ligaments) and a neutral system (the…
