Check out the Neuro-PRECISE Center Pilot Project grants. Applications live now!
Detailed Request for Application information found here: drive.google.com/file/d/1qCGE...
Letter of Intent submission here: redcap.musc.edu/surveys/?s=R...
#NeuroRehab #rehabilitationmatters #funding #pilotproject
Detailed Request for Application information found here: drive.google.com/file/d/1qCGE...
Letter of Intent submission here: redcap.musc.edu/surveys/?s=R...
#NeuroRehab #rehabilitationmatters #funding #pilotproject
December 17, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Check out the Neuro-PRECISE Center Pilot Project grants. Applications live now!
Detailed Request for Application information found here: drive.google.com/file/d/1qCGE...
Letter of Intent submission here: redcap.musc.edu/surveys/?s=R...
#NeuroRehab #rehabilitationmatters #funding #pilotproject
Detailed Request for Application information found here: drive.google.com/file/d/1qCGE...
Letter of Intent submission here: redcap.musc.edu/surveys/?s=R...
#NeuroRehab #rehabilitationmatters #funding #pilotproject
📍Meeting of States Parties to the #MineBanTreaty #Geneva
@hi-federation.bsky.social presents its #RehabilitationMatters exhibition & 3D printer creating prosthesis socket. Among visitors: Princess Astrid #Belgium, Prince Mired #Jordan & Izumi Nakamitsu #UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs
@hi-federation.bsky.social presents its #RehabilitationMatters exhibition & 3D printer creating prosthesis socket. Among visitors: Princess Astrid #Belgium, Prince Mired #Jordan & Izumi Nakamitsu #UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs
December 1, 2025 at 3:12 PM
📍Meeting of States Parties to the #MineBanTreaty #Geneva
@hi-federation.bsky.social presents its #RehabilitationMatters exhibition & 3D printer creating prosthesis socket. Among visitors: Princess Astrid #Belgium, Prince Mired #Jordan & Izumi Nakamitsu #UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs
@hi-federation.bsky.social presents its #RehabilitationMatters exhibition & 3D printer creating prosthesis socket. Among visitors: Princess Astrid #Belgium, Prince Mired #Jordan & Izumi Nakamitsu #UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs
I have just updated a post on healthcare theory, two years after first posting it. It relates to the foundations that policymakers and politicians used - and the adverse consequences that arise from it. rehabilitationmatters.com/healthcare-t... #rehabilitationmatters
Healthcare theory - Rehabilitation Matters
Healthcare theory is rarely discussed. It dictates policy and is based on the biomedical model, causing difficulties. Biopsychosocial healthcare is needed.
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October 17, 2025 at 2:27 PM
I have just updated a post on healthcare theory, two years after first posting it. It relates to the foundations that policymakers and politicians used - and the adverse consequences that arise from it. rehabilitationmatters.com/healthcare-t... #rehabilitationmatters
According to a study by the BMJ, conducted by Australian researchers using local data.... early, intensive rehabilitation reduces a brain injury patient's long term care so dramatically increase that within 5.5 months, rehab has paid for itself. $$$
#occupationaltherapy #NDIS
#WFOT #economics
#occupationaltherapy #NDIS
#WFOT #economics
February 26, 2025 at 9:47 AM
What is rehabilitation? I have updated the page of my website that introduces this topic. One major point is that it is NOT just therapy or treatment; the crucial point is that it facilitates adaptation. rehabilitationmatters.com/what-is-reha... #neurorehabilitation #rehabilitationmatters
What is rehabilitation? - Rehabilitation Matters
What is rehabilitation. This page investigates why the answer is not easy but develops a clear description that is the basis of further detailed discussion.
rehabilitationmatters.com
January 28, 2025 at 9:41 AM
What is rehabilitation? I have updated the page of my website that introduces this topic. One major point is that it is NOT just therapy or treatment; the crucial point is that it facilitates adaptation. rehabilitationmatters.com/what-is-reha... #neurorehabilitation #rehabilitationmatters
Does the circumstance of your trauma influence your stress symptoms? An interesting study on concussed people suggested the circumstances frame post-concussion symptoms. doi.org/10.1001/jama... #neurorehab #rehabilitationmatters
Peritraumatic Context and the Long-Term Outcomes of Concussion
This cohort study compares posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) severity, postconcussive symptoms, and disability status among US veterans with a history of peritraumatic and nonperitraumatic mild tra...
