... individual factors, genetic factors, or occupational factors Studies including comprehensive dataand analysis are rare The distinction between work-related and other factors is crucial in assessing risk ... occupational factors (for example, kneeling and squatting activities, the lifting and carrying of loads, standing, jumping) and other influencing factors (for example, age, gender, constitutional factors, ... the results of Sandmark and colleagues [25] and of Elsner and colleagues [28] Symptomatic knee OA and individual factors Symptomatic knee OA and body mass index Of all the factors observed in...
... force and allowing it to equilibrate, a 0.2 g step load (ramping speed of 500 g/second) was applied to the cartilage surface and allowed to equilibrate for 200 seconds Time, reaction force, and ... or depression, and psychological aspects of nociception associated with obesity is poorly understood and represents an opportunity to investigate behavioral and molecular riskfactors relating ... muscle weakness, impaired motor performance, and altered joint loading in human subjects To assess how these factors are affected by a high-fat diet and correspond to osteoarthritis severity,...
... repeat fallers, need to be described The aim of this paper is to use such baseline datato compare health and lifestyle factors between fallers and non-fallers and between single and multiple fallers ... variables were significant and independent riskfactorsfor falls: taking four or Fig Type of medications prescribed and taken regularly by non-fallers and fallers and single and multiple fallers (% ... significantly less likely to have to rush unexpectedly to the toilet to urinate compared to fallers and multiple fallers, respectively (OR = 1.65; 95%CI 1.44-1.89, p b 0.0001 and OR= 1.27; 95%CI 1.00-1.63,...
... in both hands) [17]) Subjects from the control cohort had neither knee symptoms nor riskfactorsfor OA The exclusion criteria for the study included rheumatoid arthritis, bilateral total knee ... [17]), but had riskfactorsfor OA (e.g overweight (defined using gender and age-specific cut-points for weight (ages 45-69 males> 92.9 kg, females > 77.1 kg) knee injury (defined as a history of knee ... injury causing difficultly walking for at least one week), knee surgery(defined as a history of knee surgery, including meniscal and ligamentous repairs and unilateral total knee replacement for OA),...
... development, implementation and use of systems to informate organizational actors and automate business processes (Checkland and Howell, 1998) However, Boland et al (1994) argue that information systems ... help it manage its tree-planting and forest-management program The KATE-Tools CBR platform was employed to help domain concepts to be defined and a data typology to be developed so that initial ... these will be to separate fantasy from reality and leverage the practical benefits of IT in order to provide social actors with the ability to communicate andto share knowledge-informing data across...
... Property OleDataAdapter Name Setting odaCustomerList SelectCommand OleDbSelectCommand1 CommandText Name dsCustomerList DataSetName DataSet SELECT CustomerID, CompanyName FROM Customers dsCustomerList ... BY OrderDate DataSet Name dsOrdersForCustomer DataSetName dsOrdersForCustomer Tip You will want to create the OleDbDataAdapter controls using the Data Adapter Configuration Wizard, and then set ... Label1 Text "Customers to List Orders For: " Name cboCustomers DataSource dsCustomerList.Customers DisplayMember CompanyName ValueMember CustomerID Name dgOrders DataSource dgOrdersForCustomer.Orders...
... pick and choose exactly what works for their kids and what’s fun for them to use While a computer could handle just about all of these tasks, software is usually more expensive, and laptops can ... then you will not need a lot of storage space You can simply use your computer iPad for Kids (and any storage device to which the computer has access) to handle storing files In such a case, you ... you come back to wake it up To prevent this unfortunate surprise, you can use the same button as an On/Off control To turn the iPad completely off, press and hold the On/Off button for a few seconds...
... manuscript and performed data analyses; PJR helped to draft the manuscript and revised the manu- Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2009, 7:18 script for ... and responsiveness for both general and disease-specific populations Prognostic factors First, at baseline and at five-month follow-up patients were asked by means of an open-ended question to ... similar results to those of the initial analyses and are therefore not reported here To gain more insight into the prediction Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Health and Quality of...
... traditional riskfactors were entered into the regression analysis The addition of the confounder history of hypertension did not change the outcome No correction for systolic and diastolic blood ... disease-related factors, and markers of endothelial activation Traditional risk factors, like increasing age and dyslipidemia, accounted for increased IMT values in SSc patients and controls After ... increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in the aforementioned autoimmune diseases, attention has been given to the presence and treatment of cardiovascular riskfactors Despite increased mortality...
... regarding stroke riskfactorsand warning signs; stroke support groups; and provision of pamphlets and written information These topics and emergent themes were used to support IM Steps and are described ... stroke riskfactorsand warning signs Some providers talked about wanting to be more comfortable in talking about some risk factors, such as patient obesity One doctor discussed discomfort with ... stroke risk factor management goal for every patient with stroke or TIA We also implemented self-management training for veterans to learn goalsetting techniques to modify his stroke riskfactors to...
... dispensing machines and mobile vans have been reported to be responsive to a wider range of IDUs and most importantly to hidden and harder-toreach IDUs in the community, who for several reasons ... distance for users to travel to get needles and syringes Carrying used syringes for a long periods in order to exchange presents problems for IDUs in the presence of police pressure and can dissuade ... including Switzerland, Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Austria, and also in Australia and New Zealand These are automatic commercial dispensing machines that exchange new for used syringes,...
... screen for acute stress symptoms andriskfactorsto determine which children and families might need more support This toolkit should be made accessible for parents and children at PICU and should ... larger sample of parents and explore possible other riskfactorsfor mental health problems So, parents at risk can be identified and monitored in an early phase and referred for psychological support ... χ2-tests were used to examine differences in PTSD, anxiety, depression between mothers and fathers Fifth, riskfactors (peritraumatic dissocation and coping) for symptoms PTSD, anxiety and depression...
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