Sentences with phrase «movement by the patient»

Even slight head movement by the patient could result in injury to the oral tissues of the patient, and the operator may be bitten when the patient reacts.

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Already a movement is under way to improve end - of - life care by educating health - care providers to respond better to the needs of dying patients, by creating new care settings or improving existing ones, by seeking changes in methods of paying for appropriate care, by educating the public through conferences, town meetings, television programming, and even Web sites (see www.careproject.net), by providing adequate relief of pain, by withholding or withdrawing treatments that only prolong dying, by keeping company with those who are lonely, and by being a resource of meaning and hope for those tempted to despair.

Admittedly, one ought not judge a movement by its jokes, but neither should one be overly patient with those who delight in their own ignorance of elementary conceptual categories.

«Thus, also in our century, the Lord, the Holy Spirit, has given us new initiatives with new aspects of Christian life: On being lived by human persons with th ``... If the movements are really gifts of the Holy Spirit, they integrate and serve the Church, and in the patient dialogue between pastors and movements a fruitful form is born, in which these elements become edifying elements for the Church of today and tomorrow

An alternative is «motor imagery», in which patients can try to repair impaired neurological pathways by imagining movements without physically executing them.

«Patients can imagine the movement of their limbs, but their thoughts can not be seen by doctors that want to monitor their progress,» explains Kai Keng Ang from the A * STAR Institute for Infocomm Research.

Then, Feng recognized a novel opportunity to directly measure whether tDCS generates EFs in deep brain areas among patients with movement disorders such as Parkinson's disease, who are often treated by implanting DBS electrodes.

The illness was later renamed progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) to describe the weakness or paralysis (palsy) patients develop when brain areas that control eye movements are affected by the syndrome — which produces the classic symptom of motionless eyes described by Dickens.

In patients with rheumatoid arthritis, researchers, led by Jackie Oldham of the University of Liverpool, have demonstrated a fourfold improvement in hand movement.

The methods were successful in correcting even major errors caused by patient movement, and they resulted in error - free MPI images.

The quality of images obtained by MPI are dependent on a variety of factors, the most significant ones being image noise, photon attenuation, Compton scattering, collimator - detector response (CDR), and patient movement.

«By going directly to the brain, we have potential access to a much richer set of control signals that represent the actual movement the patient is attempting to make.»

One of the things that makes this a difficult task is the fact that the lungs are constantly moving through the respiratory cycle; the movements caused by the patient breathing in and out, and those of the bronchoscope itself, mean that the tissue is changing shape and location during the examination.

Huntington's disease has long been characterized by the involuntary writhing movements faced by patients.

Though the trial did not include patients with hand tremors caused by other movement disorders such as Parkinson's disease, the device may be useful to such patients too, he notes.

The Center's mission is to provide excellence in treatment, research, and education for patients and families affected by Parkinson's disease and other movement disorders.

According to the BCBL expert David Soto, «patients with brain injuries in attention control areas also suffer motility control problems, even when the movement required by the task is very simple.»

Patients and family members «can be wracked with guilt,» says Sloan, who is also concerned by the growing movement to encourage doctors to bring up religion and to offer to pray with their pPatients and family members «can be wracked with guilt,» says Sloan, who is also concerned by the growing movement to encourage doctors to bring up religion and to offer to pray with their patientspatients.

Patients with sleep disorders are often evaluated by polysomnography (PSG), which measures an assortment of the body's activity during sleep, including brain activity, eye movement, and heart rhythms.

The patients were asked to move a mouse cursor on a computer screen by using only their thoughts to control the cursor's movement.

Their results, reported in the journal Nature Communications, demonstrate that in patients with chronic pain associated with amputation or nerve injury, there are «crossed wires» in the part of the brain associated with sensation and movement, and that by mending that disruption, the pain can be treated.

The evidence for benefits was strongest for treating chronic pain, reducing chemotherapy - induced nausea and vomiting, multiple sclerosis patients have reported that it reduces spasticity — muscle tightness and movement difficulties — although when the measurements are taken by a doctor the evidence of reduced spasticity was weaker.

By comparing the two groups (a patient group and a control group, each with a mean age of 17), investigators successfully determined the many ways cerebral palsy affects patients» movement patterns.

The researchers then altered their technique to train the «wrong» side of the brain: for example, a patient who was missing their left arm was trained to move the prosthetic arm by decoding movements associated with their right arm, or vice versa.

By using what are known as convergent eye movements, the patient attempts to fuse the two images into a single image.

By using what are known as convergent eye movements, patients try to fuse the two images to a single image.

A new type of «smart» socks could improve the diagnosis and treatment of remote patients by providing physiotherapists with real - time information on lower body movements.

The Center focuses on new solutions for overcoming this crippling neurodegenerative disorder, which robs patients of their independence by causing things such as short - term memory loss, involuntary movements of the head and trouble with swallowing.

Investigation of movement patterns produced by different patient groups and healthy adults provides a window into the brain with respect to the control of voluntary movement.

