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Showing 1 to 20 of 32 for “"Functional disability."”.
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Neuropsychological predictors of functional disability in Gulf War Illness.
Functional disability refers to the degree to which a health condition impacts day-to-day physical, social, and emotional functioning. Veterans with Gulf War Illness (GWI) may be particularly at risk for developing high functional disability due to their illness. However, few have examined …
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Perceived and functional disability in adults with chronic pain: what accounts for discrepancies?
<p>Disability among patients with chronic pain can be assessed functionally (behaviorally) or subjectively (self-report). However, discrepancies--including low or zero correlations--between these methods are commonly reported. Research suggests that subjective disability may be more influenced by …
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Predictors of coping success in children with functional abdominal pain: the influence of executive function and attention regulation
… regulation in coping and its effect on pain and functional disability in 44 children and adolescents with functional abdominal pain. Participants and their caregivers completed measures of executive function, attention regulation, coping, and several outcome variables including pain, functional …
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An Evaluation of Presurgical Psychological Screening as a Predictor of Outcome for Total Disc Replacement
… one year and reported on measures of pain and functional disability at baseline, 6 months, and 12 months. G subjects showed significantly greater improvement in both pain and restoration of function than F subjects. G subjects also had significantly greater pain reduction than FG subjects. …
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Assessment of family impact in pediatric chronic pain
… pain and examine the effects that pain severity, functional disability, and parent and child psychosocial functioning have on family functioning. Results indicated parents of children with chronic pain appear to be impacted across several domains, with psychological distress in the child and …
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Juvenile idiopathic arthritis in two tertiary centres in the Western Cape, South Africa
… being excluded. As JIA is a disease with serious functional implications, a descriptive study would not be complete without reviewing both the functional and clinical parameters of the disease. There has been very little African data on this subject. The objective of this study is to describe the …
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Strengths and weaknesses of the spousal relationship following a stroke
… the stroke, the gender of the stroke spouse, the functional capacity of the stroke spouse, the length of time since the stroke, and the socioeconomic status of the couple. Forty stroke spouses, who had received medical rehabilitation at four medical facilities (Woodrow Wilson Rehabilitation …
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Cognition in Major Depressive Disorder: Perceptions of Ability, Depressive Thinking, and Performance in Daily Life
… living with major depressive disorder experience functional disability and cognitive difficulties in the mild to moderate range. These impairments are associated with functional disability, worsen with repeated episodes of depression, and persist outside of depressive episodes. While cognitive …
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How do partners’ beliefs about chronic pain relate to patients’ acceptance of pain?
… that pain acceptance predicts a wide range of functional outcomes in chronic pain patients. Whilst there has been considerable research into individual factors that contribute to acceptance, little is known about the impact of social relationships on this process. Aims: This thesis aims to …
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Modelling mortality heterogeneity using health trajectories and multimorbidity
… that our proposed five state multimorbidity and functional disability model is able to capture the dynamics of health over time more accurately than the three state health and functional disability model with a multimorbidity predictor. The results from the later model weakly suggest morbidity …
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Longevity Risk: Retirement Product Innovation and Risk Management Strategies
… for sharing mortality, chronic illness, and functional disability risks in a pooled annuity fund using multi-state models of functional disability and health status. We make two contributions to the literature. First, we propose a theoretical framework for pooling mortality risk across …
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Kineziterapijos ir skausmo neuromokslo edukacijos poveikis lėtinių skausmų valdyme: sisteminė literatūros apžvalga /
… education on patients' pain intensity and functional disability. 2. To analyze the effectiveness of physiotherapy combined with neuroscience education on the magnitude of patients' kinesiophobia, pain catastrophizing and quality of life. 3. Identify the most effective methods of …
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Examining Barriers to Care, Adherence, Quality of Life and Health Outcomes in Pediatric Sickle Cell Disease
… care as it relates to pediatric quality of life,functional disability, healthcare utilization and adherence. The study also sought to determinewhether adherence can be considered a mediator between barriers to care and emergent healthcare utilization and quality of life. Data showed that the …
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An analysis of defibrillation and cardiac resynchronization therapy strategies in patients with failing systemic right ventricles
… ( mean age 25 years, range 18-35) with varying functional disability{New York Heart Association (NYHA) II-III} receiving ICDs ± concomitant CRT were evaluated. Total follow-up period was 24 months. A patient individualized approach was used for device implantation. Endocardial, epicardial and …
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Assessment of Normal Knee Kinematics Using High-Speed Stereo-Radiography System
… is an invasive treatment for arthritic pain and functional disability and it is used for deformed joint replacement with implants in order to restore joint alignment. It is important to describe knee kinematics in healthy individuals for comparison in diagnosis of pathology and understanding …
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Diabetes, diabetes complications, and their consequences in Mexican-American elders
… of diabetes, diabetes complications, functional disability, medical conditions, health service utilization, and depressive symptoms. Self-reported heart attack, self-reported stroke, mortality, and HbA1c measure were used as independent variables over the 11-year period. Results: 1) …
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Experimental Analysis of Skull Remodeling and Change in Intracranial Volume with a soft Orthosis in Canine Models
… by plain skull x-ray, CT scan, and MRI. Functional activities were also examined. RESULTS: All 14 beagles with a soft orthosis showed very fast adaptation of the head to the orthosis just 2 weeks into the experiment, and they continued to develop a long and narrow head shape throughout …
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Motivation to expend physical and cognitive effort as predictors of functioning in major depression
… Disorder (MDD) is associated with severe functional disability; however, the mechanisms of impaired functioning are understudied. Cognitive deficits is one known mechanism of functional impairment in MDD. However, treatments that remediate cognitive functioning do not seem to produce …
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Self-efficacy in depression: Bridging the gap between competence and real-world functioning
… the largest contributing factor to years lost to disability, and symptom remission does not always result in functional improvement. Comprehensive analysis of functioning requires investigation both of the competence to perform behaviours, as well as actual performance in the real world. Further, …
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Effects of a 10-week exercise intervention on thoracic kyphosis, pulmonary function, endurance, back extensor strength, and quality of life in women with osteoporosis
… extensor strength, diminished aerobic capacity, functional disability, and decreased quality of life in women with osteoporosis. The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of a 10-week home exercise program on thoracic kyphosis, pulmonary function, 6-minute walk distance, back extensor …
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