It is important to consider a differential diagnosis between paralysis on an organic basis and
paralysis and disability due to psychological mechanisms in people with physical …

The clinical impression that spinal cord injured and traumatic lower limb amputees are more
prone to develop degenerative diseases was investigated by comparing the prevalance of …

Study design: We present our cumulative experience with patients sustaining the most
dramatic type of Conversion Disorder (CD)–Conversion Motor Paralysis. Setting: Rehabilitation …

The Holocaust, the systematic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of 6 million Jews
by the National Socialist (Nazi) regime and its collaborators, is arguably the most extreme …

Objectives: To determine the effect of cognitive status at admission on functional gain during
rehabilitation of elderly hip-fractured patients. Design: Cohort study. Setting: A hospital …

The PTSD Inventory, a self-report diagnostic questionnaire based on DSM-III criteria, was
revised to meet the more recent DSM-III-R criteria. This study examined the validiuy of the …

Zwecker M, Levenkrohn S, Fleisig Y, Zeilig G, Ohry A, Adunsky A. Mini-Mental State
Examination, cognitive FIM instrument, and the Loewenstein Occupational Therapy Cognitive …

The pathophysiology of the chronic pain following spinal cord injury (SCI) is unclear. In order
to study it's underlying mechanism we characterized the neurological profile of SCI subjects …

It is still unclear whether the quality of painful thermal sensation is determined only by
conduction in specific, dedicated nociceptive channels (ie C or Aδ nociceptors) or whether it is a …

Although war captivity is a potent pathogen for psychiatric illness, little is known about the
long-term trajectories of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among ex-prisoners of wars (ex-…