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Effects of gentle mechanical skin stimulation on subjective symptoms and joint range of motions in people with chronic neck and shoulder discomfort

open access: yesJournal of Physiological Sciences, 2023
This study aimed to examine the efficacy of a 2-week self-administered gentle mechanical skin stimulation on chronic neck and shoulder discomfort. In participants (n = 12) with chronic neck and shoulder discomfort, subjective measures of pain sensation ...
Nobuhiro Watanabe   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Trends in healthy life expectancy in the age of austerity [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 2022
Background Worrying changes in life expectancy trends have been observed recently in the UK, largely attributed to austerity policies introduced over the last decade. To incorporate changes to quality, rather than just length of, life, our aim was to describe trends in healthy life expectancy (HLE) for the relevant ...
David Walsh   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Nativity in the healthy migrant effect: Evidence from Australia

open access: yesSSM: Population Health, 2023
Migrant health constitutes an important public health issue; however, variations in the ‘healthy migrant effect’ among migrants of different nativity are not adequately understood.
Guogui Huang   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy of Korean registered disabled by disability type in 2014–2018: Korea National Rehabilitation Center database

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2023
Background Conducting a distinct comparison between the life expectancy (LE) and healthy life expectancy (HALE) of people with disabilities (PWDs) and the general population is necessary due to the various environmental and health conditions they ...
Hyuna Jang   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Changing life expectancy in European countries 1990–2021: a subanalysis of causes and risk factors from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 [PDF]

open access: yes
Background: Decades of steady improvements in life expectancy in Europe slowed down from around 2011, well before the COVID-19 pandemic, for reasons which remain disputed.
GBD 2021 Europe Life Expectancy Collaborators   +2 more
core   +5 more sources

A Review of the Types and Characteristics of Healthy Life Expectancy and Methodological Issues [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, 2022
An index that evaluates the health level of a population group considering both death and loss of function due to disease is called a summary measure of population health (SMPH).
Young-Eun Kim   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

‘Inclusive’ health systems increase healthy life expectancy

open access: yesRural and Remote Health, 2022
Introduction: This article attempts to investigate whether inclusive health systems increase societal welfare, with the latter expressed through estimates of healthy life expectancy (HLE).
Kostas Athanasakis
doaj   +1 more source

Global Trends in Life Expectancy and Healthy Life Expectancy

open access: yes, 2023
Abstract In the known history of humanity, life expectancy scarcely exceeded 30 years, with half of newborns dying before age five, up to the 18th century. However, from the 18th century onward, major epidemics were combatted more efficiently, famines became less frequent, and life expectancy thus began to increase, first in Northwest
Cambois, Emmanuelle   +2 more
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Women outweighed men at life expectancy in Bangladesh: does it mean a better quality of life?

open access: yesHeliyon, 2021
Introduction: Men had a higher life expectancy than women until 2000 in Bangladesh. After 2000, statistics showed that women had a higher life expectancy than men.
Md. Zakiul Alam
doaj   +1 more source

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