assess gait and balance impairment

... diminished quality of life and increased morbidity and mortality Anatomy and Physiology Upright bipedal gait depends on the successful integration of postural control and locomotion These functions ... balance with standing and walking Standing balance depends on good quality sensory information about the position of the body center with respect to the environment, support surface, and gravitational ... dynamic balance has not been well defined, but the vestibular nucleus and midline cerebellum contribute to balance control in animals Human patients with damage to these structures have impaired balance...

Ngày tải lên: 06/07/2014, 13:20

... dramatic impact on gait and balance Cerebellar gait ataxia is characterized by a wide base of support, lateral instability of the trunk, erratic foot placement, and decompensation of balance when attempting ... odd, stereotypic gait disorders seen in chronic psychiatric patients Frontal Gait Disorder Frontal gait disorder, sometimes known as "gait apraxia," is common in the elderly and has a variety ... attempting to walk tandem Difficulty maintaining balance when turning is often an early feature Patients are unable to walk tandem heel to toe, and display truncal sway in narrow-based or tandem stance...

Ngày tải lên: 06/07/2014, 13:20

... urgency and incontinence, particularly in patients with cervical spine disease or hydrocephalus It is always important to review the use of alcohol and medications that affect gait and balance ... equilibrium Disorders of balance present with difficulty maintaining posture standing and walking and with a subjective sense of disequilibrium, a form of dizziness The cerebellum and vestibular system ... obvious nystagmus, but balance is impaired on standing and walking, and the patient cannot navigate in the dark Laboratory testing is available to explore vestibulooculomotor and vestibulo-spinal...

Ngày tải lên: 06/07/2014, 13:20

... evaluation and treatment (Chaps 21 and 363) Table 24-3 Risk Factors for Falls, a Meta-Analysis: Summary of Sixteen Controlled Studies Risk Factor Mean RR (OR) Range Weakness 4.9 1.9–10.3 Balance ... the classification of gait disorders, for many of the same reasons Postural control systems are widely distributed, and a number of disease-related abnormalities occur Unlike gait problems that ... chair, fatigue easily when walking, and have difficulty maintaining their balance after a perturbation These patients are often unable to get up after a fall and may be on the floor for an hour...

Ngày tải lên: 06/07/2014, 13:20

... including improved lighting and the installation of grab bars and nonslip surfaces Rehabilitation interventions attempt to improve muscle strength and balance stability and to make the patient more ... subjective imbalance, apprehension, and fear of falling Deficits in joint position and vibration sense are apparent on physical examination Interventions to Reduce the Risk of Falls and Injury: ... result in a forward fall Gait freezing can also occur as the patient attempts to turn and change direction Similarly, the patient with Parkinson's disease and festinating gait may find his feet...

Ngày tải lên: 06/07/2014, 13:20

... by stiffness in the legs, an imbalance of muscle tone, and a tendency to circumduct and scuff the feet The disorder reflects compromise of corticospinal command and overactivity of spinal reflexes ... Gait The term cautious gait is used to describe the patient who walks with an abbreviated stride and lowered center of mass, as if walking on a slippery surface This disorder is both common and ... higher level gait disturbance Physical therapy often improves walking to the degree that follow-up observation may reveal a more specific underlying disorder Stiff-Legged Gait Spastic gait is characterized...

Ngày tải lên: 06/07/2014, 13:20

... gait and balance variables Relationships between gait variables and balance, as assessed by BESTest were explored (Table 2) A significant large positive relationship between fast gait speed and ... palsy Gait Gait analysis Balance Falls Gait characteristics, balance performance and falls in ambulant adults with cerebral palsy: an observational study Information regarding mobility and balance ... understanding of gait in this population, and potentially prospective prediction of falls and falls risk This study examined the relationship between gait variables, balance performance and falls...

Ngày tải lên: 25/08/2016, 21:39

... dentistry, behavioral counseling and education, and incorporate the 2007 Expert Committee recommendations regarding the prevention, assessment and treatment of childhood and adolescent obesity The ... protocol for assessment and intervention on both oral health and obesity among all clinicians CULTURAL COMPETENCY BEHAVIORAL COUNSELING FOR EFFECTIVE LIFESTYLE CHANGE AND WEIGHT To understand the ... approaches to weight assessment and management NATIVE AMERICAN ASIAN/PACIFIC ISLANDER BUILDING A SYSTEM FOR OBESITY MANAGEMENT ADVOCACY AND CHILDHOOD OBESITY The HOPE Project ADVOCACY AND CHILDHOOD...

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 21:20

... intelligence and reason is always in the same state; and but that which is conceived by _ with the help of _ and without reason, and is always in a process of becoming and perishing and never ... consequently, and because and phrases such as due to, as a result, and leads to signal cause and effect Try making some cause and effect sentences to see how they work Here’s an example of a cause and ... use trial and error to find islands of meaning in a sentence Find a word or a phrase you understand and start adding a word or two on either side As you discover several such islands and gradually...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 17:20

... session Assessments Assessments included standardized tests of balance and, postural control as well as ADL’s to evaluate the effects of training Balance tests that were used included: 1) The Berg -Balance ... posture and balance with increasing difficulty and complexity These included: (1) static posture control-achieving better upright position while sitting and in standing (improving upper limb and ... (1) to improve body posture and static balance (2) to improve dynamic balance, and (3) to improve activities of daily living (ADLs), i.e., sit to stand abilities and reaching The intervention...

