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Does Long‐Term Lower Extremity Strength Training in Adults With Knee Osteoarthritis and Varus Alignment Reduce Knee Joint Loading During Gait?

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective We examined whether 18 months of strength training in individuals with knee varus alignment and medial tibiofemoral osteoarthritis (OA) reduced knee joint loads during walking compared to an attention control group. Methods This study was a secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial that compared the effects of strength training to a ...
Stephen P. Messier   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Home Based Care Services as Strategy to Support Anti-Retroviral Adherence: The Case of Musoma Municipal, Mara region [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
A descriptive qualitative study was conducted to assess whether Home Based Care services can be used as a strategy to support Anti-retroviral adherence for People living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) in Musoma Municipality, Mara region in March 2012.
Rwezaura, P.K.   +1 more
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Residential or nursing home care? The appropriateness of placement decisions. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2001
Routinely-collected statistics show considerable variation between local authorities in Great Britain, in the proportions of supported residents placed in nursing and residential care.
Netten, Ann   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Moderators of the Effects of Exercise and Manual Therapy for People With Knee and Hip Osteoarthritis: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective This study aimed to investigate potential moderators influencing the effects of manual therapy and exercise therapy on pain and functional outcomes in individuals with knee and/or hip osteoarthritis, using data from the MOA trial. This is a secondary analysis of data from the MOA trial that compares the clinical effectiveness of manual ...
Daniel Cury Ribeiro   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Determinants of home based care services provision for the people living with HIV/AIDS: A case study of Hope ('Tumaini') Home Based Care Programme in Tanzania [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Includes abstract.Includes bibliographical references.The higher increase in the number of HIV/AIDS patients in the country has necessitated the expansion of Home Based Care (HBC) programmes and has called for the need to strengthen the HBC services in ...
Mahunga, P
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Using a Measure of Person-Perception Skills to Identify Outstanding Home Care Workers [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Click on the DOI link below to access the article (may not be free).This study involved university-community collaboration with an international home care company for the purpose of developing a tool to identify talented caregivers.
Grosch, Kerry K.   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Family systems care approaches and methodologies for maternal, newborn and child health in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review

open access: yesGlobal Health Action
Integrating family-centered maternal, newborn, and child health (MNCH) services along the care continuum can improve health outcomes in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).
Christina Schuler   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Formal and Informal Social Care in People With Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases: A Cross‐Sectional Multicenter Survey

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs) are leading causes of physical disability, necessitating support with activities of daily living. This study describes social care received by patients with RMDs in two disparate regions of England: Salford (urban) and Norfolk (rural).
Mehreen Somro   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

“Safety at Home”: Experiences From Testing of Video Communication Between Patients and Home Health Care Personnel

open access: yesSAGE Open, 2017
The implementation of welfare technology in Norwegian municipals is a governmental priority, but there is little research on transfer of technological solutions into regular health care services.
Linda Rykkje, Gunhild H. B. Hjorth
doaj   +1 more source

Cumulative Social Disadvantage and Disease Activity in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: A Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance Registry Study

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Social determinants of health (SDOH) contribute to juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) disparities, but most studies have assessed SDOH independently rather than cumulatively across individual, family, and neighborhood levels. Using a socioecological framework, we investigated the relationship among cumulative social disadvantage ...
William Daniel Soulsby   +448 more
wiley   +1 more source

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