... consequences inadults with unsuccessful clinical outcome In the 43 adults with childhood constipation continuing into adulthood, self-reported complaints were constipation in 76.7% and fecal incontinence ... symptom inyoungadults with constipation [15,16] This is remarkable since it is well-know that in both children and adults, fecal incontinence negatively influences quality of life [17,18] In addition, ... by the high frequency of pain complaints, i.e painful defecation and abdominal pain This finding seems in line with previous studies reporting impaired QoL in children with functional constipation...
... variability inyoungadults [20] This was a surprising finding in light of the body of literature indicating that increased step time variability is associated with both normal and pathological aging ... were subsequently resolved using different instrumentation [19] Using this technology an attention demanding task (maintaining the beam of an activated laser pointer within a target area) was found ... aging Our current interest in step width variability is driven by its role in maintaining laterally directed dynamic stability during gait and its potential utility as a clinical index of laterally...
... surgical intervention Plus or minus zone III are outside the confines of the knee and usually warrant surgical intervention Our surgical indications were genu valgum with the mechanical axis in plus ... was immobilized in a hinged knee brace until healing of the osteotomy site occurred Patients began to use a continuous-passivemotion machine 48 hours after the operation and continued to use it ... 4:15 dynamic-compression blade plate was inserted into the femoral condyle, parallel to the knee-joint line The osteotomy site was closed with the plate in contact with the medial femoral cortex...
... The findings of our study confirmed that the Spanish version of the 10-item CD-RISC show good psychometric properties and a high level of reliability and validity inyoungadults The findings ... The final score on the questionnaire was the sum of the responses obtained on each item (range 0-40) and the highest scores indicated the highest level of resilience In order to define the final ... consensus exists regarding the number of factors composing this scale It has been observed [22] that eliminating the items that were highly correlated resulted in a unidimensional final 10-item scale...
... walking is a challenging task (Winter, 1991) The findings reported here – that young healthy adults regularly experience falls during walking – highlight the challenge of preventing falls in people ... risk in older adults The role of multitasking in falling was assessed by asking if participants were doing anything else in addition to the main activity There has been recent concern about injuries ... the survey findings may help identify interventions that are most likely to reduce falling inyoungadults Slips and trips were reported as the most common causes of falls inyoung adults, similar...
... in female than in male children, adolescents, and youngadults During the past decade, the number of publications on NAFLD and NASH has increased dramatically, reflecting a growing interest in ... contradict previous findings because findings based on hospitalization discharges may reflect more pronounced symptoms or more frequent screening or both in females Our findings are comparable ... states including end-stage liver disease and hepatocellular carcinoma (4) The increasing number of hospitalizations with a diagnosis of NAFLD among children, adolescents, and youngadults is alarming...
... 1202 schooling and health would, depending on its nature, imply the possibility of increasing the aggregate level of health either by increasing schooling or by increasing health education ... individuals According to their results an increase in schooling will have an effect on health only for individuals who have obtained low levels of schooling, particularly low-ability individuals In addition, ... preference affecting both health and schooling in the same direction Finally, it can be due to reverse causality, arguing that better health results in more schooling In econometric terminology, Grossman...
... costs in all analyzed gait parameters in both, young and older adults Finally, muscle fatigue resulted in significant improvements in cognitive performance during walking inyoung and older adults ... young and older adults at high risk of sustaining a fall when encountering a balance threatening situation in a fatigued state The finding that young and older adults showed similar fatigue-induced ... older adultsInyoung adults, muscle fatigue resulted in significant decreases in single-task gait velocity and stride length, whereas in older adults, it produced significant increases in dual-task...
... International, Inc the subject's predetermined (seated) digit span Upon reciting the final digit in the string, the examiner initiated COP recording, and the subject repeated the digit string aloud ... training on posture and attentional demands in older adults Aging Clin Exp Res 2004, 16(5):363-368 Schneider M, Retz W, Coogan A, Thome J, Rosler M: Anatomical and functional brain imaging in ... Entropy values in healthy youngadultsIn Gait & Posture Volume 20 Issue Supplement Lexington, KY ; 2004:S55 Redfern MS, Jennings JR, Martin C, Furman JM: Attention influences sensory integration...
... sniffing cocaine (for at least the last 12 months) IDUs stopped injecting (no injection during the last 12 months) Table (bottom lines) shows the mean hours spent using drugs in 2001 and in 2004 ... we observed many young people (generally non-injecting drug users) living or congregating in groups on street corners, in building entrances, and in abandoned public spaces Cocaine is frequently ... working, and time looking for work among non-IDUs Change in time working Change in time using drugs Change in time looking for work Decrease or not work No change or Increase Total Not looking...
