Purpose: Current rehabilitation models emphasize therapy that attempts to return to “normal”
the lives of persons who are disabled. An opportunity is available to scrutinize whether this …

Introduction The aims of our study were to identify studies that evaluated patient satisfaction
following post-bariatric surgery, analyse existing questionnaires, and summarise their …

Introduction Maxillary anterior crowding (MxAC) has been considered to be an esthetically
favorable characteristic of young women in Japan. It has been hypothesized that laypeople …

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative condition, characterized by motor, non-
motor disability, and a reduced quality of life. Stimulated by a question raised by a person …

Recent moves from qualitative to post-qualitative inquiry can be traced back to various
developments and methodological quandaries. Posthuman philosophy and methodology is …

The term,“rehabilitation”, is contested in meaning and continues to require clarification. Key
definitions of rehabilitation refer to helping persons with a disability to achieve states such as …

Research on intelligent virtual agents (IVAs) often concerns the implementation of human-
like behavior by integrating artificial intelligence algorithms. Thus far, few studies focused on …

The topic of resilience is one that is receiving considerable attention these days. However,
the primary focus of the growing literature base is a narrow, psychological one that pays little …

Within the ever-growing field of transitional justice, it is striking that little attention has been
given to bodies, except in the sense of what has been done to them. Seeking to address this …

Introduction The objectives of the current study were:(1) to perform a systematic review of the
existing scientific literature on appearance and any subsequently related disorders and (2) …