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A Review of Assistive Technologies for Activities of Daily Living of Elderly [PDF]
Book chapter in: Assisted Living: Current Issues and Challenges,
ISBN: 978-1-53618-446-4, 2020 Nova Science Publishers, Pp. 61 - 84, 2021 One of the distinct features of this century has been the population of older adults which has been on a constant rise. Elderly people have several needs and requirements due to physical disabilities, cognitive issues, weakened memory and disorganized behavior, that they face with increasing age.
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Health-related quality of life in Brazilian community-dwelling and institutionalized elderly: Comparison between genders [PDF]
, 2016 Objective: To compare the health-related quality of life (HRQL) indicators between institutionalized and community-dwelling elderly men and women.
Cendoroglo, Maysa Seabra +7 more
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Population and species neighbor identity impact trait–trait relationships and plant performance
Population Ecology, EarlyView.We evaluated how populations and species identity influence plant performance and trait outcomes in mixtures, and assessed trait variation among populations of two forb species native to the western United States (Dieteria canescens and Heterotheca villosa) following three interaction treatments (single‐population monoculture, two‐population mixture ...
Alicia J. Foxx +2 more
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Acta Scientiarum. Health Sciences, 2012 The present study aimed to determine the effects of a physical activity program on the functional autonomy of elderly women. The sample was divided into an experimental group (EG; n = 20; 68.51 ± 5.02 years; BMI = 27.01 ± 4.35) submitted to a physical ...
Fernanda de Noronha Ribeiro Daniel +4 more
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Alzheimer’s & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring, 2016 Introduction The Activities of Daily Living Questionnaire (ADL‐Q) is an informant report questionnaire assessing functional impairment in daily living skills.
January Durant +3 more
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Rehman Journal of Health Sciences, 2020 Introduction: Chronic Neck Pain has become a severe health and socioeconomic problem in modern era. It is a leading cause of physical disability and about 70% of population experience neck pain in their lives.
Fatima Tariq +3 more
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Clinical Response of Levodopa Carbidopa Combination in Patients with Idiopathic Parkinsonism [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2016 Introduction: Parkinson’s disease is the most common form of a group of progressive neurodegenerative disorders. The use of levodopa as dopamine – replacement therapy is highly effective in ameliorating the symptoms of the disease and remains the ...
ABHIJITH LALESH MERAJOTH +2 more
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ElderSim: A Synthetic Data Generation Platform for Human Action Recognition in Eldercare Applications [PDF]
arXiv, 2020 To train deep learning models for vision-based action recognition of elders' daily activities, we need large-scale activity datasets acquired under various daily living environments and conditions. However, most public datasets used in human action recognition either differ from or have limited coverage of elders' activities in many aspects, making it ...
arxiv
Assosiation between Cognitive Level, Independence in Daily Living Activities, and Depression among the Elderly in a Nursing Home, Surakarta, Central Java [PDF]
, 2016 BACKGROUND: Various physical, psychological, and social problems arise in the elderly due to the degenerative process. One of the common problems experienced by the elderly is depression. Increased life expectancy does not seem to balance with quality of
K, P. M. (Pancrasia) +2 more
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Population Ecology, EarlyView.This study examines the demographic dynamics of two seabird populations on Tromelin Island, 15 years after the eradication of brown rats. The results indicate that these populations are in good health and are expected to continue growing until breeding sites are saturated in about a century.
Merlène Saunier +6 more
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