... Subjects, reporting in the first study, having had 'wheezing or whistling in their chest at any time' and/or having 'woken up with a feeling of tightness in the chest' and/or having 'woken up with ... annual incidence of asthma inyoungadultsin Italy was 15.2/10,000/year, ranging from 10.1/10,000/year, in the older generations, to 22.8/ 10,000/year in the younger generations Our longitudinal ... start smoking or quit smoking very quickly This finding is in contrast with another longitudinal study on adolescents [38], where active smoking was a risk factor for the incidence of asthma In any...
... to the brain We found that HR increased and HRV parameters indicated a shift to sympathetic dominance during the sitting posture In contrast, BP was higher in the prone than in the sitting posture ... significantly greater in the prone position Comparing prone and sitting postures, HRV parameters indicated sympathetic dominance during sitting (supporting work of others), and BP was higher during the prone ... been examined in patients who were prone and under general or spinal anaesthesia [14], and in chronic heart failure patients in right and left side-lying and supine postures [15,16] In patients...
... forming an offspring cohort that includes individuals of varying age, ranging from young children to adults Mental health information of children of sawmill workers was gathered from the provincial ... change The underlying rationale is that the association between boredom and drug use in adolescents and youngadults might be stronger in rural than in urban communities because living in rural communities ... adjustment in urban elementary-school children J Clin Child Psychol 1994, 23:391-400 Kliewer W: Children's coping with chronic illness In Handbook of Children's Coping: Linking Theory and Intervention...
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... immunohistochemistry In contrast, we did not find a significant increase in GLUT4 expression after resistance training This finding was also confirmed by immunohistochemistry, showing GLUT4 containing vesicles ... characterized by insulin resistance, and thus the inability of insulin to stimulate glucose utilization in skeletal muscle It has been proposed that insulin resistant individuals have a defect in GLUT4 ... trafficking and targeting leading to reduced GLUT4 in the cell membrane in skeletal muscle [31] However, there is evidence to suggest different intracellular signaling pathways that lead to insulin-...
... be developed and incorporated into appropriate initial training and continuing education programs to ensure that all providers who work with adolescents and youngadults including but not limited ... parents—getting a driver’s license, living on their own, establishing financial independence, graduating from high school or college, seeking employment, and gaining voting privileges and legal independence ... needed for inclusion in appropriate initial training and continuing education programs to ensure that all providers who work with adolescents and youngadults have the requisite understanding of...
... of Cancer in American Adults Morbidity and mortality Incidence A projected 1.37 million new cases of cancer inadults 20 or older will be diagnosed in 2005, based on incidence data in the Surveillance, ... of Cancer in American Adults 10 22 20 30 40 50 60 The Burden of Cancer in American Adults 23 The Burden of Cancer in American Adults Direct medical spending Cancer-attributable spending An estimated ... (67%) 28 The Burden of Cancer in American Adults Total healthcare spending including concurrent medical conditions Total direct medical spending among adults with cancer includes expenditures attributable...
... sources, including gasoline, soldered food and beverage containers, paint, drinking water, and industrial emissions have resulted in a dramatic decline in BLLs in the United States since the ... practices for routine painting and maintenance projects in older homes, and make training in such practices widely available at low or no cost to painters, remodelers, landlords, and maintenance workers ... 1982) A decline in BLLs during the course of that survey was noted, paralleling the falling consumption of leaded gasoline (Annest et al 1983) A continued decline in BLLs was evident in subsequent...
... Fertility sparing inyoung women with ovarian tumors Clin Exp Obstet Gynecol, 37, 290-4 Gotlieb WH, Beiner MR, Shalmon B, et al (2003) Outcome of fertility sparing treatment with progestin inyoung patients ... progress into endometrial cancer The standard treatment for endometrial carcinoma includes staging laparotomy, total abdominal hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectromy with pelvic washing ... early stages, but the main problem is infertility (Abu-Rustum et al., 2005; 2006) Pre-invasive lesions and some microinvasive carcinoma (stage IA1 without lymphovascular invasion) manage by procedures...
... of stroke to disability ▪▪ In a study of individuals aged 65 and older in low- and middleincome countries (including China, India, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Mexico, and Peru), stroke ... ischemic stroke Clin Neurol Neurosurg 2006;108(7):638-643 15 Acute stroke care World Stroke Academy Acute stroke care 16 Acute stroke care World Stroke Academy Acute stroke care 2.1 Intravenous ... or minor stroke and found that early initiation of existing, evidencebased treatments after TIA or minor stroke was associated with an 80% reduction in the 90-day risk of recurrent strokein all...