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Limits of social mobilization [PDF]

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2013
The Internet and social media have enabled the mobilization of large crowds to achieve time-critical feats, ranging from mapping crises in real time, to organizing mass rallies, to conducting search-and-rescue operations over large geographies. Despite significant success, selection bias may lead to inflated expectations of the efficacy of social ...
Pentland, Alex Paul, Rutherford, Alex, Cebrian, Manuel, Dsouza, Sohan, Moro, Esteban, Rahwan, Iyad   +5 more
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PREDICTIVE FACTORS OF FUNCTIONAL MOBILITY IN OLDER WOMEN AFTER 12 WEEKS OF RESISTANCE TRAINING

Geriatrics, Gerontology and Aging, 2021
OBJECTIVE: To analyze the association between functional mobility, anthropometric and functional characteristics of older women after 12 weeks of resistance training.
More Torres Montalvão, Joana Marcela Sales de Lucena, Milene Soares Nogueira de Lima, Alexandre Lima de Araújo Ribeiro, Marisete Peralta Safons, Sarah Brandão Pinheiro, Wagner Rodrigues Martins   +6 more
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Association of cardiovascular burden with mobility limitation among elderly people: a population-based study. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular risk factors (CRFs) such as smoking and diabetes have been associated with mobility limitations among older adults. We seek to examine to what extent individual and aggregated CRFs and cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are ...
Anna-Karin Welmer, Sara Angleman, Elisabeth Rydwik, Laura Fratiglioni, Chengxuan Qiu   +4 more
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Relationship between lower limb motor impairment and biomechanical strategies used during mobility activities in post-stroke individuals

Fisioterapia e Pesquisa, 2023
Motor impairment and mobility limitations are frequently observed in post-stroke individuals and are associated with functional dependence and low perceived quality of life.
Luma Amendoeira Almeida Lima, Larissa Tavares Aguiar, Christina Danielli Coelho de Morais Faria   +2 more
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Accessibility and urban mobility barriers for service in a specialized physical rehabilitation center

Revista Portuguesa de Enfermagem de Reabilitação, 2021
Introduction: This study aimed to understand the perception of people with physical disabilities or reduced mobility when facing accessibility barriers for service in a specialized rehabilitation center.
Vanessa Vianna, Rute Salomé da Silva Pereira, Nebia Maria Almeida de Figueiredo, Aline Coutinho Sento Sé, Edicléa Mascarenhas Fernandes, Wiliam Cesar Alves Machado   +5 more
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Day-to-Day Variability and Year-to-Year Reproducibility of Accelerometer-Measured Free-Living Sit-to-Stand Transitions Volume and Intensity among Community-Dwelling Older Adults

Sensors, 2021
(1) Background: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the day-to-day variability and year-to-year reproducibility of an accelerometer-based algorithm for sit-to-stand (STS) transitions in a free-living environment among community-dwelling older ...
Antti Löppönen, Laura Karavirta, Erja Portegijs, Kaisa Koivunen, Taina Rantanen, Taija Finni, Christophe Delecluse, Evelien Van Roie, Timo Rantalainen   +8 more
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Family size and intergenerational social mobility during the fertility transition: evidence of resource dilution from the city of Antwerp in nineteenth century Belgium [PDF]

, 2011
It has been argued in sociology, economics, and evolutionary anthropology that family size limitation enhances the intergenerational upward mobility chances in modernized societies.
Agresti, Asaert, Banks, Bart Van de Putte, Becker, Blake, Dumont, Dupâquier, Haaga, Jan Van Bavel, Jeuninckx, Koen Matthijs, Kruithof, Lampo, Leboutte, Lis, Sarah Moreels, Snijders, Thornton, Van Baelen, Van Bavel, Van Houtven, Van Leeuwen, Veraghtert, Vervoort, Vrielinck, Winter   +26 more
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Cognition, functionality, and life space in older adults: the mediating role of perceived control and autonomy

Geriatrics, Gerontology and Aging, 2023
Objectives: To examine a model of associations between cognition, functionality, and life-space mobility, and the mediating role of perceived control and autonomy. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study with a sample of older adults aged over 72 years,
Eduardo Amorim Rocha, Anita Liberalesso Neri, Monica Sanches Yassuda, Samila Sathler Tavares Batistoni   +3 more
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Midlife work ability and mobility limitation in old age among non-disability and disability retirees - a prospective study

BMC Public Health, 2016
Background Little is known about the wellbeing and mobility limitation of older disability retirees. Personal and environmental factors, such as time spent in working life, may either exacerbate or mitigate the onset of mobility limitation in general ...
Monika E. von Bonsdorff, Taina Rantanen, Timo Törmäkangas, Jenni Kulmala, Timo Hinrichs, Jorma Seitsamo, Clas-Håkan Nygård, Juhani Ilmarinen, Mikaela B. von Bonsdorff   +8 more
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Limited finger joint mobility in diabetes [PDF]

Archives of Disease in Childhood, 1982
Limited finger joint mobility was assessed in 112 diabetic children, in their first-degree relatives, and in 50 unrelated non-diabetic children. In 42% of the diabetic children there was limited joint mobility, but 14% of them had more severe involvement. Limited joint mobility was correlated with increasing age, early presentation, and longer duration
J E, Brice, D I, Johnston, J L, Noronha
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