Objective Sport specific consideration, different demands of various sports and specific training reveal differences of trunk strength capacity. The purpose of this study was to identify strength firstly characteristics of…
Objective Management of tracheotomy is a key point of the coma arousal phase. Tracheal lesions can interfere with the decannulation of the patient. The objectives of our study were to…
Objective Early verticalization in ICU is recommended but not documented in brain-damaged people. Using a verticalization table involves risks and stresses in this context. The main objective was to determine…
Objective After critical illness, some survivors experience long-term physical, functional, neurocognitive and/or mental health impairments, which has been termed “Post–Intensive Care syndrome” (PICS) . A specific follow-up is required and…
Objective Cerebral 18F-FDG PET complements bedside examination with behavioural scales in patients with DOC enabling better functional categorization. We realized a resting PET, then another after motor/visual activation, in patients…
Objective Brainstem lesions can cause a locked-in syndrome (LIS). At the initial state, the LIS can be complete (CLIS), without any possibility for the patient to communicate. The main issues…
Opinion/Feedback The patients in the neurological rehabilitation service are often in pain and anxious. To take care of them, some alternatives to medicine are being tested, especially to limit their…
Objective Post intensive care rehabilitation is a relatively new concept that aims to admit in rehabilitation unit patients just after intensive care to deliver appropriate rehabilitation treatment while ensuring monitoring…
Objective Phantom limb pain (PLP) is a major problem after limb amputation. Mirror therapy (MT) is a non-pharmacological treatment using representations of movement, the efficacy of which in reducing PLP…
Objective A rehabilitation program, with successive types of exercises, including limb laterality recognition, imagined movements and mirror therapy, can be conducted in patients with CRPS I1. This graded motor imagery…
