Kinematic and behavioral analyses of protective stepping strategies and risk for falls among community living older adults

... correlates of force perturbations that induce stepping in older adults Gait Posture 36, 356–360 Tinetti, M.E., Speechley, M., Ginter, S.F., 1988 Risk factors for falls among elderly persons living ... perturbations of standing balance at different magnitudes to older adults with and without a history of falls The aims of the study were to: 1) Compare between gr...

Ngày tải lên: 25/08/2016, 21:46

... drugs Falls and balance Of the 101 participants, 13% reported having had a fall within the past month, and 44% within the last year The average number of reported falls for the last year was 0.8; ... cervical spine in balance and risk of falling in the elderly Chiropractic Journal of Australia 2004, 34(1):19-22 Measuring Healthy Days Centers for Disease Contr...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 14:20

... log-transformed upper and lower limits of 95% CI by 3.92 These data of each study were entered into the Review Manager and Comprehensive Meta- Analysis to perform meta- analysis and meta- regression analysis The ... Study of Osteoporotic Fractures frailty index *Sample size of cohort actually used for frailty and fall analysis, or of entire cohort if not avai...

Ngày tải lên: 25/08/2016, 21:28

... MODEL Pilates effect on balance and falls in community dwelling older adults Subjects and screening procedure Thirty-nine subjects, 65 years of age and older living in the community, were recruited ... problem of attrition in balance studies Their study reported a 17% attrition rate during the intervention and discussed the difficulty in recruiti...

Ngày tải lên: 25/08/2016, 23:19

... extensive training in the use of the GMS using training vignettes, completed and co-rated four to six supervised training interviews, and received close supervision and monitoring of their field interviews ... the Singapore Longitudinal Aging Study (SLAS): Check lists for medical comorbidity, healthcare use and medication use X CHAPTER INTRODUCTION The number of older pe...

Ngày tải lên: 14/09/2015, 08:24

... controlling for demographic influences In this study, we attempted to replicate the McAuley et al [2] model of the physical activity and QOL relationship in a sample of community dwelling older men and ... recruited community dwelling adults aged 50 and older via flyers and electronic newsletters advertising participation in a study of physical activity...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... - transferring and bathing and in a specific IADL - management of money - The secondary analyses showed that among "frail" participants both a better emotional status and a more advanced age ... article as: Bilotta et al., Dimensions and correlates of quality of life according to frailty status: a cross-sectional study on community-dwelling old...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 16:20

... whether they currently smoked and the number of cigarettes smoked per day From these reports, we calculated pack years of smoking (product of years of smoking and packs of cigarettes per day) Other ... in controls and 14% in cases) In analyses involving CTLA-4 and PADI-4, we assessed the risk for RA in dominant, additive, and recessive models Gene-environm...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 10:23

... this article as: Kvamme et al.: Risk of malnutrition is associated with mental health symptoms in community living elderly men and women: The Tromsø Study BMC Psychiatry 2011 11:112 Submit your ... categories and the risk of malnutrition is further explored using a logistic regression analysis In both men and women, significant SCL-10 sym...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 15:22

... designed and carried out the study planning and critically revised the manuscript GJ designed and carried out the study planning, participated in analysis and interpretation of the data, and critically ... The study included a baseline examination and followup examinations at approximately 2.7 and years The research conducted in this manuscript is in...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 15:22

... capacity that you must answer before moving forward with the building of your online community Understanding Needs and Assessing Opportunities - Skills and resources for an online community - page Capacity ... moving forward Understanding Needs and Assessing Opportunities - Skills and resources for an online community - page 10 Job aids From...

Ngày tải lên: 08/03/2014, 20:20

... Statistical analysis Data were analyzed in two stages The initial stage was to test the hypothesis that there is a primary interaction between sex and smoking This was performed by including a ... relatively modest (relative risk 1.39 and 1.49 for all RA and RF-positive RA, respectively) as compared with that in the Iowa study Interpreting our findings of an interaction between...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 01:21

... protection against secondary fibromyalgia, increased resistance to musculoskeletal micro-injury, psychologically based increase in pain threshold, innately high pain threshold influencing decision ... hospital days in the past year, and dichotomous variables for smoking, and history of arthritis, fractures, and cancer at baseline Baseline values yt = 1987 were defined as weig...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 07:20

... study concept and design, data collection and analyses, and manuscript writing and editing DF contributed to the data analyses and statistical support, as well as to the manuscript writing and ... significant associations were observed between the incidence of RA and consumption of total meat, red meat, poultry, or fish (Table 3) For total meat, which included red meat...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 10:20

... Conclusions Among older adults living with painful OA, depressed mood is common and associated with increased mental health- related health care, including visits to primary care physicians and psychiatrists, ... this article as: Gleicher et al.: A prospective study of mental health care for comorbid depressed mood in older adults with painfu...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 15:22