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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"Quadriplegia"”.
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The Relationship Between Lean Body Mass, Resting Metabolic Rate, and Peak Oxygen Consumption in Spinal Cord-Injured and Able-Bodied Individuals
… with paraplegia, 6 male individuals with quadriplegia, 16 male able bodied and 9 female able bodied). RMR was assessed using open circuit spirometry. The amounts of LBM, MFL, and BMC were assessed using dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA). Peak oxygen consumption was assessed using arm …
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Good life in the balance: A cross-national study of Dutch and Australian disability perspectives on euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide
… of obtaining perspectives held by people with quadriplegia and leading figures in disability movements in the Netherlands and Australia on the issues of euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide (EPAS). A disability voice is not prominent in public debate on EPAS in Australia or the …
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Adult neoplastic spinal cord compression
… can range from mild weakness to complete quadriplegia with the inherent associated mental, physical and emotional suffering .The burden of cost to the individual and community is enormous.
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Some engineering aspects of the functional rehabilitation of quadriplegics
… is that of rehabilitating a quadriplegic. Quadriplegia, or as it is sometimes referred to, - tetraplegia - is defined as the partial or total loss of motor function in both upper and lower limbs. This thesis deals with some of the problems that are presented by patients who suffer …
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Spinal cord injury and quality of life: what determines quality of life and what is the relationship between physical activity, fitness and quality of life
… each of three level of injury groupings (high quadriplegia, low quadriplegia and paraplegia). Results showed that physical activity was significantly correlated with the total score for objective quality of life in the groups of persons with high quadriplegia and paraplegia. Qualitative results …
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Development of a Structured Horseback Riding Therapeutic Program for Young Adults with Cerebral Palsy
… a 21- year-old female with severe spastic quadriplegia Cerebral Palsy. The structured program will target the physiological benefits for her body as well as incorporate social and cognitive goals using behavioral and learning models. These models will help analyze the patient’s …
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Lausnamiðuð styrktarþjálfun einstaklinga með Cerebral Palsy (heilalömun)
… með helftarlömun (hemiplegia) og hinn fjórlömun (quadriplegia). Áherslan var lögð á að styrkja vöðvahópa í hnjám, mjöðmum, mið- og efribúk, styrktaræfingarnar voru valdar út frá því. Þær styrktaræfingar sem urðu fyrir valinu voru hnébeygja, mjaðmarétta, upphífingar, armbeygjur og búk æfingar. Því …
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Evaluation and adaptation of a non-single-lens reflex camera for users with manual impairments
… and finger dexterity, namely people with quadriplegia or people with arthritis. It proposes a three-phase methodology to eliminate or mitigate accessibility barriers on a consumer product. A usability test was conducted with a NSLR camera. Problems were recorded with the Critical Incident …
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An investigation of position and force during gait-mimicking finger motions
… to use their arms and legs (tetraplegia or quadriplegia). Currently, primitive forms of feed-forward functional electrical stimulation (FES) and special orthotics are available for persons with paraplegia. However, these forms of FES do not allow the individual to actually control their …
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DNA analysis of Ornithine Transcarbamylase (OTC) deficiency in South African patients
… deficiency presents as progressive spastic quadriplegia and mental retardation but with milder elevation of blood ammonia levels. The molecular genetics of these disorders in South Africans has not been explored and there is thus very little information on phenotype/genotype relationships, …
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Asphyxia neonatorum in a developing world situation : a study of the impact of asphyxia neonatorum in term infants on the pattern of handicap in the Ciskei; an evalution of its epidemiology and a trial of the efficacy of current therapy
… cerebral palsy in 33% of these children. Spastic quadriplegia, the type of cerebral palsy most often resulting from the cerebral damage associated with asphyxial hypoxic-ischaemic insults, was by far the largest diagnostic category (57%). Asphyxia therefore appears to be the single largest cause …
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A novel compound heterozygous NEB mutationin Korean patients with intellectual disability, epilepsy,and acongenital myopathy
I examined a Korean family with complex phenotypes characterized by intellectualdisability,epilepsy,and generalized muscle weakness of early childhood onset. I performed several conventional genetic tests to detect chromosomal aberrations, gene copy number variations, and candidate gene and …