英文版老年与康复类学术期刊《Journal of Aging and Rehabilitation》创刊号于2024年4月正式出版。

创刊号（第一卷第二期）主要内容为：

大型期刊：朋友还是敌人？（社论）

中国康复治疗面临的挑战（社论）

中国30年康复需求趋势与预测（1990—2019年）（原创）

单侧苍白球联合对侧丘脑底核深部刺激治疗颈肌张力障碍的病例报告及文献复习（原创）

关节镜下缝合修复非回缩全层肩袖撕裂与快速通道康复的结果（原创）

关于养老机构中老年人对死亡态度的定性研究的荟萃分析（原创）

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刊物简介

聚焦老年学、衰老生物学和与年龄相关疾病的病理生理学研究领域最先进理论和技术实践，为老龄化社会和康复服务领域提供国际最前沿的理论和实践支持。期刊欢迎针对影响老年人口的各种疾病的创新疗法和康复方法的研究，包括对动物模型和人体组织或细胞的研究，优先发布临床医生、康复医生和卫生政策制定者直接感兴趣的理论文章，核心目标是通过寻找有针对性的康复治疗方案和方法来提高人们的生活质量。

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原创研究论文，高质量的综述，评论和简讯

研究领域

老年病学、衰老生物学和与年龄相关疾病的病理生理学，对各种年龄相关疾病的新疗法和康复方法的研究，包括从动物模型到人体组织和细胞研究的研究。

主编

苏茂泉（潍坊市人民医院党委书记，研究员）

Huiliang Li, Professor, University College London

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吕泽平

岳寿伟

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潍坊市人民医院

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Editorial

Mega-journals: friend or foe?

Wei, Wentao; Slevin, Mark; Zeng, Xianwei

Journal of Aging and Rehabilitation. 1(2):p 29, June 2024.

DOI:10.1097/jagr.0000000000000010

The rise of Open Access journals, exemplified by PLOS ONE and Scientific Reports, has significantly impacted the academic publishing industry. This trend has led to the emergence of mega-journals, such as those published by MDPI and Frontiers, which operate on a high-volume, Article Processing Charge (APC)–based model. Mega-journals can widely impact scholarly evaluation because they contribute citation benefits and improve the evaluation index performance of different scientific entities at different levels.

Challenges of rehabilitation in China

Zhao, Shengjie; Luo, Guangbin

Journal of Aging and Rehabilitation. 1(2):30, June 2024.

DOI:10.1097/jagr.0000000000000011

Rehabilitation is indeed a pressing public health issue in China, given the rapid aging of its population and the changing lifestyle patterns. Tu and Wei estimate the need for rehabilitation in China. It was shown that as many as 460 million people experienced conditions that could benefit from rehabilitation. There has been a 70.4% and 75.0% increase in prevalent cases (male vs. female: 69.2% vs. 84.6%) and years lived with disability (male vs. female: 70.6% vs. 78.9%), respectively, between 1990 and 2019.1 There is a significant gap between the demand for rehabilitation services and the current capacity. On the one hand, there is a growing demand for basic rehabilitation services for the disabled, especially for high-quality rehabilitation services. On the other hand, the absence of a national standard for regulating basic rehabilitation services for the disabled hinders efforts to ensure a consistent level of care. To address these challenges, it is imperative to develop and implement national standards for basic rehabilitation services.

Original Research

Trends and projections in rehabilitation demand across 3 decades in China (1990−2019)

Tu, Wenfeng; Wei, Wentao

Journal of Aging and Rehabilitation. 1(2):31-35, June 2024.

DOI: 10.1097/jagr.0000000000000007

The concept of rehabilitation is changing, and the need for rehabilitation is increasing. Globally, 2.41 billion [95% uncertainty interval (UI), 2.34−2.50] people have conditions that would benefit from rehabilitation in 2019, contributing to the years lived with disability (YLDs) for 310 million (95% UI, 235−392) people, and this number had increased by 63% from 1990 to 2019.1 The study showed that rehabilitation is not a service just for the few and argued that rehabilitation needs to be brought close to communities as an integral part of primary health care to reach more people in need.1 More than 50% of people from some low-income and middle-income countries do not receive the rehabilitation services they need (https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/rehabilitation). World Health Organization Rehabilitation 2030 Initiative highlights the importance of strengthening health systems to provide rehabilitation (https://www.who.int/initiatives/rehabilitation-2030).

Unilateral globus pallidus internus combined contralateral subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation in the treatment of cervical dystonia: a case report and literature review

Liang, Kun; Yin, Zixiao; Gao, Yuan; Han, Chunlei; Giovanna Brown, Kayla; Zhang, Jianguo; Meng, Fangang

Journal of Aging and Rehabilitation. 1(2):36-39, June 2024.

DOI: 10.1097/jagr.0000000000000006

Cervical dystonia (CD) is a movement disorder commonly developed in adults. Due to spontaneous intermittent contractions of the neck muscles, patients present clinical symptoms of abnormal head and neck posture and movement. It has been shown that the pathophysiological features of CD can be attributed to 2 aberrant neural processes: dysfunction of somatosensory gating mechanisms involving the basal ganglia, which triggers involuntary muscle spasms, and aberrant processing of proprioceptive information in defective cortico-cerebellar loops, which is likely to affect feedback and feed-forward control of head positioning.

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is an effective treatment modality for medication-refractory CD.3 The most common DBS targets for CD are the globus pallidus internus (GPi) region and the subthalamic nucleus (STN), which have also been reported as effective targets in recent years. Currently, most DBS surgeries carry out the targeted treatment by using bilateral GPi or STN. This paper reports a CD patient who had asymmetric targets for lead implantation (unilateral GPi-DBS combined contralateral STN-DBS).

Outcome of arthroscopic suturing repair of nonretracted full-thickness rotator cuff tears with fast-track rehabilitation

Yang, Xinhua; Wang, Zengliang; Li, Guishi

Journal of Aging and Rehabilitation. 1(2):40-48, June 2024.

DOI:10.1097/jagr.0000000000000008

The prevalence of rotator cuff tears is notably high, affecting up to 28% of individuals in their 60s. According to Neer classification, rotator cuff tears are categorized into 4 types. Small tears can be crescent shaped or longitudinal, while larger tears could be “L” or “U” shape, with or without tendon retraction. In larger tears, the couple balance of the glenohumeral joints is disrupted, which affects shoulder joints movement. These tears are usually not difficult to diagnose. However, nonretracted rotator cuff tears often present only with symptoms of shoulder pain with weakness, leading to frequent misdiagnosis. In recent years, with the wide use of arthroscopy, the detection rate of such lesions have been improved and their pathophysiological characteristics are better understood.

Meta-analysis of qualitative studies on older people’s attitudes toward death in a nursing facility

Pang, Hui; Wang, Wenjun; Zhao, Fengyi; Cheng, Huanhuan

Journal of Aging and Rehabilitation. 1(2):49-56, June 2024.

DOI: 10.1097/jagr.0000000000000009

An older person’s negative attitude toward death will adversely affect their physical and mental health. To gain an in-depth understanding of the attitudes of older people in nursing institutions when facing death, this article reviewed the literature and followed up with references for providing better end-of-life care to older people in nursing institutions. Older people in nursing institutions have both positive and negative attitudes toward death. Effective nursing interventions should be provided for older people to help them face death positively and make adequate preparations for death.

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