Are flexibility and muscle-strengthening activities associated with functional limitation? [PDF]
Sports Medicine and Health Science, 2022 This retrospective cohort study examined the relationship between self-reported participation in flexibility and muscular strengthening activities and the development of functional limitation (i.e., once an individual has difficulty with or becomes ...
Craig E. Pfeifer +4 more
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Longitudinal association between handgrip strength and depressive symptoms in middle-aged and older Chinese adults: mediating role of functional limitation [PDF]
Frontiers in Public HealthBackgroundThe relationship between handgrip strength (HGS) at baseline and subsequent depressive symptoms among middle-aged and older Chinese adults remains highly uncertain.
Yanchang Liu +7 more
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Does Physical Activity Confound Race Differences in Osteoarthritis-Related Functional Limitation? [PDF]
Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken), 2023 Objective: This study sought to determine the extent to which physical activity confounds the relation between race and the incidence of osteoarthritis (OA)-related functional limitation.
Vina ER +6 more
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Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 2021 Introduction: COVID-19 is an emerging global health pandemic causing tremendous morbidity and mortality worldwide. Chronic symptoms progressing to poor functional status have been reported in a substantial proportion of COVID-19 patients worldwide.
Pankaj Pant +6 more
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Body composition and functional limitation in COPD [PDF]
Respiratory Research, 2007 Background Low body mass index has been associated with increased mortality in severe COPD. The impact of body composition earlier in the disease remains unclear.
Katz Patricia P +8 more
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The Use of Self-Reported Functional Limitation to Examine Pregnancy and Reproductive Health Experiences in a National Sample of Women [PDF]
Women's Health Reports, 2022 Context: A lack of consensus in the literature examining reproductive health experiences of women with disability prevails, in part, due to various operational definitions of disability.
Caitlin A. Ward +3 more
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Pain trajectories in relation to incident functional limitation among older adults: A prospective cohort study. [PDF]
J Nutr Health AgingObjectives: We aimed to identify pain trajectories and examine their associations with incident functional limitation in older adults, including activities of daily living (ADL) and instrumental ADL (IADL). Design: A prospective cohort study.
Xiang Q +8 more
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Economic effects of healthy ageing: functional limitation, forgone wages, and medical and long-term care costs. [PDF]
Health Econ Rev, 2023 This study aims to estimate the potential economic benefits of healthy ageing by obtaining estimates of the economic losses generated by functional limitations among middle-aged and older people.
Okamoto S +5 more
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Functional Limitation and Favorable Mental-Health Self-Appraisal Among U.S. Adults Aged 50 Years or Older with Multimorbidity: A Behavioral-Science Analysis of the 2023 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey [PDF]
Behavioral SciencesHow older adults psychologically appraise their health while managing multiple chronic conditions is a behavioral-science question as much as a clinical one.
Minyang Zhang +5 more
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Functional limitation and cardiometabolic health: a cross-sectional exploration in adults aged 30 and older in rural Punjab, India [PDF]
BMC Public HealthBackground We investigated the distribution of cardiometabolic health outcomes in people with and without functional limitation in rural India. Method In a cross-sectional, population-based sample of 3,023 adults aged ≥ 30 years in a rural setting in ...
Dewan Muhammad Shoaib +7 more
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