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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Functional difficulties"”.
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Visual correlates of functional difficulties in Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease
… reduced contrast sensitivity and other visual difficulties have the potential to impact everyday functioning. The relation of PD visuospatial problems, and AD and PD contrast sensitivity deficits to higher-order impairments is understudied. The present experiments examined visual and …
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Exploring the multi-factorial manifestations of joint hypermobility syndrome and the impact on quality of life.
… multi-factorial manifestations of JHS including functional difficulties and their impact on quality of life. Methods: A two part study; part one, development of a questionnaire to assess for functional difficulties; part two, a mixed methods approach to explore aspects of JHS. Results: Principal …
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Accompagnement ergothérapique de parents et d’éducatrices pour améliorer la participation d’enfants d’âge préscolaire ayant des difficultés fonctionnelles
… regarding the development of children often have difficulties accessing services in the public health care system when the child does not have a diagnosis. However, multiple studies show the positive effects of early intervention in occupational therapy to improve the children’s health, global …
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A longitudinal study on possible correlates that might explain the onset and progression of musculoskeletal symptoms in school-aged children with Generalized Joint Hypermobility
… taking three assessments of proprioception, functional strength and dynamic balance over a period of two years and investigating how they may influence the development of musculoskeletal symptoms in school-aged children with GJH. The children's physical fitness, functional difficulties, …
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Exploring reentry: The role of functioning, vocational identity, and core self-evaluations on community integration
… structural regression, results showed that functional difficulties negatively impact vocational identity and core self-evaluations. Conversely, core self-evaluations significantly improve community integration and mediate a positive relationship between vocational identity and community …
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Disability following traumatic brain injury : considering the wider context
… has been associated with increased mental health difficulties and has been criticised for neglecting contextual factors. The assessment may not be suited to the complexity of impairment following TBI. The research paper in section two explores the experiences of nine adults with TBI regarding the …
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Proprioception, balance and lower limb strength in Nigerian children (7-10 years) with Generalized Joint Hypermobility and Developmental Coordination Disorder
… Children with DCD and GJH also have similar functional difficulties. Both groups of children display difficulty in motor activities at school and home and are referred to as clumsy. There is evidence that poor motor coordination seen in children with DCD may be as a result of their inability …
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Loss of muscle strength and power in older women and adaptation to resistance training
… and speed of movement, and is more predictive of functional difficulties than strength per se, was then compared between young and older women during a single leg-press action after optimisation of load. The older women could not even move the resistance at which the young women achieved maximum …
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Developmental Differences and Altered Gene Expression in the Ts65Dn Mouse Model of Down Syndrome
… all individuals with trisomy 21 and causes functional difficulties. Mouse models are commonly used to study the etiology of human disorders because of the conserved phenotypes between species. The Ts65Dn Down syndrome mouse model has triplicated homologues for approximately half the genes on …