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The prevalence of functional disability and associated factors among older adults living in Bahir Dar City, Northwest, Ethiopia: a community-based cross-sectional study

Frontiers in Public Health
BackgroundThe limitation of carry out everyday activities independently is a common experience for older adults with functional disabilities, which can hurt their overall well-being.
Addisu Yihenew, Yeshambel Ejigu Anteneh, Tewodros Miheret, Melese Gobezie, Getachew Azeze Eriku, Yadelew Yimer Shibabaw, Tesfa Kassa   +6 more
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Weak but Critical Links between Primary Somatosensory Centers and Motor Cortex during Movement

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2018
Motor performance is improved by stimulation of the agonist muscle during movement. However, related brain mechanisms remain unknown. In this work, we perform a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) study in 21 healthy subjects under three ...
Pengxu Wei, Ruixue Bao, Zeping Lv, Bin Jing   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The mediator role of psychological morbidity in patients with chronic low back pain in differentiated treatments [PDF]

, 2013
This study analyzed the mediating role of psychological morbidity and the variables that discriminated low versus high disability, in patients receiving physiotherapy and acupuncture.
Ferreira, Salomé, Pereira, M. Graça
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Super‐Refractory Status Epilepticus (SRSE) in a Patient With Compound Heterozygous OPA1 Variants: Case Report and Literature Review

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Super‐Refractory Status Epilepticus (SRSE) is a rare, life‐threatening neurological emergency with unclear etiology in many cases. Mitochondrial dysfunction, often due to disease‐causing genetic variants, is increasingly recognized as a cause, with each gene producing distinct pathophysiological mechanisms.
Pouria Mohammadi, Lara Basovic, Christopher Michael McGraw   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Subjective and Objective Day-to-Day Performance Measures of People with Essential Tremor

Sensors
This paper aims to map the daily functional characteristics of people diagnosed with essential tremor (ET) based on their subjective self-reports. In addition, we provide objective measurements of a cup-drinking task.
Navit Roth, Adham Salih, Sara Rosenblum
doaj   +1 more source

Prevalence of disability according to multimorbidity and disease clustering: a population-based study [PDF]

, 2011
Background: The prevalence of chronic diseases has increased with population ageing, and research has attempted to elucidate the correlation between chronic diseases and disability. However, most studies in older populations have focused on the effect of
Angleman, Sara, Fratiglioni, Laura, Marengoni, Alessandra   +2 more
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Predicting Loss of Ambulation in Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophy R9

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Limb girdle muscular dystrophy type R9 (LGMDR9) results from biallelic variants in FKRP. There is limited data to predict loss of ambulation (LOA) among those with LGMDR9. Methods Participants in an ongoing dystroglycanopathy natural history study (NCT00313677) with FKRP variants who had achieved ambulation and were more than 3 ...
Chandra L. Miller, Lauren N. Coffey, Shelley R. H. Mockler, Katie M. Laubscher, Carrie M. Stephan, M. Bridget Zimmerman, Katherine D. Mathews   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Kinematic and Kinetic Gait Principal Component Domains in Older Adults With and Without Functional Disability: A Cross-Sectional Study

Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology
Objectives: Gait kinematic and kinetic changes have been identified in older adults, highlighting the need to explore the principal age-related components and how these are associated with functional disability.
Juliana Moreira, Bruno Cunha, José Félix, Rubim Santos, Andreia S. P. Sousa   +4 more
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Measuring disability [PDF]

, 2017
Housing policy researchers studying the intersection of housing and disability must understand the relative strengths and limitations of the various types of administrative and survey data that can be used to identify persons with disabilities.
Brucker, Debra L., Helms, Veronica
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Prognostic significance of short-term blood pressure variability in acute stroke [PDF]

, 2015
Background and Purpose— Blood pressure variability (BPV) may be an important prognostic factor acutely after stroke. This review investigated the existing evidence for the effect of BPV on outcome after stroke, also considering ...
Manning, Lisa S., Potter, John F., Robinson, Thompson G., Rothwell, Peter M.   +3 more
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