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Medical Education: A Challenge in the Twentieth Century XXI

Aging and Medical Rehabilitation: A Contribution to a Comprehensive Discussion

The rapid development of innovative technologies is transforming the landscape of elderly care and physical and rehabilitation medicine, addressing the unique challenges of aging. This document explores cutting-edge solutions, including smart house technologies (SHT), artificial intelligence (AI), virtual reality (VR), robotics, and advanced geriatric rehabilitation (GR) assessment strategies. These advancement...

Predicting Functional Recovery of Spinal Cord Injured Patients in Physical Medi...

Introduction: Evaluate the role of rehabilitation and define which variables are predictive of functional recovery in patients with spinal cord injury (SCI), through the measure of independence in spinal cord injury (SCIM). Methods: This is an observational, analytical and retrospective study, developed in a peripheral hospital center for acute patients. The files of all patients hospitalized in this hospital, ...

Hirayama Disease: Report of a Successful Clinical Case

The authors present a case of Hirayama’s disease in a 17- year-old boy who had been complaining, for a year and a half, of pain and unilateral motor deficits in the 4th and 5th fingers of the right hand with progressive functional impairment. On examination, atrophy of the ulnar anterior aspect of the forearm, and right thenar and hypothenar regions was evident, associated with a deficit of muscle strength in t...

Investigação em Medicina Física e Reabilitação: Aspectos Actuais

aa; Research in rehabilitation is a multidisciplinary field that focuses on the assessment, treatment, and support of individuals with disabilities, activity limitations, and participation restrictions, with the aim of improving their functionality and quality of life. Science and research in PRM are relatively young, like the specialty, and have some peculiar challenges and specificities. The methodology of re...

Plano de Ação para Reabilitação de Doentes com COVID-19 Admitidos em Unidade de...

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