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 08:20

... baicalein and baicalin were recorded at 315 nm and 272 nm respectively HPLC (Shimadzu, Japan) analysis content of baicalin and baicalein was 4.1522% and 3.3075%, respectively in SBG Baicalin and baicalein ... significantly inhibited both Cox-2 and iNOS expression in both low and high doses of SBG (Figure 4B) Macrophage-derived NO and PGE2 are an important host defense and microbial and tumor cell killing agent, ... the AC group showed typical signs of senescent impairment in learning and memory function and the presence of metamorphic and necrotic neurons and induced changes in these redoxrelated biomarkers...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 05:21

... study, the data analysis and interpretation, and helped draft and revise the manuscript JNL contributed to the conception and design of the study, the data interpretation, and provided revisions ... conception and design of the study and provided revisions to the manuscript RT contributed to the conception and design of the study and provided revisions to the manuscript All authors read and approved ... audience and highlight the take-home messages from research [7,8,21,28,29] The primary strength of this study is that it provides a baseline assessment of CBO capacity to acquire, assess, adapt, and...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 10:23

... collection and analysed the results FC performed the statistical analysis RN, ML, AC, VA, DP and RC partecipated to acquisition of data AQ conceived the study and partecipated in its design and coordination ... Nelissen I, Fiten P, Vandenbroeck K, Hillert J, Olsson T, Marrosu MG, Opdenakker G: PECAM1, MPO and PRKAR1A at chromosome 17q21-q24 and susceptibility for multiple sclerosis in Sweden and Sardinia Neuroimmunol ... investigate whether some clinical and individual variables and the occurrence of the -463 G/ A promoter polymorphism of the MPO gene may be associated with cognitive impairment in patients with MS...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 08:20

... Histological assessment after There are some variations in the numbers of bony segments and (pseudo-) articulations of pelvic digits described in the literature For example, Lame [5] and Granieri and ... elements and at least one (pseudo-) articulation Nguyen et al [8] reported a case series where one patient had one phalanx and one pseudoarticulation, and two other cases with three bony segments and ... indicated in the case of symptoms such as functional impairment It is important to recognize and distinguish a pelvic digit from posttraumatic ossification and avulsion to avoid unnecessary investigations...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 17:21

... study design and in the acquisition, analysis, and interpretation of data and drafted the manuscript LK participated in the study design and in the acquisition and analysis of the data and helped ... W, Erlacher L: Joint protection and home hand exercises improve hand function in patients with hand osteoarthritis: A randomized controlled trial Arthritis Care and Research 2002, 47:44-49 Stange-Rezende ... joints (0-5) Grasp, lateral pinch, and 3-finger chuck pinch strength Thumb CMC planar and palmar abduction, thumb MCP extension and flexion, and thumb IP extension and flexion Brosseau, et al [24]...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 15:22

... the study and developed the gait and posture scoring methods RKK examined and scored the joint lesions with assistance from HEJ RKK and BJ performed the statistical analysis and RKK, BJ, and HEJ ... variables of the gait and posture, of which buck-kneed forelegs, fore and hind legs turned out, and stiff in front and rear have been shown to be associated with osteochondrosis and arthrosis [9], ... lesions and defined gait and posture variables in sows Methods Animals and housing An observational prospective study was carried out in a Danish pig herd Sixty randomly selected crossbred Landrace-Yorkshire...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 18:22

... Fourthly, there is a relationship between degree of BHR and FEV1 and FEF 25–75 impairment These last findings underline the relationship between BHR and airway caliber in patients with airway inflammation ... asthma, the impairment of FEF 25–75, the BHR, and the relationship between BHR grade and spirometric abnormalities Actually, it is clear that allergic inflammation is chronic in these subjects and it ... conceived of the study, and participated in its design and coordination, IC participated in the design of the study and performed the statistical analysis, MAT revised the manuscript, and AV participated...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 13:22

... PT conceived and designed the study and drafted the manuscript RRJ and JOP collected data All authors contributed to the review and revisions of the manuscript All authors read and approved the ... balance and urine output are presented in separate figures as mean values calculated for each day in a 14-day period and drawn separately for each group (intervention group with no sedation and ... EW: Efficacy and safety of a paired sedation and ventilator weaning protocol for mechanically ventilated patients in intensive care (Awakening and Breathing Controlled trial): a randomised controlled...

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 08:21

... for Chl or N assessment are well documented (Ahlrichs and Bauer 1982, Andrew et al 2002, Bullock and Anderson 1998, Gausman 1974, Schepers et al 1992, Sunderman and Lamm 1991, Takebe and Yoneyama ... selecting OWChl and OWN and developing indices for Chl and N assessment; 2) characterize how plant genotype and variation in leaf texture, water status, and pigments influence Chl assessment; 3) ... parameters in hand-held meters used to assess Chl influence meter accuracy; and 4) develop a hand-held meter with higher accuracy and sensitivity for nondestructive Chl and N assessment than...

Ngày tải lên: 14/11/2014, 13:51

... dịch hàng hóa dịch vụ, khoản thu nhập yếu tố khoản chuyển nhượng •Cán cân thương mại (merchandise trade balance) ghi chép kết giao dịch hàng hóa dịch vụ •Tài khoản vốn tài (financial account) đo ...   Hàng hoá dịch vụ Vốn/Tài Dự trữ ngoại tệ Dòng vốn Cán cân toán •Cán cân toán BOP quốc gia (balance of payments) tóm tắt giao dịch với phần lại giới •Tài khoản vãng lai (current account) bao ... giá hối đoái Tỷ giá hối đoái danh nghĩa thực Cán cân toán (BOP) & biến lưu lượng (Flows): trade balance, current a/c, capital & financial a/c Biến trữ lượng (Stocks): net foreign assets, debt...

Ngày tải lên: 15/11/2014, 13:59