Physical impairment
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This study aimed to assess lower limb strength and some related factors among older people with dementia examined and treated at the National Geriatric Hospital. Three-quarters of older dementia patients have impaired lower limb strength. Our results highlighted that diabetes, and geriatric syndromes such as malnutrition, high fall risk, dependence, and partial dependence were significantly associated with lower limb strength in older patients with dementia.
9p vikoch 27-06-2024 1 1 Download
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The aims of primary level are promoting health and preventing occurrence of disease. The aims of secondary level are preventing recurrence and reducing consequences of disease. The aims of tertiary level are reducing progress and limiting impairment of disease.
9p vicarlos 11-06-2024 0 0 Download
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Multiple sclerosis is a chronic immune-mediated disease of the brain and spinal cord resulting in physical and cognitive impairment in young adults. It is hypothesized that a disrupted bacterial and viral gut microbiota is a part of the pathogenesis mediating disease impact through an altered gut microbiota-brain axis.
17p vicwell 29-02-2024 2 1 Download
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The psychological, physical and social effect of substance abuse is enormous and can be detrimental to the productive years of a youth. Researches have demonstrated that substance use often lead to negative psychological, physical and social impairment.
6p vikissinger 21-12-2023 7 2 Download
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Ebook Special Education: Part 1 presents the following content: Special education: concept and nature; special education: objectives and need; special education: scope and types; physically challenged: definition, types, characteristics; identification, causes, problems of physically challenged; physically challenged: preventions, teaching strategies;...Please refer to the documentation for more details.
110p chankora 16-06-2023 5 1 Download
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Design and pilot test a new decision making tool for women with physical disabilities (impairment of physical function due to chronic conditions) considering pregnancy. Clinical guidelines and survey and focus group data about pregnancy informational and decisional needs guided content development. The tool was pilot tested in a 12-week trial with participants with physical disabilities considering or actively planning a pregnancy.
11p vigamora 25-05-2023 4 2 Download
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The C34T genetic polymorphism (rs17602729) in the AMPD1 gene, encoding the skeletal muscle-specific isoform of adenosine monophosphate deaminase (AMPD1), is a common polymorphism among Caucasians that can impair exercise capacity.
9p vinarcissa 21-03-2023 1 1 Download
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Stress is a problem that affects both physical and mental health, causing negative emotional states. Stress can impair the driver’s ability to perceive and handle situations in driving safety. Therefore, the detection and assessment of stress levels play an important role in improving comfort, well-being, and enhancing the driving experience for drivers.
8p viwmotors 02-12-2022 27 4 Download
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Chronic low back pain (CLBP) is a common medical condition in adults over the age of 50. It is associated with severe disability, ranging from physical impairments to psychosocial distress. Since current treatments provide only small to moderate short-term effects, alternative interventions are required, whereby guidelines recommended multimodal approaches.
13p viisaacnewton 25-04-2022 14 4 Download
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Cognitive frailty, a combination of physical frailty and cognitive impairment, is associated with functional decline in older adults. However, there is limited information if cognitive frailty predicts the incidence of falls, injuries, and disability.
13p vinobelprisen 26-03-2022 9 4 Download
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The research on associations between gait, physical function, physical activity (PA), and cognitive function is growing. Still, clinical assessments of cognitive function and motor function is often kept separate. In this study, we aimed to look at a broad range of measures of gait, physical function, and PA in three groups of home-dwelling older adults with no or questionable dementia, mild dementia, and moderate/severe dementia.
8p vinobelprisen 26-03-2022 7 4 Download
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Frailty is associated with poor health outcomes in later life. Recent studies suggested that hearing loss may be a potentially modifiable risk factor associated with frailty. Methods: This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to investigate the association between hearing loss and frailty in observational studies of adults aged 50 years or over. We included observational studies with participants ≥ 50 years old that have clear descriptions of hearing and frailty measurement methods.
13p vinobelprisen 26-03-2022 19 5 Download
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With age, medical conditions impairing safe driving accumulate. Consequently, the risk of accidents increases. To mitigate this risk, Swiss law requires biannual assessments of the fitness to drive of elderly drivers. Drivers may prove their cognitive and physical capacity for safe driving in a medically supervised driving test (MSDT) when borderline cases, as indicated by low performance in a set of four cognitive tests, including e.g. the mini mental status test (MMST).
9p vinobelprisen 26-03-2022 21 4 Download
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Life expectancy has increased over the last century and a growing number of people is reaching age 90 years and over. However, data on nonagenarians’ health trends are scarce due to difficulties in investigating this specific population. This study aims to identify risk factors for one-year mortality in nonagenarians using data collected within the “Mugello Study”
11p vinobelprisen 26-03-2022 11 4 Download
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Previous research showed association between frailty and an impaired autonomic nervous system; however, the direct efect of frailty on heart rate (HR) behavior during physical activity is unclear. The purpose of the current study was to determine the association between HR increase and decrease with frailty during a localized upper-extremity function (UEF) task to establish a multimodal frailty test.
10p vinobelprisen 26-03-2022 9 4 Download
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Sarcopenia has been identifed as a risk factor for cognitive impairment, and motoric cognitive risk syndrome (MCR) is a recently defned pre-dementia syndrome. It is not known whether they are related. We aimed to investigate the association and potential pathways between sarcopenia and MCR in the community elderly by establishing a moderated mediation model.
10p vinobelprisen 26-03-2022 10 5 Download
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Olfactory dysfunction is associated with severe brain atrophy and cognitive impairment in Parkinson’s disease. However, it remains unknown whether an inability to identify particular odors is associated with physical performance, cognitive function, and/or brain atrophy in community-dwelling older adults.
11p vinobelprisen 26-03-2022 11 4 Download
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Higher muscle echo intensity (EI) reflects higher content of fat and/or connective tissue within skeletal muscle, eventually inducing lower muscle strength, physical dysfunction, and metabolic impairment. Continuous exercise decreases muscle EI in older individuals; however, it is not well understood how several months’ rehabilitation exercise affects gradation-based EI.
9p vinobelprisen 26-03-2022 19 4 Download
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Little is known about the heterogeneous clinical profile of physical frailty and its association with cognitive impairment in older U.S. nursing home (NH) residents. Minimum Data Set 3.0 at admission was used to identify older adults newly-admitted to nursing homes with life expectancy ≥6 months and length of stay ≥100 days (n = 871,801). Latent class analysis was used to identify physical frailty subgroups, using FRAIL-NH items as indicators.
12p vinobelprisen 26-03-2022 21 5 Download
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The incidence of breast cancer is on the rise in developing countries. Breast cancer patients not only experience physical pain from treatment but may also face mental crises, impaired social function, and impaired quality of life. However, there are not many studies on the quality of life (QoL) of post - treatment breast cancer patients.
9p inception36 30-11-2021 12 1 Download