factors associated with fear of falling

... 1998] The principle aim of the present study was to establish a system of approach to study the biomechanics of the tibiofemoral joint in relations to the factors associated with osteoarthritis This ... context of factors related to the risk of osteoarthritis in the tibiofemoral joint Biomechanics of the TF Joint - Thambyah A 2004 CHAPTER TWO: Literature Review 2.1 Biomechanics of the tibiofemoral ... 15 Biomechanics of the TF Joint - Thambyah A 2004 center of maximal joint pressure, with even a likelihood of separation of the lateral tibiofemoral joint and “condylar lift-off” [Noyes FR 1992]...

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... Page of 10 (page number not for citation purposes) Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2009, 6:13 Ratings of fear of falling The Falls-Efficacy Scale measures self-perceived fear of falling ... patients rated their fear of falling as less severe with DBS ON as compared to DBS OFF, and the total score of FES(S) increased (p = 0.002) in median with 54 points (Table 3) Page of 10 (page number ... Richman D, Powell L: Falls efficacy as a measure of fear of falling J Gerontol 1990, 45:P239-243 Hellstrom K, Lindmark B: Fear of falling in patients with stroke: a reliability study Clin Rehabil...

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 08:20

... psychosocial factors associated with health and mortality of older populations These studies showed that lower levels of a subjective well-being and lack of a sense that life is worth living were associated ... were used to determine factors associated with having "Ikigai" The presence of interaction with gender Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2006, ... file 2) shows factors associated with "Ikigai" score (0–5) as determined by linear regression analysis Factors associated with "Ikigai" were age, sex, having a spouse, the number of rooms, annual...

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... Gy (V30), with NTCP and MLD SARP occurred in 45% and 37% of patients with MLD of more than 15 Gy and NTCP of 50% or more, respectively, whereas it occurred in 0% of patients with a MLD of 10 Gy ... http://www.ro-journal.com/content/5/1/35 Page of Table 1: Distribution of the clinical, treatment factors and their association with SARP for 94 patients Characteristic No of patients No of RP(grade ≥ 3) p value* ... evaluated clinical and dosimetric factors associated with severe acute radiation pneumonitis (SARP) in 94 patients with a diagnosis of locally advanced NSCLC treated with concurrent chemotherapy and...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 08:23

... risk factors associated with the loss of cartilage volume in the central subregions of the medial compartment (combination of femoral condyle and tibial plateau) (Table 6) were (in order of significance) ... topographical loss of cartilage in the different subregions of the knee and the associated risk factors Moreover, the impact of the location and rate of cartilage loss on the evolution of OA symptoms ... risk factors associated with the loss of cartilage and the evolution of symptoms in patients with knee OA in which meniscal damage and bone marrow changes are the features most closely associated...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 10:20

... suggests that IDU is one of the most efficient modes of HCV transmission,[27] which can occur shortly after initiation of IDU [28] Within the ALIVE Study, 65% of participants with brief IDU were positive ... risk associated with acquisition of HCV through sexual intercourse Vandelli and colleagues reported an incidence rate of 0.37/1,000 person-years (py) among monogamous heterosexual couples with ... Romano L, Tisminetzky S, De Palma M, Stroffolini T, Ventura E, Zanetti A: Lack of evidence of sexual transmission of hepatitis C among monogamous couples: results of a 10-year prospective followup...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 05:22

... of service in the organisation and those with more than sixteen year of service were at greater risk of developing the “worn-out” profile in comparison with those with fewer than four years of ... associations with a number of sociodemographic and occupational factors that are congruent with the definition by clinical profiles We have seen that the “frenetic” profile is highly associated with ... “wornout” profile, characterised by sluggish behaviour, is strongly associated with all of the dimensions of the definition by Maslach, Schaufeli and Leiter [2] It is, therefore, the profile of exhausted,...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 15:22

... Gallagher T, King CH, Mandalakas AM: Rapid GIS-based profiling of West Nile virus transmission: defining environmental factors associated with an urban-suburban outbreak in Northeast Ohio, USA ... Genetics Analysis (MEGA) software version 4.0 Mol Biol Evol 2007, 24:1596-1599 doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-7-139 Cite this article as: Christofferson et al., Factors associated with mosquito pool positivity ... project, it was not without its pitfalls For example, there is a confounding factor of spatial clustering of the ecologies tested However, if the spatial component was the only source of diversity,...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 04:20

... farm Protective factors included the use of official or official treated water on the farm compared to the use of non-official untreated water, storing manure on the farm at any time of year, and ... with Campylobacter Farm-level factors associated with an increased risk of colonization include: the presence of other animals on the farm [13,20-23]; the presence of other poultry nearby [12]; ... any of the models Factors that were significantly associated with colonization regardless of modelling approach could be considered to have a greater relative importance in the epidemiology of...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 18:22

... with vaccine B will reduce the Table Distribution of potential risk factors associated with the success (antibody titres ≥ 0.5 IU/ml) of rabies vaccination in dogs (n = 6,789) Variable Type of ... if the dog is of a larger breed Conclusions The probability of success of rabies vaccinations of dogs depends on type of vaccine used, number of rabies vaccinations, the breed size of the dog, ... interval b risk of having antibody titres of < 0.5 IU/mL by 0.2 times (i.e if 10% of the dogs vaccinated with vaccine A fail to reach an antibody titre of ≥ 0.5 IU/mL, only 2% of the dogs would...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 18:22

