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Showing 1 to 20 of 55 for “"Health Sciences, Rehabilitation and Therapy"”.
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Computerized oral reading intervention: Effects on language & reading in persons with alexia after stroke.
Computerized oral reading intervention: Effects on language & reading in persons with alexia after stroke.
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Cortico-motor adaptations and proprioceptive acuity in patients with unilateral anterior cruciate ligament deficiency
… project was to study proprioceptive deficits and corticomotor adaptations in following ACL injuries. Methods. Ten participants with chronic ACL injuries and eight controls participated. Subjective function (KOS-ADLS) and quadriceps strength (MVC) were measured. Proprioceptive acuity was …
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Effects of a 12-week walking program on cardiovascular fitness and quality of life in breast cancer patients receiving adjuvant chemotherapy.
… cardiovascular fitness, body composition, and QOL in breast cancer patients undergoing adjuvant therapy. Methods. Twenty women with histologically proven stage I--II breast cancer were randomized into either an experimental or control group. The patients began the program the same week that …
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Worldviews and health care choices among people with chronic pain
… the worldviews of people with chronic pain and the health care choices that they make. The background of the study included evidence of a cultural shift toward integration of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) with conventional health care practices. The justification for the study …
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The Spatiotemporal Properties of Navigating Over Surface Transitions in Young Adults, Older Adults, and Individuals With Parkinson's Disease
… demonstrates that individuals of different ages and abilities make gait modifications in response to everyday environmental conditions. While differences in gait between individuals with PD and their healthy peers are well-documented, this study identifies an important difference that indicates a …
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The Effects of Concurrently Performing Balance and Cognitive Tasks Across the Life Span
… paradigm involving a primary sensorimotor task and a secondary cognitive task was used to examine the effect of age and task difficulty on the relationship between balance and cognition. We investigated twenty healthy children (mean age = 9.0 +/- 0.8), 20 young adults (mean age = 20.1 +/- 1.0), …
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Validation of the Development Work Personality Scale for Use With Persons With Disabilities and Chronic Illness
The current demands of the global economy has led to an increased focus on personality and behaviors as they relate to employment outcomes for the rising number of people living with disabilities and chronic illness. There are a number of well-established and validated theories, models, and …
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The Socialization of the 2003 United States of America Women's Wheelchair Basketball Team
… the study encourages practitioners to expand their thoughts on disability and see disability as an opportunity to encounter a new beginning through sport. This study allows administrators, coaches, and other entities of wheelchair basketball to closely consider the active agents and …
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Metabolic Responses During Recovery From Prolonged Exercise: Role of Nutrition and Hormones
… exercise. Prolonged exercise increased plasma and hepatic levels of IGFBP-1. Neither plasma insulin and glucose levels, nor meal composition altered IGFBP-1 production following exercise. Conversely, adaptation to treadmill running markedly suppressed IGFBP-1 production, suggesting a connection …
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Towards a Minimum Input Biodynamic Model of Multi-Fingered Hand Movements
… including design of next-generation hand prostheses or hand rehabilitation strategies, and advancement of digital human simulation and virtual reality technologies.
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Ascribed and Acquired Identities: Women's Collective Renegotiation of Social and Personal Identity Following Brain Injury
… eleven women's accounts of recovery from and living with brain injury. It is a qualitative depth interview and semi-ethnographic study methodologically grounded in interpretive interactionism and narrative theory. The broad focus is on the ways and contexts in which these women negotiate …
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The Essential Role of Spirituality in Living With an Acquired Physical Disability
… their spiritual awareness, expressions, and realizations were presented in the individual portraits. Two common aspects regarding the role of participants' spirituality in living with disabilities were revealed. First, participants' spirituality was expanded and deepened after acquiring a …
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Influence of Thigh Muscle Forces on Anterior Cruciate Ligament Forces during Single-Leg Landing from Three Different Heights
… quadriceps forces, thus the balance of hamstring and quadriceps muscle forces play a critical role in determining the forces on the ACL. During dynamic landing tasks, quadriceps demands increase as the landing height increases, which may cause the ACL to be more susceptible to injury. The purpose …
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Visual Feedback for Tongue Movement Analysis
Neurological injuries can impair speech and control of the tongue. Existing rehabilitation methods are largely qualitative and lack objective performance metrics. To address these limitations, the Wearable Technology and Sensory Enhancement Laboratory at UIC has developed the Tongue-Trackpad …
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The Relative Effects of Four Types of Information Presentation on Learning a Multiple Degree of Freedom Skill
… of performance, attention focusing cues and error correcting instructions, on learning a multiple degree of freedom skill, the overarm throw.
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Relationship between kinematic factors and muscle activity during wheelchair propulsion
… the relationship between the kinematic factors and muscle activity during wheelchair propulsion under four speed conditions (90%, 70%, 50% and 30% of individual maximum speed) when using a recreational wheelchair. Ten wheelchair athletes were tested in which the IEMG muscle activity from five …
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Relationships Among Entry-Level Education, Attitudes Toward Professionalizing Values, Professional Behaviors and Attitudes and Behaviors Concerning Continuing Professional Education as Perceived by Recently Certified Occupational Therapists, Registered
… have been considered the arenas in which health professionals acquire the values and roles for later professionalizing behaviors. It has been speculated that certain aspects of entry-level programs positively relate to professionalizing and continuing professional education attitudes and …
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An investigation of the potential of mindfulness to promote expert performance in clinical decision making in occupational and physical therapists.
Background: In today's health care environment, developing expertise and making good decisions can be challenging when confronted with demands for high performance, high productivity, and low cost. Mindfulness may be a practice that can promote expertise and improve decision making, despite the …
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The Differential Effects of Progressive Resistance Exercise Training on Measures of Sarcopenia and Acute Nutrient Response in Older Adults with and without Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
… adults with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM), and that this acceleration is compounded by increasing disease severity. However, the reasons underlying this acceleration remain unknown. In a similar vein, the effect of T2DM on sarcopenia treatment outcomes, in addition to the moderating or …
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