Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Practice

Epidemiologic data show a high incidence of central nervous system (CNS) disease, which therefore is a prominent healthcare issue. Adults and the elderly are most commonly affected, with heavy repercussions on society and caregivers. The outcome of CNS disease, whether the etiology is vascular, degenerative or traumatic, is often significant disability or death. Motor, language and cognitive deficits are most prevalent, but vision is also frequently affected, in the form of visual field defects or oculomotor and binocular disorders. In the present paper, we discuss peripheral and central visual field defects.

A man in his 90s presented to clinic with a conjunctival lesion on the right eye noticed two months prior. The patient denied pain but endorsed worsening blurry vision. The patient’s past medical history was significant for skin cancer on the right ear removed 3 years ago, and a history of ocular surface lesion removal on one eye approximately 20 years ago that was negative for any neoplasia. Slit lamp photograph revealed a gelatinous and opalescent lesion suspicious for ocular surface squamous neoplasia (OSSN) and the high-resolution optical coherence tomography (HROCT) cut (arrow)

Over the years, several ablation techniques, such as radiofrequency ablation (RFA), microwave ablation, and cryoablation, have been developed and implemented in the treatment of different cancers. Of these ablation technologies, RFA is the most widely used. RFA is a form of thermal ablation that relies on radio waves to produce an electrical current at the tip of an inserted electrode, thus allowing for heat production at the site of the tumor.

Acute pain is defined as an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with, or resembling actual or potential tissue damage as a result of a surgical procedure, physical trauma, or as a consequence of a medical condition [1]. The prevalence of moderate-severe pain, defined as pain which significantly interferes with daily living activities, ranges between 27% and 66% in hospitalized pediatric patients and remains inconsistent even in those institutions with excellent resources and good reputations [2,3].

Unresolved inflammatory processes contribute to impaired healing in diabetic wounds, with increasing evidence implicating persistent pro-inflammatory macrophage polarization as a driver of chronic inflammation and delayed wound closure. Previous investigations aimed to uncover the role of regulatory RNAs in macrophage polarization and to understand how aberrant expression patterns contribute to wound healing impairment, with the goal of identifying novel therapeutic targets for promoting normal wound healing progression. In the Journal of Investigative Dermatology, Hu et al. reveal a role of the tumor suppressor, long noncoding RNA (lncRNA) Growth Arrest-Specific 5 (GAS5), in regulating macrophage polarization.

Cardiac Rehabilitation (CR) is a medically supervised preventative cardiovascular program that involves a multi-disciplinary approach including physician-prescribed exercises, cardiac risk factor modification (education, counseling, and behavioral intervention), psycho-social assessment, outcomes assessment, and individual treatment plans [1,2]. 

Radiation therapy (RT) is one of the pillars of locally advanced head and neck cancer (HNSCC) treatment in combination with cisplatin or epidermal growth factor receptor inhibitors. Despite a very high local tumor control rate, approximately 50% of patients with locally advanced disease will develop a recurrence.

Cervical spine involvement frequently occurs in patients with Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA) even in absence of sacroiliitis. Long disease duration, high disease activity in the first five years and presence of peripheral involvement are all predictors of this peculiar articular involvement.

In this case report we present an unusual case of orbital cholesterol granuloma associated with compressive optic neuropathy and cranial nerve 6th palsy. Cholesterol granuloma results from a foreign body response to the presence of crystallized cholesterol. Cholesterol granuloma affecting the orbit are a rare presentation as they typically occur in the petrous apex of the temporal bone.

At the beginning there was an international network of physical therapists working in the field of psychiatry and mental health with the origin at Leuven University (Belgium) from in 2006. The International Organization of Physical Therapy in Mental Health (IOPTMH) was accepted as a World Confederation for Physical Therapy (WCPT) subgroup at the 17th General Meeting, in 2011 and reconfirmed in 2015 and 2019, including 21 member countries, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Colombia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Iceland, Japan, Latvia, Mexico, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Spain, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, UK, but within IOPTMH, there is a network of individual physical therapists, representing 59 nations from 6 continents.

According to the International Organization of Physical Therapy in Mental Health (IOPTMH), physiotherapy in mental health is a recognized specialty of physical therapy, with a subgroup representing physiotherapists from around the world before the World Confederation of Physical Therapy (WCPT). It is implemented in different settings, in health, psychiatry and psychosomatic medicine.

According to the United Nations, to date the number and proportion of elderly grows much faster than in other age groups. The increase in the total number of elderly persons in the population of the globe makes the actual problems of social and economic consequences of population ageing. The issue of ensuring the quality of life of older people becomes an important and urgent task of the state.

Parkinson’s disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disease, manifesting as a characteristic movement disorder with a number of additional non-motor features. The pathological hallmark of PD is the presence of intra-neuronal aggregates of a-synuclein (Lewy bodies). The movement disorder of PD occurs largely due to loss of dopaminergic neurons of the substantia nigra, resulting in striatal dopamine depletion.

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by cognitive impairments that might be accompanied by declines in activities of daily living, neuropsychiatric disorders and a loss of motor function [1,2]. At present, the prevalence of dementia of Alzheimer’s type (DAT) is approximately 4% among elderly people [3]. With the increase in the aging the population, the number of individuals with DAT is still increasing.

Stroke is the 5th leading cause of death and the leading cause of long-term disability in the United States. Every 40 seconds, someone in the United States sustains a stroke, resulting in approximately 133,000 deaths per year. Stroke related deaths accounted for 11.8% of total deaths in 2015, making stroke the second leading cause of death worldwide, second only to heart disease 

Bronchoscopic lung volume reduction (BLVR) may be considered in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) patients with advance emphysema who are symptomatic and have refractory hyperinflation despite optimal medical therapy and pulmonary rehabilitation.

Chemotherapy?induced neutropenia (CIN) can cause life-threatening complications such as febrile neutropenia (FN) or other infections. Patients who develop FN often require prolonged hospitalizations and treatment with broad-spectrum antibiotics.

Transfusion Medicine (TM) is a relatively young medical discipline supporting a large number of medical specialties on an almost daily basis. In de routine of TM large amounts of data are collected and processed in a standardized way and depending on the economy of scale practiced. Blood and its components are not without risk when transfused. 

Renal rehabilitation is a process to conduct treatments for the patients suffering from kidney disease and support to help them for their smooth achievement of social rehabilitation. Patients with dialysis-dependent kidney failure carry some additional burden of co-morbidity, such as, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, cardiovascular disease, infections, and many other. Approximately 10% of the world population is affected by chronic kidney disease and the incidence of dialysis is quite high.

Acute pancreatitis (AP) can lead to severe body damage, including a systemic inflammatory response and multiorgan failure, and current therapies rely heavily on symptomatic treatment and supportive care, with a lack of targeted therapeutic strategies for specific pathologic processes.