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January 25, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Does the circumstance of your trauma influence your stress symptoms? An interesting study on concussed people suggested the circumstances frame post-concussion symptoms. doi.org/10.1001/jama... #neurorehab #rehabilitationmatters
DW. Does using a cognitive task as a distraction (to reduce pain) increase the effectiveness of resistance training after an elbow fracture? This study was too small to conclude (n= 32) but suggests benefit. A larger study could include other fractures. doi.org/10.1016/j.ap... #rehabilitationmatters
Redirecting
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January 23, 2025 at 9:51 AM
DW. Does using a cognitive task as a distraction (to reduce pain) increase the effectiveness of resistance training after an elbow fracture? This study was too small to conclude (n= 32) but suggests benefit. A larger study could include other fractures. doi.org/10.1016/j.ap... #rehabilitationmatters
The wheel turns again..
#GPs & #CommunityMDTs have 90% of the workload but approx 10% of funding.
How can optimisation of input be achieved?
Prioritising input is also vital.
#RehabilitationMatters #Optimising health & wellbeing is essential.
#GPs & #CommunityMDTs have 90% of the workload but approx 10% of funding.
How can optimisation of input be achieved?
Prioritising input is also vital.
#RehabilitationMatters #Optimising health & wellbeing is essential.
Shifting care from hospitals into community services is central to the government's plan to fix the NHS.
Here @theasrstein.bsky.social & @sjanereed.bsky.social set out 3 key questions the government needs to answer to avoid repeating past mistakes 👇
www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/news-item/br...
Here @theasrstein.bsky.social & @sjanereed.bsky.social set out 3 key questions the government needs to answer to avoid repeating past mistakes 👇
www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/news-item/br...
Bringing care closer to home: three questions that need answering
Shifting care from hospitals into community services is central to the government's plan for fixing the NHS. Previous administrations made similar pledges, yet a real shift from hospital to home has n...
www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk
January 20, 2025 at 1:46 PM
The wheel turns again..
#GPs & #CommunityMDTs have 90% of the workload but approx 10% of funding.
How can optimisation of input be achieved?
Prioritising input is also vital.
#RehabilitationMatters #Optimising health & wellbeing is essential.
#GPs & #CommunityMDTs have 90% of the workload but approx 10% of funding.
How can optimisation of input be achieved?
Prioritising input is also vital.
#RehabilitationMatters #Optimising health & wellbeing is essential.
I have just updated the home page description of my website's new stuff. This link takes you straight to the 'new material' section. rehabilitationmatters.com#new-stuff I . #neurorehab #rehabilitationmatters I have started a section on clinical aspects of rehabilitation but only just started.
January 19, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I have just updated the home page description of my website's new stuff. This link takes you straight to the 'new material' section. rehabilitationmatters.com#new-stuff I . #neurorehab #rehabilitationmatters I have started a section on clinical aspects of rehabilitation but only just started.
And that doesn't include the #AHP vacancies..
#RehabilitationMatters.
A population of de-skilled, de-optimised, unwell older & pwLTCs makes for an extra burden on society.
#Preventative
#RehabilitationMatters.
A population of de-skilled, de-optimised, unwell older & pwLTCs makes for an extra burden on society.
#Preventative
42% fewer District Nurses, 7% fewer GPs, 14% fewer Nursing and residential beds. And social care has been stripped.
A virtual bed run by 2’ care costs on average £665 an admission.
2’ care focus is costly, it will cost less in the community if trusted with the funding
#hospitaltohome
A virtual bed run by 2’ care costs on average £665 an admission.
2’ care focus is costly, it will cost less in the community if trusted with the funding
#hospitaltohome
Targets to shift care from #hospitaltohome – and financial drivers behind them - “require bravery and political leadership”, says @sallygainsbury.bsky.social – and politicians need to be clearer on what outcomes should be for patients.
Watch the event: buff.ly/40w8rrl
Watch the event: buff.ly/40w8rrl
January 15, 2025 at 11:05 AM
And that doesn't include the #AHP vacancies..
#RehabilitationMatters.
A population of de-skilled, de-optimised, unwell older & pwLTCs makes for an extra burden on society.
#Preventative
#RehabilitationMatters.
A population of de-skilled, de-optimised, unwell older & pwLTCs makes for an extra burden on society.
#Preventative
#CommunityMDTs are supported in this powerful piece, plus #RehabilitationMatters & optimising health, well-being & function at home, as ways of reducing poverty & pressure on health & social are.
Poverty in later life is the scourge of modern society, governments need to understand the causes | Gunurra Doe
The issue of poverty in older adults and the impacts for health and social care
Poverty in later life is the scourge of modern society, governments need to understand the causes
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January 13, 2025 at 2:39 AM
#CommunityMDTs are supported in this powerful piece, plus #RehabilitationMatters & optimising health, well-being & function at home, as ways of reducing poverty & pressure on health & social are.
This is a new post on learning about your patient and the need to understand their values, identity, social networks, Maslow's needs rehabilitationmatters.com/knowing-the-... I am ashamed of how little most notes contain; electronic records are the worst. #neurorehab #rehabilitationmatters
Knowing the patient. - Rehabilitation Matters
Knowing the patient well is crucial for rehabilitation planning. Consider identity, values and attitudes, Maslow's needs, social networks, and resource context.