... mothers with a wide range of plasma viral loads and CD4+ T cell counts, and an absolute level of these markers has not been associated with transmission [20-22] Longitudinal evaluations of HIV-infected ... trial study have shown that transmission of HIV through milk is associated with higher levels of viral RNA in milk as well as with consistent shedding of virus in milk [23] Although this study ... viral factors responsible for infant infection Conclusions This study has examined the viral and immunological factors associated with transmission of virus through breastfeeding in a group of 14...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 13:20

... representative of the whole region's population With regard to the factors associated with HIV-1 infection, the strength and direction of the associations found in the univariate analysis are consistent with ... respectively, compared with 2.7% in the Pader district) [4], a condition often found to be associated with an increased risk of being HIV-1 infected [9-11] Moreover, a higher percentage of pregnant women ... district of residence, has been shown to be associated with a reduced risk of being HIV-1 infected (Tables 2, 3) When interpreting the results of this study, it should be considered that estimates of...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 13:21

... associated with anxiety Stomach ache All the assumed adverse factors were associated with higher degree of stomach ache (left part of Table 4), whereas receiving necessary academic help was associated ... Adverse factors Victimization Promoting factors * Covariates are factors assumed to be associated with children’s stomach ache anxiety and headache, also after adjustment for a number of potentially ... were all associated with higher degree of anxiety in the multivariable analysis Separate analyses by gender showed that experiencing academic problems was the only variable associated with anxiety...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 18:21

... Although IMV within 24 hours of ICU admission was not associated with hospital mortality after adjustment for other prognostic factors, 70.2% of intubated patients died compared with 45.3% of nonintubated ... and 45% was associated with higher mortality, compared with admissions with a haema- tocrit of between 50% and 59 Anaemia has not previously been associated with an increased risk of hospital ... 3) with an SMR of 1.01 Effect of organ failure on survival As the number of organ failures present on admission increased, the hospital mortality also increased; less than 10% of patients with...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 18:22

... number of participants with self-reported disability divided by the number of participants with telephone interview in that month The cumulative rate of disability is defined as the number of participants ... (private and VWO) with a total of 9,300 beds with a minority offering skilled inpatient rehabilitation The number of beds will rise to 14,000 in the next decade after the building of two new homes ... 161 6.2 Factors associated with Nursing Home Placement 163 6.3 Joint Impact of Comorbidities and Disability on Patients’ Survival 164 6.4 Ten Activities of Daily Living on...

Ngày tải lên: 09/09/2015, 08:15

... purpose of this study was to describe the outcomes of patients with COPD in terms of the rates of repeat hospitalization for AECOPD, and the quality of life, and to evaluate factors associated with ... results of multiple regression analysis of factors associated with worse quality of life are shown in Table From the previous univariate analysis results, we collected all associated variables of ... of patients with COPD in terms of the rates of repeat hospitalization for AECOPD, and the QOL, and to evaluate factors associated with recurrent hospital readmissions for AECOPD and the QOL of...

Ngày tải lên: 06/10/2015, 20:49

... disposal of domestic waste and the waste generators responsible for the disposal of industrial waste With respect to the disposal of HzSW, Vietnam has Decision No 23/2006 of the Ministry of Natural ... planning of IP development has set the target of increasing the land for IPs to 65 000–70 000 in 2015 with the land for hiring reaching up to 60%;2 this growth will be associated with an increase of ... 90% of the total MSW generated with more than 60% of MSW being recycled, reused, composted, or 27 having energy recovered, and then, in 2025, reaching the collection and treatment of 100% of MSW...

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... species of plants which are good scavengers of heavy metal pollutants in soils Let us cite just a few examples of sources of seeds of rare and endangered plants 15 Risks Associated with Overcollection ... and Sell Heirloom Seeds of Rare and Endangered Medicinal and Other Plants Because of the loss of crop diversity with the advent of the green revolution and the breeding of crop varieties grown ... has profound effects on the morphology of the tissues that grow from the initial explant For example, an excess of auxin will often result in a proliferation of roots, while an excess of cytokinin...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2013, 05:20

... adjuvanticity, enhancement of non-specific resistance to viral and bacterial infections, potentiation of anti-tumour activity of macrophages, manipulation of cytokine release and restoration of haematopoiesis ... that the activity of UCP2 is consistent with the level of free radicals Results In vitro effect of muramyl peptides and lipopolysaccharide on respiratory mitochondrial activity of murine peritoneal ... mitochondria after h of treatment with MDP (100 lgÆmL)1) Data are normalized to state rates of unstimulated mitochondria (black bars) (C) RCRs of mitochondria isolated from cells treated for h with MDP (100...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 23:20

... Association with traffic intensity on heaviest road within 100 m Asthma diagnosis and asthma symptoms were associated with traffic intensity (table 2), with higher prevalence of Page of 15 (page ... outcomes Percentage within row The first row shows that 70% of those with asthma diagnosis had asthma symptoms, 20% of those with asthma diagnosis had COPD diagnosis, and 21% of those with asthma diagnosis ... levels of NOx Dispersion modeled annual average of NOx, modeled with a resolution of 250 × 250 m asthma symptoms among those living next to a road with at least cars/minute, and higher prevalence of...

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