Does neighborhood disorder predict recovery from mobility limitation? Findings from the Health and Retirement Study [PDF]
Journal of Aging and Health, 2015 Objective: This research explores whether perceptions of physical neighborhood disorder predict recovery from mobility limitation over a 2-year period and examines whether psychosocial factors (i.e., depressive symptomology and mastery) and physical ...
Latham, Kenzie, Williams, Monica M.
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Accuracy of different handgrip values to identify mobility limitation in older adults. [PDF]
Arch Gerontol Geriatr, 2021 Delinocente MLB +8 more
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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 +5 more
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Predicting Future Mobility Limitation in Older Adults: A Machine Learning Analysis of Health ABC Study Data. [PDF]
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci, 2022 Speiser JL +6 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 +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 +4 more
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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 +2 more
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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 +5 more
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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 +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.
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