This new system, developed by Hocoma (http://www.hocoma.com/en/), a Swiss - based manufacturer, offers appropriate patients an intensive program of activity - based therapy that has been shown to improve overall function, movement and walking.

If you have metastatic breast cancer, join a nationwide movement of patients, doctors, and scientists by sharing your tumor samples, your medical information, and your voice.

In this Biobank, biological sample of patients affected by movement disorders, mainly Parkinson Disease, are collected and made available to researchers.

The Center focuses on new solutions for overcoming crippling neurodegenerative disorders such as Huntington's Disease, which robs patients of their independence by causing things such as short - term memory loss, involuntary movements of the head and trouble with swallowing.

Currently, treatments are available for the movement symptoms of HD, but no drug is approved to help with the devastating cognitive symptoms experienced by patients.

This movement from the lab to testing on patients is exactly what we set out to do six years ago, when the consortium was started by Glaucoma Research Foundation.

Requip is also used to treat movement disorders caused by anti-psychotic drugs for mental patients (such as Prolixin and Haldol).

A study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition recently showed that the probiotic Bifidobacterium can provide relief for constipated patients by softening the stool and increasing the number of bowel movements you have each week.

She enjoys working with her patients giving them an active role in their healing process by teaching them how to reconnect to their bodies, understanding their individual health status and recovery path, returning to functional pain - free movement, and restoring fun into movement, activity and life.

Following a single father who works as a human billboard in Taipei, and his left - to - their - own - devices kids, with the presence of their mother represented by three different actresses, the film has the barest thread of story (Tsai has admitted that he no longer has any real interest in narrative), and seems determined to provoke less patient audience members into walking out, with a series of shots that last upwards of ten minutes without all that much movement in them.

The dogs must respond to hugs and caresses from strangers and not be spooked by clanging bedpans, wheelchairs, odd - looking medical apparatus, hospital smells, or the quick and erratic movements of some elderly patients.

Seizures (also called convulsions or fits) are sudden electrical events that happen in the brain and they cause: A change is the patient's consciousness or awareness of what is going on around them Uncontrolled movement of the body Seizures have many manifestations, but the signs shown by an individual are usually the -LSB-...]

Understand the importance of communication between team members prior to patient movements, and how to utilize the resources in your environment to minimize social stress caused by inter-patient contact

Samsung notes that wearable robot suits could have various purposes, such as for helping movements of disabled persons, the elderly, and the infirm by assisting their muscle strengths when they move, for rehabilitation treatment for muscle disease patients, for soldiers who carry heavy military gears, or for industrial sites in which workers carry heavy loads have been briskly developed.

Charted and recorded information in client files.Tracked client movement on and off the unit by documenting times and destinations of clients.Checked facility for open windows, locked doors, malfunctioning smoke detectors and other safety hazards.Quickly responded to crisis situations when severe mental health and behavioral issues arose.Documented all patient information including service plans, treatment reports and progress notes.Conducted outreach, advocacy and rehabilitative services for regular cases and crisis intervention.

Their duties also include helping patients to regain movement by performing range - of - motion tests to determine the nature of injury and working with them on specific muscle movement exercises.

Gets patients to correct location by studying patient service schedules; planning movement schedules; responding to special requests; designing and improving response systems.

Charted and recorded information in client files.Tracked client movement on and off the unit by documenting times and destinations of clients.Checked facility for open windows, locked doors, malfunctioning smoke detectors and other safety hazards.Quickly responded to crisis situations when severe mental health and behavioral issues arose.Efficiently gathered information from families and social services agencies to inform development of treatment plans.Documented all patient information including service plans, treatment reports and progress notes.Collaborated closely with treatment team to appropriately coordinate client care services.Developed comprehensive treatment plans that focused on accurate diagnosis and behavioral treatment of problems.Consulted with psychiatrists about client medication changes, issues with medicine compliance and efficacy of medications.Organized treatment projects that focused on problem solving skills and creative thinking.Referred clients to other programs and community agencies to enhance treatment processes.Created and reviewed master treatment and discharge plans for each client.Guided clients in understanding illnesses and treatment plans.Developed appropriate policies for the identification of medically - related social and emotional needs of clients.Assisted clients in scheduling home visits and phone calls and monitored effectiveness of these activities.Evaluated patients for psychiatric services and psychotropic medications.Monitored patients prescribed psychotropic medications to assess the medications» effectiveness and side effects.Evaluated patients to determine potential need to transfer to specialized inpatient mental health facilities.Administered medication to patients presenting serious risk of danger to themselves and others.Conducted psychiatric evaluations and executed medication management for both inpatient and outpatient facilities.Led patients in individual, family, group and marital therapy sessions.Diagnosed mental health, emotional and substance abuse disorders.Recorded comprehensive patient histories and coordinated treatment plans with multi-disciplinary team members.Consulted with and developed appropriate treatment and rehabilitation plans for dually diagnosed patients.Referenced and used various therapy techniques, including psychodynamic, family systems, cognitive behavioral and lifespan integration psychotherapy.