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Evaluating Technologies with and for Disabled Children [PDF]

Extended Abstracts of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2019
Due to policies supporting the inclusion of disabled children in mainstream schools and the use of technologies to enable personalized schooling, there are broad research incentives and opportunities to design technologies for disabled children in educational contexts.
Emeline Brulé, Oussama Metatla, Katta Spiel, Ahmed Kharrufa, Charlotte Robinson   +4 more
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Institutional maternal and perinatal deaths: a review of 40 low and middle income countries

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2017
Background Understanding the magnitude and clinical causes of maternal and perinatal mortality are basic requirements for positive change. Facility-based information offers a contextualized resource for clinical and organizational quality improvement. We
Patricia E. Bailey, Wasihun Andualem, Michel Brun, Lynn Freedman, Sourou Gbangbade, Malick Kante, Emily Keyes, Edwin Libamba, Allisyn C. Moran, Halima Mouniri, Dahada Ould el Joud, Kavita Singh   +11 more
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Factors associated with disability and quality of life among the oldest-old living in community in Poland – a cross-sectional study

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine, 2020
Introduction In Poland, the number of the oldest-old people is increasing. The prevalence of health problems increases with age, which expands the cost of medical and social care.
Agnieszka Beata Ćwirlej-Sozańska, Agnieszka Wiśniowska-Szurlej, Anna Wilmowska-Pietruszyńska, Bernard Sozański   +3 more
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Short-term prognosis for speech and language in first stroke patients Prognóstico em curto prazo para fala e linguagem em pacientes acometidos de infarto cerebral único

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 2009
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the factors that can influence evolution of communication after a first stroke. METHOD: Thirty-seven adult patients were evaluated for speech and language within 72 hours after a single first-ever ischemic brain injury and later on.
Fabricio F. Oliveira, Benito P. Damasceno   +1 more
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Socioeconomic participation of persons with hemophilia: Results from the sixth hemophilia in the Netherlands study

Research and Practice in Thrombosis and Haemostasis, 2022
Background and objectives Treatment availability and comprehensive care have resulted in improved clinical outcomes for persons with hemophilia. Recent data on socioeconomic participation in the Netherlands are lacking.
Erna C. van Balen, Shermarke Hassan, Cees Smit, Mariette H. E. Driessens, Erik A. M. Beckers, Michiel Coppens, Jeroen C. Eikenboom, Hélène L. Hooimeijer, Frank W. G. Leebeek, Evelien P. Mauser‐Bunschoten, Lize F. D. van Vulpen, Saskia E. M. Schols, Frits R. Rosendaal, Johanna G. van der Bom, Samantha C. Gouw   +14 more
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Altered Amplitude of Low-Frequency Fluctuations of rs-fMRI Signal followed by rTMS Analgesic Effects in Non-Specific Chronic Low Back Pain (CLBP) Patients [PDF]

Journal of Biomedical Physics and Engineering
Background: Non-specific chronic low back pain (CLBP) is a common painful condition and is responsible for different physical disorders. Despite alternative therapies, patients still suffer from persistent pain.
Mahboubeh Masoumbeigi, Nader Riyahi Alam, Ramin Kordi, Mohsen Rostami, Abbas Rahimiforoushani, Amir Homayoun Jafari, Hasan Hashemi, Anita Ebrahimpour   +7 more
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Designing an evidence-based working method for medical work disability prognosis evaluation–an intervention mapping approach

Frontiers in Public Health, 2023
PurposePerforming evidence-based work disability prognosis evaluation (WDPE) of clients on sick leave is a difficult task for physicians. The aim was to develop a working method to support physicians in performing evidence-based WDPE and to improve WDPE ...
Sylvia P. Snoeck-Krygsman, Sylvia P. Snoeck-Krygsman, Sylvia P. Snoeck-Krygsman, Birgit H. P. M. Donker-Cools, Birgit H. P. M. Donker-Cools, Birgit H. P. M. Donker-Cools, Lyanne P. Jansen, Lyanne P. Jansen, Jan L. Hoving, Jan L. Hoving, Frederieke G. Schaafsma, Frederieke G. Schaafsma   +11 more
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Use of wearables to measure the effects of long COVID on activities of daily living and their relationship to perceived exertion, occupational performance, and quality of life

Frontiers in Public Health
IntroductionThis study introduces a novel approach to understanding the impact of long COVID symptoms on daily life by integrating wearable devices to assess their influence on physical and mental quality of life, as well as perceived performance and ...
Lucía Hernández-Hernández, Paula Obeso-Benítez, Sergio Serrada-Tejeda, Patricia Sánchez-Herrera-Baeza, Ma Pilar Rodríguez-Pérez, Marta Pérez-de-Heredia-Torres, Rosa María Martínez-Piédrola, Jorge Martín-Hernández   +7 more
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The Long and Winding Road. A look at applications for disability grants in South Africa

South African Family Practice, 1992
No abstract available.
Geoff Baron
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Linking Free Text Documentation of Functioning and Disability to the ICF With Natural Language Processing

Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences, 2021
Background: Invaluable information on patient functioning and the complex interactions that define it is recorded in free text portions of the Electronic Health Record (EHR).
Denis Newman-Griffis, Denis Newman-Griffis, Jonathan Camacho Maldonado, Pei-Shu Ho, Maryanne Sacco, Rafael Jimenez Silva, Julia Porcino, Leighton Chan   +7 more
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