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January 12, 2025 at 4:15 PM
This is a new post on learning about your patient and the need to understand their values, identity, social networks, Maslow's needs rehabilitationmatters.com/knowing-the-... I am ashamed of how little most notes contain; electronic records are the worst. #neurorehab #rehabilitationmatters
John Stein proposed that magnocellular dysfunction caused dyslexia in 1997; a recent study confirms relevant dysfunction in the brain in life. Blue glasses may be justified as treatment. doi.org/10.1093/brai... and see this thesis era.ed.ac.uk/bitstream/ha... #science #rehabilitationmatters
Dysfunction of the magnocellular subdivision of the visual thalamus in developmental dyslexia
Prior post-mortem research has linked developmental dyslexia to histological alterations in the magnocellular lateral geniculate nucleus (M-LGN), but this
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January 12, 2025 at 9:56 AM
John Stein proposed that magnocellular dysfunction caused dyslexia in 1997; a recent study confirms relevant dysfunction in the brain in life. Blue glasses may be justified as treatment. doi.org/10.1093/brai... and see this thesis era.ed.ac.uk/bitstream/ha... #science #rehabilitationmatters
Iatrogenic harm is common in health services, and it is not solely from side effects of treatment, as excellently illustrated by an article on iatrogenic harm in functional neurological disorders. The analysis applies to many conditions. doi.org/10.1093/brai... #neurorehab #rehabilitationmatters
Iatrogenic harm in functional neurological disorder
Functional neurological disorder is a common and treatable condition at the interface of neurology and psychiatry. Mcloughlin et al. outline some of the wa
doi.org
January 12, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Iatrogenic harm is common in health services, and it is not solely from side effects of treatment, as excellently illustrated by an article on iatrogenic harm in functional neurological disorders. The analysis applies to many conditions. doi.org/10.1093/brai... #neurorehab #rehabilitationmatters
It's not 'just' community nurses. #OccupationalTherapists, #Physiotherapists #SaLTs, #Podiatrists #Dieticians optimise function, health & well-being in environments where people WANT to be, supporting #UnpaidCarers. #RehabilitationMatters, #pwLTCs matter.
Also applies to #MentalHealth services.
Also applies to #MentalHealth services.
Discharging a patient from hospital shouldn’t be complicated
However increasing cuts in community funding, social care & community staff has created delays
42% fewer district nurses
14% fewer community beds
NI employers & staff costs for the community sector has made this worse
#Medsky
However increasing cuts in community funding, social care & community staff has created delays
42% fewer district nurses
14% fewer community beds
NI employers & staff costs for the community sector has made this worse
#Medsky
January 11, 2025 at 8:22 PM
It's not 'just' community nurses. #OccupationalTherapists, #Physiotherapists #SaLTs, #Podiatrists #Dieticians optimise function, health & well-being in environments where people WANT to be, supporting #UnpaidCarers. #RehabilitationMatters, #pwLTCs matter.
Also applies to #MentalHealth services.
Also applies to #MentalHealth services.
A trial of 346 people with chronic back pain and 1+ of overweight, poor diet, low activity, or smoking were offered a Healthy Lifestyle Programme (HeLP) in addition to guideline-best care for it benefited them. doi.org/10.1001/jama... #rehabilitationmatters Maybe will give other long-term benefits.
Healthy Lifestyle Care vs Guideline-Based Care for Low Back Pain
This randomized clinical trial assesses the effectiveness of the Healthy Lifestyle Program compared with guideline-based care for low back pain disability.
doi.org
January 11, 2025 at 8:08 AM
A trial of 346 people with chronic back pain and 1+ of overweight, poor diet, low activity, or smoking were offered a Healthy Lifestyle Programme (HeLP) in addition to guideline-best care for it benefited them. doi.org/10.1001/jama... #rehabilitationmatters Maybe will give other long-term benefits.
DW. Mobile health cardiac rehabilitation uses technology to deliver 'therapy' at home. A trial in 400 people with ischaemic heart disease aged 65+ years found no benefit. We should jump off the bandwagon, avoiding waste and risk. doi.org/10.1001/jama... #rehabilitationmatters
Rehabilitation Using Mobile Health for Older Adults With Ischemic Heart Disease
This randomized clinical trial investigates whether a home-based mobile health cardiac rehabilitation intervention improves 6-minute walk distance in adults aged 65 years or older after hospitalizatio...
