Abstract In the elderly, gait disorders and cognitive frailty may influence each other and increase the risk of falling. The aim of the present study was to determine gait parameters…
En réformant l’organisation des soins dans le secteur dit de soins de suite et de réadaptation(SSR), les décrets du 17 avril 2008 avaient, au moins, plusieurs objectifs. Il s’agissait de remplacer…
Abstract Introduction Cancer patients are living longer with deficiencies and functional impairments requiring often typically a care in physical medicine and rehabilitation (PMR). Objective To examine the care of cancer…
Abstract Objective We sought to establish whether chronic neck pain patients suffering from vertigo and instability have true balance disorders. Patients and methods Ninety-two patients having suffered from chronic neck…
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…
