Advances in Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Global Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2023) | Viewed by 5516
Special Issue Editor
2. Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, New Taipei City 235, Taiwan
Interests: sport; physical activity; rehabilitation; physiotherapy interventions (including robotic gait training, wearable devices, etc.); balance and gait technology monitors in musculoskeletal impairment, stroke, traumatic brain injury, sport concussion, dementia, and geriatrics; virtual reality training and healthcare education; health literacy; game-based interventions
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Disability is part of being human. Almost everyone will temporarily or permanently experience disability at some point in their life. Over 1 billion people, about 15% of the global population, currently experience disability, and this number is increasing due in part to population aging and an increase in the prevalence of non-communicable diseases. Disability results from the interaction between individuals with a health condition, such as stroke, head trauma, cerebral palsy, and frailty, with personal and environmental factors including negative attitudes, inaccessible transportation and public buildings, and limited social support.
Cognitive impairment is an important safety and quality issue. Cognitive impairment is common but is often not identified, or it is dismissed or misdiagnosed. The incidence of cognitive impairment ranged from 22 to 76.8 per 1000 person-years, with a median of 53.97 per 1000 person-years. People with mild cognitive impairment have an increased risk of developing dementia. Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is the stage between the expected cognitive decline of normal aging and the more serious decline of dementia. MCI is a condition where people experience memory and thinking problems.
In the past decade or so, solid evidence in physiotherapy and rehabilitation of disability and cognitive impairment has accumulated, including observation and intervention experimental research. However, physiotherapy and rehabilitation can be raised to advanced, education, comprehensive and multidisciplinary relevant research approach needs to be established. This new “advanced in physiotherapy and rehabilitation” issue is characterized by advanced research methods, such as prospective longitudinal designs, random controlled trials, meta-analyses, innovative technologies (such as virtual reality, PET, fMRI, rTMS, tDCS, robotic and wearable device), and the application of these methods and technologies in “special needs” groups, including clinical populations (stroke, head trauma, dementia, cerebral palsy, COPD…), frailty, sarcopenia, older people, health literacy, healthcare professional education, undergraduate student teaching. Papers addressing these topics are invited for this Special Issue, especially those combining a high academic standard coupled with a practical focus on providing advanced physiotherapy and rehabilitation.
Dr. Li-Fong Lin
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- physiotherapy
- rehabilitation
- pain
- cognitive impairment
- neurological disorder
- motor control
- cardiopulmonary fitness
- robotic
- wearable device, balance
- gait
- professional education
- student teaching
- health literacy
