Postural stability and risk of falls in patients with acquired brain injury during home-based coordinated rehabilitation program in Czech Republic

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Postural stability and risk of falls in patients with acquired brain injury during home-based coordinated rehabilitation program in Czech Republic

Original language description

The number of people with acquired brain injury has been increasing over the last two decades, this can be explained by the higher levels of acute medical care and a faster and more hazardous pace of life. The consequences of a brain injury depend on the specific functional damage, which can be manifested as an increased risk of falls. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of a 9-month, home-based coordinated rehabilitation program on postural stability and risk of falls in 17 clients with acquired brain injury. Standardized functional stability tests (the Four Step Square Test and the Berg Balance Scale) were used to make an objective assessment of the program. The results indicated positive effect for 9-month coordinated rehabilitation program, relative to postural stability and the risk of falls in persons with acquired brain injury. A coordinated rehabilitation team, consisting principally of a physiotherapist and ergotherapist, should cooperate on the selection of functional tests suitable to test postural stability and the risk of falls. Provided neurorehabilitation care should be more structured and mutual cooperation with general practitioners should be intensified. From a long-term perspective and to prevent secondary changes (immobility), we consider the motivation of the home environment to be an important advantage of our study, when it is used the reality and variability of the home environment and the clients feel more secured.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_SC - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30305 - Occupational health

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2021

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Journal of Rehabilitation

ISSN

0022-4154

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

87

Issue of the periodical within the volume

3

Country of publishing house

US - UNITED STATES

Number of pages

9

Pages from-to

47-55

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85131677327