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Showing 1 to 20 of 60 for “"functional limitations"”.
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Predictors and Mediators of Long-term Functional Limitations in the Older Adult Population
… in the United States is extensive. The longterm functional consequences of these injuries can be enduring and far-reaching, especially for older adults. Although studies have reported that persistent functional deficits exist after injury, less information is known about long-term recovery …
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Understanding the association of family and friend support on depressive symptoms and functional limitations
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2027-08-01
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Are Functional Limitations Predictive of Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine by Chronic Pain Patients?
… Some of the consequences of chronic pain are functional limitations, limitations in activities of daily living, and emotional limitations that present as anxiety, depression, and substance abuse. Many chronic pain patients turn to complementary and alternative medical techniques due to …
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Burn injuries in Zimbabwe: development of guidelines for physiotherapy rehabilitation of musculoskeletal impairments and functional limitations
… of Musculoskeletal Impairments and Functional Limitations for Zimbabwe for Patients with Burns” based on the best evidence available. There were three good candidates for use as the source guideline, but ultimately, the Agency for Clinical Innovation (ACI) of New South Wales in …
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Burn injuries in Zimbabwe: development of guidelines for physiotherapy rehabilitation of musculoskeletal impairments and functional limitations
… of Musculoskeletal Impairments and Functional Limitations for Zimbabwe for Patients with Burns” based on the best evidence available. There were three good candidates for use as the source guideline, but ultimately, the Agency for Clinical Innovation (ACI) of New South Wales in …
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The Effects of Socioeconomic Status and Race on Functional Limitations and Self-Reported Health in Old Age
… disadvantages for women, who have more functional limitations in old age than their male counterparts, and these disadvantages grow over time. This study adds support to the race literature, by furthering understandings of race and SES as interconnected but not interchangeable systems of …
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Mobility in Public Environments and Use of Public Transport : exploring the situation for people with acquired cognitive functional limitations
… environments for people with acquired cognitive functional limitations (target group of this thesis) and of reasons why some of them do not use public transport. Using an explorative approach, the target group’s mobility was firstly discussed by experts in focus group interviews. Secondly the …
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The effectiveness of community-based rehabilitation for providing services to people with stroke with functional limitations and participation restriction : a systematic review and implications
… services to people with stroke with functional limitations and participation restriction. Data sources: Using a highly sensitive search strategy, duplicate searches were conducted for the following databases from January 1976 to May 2010: MEDLINE via PubMed, African Wide Information …
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ETHNO-RACIAL DISPARITIES IN HEALTH OUTCOMES: EVIDENCE FROM THE AGING POPULATION
… of the aging population, with focus on improving functional health, health status and quality of life at both individual and community levels. Chapter 2 examines racial and ethnic disparities in willingness to pay (WTP) for improved health among an aging population sample while also examining the …
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Pain, Disablement Process and Frailty among Older Adults in the United States: Findings from the National Health and Aging Trends Study
… 2) the effect of pain on upper-lower extremity functional limitation and disability; and 3) the effect of pain on frailty over 6-years pf follow-up among older adults. Design: Longitudinal study. Subjects: 5,716 participants aged 65 years and older from the National Health and Aging Trends Study …
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Housing Accessibility Methodology Targeting Older Poeple - Reliable Assessments and Valid Standards
Older people have more functional limitations than younger people and they form a segment of the population that is more dependent on mobility devices than other age groups. Since they spend most of their time at home, their dwelling is an important environmental arena for performing everyday …
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Health of the older worker in Ireland - occupational physical and psychosocial factors in the autumn of work life
… and evolution of cardiovascular disease and functional limitations for the older worker (50+ years). Methods: Three studies were used in this thesis. The 5C (Cork Coronary Care Case- Control) Study investigated the association between job strain and a coronary event in males (n=208) 35-74 …
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Children With Special Needs Oral Health Quality of Life Survey
… of oral health on domains of oral symptoms, functional limitations, emotional well-being, and family well-being/parental distress. The parents/caregivers were asked to report on these domains as they related to their child's oral health within the past 3 months. Additional survey items …
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Avoidance Behavior in the Elderly Driver
… modify their driving habits in response to functional impairment? Older drivers who avoid challenging driving situations were compared with non-avoiders, to determine whether functional limitations were related to avoidance and whether avoidance is related to reducing crash risk. Results …
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Physical Activity, Disablement, and Quality of Life in Long-Term Care Residents: A Feasibility Study
… self-efficacy relative to balance and function, functional limitations and disability, importance of physical function, and quality of life. Participants also wore an accelerometer for 7 days and completed a series of functional performance tasks from the short physical performance battery …
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Analysis of M-JPEG video over an ATM network
… and distance learning. Additionally, functional limitations of individual system components are identified for consideration in the planning of future experimental work.
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Lower Extremities Muscle Strength Associated With Early Signs of Mobility Dependence among Older Adults Age 65 Years and Older
… evident even in apparently healthy older adults. functionally limited due to an increasing discrepancy between their own physiological capabilities (i.e. physiological impairments) and the challenges set forth by the environment. Functional limitations lead to clinical mobility disability. …
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Two enantiodivergent syntheses of balanol and the chemoenzymatic synthesis of oseltamivir
… This study also describes the steric and functional limitations of the toluene dioxygenase-mediated oxidation of benzoate esters. The metabolite derived from ethyl benzoate was employed in a formal synthesis of oseltamivir. Finally, several synthetic approaches to oseltamivir and its …
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