doi.org
January 10, 2025 at 3:14 PM
DW. Mobile health cardiac rehabilitation uses technology to deliver 'therapy' at home. A trial in 400 people with ischaemic heart disease aged 65+ years found no benefit. We should jump off the bandwagon, avoiding waste and risk. doi.org/10.1001/jama... #rehabilitationmatters
Negative trials are more important than positive ones as they prevent waste and pointless risk of harm. A trial of mobile health cardiac rehabilitation (delivery at home via technology) in people aged 65 years or more failed to show any benefit. doi.org/10.1001/jama... #rehabilitationmatters
Rehabilitation Using Mobile Health for Older Adults With Ischemic Heart Disease
This randomized clinical trial investigates whether a home-based mobile health cardiac rehabilitation intervention improves 6-minute walk distance in adults aged 65 years or older after hospitalizatio...
doi.org
January 10, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Negative trials are more important than positive ones as they prevent waste and pointless risk of harm. A trial of mobile health cardiac rehabilitation (delivery at home via technology) in people aged 65 years or more failed to show any benefit. doi.org/10.1001/jama... #rehabilitationmatters
Deafness seems to be associated with the development of Parkinson's disease, and hearing aids may reduce the association. Is deafness a symptom or cause? doi,org/10.1001/jama... #neurorehab #ClinicalRehabil #rehabilitationmatters
December 10, 2024 at 10:10 AM
Deafness seems to be associated with the development of Parkinson's disease, and hearing aids may reduce the association. Is deafness a symptom or cause? doi,org/10.1001/jama... #neurorehab #ClinicalRehabil #rehabilitationmatters
We typically consider iatrogenic harm to arise from treatment. This review of harms caused to people with functional neurological disorders takes a much better and broader view. Any action, inaction, or attitude can harm. Read and reflect. doi.org/10.1093/brai... #neurorehab #rehabilitationmatters
Iatrogenic harm in functional neurological disorder
Functional neurological disorder is a common and treatable condition at the interface of neurology and psychiatry. Mcloughlin et al. outline some of the wa
doi.org
December 10, 2024 at 10:03 AM
We typically consider iatrogenic harm to arise from treatment. This review of harms caused to people with functional neurological disorders takes a much better and broader view. Any action, inaction, or attitude can harm. Read and reflect. doi.org/10.1093/brai... #neurorehab #rehabilitationmatters
DW. Iatrogenic harm is usually associated with harm from treatment. This review of harms caused to people with functional neurological disorders takes a much better and broader view. Any action or inaction can harm. Read and reflect. doi.org/10.1093/brai... #neurorehab #rehabilitationmatters
Iatrogenic harm in functional neurological disorder
Functional neurological disorder is a common and treatable condition at the interface of neurology and psychiatry. Mcloughlin et al. outline some of the wa
doi.org
December 10, 2024 at 10:00 AM
DW. Iatrogenic harm is usually associated with harm from treatment. This review of harms caused to people with functional neurological disorders takes a much better and broader view. Any action or inaction can harm. Read and reflect. doi.org/10.1093/brai... #neurorehab #rehabilitationmatters
Do men feel pain differently from women? Recent evidence has shown sexual dimorphism across species in chemicals that influence nociceptor sensitivity/responsiveness, including in humans. Interesting. doi.org/10.1093/brai... #neurrehab #rehabilitationmatters #clinicalrehab
Nociceptors are functionally male or female: from mouse to monkey to man
Stratton et al. present new evidence suggesting that pain-sensing neurons are fundamentally different between men and women. Across species, prolactin sens
doi.org
December 6, 2024 at 7:21 PM
Do men feel pain differently from women? Recent evidence has shown sexual dimorphism across species in chemicals that influence nociceptor sensitivity/responsiveness, including in humans. Interesting. doi.org/10.1093/brai... #neurrehab #rehabilitationmatters #clinicalrehab
Rehabilitation multidisciplinary teams reach conclusions & make decisions. Who is legally responsible? Issues explored in oncology teams. Register all involved & document conclusions, including all disagreements. i.e, good practice. doi.org/10.1016/j.ej... #neurorehab #rehabilitationmatters
Redirecting
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November 25, 2024 at 2:54 PM
Rehabilitation multidisciplinary teams reach conclusions & make decisions. Who is legally responsible? Issues explored in oncology teams. Register all involved & document conclusions, including all disagreements. i.e, good practice. doi.org/10.1016/j.ej... #neurorehab #rehabilitationmatters
Anyone interested in Rehabilitation Matters should visit rehabiitationmatters.com to learn about what rehabilitation is, rehabilitation theory, training in rehabilitation, how to evaluate rehabilitation services, and posts on many topics, including consciousness. #rehabilitationmatters
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November 16, 2024 at 11:00 AM
Anyone interested in Rehabilitation Matters should visit rehabiitationmatters.com to learn about what rehabilitation is, rehabilitation theory, training in rehabilitation, how to evaluate rehabilitation services, and posts on many topics, including consciousness. #rehabilitationmatters