Rehabilitation Science

Volume 2, Issue 1, February 2017

  • Essay on Rehabilitation of Patients Living with HIV/AIDS

    Animut Alebel, Fasil Wagnew

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 1, February 2017
    Pages: 1-5
    Received: 6 November 2016
    Accepted: 30 December 2016
    Published: 16 February 2017
    DOI: 10.11648/j.rs.20170201.11
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    Abstract: This essay was based on the patient that was admitted to Gondar University referral Hospital in pediatrics main ward with a medical diagnosis of stage III RVI. The main aim of this essay was to explain the rehabilitation care for patients living with HIV/AIDS. AIDS is a chronic infectious disease caused by human immunodeficiency Virus. HIV has dist... Show More
  • Manual Therapy vs. Kinesiotherapy for People with Lumbar Discopathy: A Pilot Randomized Trial

    Pawel Lizis, Slawomir Wiater, Wojciech Kobza

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 1, February 2017
    Pages: 6-11
    Received: 15 January 2017
    Accepted: 25 January 2017
    Published: 24 February 2017
    DOI: 10.11648/j.rs.20170201.12
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    Abstract: Lumbar discopathy is a painful pathology, which needs conservative treatment to relieve symptoms. The aim of this study was to compare the effect of Kaltenborn-Evjenth Orthopedic Manual Therapy (KEOMT) and Kinesiotherapy (KIN) on quality of life, and pain in patients with lumbar discopathy. The study was designed as a pilot randomized controlled tr... Show More
  • An Imminent Approach in Esthetic Enhancement Through Loop Connectors

    Vivek Gautam, Swyeta Jain Gupta, Amit Gupta, Tanmay Srivastava, Anushree Gupta

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 1, February 2017
    Pages: 12-15
    Received: 29 November 2016
    Accepted: 9 January 2017
    Published: 2 March 2017
    DOI: 10.11648/j.rs.20170201.13
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    Abstract: Missing tooth with diastema presents a great esthetic challenge for the prosthodontists to restore the edentulous space. The use of a conventional fixed partial denture (FPD) to replace the missing tooth may result in too wide anterior teeth leading to poor esthetics. This is because of the excess space available for pontic, which makes the incorpo... Show More
  • Inclusive Education in Visually Impaired Children: Stakeholders Perspective

    Anam Altaf, Ayesha Babar Kawish, Ishtiaq Anwar

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 1, February 2017
    Pages: 16-20
    Received: 22 December 2016
    Accepted: 6 February 2017
    Published: 2 March 2017
    DOI: 10.11648/j.rs.20170201.14
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    Abstract: Despite of great progress is being made towards the Education for All and Millennium development goals (MDGs) demonstrated by increase number of enrollments in schools, children with disabilities are still combating educational exclusion. Inclusive education is an educational system in which children with and without disabilities learns together. T... Show More
  • Emotional Intelligence of Adolescents in Relation to Their Test Anxiety and Academic Stress

    Rizwan Hassan Bhat

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 1, February 2017
    Pages: 21-25
    Received: 27 November 2015
    Accepted: 16 May 2016
    Published: 4 March 2017
    DOI: 10.11648/j.rs.20170201.15
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    Abstract: The concept emotional intelligence (EI) has its roots in consideration that began as early as the late 1930s, when researchers began describing a non-intellective intelligence sometimes described as “social intelligence”. In simpler terms, emotional intelligence might be defined as the set of skills people use to read, understand, and react effecti... Show More
  • The Contribution of Exercise in Rheumatoid Arthritis

    Iliadis Christos

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 1, February 2017
    Pages: 26-29
    Received: 9 January 2017
    Accepted: 19 January 2017
    Published: 4 March 2017
    DOI: 10.11648/j.rs.20170201.16
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    Abstract: Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is a systemic autoimmune inflammatory disease of unknown etiology that leads to inflammation of the joints. For many years it was believed that people who suffer from various forms of arthritis should not exercise because through the intensity of exercise can worsen symptoms and cause additional damage to the joints. Today... Show More