Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and cancer rehabilitation. 2. Cardiac rehabilitation in disabled populations

Rashbaum, Ira G.; Walker, William C.; Glassman, Stuart J.

doi:10.1016/s0003-9993(01)80040-x

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“…Data from the USA and Europe suggest that a LEA account for over 87% of all amputations, and 75% of LEA occur in those over 65 years of age (Larsson & Apelqvist 1995, Bryant 2001, Price 2003). Studies from Asia, Europe and North America consistently indicate that the most common cause of LEA is disease; over 50% are the result of complications of diabetes, such as peripheral neuropathy, peripheral vascular disease and infection (Larsson & Apelqvist 1995, Rashbaum et al. 2001, Wong 2005).…”

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The lived experience of persons with lower extremity amputation

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Williams

Liu

et al. 2010

Journal of Clinical Nursing

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Health professionals need to acknowledge the real needs of people with lower extremity amputation and provide them a clear explanation regarding the short-term and long-term health issues associated with amputation during the pre- and post-amputation phase. Health professionals also need to expand the scope of services beyond a physical and prosthetic focus. Supportive psychological and social interventions such as formal support groups and peer support programmes may provide a powerful and inexpensive addition to routine care. Currently, such programmes are unavailable in Taiwan.

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The lived experience of persons with lower extremity amputation

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Liu

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Journal of Clinical Nursing

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Physical therapy in the 21st century (Part I): Toward practice informed by epidemiology and the crisis of lifestyle conditions

Dean

2009

Physiotherapy Theory and Practice

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Part I of this two-part introduction to this Special Issue on the practice of physical therapy in the 21st century outlines the epidemiological basis and rationale for evidence-informed physical therapy practice for addressing contemporary health priorities. This evidence emanates from the definition of health by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Classification of Functioning (ICF), and WHO and other international databases on the prevalence of lifestyle conditions. Lifestyle conditions include ischemic heart disease, smoking-related conditions, hypertension and stroke, obesity, diabetes, and cancer. Epidemiological data combined with evidence supporting the effectiveness of noninvasive interventions related to physical therapy to address these priorities (e.g., health education and exercise) are highly consistent with the promotion of health and wellness and the ICF. Given their commitment to exploiting effective noninvasive interventions, physical therapists are in a preeminent position to focus on prevention of these disabling and lethal conditions in every client or patient, their cure in some cases, as well as their management. Thus, a compelling argument can be made that clinical competencies in 21st century physical therapy need to include assessment of smoking and smoking cessation (or at least its initiation), basic nutritional assessment and counseling, recommendations for physical activity and exercise, stress assessment and basic stress reduction recommendations, and sleep assessment and basic sleep hygiene recommendations. The physical therapist can then make an informed clinical judgment regarding whether a client or patient needs to be referred to another professional related to one or more of these specialty areas. The prominence of physical therapy as an established health care profession and its unique pattern of practice (prolonged visits over prolonged periods of time) attest further to the fact that physical therapists are uniquely qualified to lead in the assault on lifestyle conditions. Evidence-based physical therapy practiced within the context of epidemiological indicators (i.e., evidence-informed practice) maximally empowers clinicians to promote lifelong health in every person and in turn, the health of communities. This vision of physical therapy's leading role in health promotion and health care in the 21st century holds the promise of reducing the need for invasive health interventions (drugs and surgery). Part II of this introduction describes evidence-based physical therapy practice within this context of evidence-informed practice.

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Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and cancer rehabilitation. 2. Cardiac rehabilitation in disabled populations

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The lived experience of persons with lower extremity amputation

The lived experience of persons with lower extremity amputation

Physical therapy in the 21st century (Part I): Toward practice informed by epidemiology and the crisis of lifestyle conditions

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