Pharmaceutics, 2023 Tablet crushing is a common practice used by patients and their carers, mainly to facilitate swallowing. Various tablet-crushing devices with different designs are currently available on the market.
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The Telehealth Skills, Training, and Implementation Project: An evaluation protocol [PDF]
, 2015 External stabilization is reported to improve reliability of hand held dynamometry, yet this has not been tested in burns. We aimed to assess the reliability of dynamometry using an external system of stabilization in people with moderate burn injury and
Barnett, Stephen +14 more
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Evaluation of Factors Influencing Handgrip Strength Asymmetry in Older Peruvian Adults [PDF]
Annals of Geriatric Medicine and ResearchBackground Sarcopenia is a musculoskeletal disease involving the reduction of muscle mass, strength, and performance. Handgrip strength (HGS) measurements included in frailty assessments are great biomarkers of aging and are related to functional ...
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Hybrid brain-computer interface and functional electrical stimulation for sensorimotor training in participants with tetraplegia: a proof-of-concept study [PDF]
, 2015 Background and Purpose: Impaired hand function decreases quality of life in persons with tetraplegia. We tested functional electrical stimulation (FES) controlled by a hybrid brain-computer interface (BCI) for improving hand function in participants with
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Somatotypes and hand-grip strength analysis of elite cadet sambo athletes [PDF]
, 2019 The objectives of this research were to establish somatotype and hand-grip strength between elite cadet male and female sambo athletes divided by weight categories.
Casals Vázquez, Cristina +7 more
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Prospective association between handgrip strength in childhood and the metabolic syndrome score and insulin resistance indices in adolescence: an analysis based on the Ewha Birth and Growth Study [PDF]
Epidemiology and HealthOBJECTIVES Low handgrip strength (HGS) in children and adolescents might be associated with the risk of metabolic syndrome (MetS) and insulin resistance. This study prospectively evaluated the association between HGS in childhood and MetS in adolescence.
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Analysis of knee strength measurements performed by a hand-held multicomponent dynamometer and optoelectronic system [PDF]
, 2017 The quantification of muscle weakness is useful to evaluate the health status and performance of patients and athletes. In this paper, we proposed a novel methodology to investigate and to quantify the effects induced by inaccuracy sources occurring when
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Hip External Rotator Strength Is Associated With Better Dynamic Control of the Lower Extremity During Landing Tasks [PDF]
, 2016 Hip external rotator strength is associated with better dynamic control of the lower extremity during landing tasks. J Strength Cond Res 30(1): 282–291, 2016—The purpose of this study was to determine the association between hip strength and lower ...
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Differences between left- and right-handers in approach/avoidance motivation: influence of consistency of handedness measures [PDF]
, 2014 Hand preference is often viewed as a troublesome variable in psychological research, with left-handers routinely excluded from studies. Contrary to this, a body of evidence has shown hand preference to be a useful variable when examining human behavior ...
Hardie, Scott M., Wright, Lynn
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Geriatrics, 2020 The aim of this study was to investigate factors associated with sarcopenia among elderly patients with poorly controlled diabetes mellitus (DM). We retrospectively analyzed 41 patients with type 2 DM, aged ≥65 years who required diabetes education ...
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