Department of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
Recent Submissions
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Exploring service providers’ perspectives on the prevention and management of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders in South Africa : a qualitative study
(BMC (part of Springer Nature), 2018-11-06)Background: Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) is among the leading causes of developmental and intellectual disabilities in individuals. Although efforts are being made toward the prevention and management of FASD ... -
Cross-cultural adaptation, content validation, and reliability of the Nigerian Composite Lifestyle CVD Risk Factors Questionnaire for adolescents among Yoruba rural adolescents in Nigeria
(Medical Association of Malawi, 2017)Background: Assessment of lifestyle risk factors must be culturally and contextually relevant and available in local languages. This paper reports on a study which aimed to cross-culturally adapt a composite lifestyle ... -
Building capacity in primary care rehabilitation clinical practice guidelines : a South African initiative
(BioMed Central, 2018-09-29)Background: The large number of South Africans with disability who cannot access good quality rehabilitation presents a public health and human rights challenge. A cost-effective, efficient approach is required to address ... -
Standardising evidence strength grading for recommendations from multiple clinical practice guidelines : a South African case study
(BMC (part of Springer Nature), 2018-08-29)Background: Significant resources are required to write de novo clinical practice guidelines (CPGs). There are many freely-available CPGs internationally, for many health conditions. Developing countries rarely have the ... -
An update on the prevalence of low back pain in Africa : a systematic review and meta-analyses
(BioMed Central, 2018-06-21)Background: Low back pain (LBP) remains a common health problem and one of the most prevalent musculoskeletal conditions found among developed and developing nations. The following paper reports on an updated search of the ... -
Criteria for enhancing mucus transport : a systematic scoping review
(BioMed Central, 2018-07-06)Background: Uncertainty exists regarding the physiological basis of physiotherapy strategies to facilitate mucus clearance. The aim of this review was to describe the physiological factors and intrinsic conditions that ... -
Whole-body vibration exercise improves functional parameters in patients with osteogenesis imperfect : a systematic review with a suitable approach
(African Traditional Herbal Medicine Supporters Initiative, 2017)Background: Patients with osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) have abnormal bone modelling and resorption. The bone tissue adaptation and responsivity to dynamic and mechanical loading may be of therapeutic use under ... -
Whole-body vibration exercise is well tolerated in patients with duchenne muscular dystrophy : a systematic review
(African Traditional Herbal Medicine Supporters Initiative, 2017)Background: Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is caused by a defective gene located on the X-chromosome, responsible for the production of the dystrophin protein. Complications in the musculoskeletal system have ... -
A literature review on work transitioning of youth with disabilities into competitive employment
(AOSIS publishing, 2017-08)Background: The marginalisation of youth with disabilities from employment opportunities is evident from literature in as far as they form part of the larger groups ‘people with disabilities’ and ‘youth’. A focused view ... -
An ultrasonographic analysis of the activation patterns of abdominal muscles in children with spastic type cerebral palsy and in typically developing individuals : a comparative study
(BioMed Central, 2018-06-05)Background: Abdominal muscles have stiffer appearance in individuals with spastic type cerebral palsy (STCP) than in their typically developing (TD) peers. This apparent stiffness has been implicated in pelvic instability, ... -
Postural sway in rugby players with chronic groin pain
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Introduction: Center of pressure (COP) has been frequently used as a guide of postural stability in standing. Objectives: The study aimed to describe postural sway (as determined by the center of pressure) ... -
Evaluating self-help and education descriptors as a physiotherapy rehabilitation intervention in knee osteoarthritis and its impact on clinical practice.
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Background: The regular use of clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) has been promoted as a way of improving care, standardising clinical decisions and treatment. However, the intervention‘s reported in the ... -
Patients’ perspectives and experiences about private practice health care management of their chronic musculoskeletal pain
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Background: Understanding patients’ perspectives about living with chronic pain in the South African context and their views about the private health care they received is important because it can identify ... -
Diaphragm contractile activity during mechanical ventilation
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Introduction: Mechanical ventilation has been shown to have detrimental effects on the diaphragm, causing extubation failure. Diaphragm ultrasound has recently been investigated as a measurement technique ... -
Developing a guideline framework for school-based interventions to improve spinal health of children and adolescents in South Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Background: Spinal pain prevalence in children and adolescents is high, increases with age and may lead to spinal pain in adulthood. Potential predisposing factors for spinal pain in children and adolescents ... -
Urinary incontinence in adolescent gymnasts
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Introduction Urinary incontinence (UI) affects women of all ages, but its presence in adolescence is associated with UI in later life. While pregnancy and parity have a strenuous and even damaging effect ... -
Paediatric diaphragm function and mechanical ventilation
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Introduction: A relationship between diaphragm dysfunction and poor mechanical ventilation outcomes, such as prolonged duration of mechanical ventilation, weaning difficulties and extubation failure have ... -
Proprioceptive differences in individuals with Anterior knee pain
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Introduction: Anterior knee pain (AKP) affects physically active as well as sedentary individuals and commonly leads to chronic knee pain among young adults. Anterior knee pain has a huge socioeconomic ... -
Perception of the implementation process of a physiotherapy protocol in a surgical ICU : the physiotherapists’ perspectives
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Background: There is a gap at primary and specialty level between best available evidence and clinical practice in all health care disciplines, in both developed and developing countries. The high costs, ... -
The communication needs of young and old cerebrovascular accident survivors
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Cerebrovascular accidents (CVAs) are a growing epidemic in developing countries such as South Africa, resulting in an increase in CVA-related morbidity, which includes communication impairments. CVAs have ...
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