Stroke recovery during the COVID-19 pandemic: a position paper on recommendations for rehabilitation

SP Burns, TK Fleming, SS Webb, ASH Kam… - Archives of physical …, 2022 - Elsevier
Health care delivery shifted and adapted with the COVID-19 pandemic caused by the novel
severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. Stroke care was negatively affected …

Understanding the early impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on brain injury associations across Canada: a qualitative study

AP Salazar, S Lecours, L Engel… - … : The Journal of …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
The COVID-19 pandemic has increased challenges for people living with brain injury and
community associations to support this vulnerable population. This study aimed to gain an in …

[HTML][HTML] Reduced physical activity level was associated with poorer quality of life during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic: a sub-study of the last-long trial

A Hokstad, B Thommessen, IH Håkon… - Journal of …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objectives To assess how physical activity levels changed in a stroke cohort during the
COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic, and how these changes were associated with quality …

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on community-based brain injury associations across Canada: a cross-sectional survey study

AP Salazar, C Bottari, S Lecours, M McDonald… - Frontiers in Public …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Background The COVID-19 pandemic created new difficulties for people living with brain
injury, their families, and caregivers while amplifying the challenges of community-based …

Employment and accommodation needs and the effect of COVID-19 on men and women with traumatic brain injury

S Hanafy, A Colantonio, T Mollayeva, S Munce… - Work, 2023 - content.iospress.com
BACKGROUND: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) impacts an individual's workforce involvement
post-injury. Support services and workplace accommodations that can help with work re …

Social participation mediates the relationship between self-efficacy and loneliness among people with stroke during COVID-19: a cross-sectional study

SJ Lee, SB Randolph, CM Baum… - Topics in stroke …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Background People post-stroke experience increased loneliness, compared to their healthy
peers and loneliness may have increased during COVID due to social distancing. How …

Ongoing challenges related to the COVID-19 pandemic among people with brain injury

J Kersey, A R. McArthur… - … Therapy Journal of …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated social isolation among people with traumatic brain
injury (TBI). Yet, little is known about how changes in personal factors, environmental …

Responding to the ongoing pandemic-related challenges of individuals with brain injury through the perspective of community-service in Canada: A qualitative study

AP Salazar, S Lecours, L Engel, MAM Gignac… - Brain Injury, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Objective To investigate brain injury (BI) associations' perspectives regarding the impacts of
the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic on individuals with BI and BI associations …

Feasibility and acceptability of an adapted peer-based walking intervention for adults with moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury

EL Quilico, S Wilkinson, LR Duncan… - Disability and …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose To examine the feasibility and acceptability of a 6-week peer-based walking
intervention for adults with moderate-to-severe TBI with telehealth supports. Materials and …

Exploring the Multidimensional Participation of Adults Living in the Community in the Chronic Phase following Acquired Brain Injury

A Beit Yosef, N Refaeli, JM Jacobs, J Shames… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
This exploratory study aimed to examine multiple aspects of the participation of adults in the
chronic phase following acquired brain injury (ABI), considering different disability levels …