Promoting walking in older adults: Perceived neighborhood walkability influences the effectiveness of motivational messages [PDF]
Positively framed messages seem to promote walking in older adults better than negatively framed messages. This study targeted elderly people in communities unfavorable to walking. Walking was measured with pedometers during baseline (1 week) and intervention (4 weeks).
Nanna, Notthoff, Laura L, Carstensen
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Association Between Neurofilament Light Chain and Real‐World Ambulatory Function in Progressive MS
ABSTRACT Objective Neurofilament light chain (NfL) is a biomarker of neuroaxonal injury in multiple sclerosis (MS), yet associations with functional outcomes remain unclear. Longitudinal associations between serum NfL (sNfL) and daily step count (STEPS) from wearable devices were assessed in a large international progressive MS cohort.
Gabby B. Joseph +5 more
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The Importance of Campus Walkability for Academic Performance
While campus-built environments constitute critical determinants of educational outcomes, empirical research remains scarce regarding how campus pedestrian-oriented design influences academic performance through underlying psycho-behavioral pathways.
Haiming Wang +3 more
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Generalized Dystonia With Cervical Predominance in a Patient With a De Novo TCF20 Variant
ABSTRACT TCF20 has been implicated in developmental delay and intellectual disability, with dystonia reported less frequently. We describe a woman in her early twenties with childhood‐onset learning difficulties, progressive dysarthria, tremor, and generalized dystonia with marked cervical predominance, associated with a de novo TCF20 frameshift ...
Melisa Kilic +7 more
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The Role of Walkability in Shaping Shopping and Delivery Services: Insights into E-Consumer Behavior
Background: As e-commerce expands and delivery services diversifies, understanding the factors that shape consumer preferences becomes critical to designing efficient and sustainable urban logistics.
Leise Kelli de Oliveira +3 more
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Relationship between train users’ perceptions of walkability with access and egress mode choice
The purpose of this study is to understand whether there is a relationship between train users’ perceptions of walkability in built environment of trip origin with access mode choice and between train users’ perceptions of walkability in built ...
Syafriharti Romeiza +3 more
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Juvenile Huntington Disease With Cerebellar‐Predominant Atrophy Identified by Genome Sequencing
ABSTRACT Juvenile Huntington disease accounts for a small fraction of Huntington disease cases and is driven by the largest trinucleotide repeat expansions. We describe a 6‐year‐old boy with progressive global regression, generalized dystonia, and epilepsy, in whom serial imaging showed striking cerebellar‐predominant atrophy with an initially normal ...
Enrique Gonzalez Saez‐Diez +5 more
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S18-2: How Does Perceived Walkability Change From Summer to Autumn in Two Streets in Leuven?
Purpose: Walking is both one of the most accessible ways to meet physical activity goals, while also being a very sustainable urban mobility form. Whether or not people walk is closely tied to the perceived quality of the walking environment, commonly ...
Valentina Kroker +3 more
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Associations of Rheumatoid Arthritis Disease Activity With Frailty Over Five Years of Follow‐up
Objective To evaluate whether rheumatoid arthritis (RA) disease activity is associated with frailty both in cross‐section and longitudinally. Methods Participants within the Veterans Affairs Rheumatoid Arthritis (VARA) registry enrolled from 2003 to 2022 were included.
Courtney N. Loecker +14 more
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Objective Obesity, defined by body mass index (BMI) ≥30 kg/m2, is a risk factor for functional limitations in people with knee osteoarthritis (OA). However, function varies among such individuals. Our objective was to evaluate the implications of obesity subtypes on longitudinal patterns of physical functioning in people with or at risk for knee OA ...
Kristine Godziuk +7 more
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