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Visar resultat 16 - 20 av 37 avhandlingar innehållade orden physical therapists.
16. Introductory greeting behaviour in relation to sex, age, physical characteristics, attitudes, personality, and psychopathology : Approaches by interviews, observations, and experiments
Sammanfattning : The overall aim of this thesis was to elucidate, through interviews, observations and experiments, elements of the introductory greeting, such as sex, age, physical characteristics, personality, and psychopathology, in a psychotherapeutic situation. As an introductory greeting it was considered here the ftrst occasion the therapist and the patient greet each other in the waiting room. LÄS MER
17. Unfolding familiarity : re-occupying daily life among older persons with physical disabilities, in Japan
Sammanfattning : Older persons increasingly recover from health conditions within their home and community, as opposed to in hospitals and institutions. In this context, a need has arisen to gain a greater understanding of how they resume their daily occupations to aid their transitions of re-establishing satisfactory daily lives. LÄS MER
18. Patient education and foot disability in juvenile idiopathic arthritis : a physiotherapy perspective
Sammanfattning : Introduction: Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (RA) influences the child in different aspects and needs multi-professional treatment. Physical therapists' major goal is to maintain or increase physical activity, e.g. with education programs and custom-made foot orthoses. LÄS MER
19. Motor function and cognition : aspects on gait and balance
Sammanfattning : Introduction: Cognitive dysfunction and dementia are linked to physical disability and are the major cause of dependency and institutionalization in the elderly. Physical therapists deal with disability yet little clinical and research attention has been given to the physical disability experienced in people with cognitive dysfunction. LÄS MER
20. Motor Imagery to Facilitate Sensorimotor Re-Learning (MOTIFS): Integrating Dynamic Motor Imagery in Current Treatment of Knee Injury
Sammanfattning : Traumatic knee injury is common in physical activity that includes jumping and cutting movements, and most commonly include anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) or meniscus injuries. Surgical or non-surgical intervention strategies may be chosen, but treatment will include a physical-therapist led physical training program. LÄS MER
