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Study examined women’s experiences of disability disclosure and accommodation in the workplace. Seven focus groups were conducted with 42 women with disabilities. The findings revealed that women with disabilities face intentional and unintentional structural discrimination and must weigh the pros and cons of disclosure and navigate devaluation threats in ...

Article provides an update from the Center for Outcome Measurement in Brain Injury (COMBI). The Coma Recovery Scale (CRS) was developed to detect subtle differences in neurobehavioral function and monitor recovery in patients with disorders of consciousness, particularly coma, vegetative state (VS), and minimally conscious states (MCS). This scale ...

Article describes implementation and evaluation of the Stepping Stones program, a community living management program designed to assist people with disabilities to gain community living skills after moving out of nursing homes. Thirteen people with diverse disabilities participated in the 10-week Stepping Stones program. The participants attended two sessions ...

Article addresses the need for health promotion programs for children with disabilities. The growing evidence base of childhood obesity prevention and treatment programs do not adequately consider how to adapt these programs for children with disabilities. The authors propose a Call to Action for health researchers who conduct studies ...

Study examined the experience (thoughts and feelings) of irritability from the perspectives of multiple people living with or affected by traumatic brain injury (TBI), and developed a conceptual model of TBI irritability. Forty-four stakeholders (individuals with a history of TBI, family members, community professionals, healthcare providers, and researchers) were ...

Study investigated sexual dimorphism within the dopamine (DA) gene pathway that may influence cognitive outcomes following traumatic brain injury (TBI). Dopamine is critical for attention, memory, and planning, and DA deficiencies lead to cognitive deficits. Participants were 193 adult survivors of severe TBI recruited from a level 1 trauma ...

Study explored whether a 12-week home-based walking program can decrease perceived stress and depressive symptoms in people with traumatic brain injury (TBI). Sixty-nine participants with a TBI were randomly assigned to complete a 12-week walking intervention or a nutrition education program. The walking intervention utilized pedometers to track the ...

Study examined the psychometric properties of the Functional Independence Measure (FIM) using data from the Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems (TBIMS) National Database (NDB), and demonstrated that the FIM comprises three subscales representing cognitive, self-care, and mobility domains. The TBIMS NDB is a longitudinal database that captures demographic and ...

This commentary suggests that there is a need for additional strategies for performing systematic reviews (SRs) to improve translation of findings into practice and to influence health policy. SRs critically appraise research methodology and determine level of evidence of research findings. The standard type of SR identifies randomized controlled ...

Article describes a knowledge-to-practice framework that will support therapists and other rehabilitation professionals in building and maintaining a database of successful health/wellness guidelines, recommendations, and adaptations to promote community health inclusion for people with disabilities. The framework was developed in the National Center on Health, Physical Activity and Disability ...

Study examined the utilization of evidence-based practice (EBP) among rehabilitation clinicians. Specifically, it examined how various rehabilitative clinicians including physical therapists, occupational therapists, rehabilitation counselors, and physiatrists are gaining access to literature and whether they are able to implement the available research into practice. Twenty-one clinicians were interviewed by ...

Study evaluated the impact of a graduated physical activity program on fatigue after traumatic brain injury (TBI). Using a prospective randomized single-blind crossover design, 123 individuals with TBI, over the age of 18, were enrolled. Interventions included a home-based walking program utilizing a pedometer to track daily number of ...

Study examined whether a curriculum-based advocacy training program improves advocacy behavior when compared to a matched group engaged in self-directed advocacy activities. Adults with moderate-to-severe TBI and their family members were recruited in Minnesota (4 years), Iowa and Wisconsin (each 3 years) and randomized into a curriculum-based or self-directed ...

In 2011, the Department of Defense (DoD) prepared a congressional report summarizing the effectiveness of seven neuroimaging modalities for the detection of traumatic brain injury (TBI). The report included computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), transcranial Doppler (TCD), positron emission tomography, single photon emission computed tomography, electrophysiologic techniques ...

Article proposes a revised community-engaged Scholarship of Practice (SOP) model, reviews the evidence justifying the need for such a model, and presents strategies to effectively create community-engaged practitioners, educators, and career scientists within occupational therapy. Changing societal issues and trends in health disparities, health policy and practice, and research ...

This literature review analyzed the outcomes and conclusions of research studies to produce an evidence base for determining factors that may lead to successful provision of orthoses and prostheses in resource-limited environments. A total of 431 articles were included in a scoping review of all information published from 2000 ...

Study examined the role of vocational rehabilitation (VR) programs in promoting participation in postsecondary education for individuals with intellectual disabilities (ID). A secondary data analysis was conducted using the Rehabilitation Services Administration’s 911 dataset. Researchers compared the participation rate and postsecondary education outcomes of youth with ID and other ...