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Showing 1 to 20 of 32 for “"Activities of Daily Living (ADLs)"”.
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Creating Focused Occupational Therapy Interventions for Clients with Heart Failure in Skilled Nursing Facilities
<p>The ultimate goal of the SNF is to help clients stabilize their medical conditions and attain their therapy goals so that they can return home (Orr, Boxer, Dolansky, Allen, & Forman, 2016). However, approximately 27% of heart failure (HF) clients are readmitted to the hospital after being …
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Frameworks for the design of passive prosthetic knee components using user-centered methods and biomechanics of level-ground walking
… during walking. There is a severe lack of reliable data on the specific needs of low-income amputees, which poses a significant challenge towards developing globally appropriate prosthetic technology. This thesis presents the analysis of user-centered needs and relevant lower leg …
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The Effect of Obesity on Disability and Mortality in Mexican Older Adults
Objective: To examine the effect of obesity on incidence of disability and mortality among non-disabled older Mexicans at baseline. Methods: The sample included 8,415 Mexicans aged ≥50 years from the Mexican Health and Aging Study (2001-2012) who reported no limitations in activities of daily …
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Characterizing hip motion during activities of daily living.
… their patients if they can still do particular activities. There is not enough information out there for them to confidently answer their patients. Additionally, their patients' questions stem for fear of dislocating. Hip dislocation occurs in between 2% and 11% of patients and is estimated to …
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Reinforcement Learning for Multi-modal Human-Robot Interaction
This dissertation addresses the challenges of enabling natural and effective collaboration between humans and assistive robots in domestic settings. To support users in activities of daily living (ADLs), assistive robots must understand multimodal inputs, engage in dynamic interaction, and adapt to …
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Efficacy of Therapeutic Listening® Quickshifts in Children with Sensory Processing Difficulties
… studies provide evidence for the effectiveness of Therapeutic Listening - Quickshifts (TL-Q). However, anecdotally, therapists and clients report TL-Q produces consistent positive results as an intervention for children with learning and developmental problems. In this study, the researchers …
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Activities of Daily Living and Post Hospitalized Rural Elderly Person's Home Help
<p>This study examined the functional status of thirty persons from 75 to 92 years of age following hospitalization. The study was conducted in a rural community. Data were collected on Katz Activities of Daily Living (ADLs), Lawton Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADLs), and home help …
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Body Motion Capture Using Multiple Inertial Sensors
… and also help alert both doctors and patients of possible falls. However, in people’s daily life, there are lots of similarities between near-falls and other Activities of Daily Living (ADLs), which makes near-falls particularly difficult to detect. In order to find the subtle difference …
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Measuring The Outcomes of Therapeutic Listening in Children with Learning and Developmental Disabilities
<p>Anecdotal reports of the Therapeutic Listening ®-Quickshifts (TL-Q) technique report positive effects on child behavior but the individualized approach requires further supporting evidence. TL-Q is an individualized sound-based program used to facilitate sensory processing skills and is believed …
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Relationship of psychological well-being and activities of daily living in older adults following hospitalization: A secondary analysis
The ability to perform activities of daily living (ADLs) is fundamental to maintaining older people’s independence and quality of life. Service providers, policy makers, and researchers use ADL measures to develop predictive information about functional outcomes related to specific diseases and …
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Behavioral and Functional Brain Correlates of Developmental Coordination Disorder: A Case-Control Study
<p>completing fine motor skills involved in activities of daily living (ADLs). The primary purpose of this study was to establish neural markers of fine-motor skill impairment in children with DCD. Following a formal assessment of both fine and gross motor skills, we used MRI (magnetic resonance …
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Application of learned industriousness theory to brain injury rehabilitation: Examining the effect of effort training on task engagement
<p>Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a form of acquired brain injury that impacts millions of individuals annually. The severity of TBI can range from mild to moderate and severe, with moderate to severe injuries associated with significant and prolonged impairment within cognitive, behavioral, and …
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The design and development of an electromechanical adaptation for a Novel 3D printed functional hand prosthesis
… upper-limb amputations. To mitigate the effects of upper-limb loss on completing activities of daily living (ADLs), amputees are prescribed upper-limb prostheses. In lower to middle-income countries (LVIICs), upper-limb amputees arc generally limited to the use of body-driven prostheses. Yet …
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Influence of motion profile on estimating anatomical elbow joint axes using inertial measurement units
… proposed a method for online calibration of the human elbow anatomical joint axes via decomposition of angular velocity measurements. This thesis evaluated this calibration-free method in the context of two motion types. First, the method is evaluated with human-generated motions common to …
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In Vitro Investigations of Conventional vs. Robotic-Assisted Total Knee Arthroplasty
… errors, increase the accuracy and precision of bone resections and implant alignment, consequently improving surgical outcomes. However, cTKA and rTKA should be characterized through additional postoperative factors to completely assess their differences. In vitro investigations allow control …
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Formal Caregivers Assisting Residents with Moderate and Severe Alzheimer’s Disease: Investigating the use of Communication Strategies during Activities of Daily Living
The prevalence of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) in Canada is on the rise, creating the need for evidence-based care practices designed to support individuals with AD and their care providers. Declines in memory, language, visual-spatial, executive abilities, and functional capacity associated with AD …
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Symptom Clusters in Lung Cancer Patients
… A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at Virginia Commonwealth University. Virginia Commonwealth University, 2012 Major Director: Debra E. Lyon, PhD. Professor and Chair Family and Community Health Nursing The purpose of the …
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The Influence of Casual Footwear on Human Balance
<p>Falls are the third leading cause of unintentional death in homes and communities in the United States, causing 27,800 fatalities in 2012. The ability to maintain postural control is an essential part of activities of daily living (ADLs). However, recent types of casual footwear may be putting …
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Essays on Health Economics
This dissertation consists of three essays on health economics. The first chapter provides empirical evidence on the impacts of government reimbursement of long-term care. We apply a regression discontinuity design using administrative data from South Korea to estimate the impact of subsidies for …
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The Neuropsychological and Functional Outcomes of Primary Intracerebral Haemorrhage (ICH) at 6 and 12 Month Follow Up: A Population-Based Study
… mood, cognitive, and functional outcomes of Intracerebral Haemorrhage (ICH). Previous research has tended to use hospital-based samples; examine stroke outcomes generally rather than specific to stroke subtype; assess outcomes only in the acute phase post-stroke; and favour functional …
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