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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"activity of daily living"”.
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Aging in place: functional environments: a survey and case study in Floyd County, Virginia
… environments to meet the functional capabilities of the aging in place audience? The study was conducted in two phases. In Phase I 102 Floyd County, Virginia, adults 65 years of age or older were interviewed in order to identify their task capabilities and identify the modifications being made to …
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Effect of prosthetic alignment on muscle activity for people with a unilateral transtibial amputation during sit-to-stand, The
… amputation have altered motion strategies during daily tasks compared to people without an amputation. These altered motion strategies can result in the development of secondary conditions, such as residual limb or low back pain, but the underlying muscle activity that causes altered motion …
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Occupational Therapy Treatments and Upper Extremity Motor and Self-Care Outcomes of Patients Post-CVA
… U.S. citizens live with the disabling effects of strokes, which can limit function in one or more of the following areas: mobility, basic activities of daily living, bowel or bladder control, cognition, emotional functioning, among other disabling conditions (Gresham et al., 1995). Occupational …
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Toward a transformational roadmap to end pj paralysis: A mixed-methods impact study on patient ambulation initiative at hospitals in Alberta
… during hospitalization is the primary objective of the examined initiative. Older adult patients who spend long periods immobile are at an increased risk of physiological deconditioning and functional decline. More than 30% of hospitalized older adults become disabled in at least one basic …
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Biomechanical comparison of a rigid and dynamic seating system for children with special needs
… to the child, and can damage or break components of the wheelchair. Dynamic seating systems have been used in an attempt to reduce these contact forces. Such systems permit forward and backward movements as the occupant extends and retracts their body, consequently they are assumed to be …
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Apatinių galūnių kaulų lūžius patyrusių pacientų slaugos poreikiai pooperaciniu laikotarpiu /
… Leader: asist. Viktorija Kielaitė, Department of Nursing and Fundamentals of Internal Medicine at Vilnius University Faculty of Medicine. Work size: 51 pages. Keywords: lower limb fractures, postoperative nursing needs. The aim of research work: To analize the patients` nursing needs after …
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Creating sustainable home care services for older people
… for home care services. However, provision of home care is fraught with quality issues such as high staff turnover rates, inadequate staff training, a lack of coordinator support and reduced continuity of care. Consequently, ensuring the sustainability of home care services remains a …
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Multimodal Analysis of Functional Reach to Grasp for Telerehabilitation
L'abstract è presente nell'allegato / the abstract is in the attachment
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Action-Centered Coordination of Assisted Processes in Highly Dynamic Scenarios
… customized assistance. A highly dynamic field of great relevance for the user is the cooking domain, as cooking is an Instrumental Activity of Daily Living. When a user prepares a menu, the combination of multiple recipes and the synchronization of servings time is crucial for success. With …
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Development and Assessment of Smart Textile Systems for Human Activity Classification
… An emerging technology for physical activity assessment is Smart Textile Systems (STSs), comprised of sensitive/actuating fiber, yarn, or fabric that can sense an external stimulus. All required components of an STS (sensors, electronics, energy supply, etc.) can be conveniently …
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IntelliChair: a non-intrusive sitting posture and sitting activity recognition system
… research focuses on the interpretation of a subject’s behaviour at the activity level by logging the Activity of Daily Living (ADL) such as eating, cooking, etc. In general, the sensors employed (e.g. PIR sensors, contact sensors) provide low resolution information. Meanwhile, the …
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Behavioral and Physiological Measures of Driving Across the Spectrum of Alzheimer’s Disease
… is a well-learned, yet complex instrumental activity of daily living that requires simultaneous execution of several cognitive, visual, and motor functions to respond to a constantly changing environment. Cognitive impairment (CI) associated with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) may negatively impact …