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Description of Paralympic Athletic Talent Development Environment

مجله پژوهش در علوم توانبخشی, 2019
Introduction: The contemporary studies seek to describe the appropriate environments for athletic talent development by changing procedure instead of talent identification, which is a tedious process that sometimes does not yield the desirable result ...
Sahar Mahmodi, Rokhsareh Badami, Zohreh Meshkati, Rasol Nazari   +3 more
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Employment Trajectories of Patients With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Factors Driving Transitions Between States

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) significantly impacts employment capacity. This study aimed to investigate the impact of burden of disease activity, damage, and treatment on employment outcomes and transitions in patients with SLE. Methods Using data from a single center, we analyzed employment transitions, adjusted mean disease activity ...
Javier Mencia‐Ledo, Zahi Touma, Laura Whittall Garcia, Dafna D. Gladman, Behdin Nowrouzi‐Kia   +4 more
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Assessment of the Effectiveness and Safety of Wheelchair Use Training for Patients with Hemiparesis

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INTRODUCTION. The rationale of the research is defined by the large number of patients with hemiparesis, unable to restore an upright posture and in need of training to use a wheelchair. AIM.
Nina G. Konovalova, Svetlana Yu. Frolenko, Elena G. Drobysheva, Irina V. Deeva   +3 more
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“Is powered toothbrush better than manual toothbrush in removing dental plaque?” – A crossover randomized double-blind study among differently abled, India

Journal of Indian Society of Periodontology, 2017
Background: Although mechanical plaque removal is an effective method, powered toothbrushes are specially designed to benefit differently abled. Literature comparing plaque removal efficacy between manual and powered toothbrushes among differently abled ...
Mallam Neelima, Byalakere Rudraiah Chandrashekar, Shubhi Goel, Rudraswamy Sushma, Yarramasu Srilatha   +4 more
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Clinical Validation of Artificial Intelligence (AI)‐based Cartilage Segmentation Predicting Knee Replacement

Arthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.
Objective For cartilage morphology to serve as a scalable endpoint in clinical trials, analyses should be performed automatically without human interaction. To clinically validate artificial intelligence (AI)‐based analysis, we studied cartilage loss from MRI prior to knee replacement.
Felix Eckstein, David J. Hunter, C. Kent Kwoh, Wolfgang Wirth   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Successful mobility in a wheelchair and the health status of people with paraplegia

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Introduction. Possession of a wheelchair allows disabled people with paraplegia to compensate for mobility limitations. In order to build the rehabilitation process, it is important to know what factors hinder and what factors facilitate the development ...
Nina G. Konovalova, Elena М. Vasilchenko, Olga I. Khokhlova, Evgeny V. Filatov   +3 more
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Special Pedagogy and Educational Sport

Senses and Sciences, 2017
The true source of pedagogy is education and responds to specific needs. Special pedagogy interprets the science of diversity, through a "functional" educational path to training needs. It is a constant search for methodologies and educational techniques
Daniele Masala
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Facial cosmetic therapy use amongst patients with systemic sclerosis: an Australian cohort study

Arthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.
Objective Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is associated with numerous facial manifestations for which patients may engage in cosmetic therapies. It is unclear how patients with SSc use these therapies. This study sought to characterise patient engagement and experiences with cosmetic therapies for SSc‐related and non‐SSc‐related facial changes.
Zachary Warren, Diane Apostolopoulos, Gene‐Siew Ngian, Amanda M Saracino, Laura Ross, Nava Ferdowsi, Jennifer Walker, Cindy Hall, Kim Griggs, Susanna Proudman, Wendy Stevens, Joanne Sahhar   +11 more
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Automated Hand Flexor Tendon Thickness Measurement in Systemic Sclerosis

Arthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.
Objective Systemic sclerosis (SSc) can affect flexor tendons, contributing to hand function problems and reduced quality of life. Tendon changes are currently assessed with ultrasound and measured manually, a time‐consuming process prone to inter‐observer variability.
Mark Greveling, Ties van het Erve, Yvette van de Berg, Simon Mastbergen, Julia Spierings   +4 more
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Fatigue Crack Initiation and Growth in Nanocrystalline Ni at Multiple Length‐Scales

Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
Overview of miniaturized in situ SEM fatigue setup and resultant fatigue crack growth data for nanocrystalline Ni. The presented study focuses on the analysis of fatigue crack growth rate (FCGR) in focused ion beam‐notched microcantilevers prepared from nanocrystalline (NC) Ni as a model material.
Igor Moravcik, Alexander Jelinek, Markus Alfreider, Jutta Luksch, Anton Hohenwarter, Florian Schaefer, Christian Motz, Daniel Kiener   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source