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Strong Functional Connectivity among Homotopic Brain Areas Is Vital for Motor Control in Unilateral Limb Movement

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2017
The mechanism underlying brain region organization for motor control in humans remains poorly understood. In this functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) study, right-handed volunteers were tasked to maintain unilateral foot movements on the right ...
Pengxu Wei, Zuting Zhang, Zeping Lv, Bin Jing   +3 more
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The combined associations of depression and cognitive impairment with functional disability and mortality in older adults: a population-based study from the NHANES 2011–2014

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 2023
ObjectiveThe present study aimed to explore the combined associations of depression and cognitive impairment with functional disability and mortality, and whether the joint effects of depression and cognitive impairment on mortality were influenced by ...
Shuang Han, Yue Gao, Da Gan, Da Gan
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Risk of functional disability associated with solid fuel use and population impact of reducing indoor air pollution in China: A national cohort study

Frontiers in Public Health, 2022
BackgroundIn China, numerous people still rely on solid fuel for household use. To date, the association between household solid fuel use and functional disability, and what benefit reducing household solid fuel usage could bring at the population level ...
Ziyang Ren, Ziyang Ren, Ziyang Ren, Weidi Sun, Weidi Sun, Shiyi Shan, Leying Hou, Siyu Zhu, Qian Yi, You Wu, You Wu, Chao Guo, Chao Guo, Jufen Liu, Jufen Liu, Peige Song   +15 more
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Quantification of health-related quality of life among patients with rheumatoid arthritis: An institution-based study in Kolkata, West Bengal

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2020
Context: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a known chronic debilitating disease accounting for a large percentage of disability globally. Pain and stiffness, decreased work function, depression and emotional state alteration, fatigue, disability, and social ...
Moumita Mandal, Aparajita Dasgupta, Debashis Dutt, Pranita Taraphdar, Parasar Ghosh, Bobby Paul   +5 more
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Bidirectional association between functional disability and multimorbidity among middle-aged and older adults in Thailand

Frontiers in Public Health, 2022
ObjectivesThe purpose of this study was to assess the bidirectional association between multimorbidity (MM) and functional disability among middle-aged and older adults in a longitudinal study in Thailand.MethodsWe analyzed longitudinal data of ...
Supa Pengpid, Supa Pengpid, Supa Pengpid, Karl Peltzer, Karl Peltzer, Karl Peltzer, Dararatt Anantanasuwong   +6 more
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Torture survivors’ symptom load compared to chronic pain and psychiatric in-patients

Torture, 2018
Before their entry into the rehabilitation program at the Rehabilitation and Research Centre for Torture Victims (‘RCT’) in Copenhagen, the degree of symptoms of a group of resettled traumatized refugees was assessed by means of two rating scales: the ...
Uwe Harlacher, Linda Nordin, Peter Barth Polatin   +2 more
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PECULIARITIES OF EMPLOYING DISABLED PEOPLE IN ISRAEL

Вестник Северо-Кавказского федерального университета, 2022
The article reveals comparative aspects of the organization of employment of persons with disabilities in Israel. The main focus of the authors is on public policy issues, legal aspects of ensuring access to education and further employment of students ...
Galina Kozlovskaya, Natalia Borozinets
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Productivity loss associated with functional disability in a contemporary small-scale subsistence population

eLife, 2020
In comparative cross-species perspective, humans experience unique physical impairments with potentially large consequences. Quantifying the burden of impairment in subsistence populations is critical for understanding selection pressures underlying ...
Jonathan Stieglitz, Paul L Hooper, Benjamin C Trumble, Hillard Kaplan, Michael D Gurven   +4 more
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EFFECTIVENESS OF CORE STABILIZATION EXERCISES AND MOTOR CONTROL EXERCISES IN PATIENTS WITH LOW BACK ACHE

International Journal of Physiotherapy, 2015
Background: Motor control exercises are isolated strengthening exercise for the deep spinal muscles (transverse abdominus, multifidus) whereas Core stability is achieved by global strengthening of the core muscles. There are not much studies available in
Vikranth G. R. , Lawrence Mathias , Mohd Meraj Ghori   +2 more
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Sacroiliac Joint Mobilisation versus Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation for Pregnancy Induced Posterior Pelvic Pain-A Randomised Clinical Trial [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2018
Introduction: The prevalence of back pain in pregnancy is reported to be 75% especially in the last trimester, 20% of these report posterior pelvic pain.
Shlesha Maulik Vaidya
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