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Correlation between Instrumental Activities of Daily Living and Muscle Mass in Older Adults: Impact of Comorbidities [PDF]

Background There is evidence that sarcopenia and functionality are closely related. However, the association between geriatric syndromes, such as dependence, on instrumental activities and sarcopenia could be affected by the presence of certain ...
Fernando M. Runzer-Colmenares, Jose F. Parodi, Gianelli S. Curi-Vilchez, M. Lucía Fernández-Millones   +3 more
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Baseline Regional Cholinergic Denervation Predicts Cognitive Trajectories in Moderate Parkinson Disease

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Cognitive decline is a disabling and variable feature of Parkinson disease (PD). While cholinergic system degeneration is linked to cognitive impairments in PD, most prior research reported cross‐sectional associations. We aimed to fill this gap by investigating whether baseline regional cerebral vesicular acetylcholine transporter ...
Taylor Brown, Giulia Carli, Prabesh Kanel, Stiven Roytman, Jaimie Barr, Nicolaas I. Bohnen, Roger L. Albin   +6 more
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Efficacy of Intermittent Theta‐Burst Stimulation for Prolonged Disorders of Consciousness: A Prospective, Randomized, Controlled Trial

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Emerging evidence suggests that low‐frequency neural oscillations are dynamically regulated by consciousness levels, with the recovery of low cortical activity potentially serving as a neurophysiological substrate for conscious emergence. Targeted enhancement of these low‐frequency rhythms in patients with disorders of consciousness
Chuan Xu, Jun Hu, Qianqian Wu, Min Wu, Yamei Yu, Hangcheng Li, Jian Gao, Jingqi Li, Nai Ding, Jie Yu, Benyan Luo   +10 more
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Impact of sociocultural care and service context on instrumental activities of daily living dependence among very old European women

, 2009
To explore the impact of the sociocultural care and service context on dependence in instrumental activities of daily living, data were collected from 1448 very old women in 5 European countries. In addition, the influence of socioeconomic indicators was
Oswald, Frank, Horstmann, Vibeke, Iwarsson, Susanne, Wahl,Hans-Werner   +3 more
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Epilepsy‐Associated Variants of a Single SCN1A Codon Exhibit Divergent Functional Properties

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Pathogenic variants in SCN1A, which encodes the voltage‐gated sodium channel NaV1.1, are associated with multiple epilepsy syndromes exhibiting a range of clinical severity. SCN1A variants are reported in different syndromes, including Dravet syndrome, which is associated with loss‐of‐function, whereas neonatal/infantile‐onset ...
Lanie N. Liebovitz, Christopher H. Thompson, Linda C. Laux, Alfred L. George Jr.   +3 more
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Prevalence of primary dysmenorrhoea and its effect on instrumental activities of daily living among females from Pakistan

Physiotherapy Quarterly, 2021
Rabia Adil, Urfah Zaigham
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Preliminary Study of the Utility of the Menu Task in an Acute Care Setting

Archives of Rehabilitation Research and Clinical Translation
Objective: To establish the preliminary clinical utility and ecological validity in an acute care setting of a brief functional cognitive screening measure, the Menu Task (MT). Design: Cross-sectional observational study.
Gordon M. Giles, PhD, OTR/L, Timothy S. Marks, PhD, Terri Flynn, MSOT, OTR/L, CLT, Courtney R. Arganek, MSOT, OTR/L, CLT, Samantha M. Evander Elmore, MSOT, OTR/L, Rebekka Schindler, BSOT, OTR/L, Dorothy F. Edwards, PhD   +6 more
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Aerobic exercise sustains performance of instrumental activities of daily living in early-stage Alzheimer's Disease

, 2019
Click on the DOI link to access the article (may not be free).BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Individuals with Alzheimer disease (AD) experience progressive loss of independence-performing activities of daily living.
Burns, Jeffrey M., Perales, Jaime, Alshehri, Mohammed M., Siengsukon, Catherine F., Giles, Abdul-Mannaan, Vidoni, Eric D.   +5 more
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A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis of the Recurrence of Autoimmune Encephalitis

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Autoimmune encephalitis (AE) is a disease with a potential for recurrence, and patients receive immunotherapy to prevent it. However, there is no consensus on the duration of immunotherapy. This study aimed to determine the recurrence rate and identify the risk factors for AE to provide guidance on the duration of immunotherapy ...
Shangkai Bai, Sen Zhang, Haipei Zhang, Yating Zhang, Junhong Guo, Xiaoyan Yang   +5 more
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The effects of an active-assisted stretching program on functional performance in elderly persons: A pilot study

Clinical Interventions in Aging, 2009
Damian C Stanziano1,2, Bernard A Roos1,2,3,4, Arlette C Perry1, Shenghan Lai5, Joseph F Signorile1,31Department of Exercise and Sport Sciences, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, USA; 2Stein Gerontological Institute, Miami Jewish Home and Hospital ...
Damian C Stanziano, Bernard A Roos, Arlette C Perry, Shenghan Lai, et al.    +4 more
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