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.
Su Vin Lee +3 more
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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
ANCILLAO, ANDREA +2 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 ...
Alba Zevallos +8 more
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A Comparison of Children’s Fitness in the Northwest and Southwest of England [PDF]
, 2014 The data from this paper was gathered from a larger cross-sectional study examining children’s physical activity participation in the Northwest and the Southwest of England. The purpose of this study was to carry out a battery of health and fitness tests
Boyle, Spencer
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Fairness in Water Quality: A Descriptive Approach [PDF]
, 1994 Muscle strength is important for firefighters work capacity. Laboratory tests used for measurements of muscle strength, however, are complicated, expensive and time consuming.
Lindberg, Ann-Sofie +2 more
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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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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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Prevalence and Predictors of Geriatric Depression in Community-Dwelling Elderly
Asian Nursing Research, 2009 This study aimed to examine the relationship between depressive mood and physical and socio-environmental variables of community-dwelling elderly. Methods: This study was designed as a cross-sectional descriptive survey.
Jeung-Im Kim, RN, PhD +2 more
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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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Development of grip strength during the first year after stroke
Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine, 2019 Objective: To assess recovery of grip strength during the first year post-stroke. Design: Exploratory study on a subsample of patients participating in the Norwegian Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy trial.
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