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https://read.qxmd.com/read/29179033/validation-of-the-arm-profile-score-in-assessing-upper-limb-functional-impairments-in-people-with-multiple-sclerosis
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Federica Corona, Elisa Gervasoni, Giancarlo Coghe, Eleonora Cocco, Maurizio Ferrarin, Massimiliano Pau, Davide Cattaneo
BACKGROUND: Although upper limb (UL) impairments are widespread in people with Multiple Sclerosis (pwMS), there is limited quantitative evidence concerning their specific features. The aim of this study is to validate a synthetic measure based on kinematic data to define the degree of deviation from a physiologic pattern during the "hand to mouth" (HTM) task. METHODS: Twenty pwMS (mean age 51.2 SD 11.1) years, Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) score in the range 2-6...
January 2018: Clinical Biomechanics
https://read.qxmd.com/read/29035621/relationship-between-muscle-strength-asymmetry-and-body-sway-in-older-adults
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Hitoshi Koda, Yoshihiro Kai, Shin Murata, Hironori Osugi, Kunihiko Anami, Takahiko Fukumoto, Hidetaka Imagita
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between muscle strength asymmetry and body sway while walking. We studied 63 older adult women. Strong side and weak side of knee extension strength, toe grip strength, hand grip strength, and body sway while walking were measured. The relationship between muscle strength asymmetry for each muscle and body sway while walking was evaluated using Pearson's correlation coefficient. Regarding the muscles recognized to have significant correlation with body sway, the asymmetry cutoff value causing an increased sway was calculated...
July 1, 2018: Journal of Aging and Physical Activity
https://read.qxmd.com/read/28000144/standing-balance-and-strength-measurements-in-older-adults-living-in-residential-care-communities
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Bader A Alqahtani, Mary Ann Ferchak, Theodore J Huppert, Ervin Sejdic, Subashan Perera, Susan L Greenspan, Patrick J Sparto
Research on balance and mobility in older adults has been conducted primarily in lab-based settings in individuals who live in the community. Although they are at greater risk of falls, residents of long-term care facilities, specifically residential care communities (RCCs), have been investigated much less frequently. We sought to determine the feasibility of using portable technology-based measures of balance and muscle strength (i.e., an accelerometer and a load cell) that can be used in any RCC facility...
October 2017: Aging Clinical and Experimental Research
https://read.qxmd.com/read/27831695/intraindividual-variability-and-falls-in-older-adults
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Sarah Bauermeister, Graham Sutton, Mark Mon-Williams, Richard Wilkie, Jack Graveson, Alison Cracknell, Charles Wilkinson, Raymond Holt, David Bunce
OBJECTIVE: We investigated whether a simple measure of reaction time (RT) intraindividual variability (IIV) was associated with falls in older adults. Falls and fall-related injuries represent a major cost to health care systems, it is therefore critically important to find measures that can readily identify older adults at greater risk of falling. METHOD: Cognitive and motor function were investigated in 108 adults aged 53 to 93 years (M = 73.49) recruited across the local community and hospital outpatient department...
January 2017: Neuropsychology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/27699081/fear-of-falling-correlates-with-subtle-neuromuscular-balance-and-strength-deficits-of-fragility-fracture-patients
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Corinne E Wee, Tyler D Ames, Khoi M Le, Tiffany Wang, Laura S Phieffer, Carmen E Quatman
Fragility fractures, or fractures occurring from a low-trauma event, are extremely prevalent among the elderly population worldwide and associated with significant mortality and morbidity. This study evaluated the relationship between FES-I Fear of Falling Survey results, self-reported activity restrictions via the SF-36 survey, and scores recorded by portable, inexpensive clinical assessment tools (CATs) during dynamic functional tasks. Low scores during these tasks may indicate functional deficits that put patients at risk for falls and subsequent fragility fractures...
October 2016: Aging and Disease
https://read.qxmd.com/read/27385549/effects-of-exercise-training-experience-on-hand-grip-strength-body-composition-and-postural-stability-in-fitness-pole-dancers
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Agnieszka Nawrocka, Arkadiusz Mynarski, Aneta Powerska, Michał Rozpara, Wiesław Garbaciak
BACKGROUND: Although the growing popularity of pole dance as a leisure-time activity of people of all ages, the problem of physical effects of exercise on the pole is not considered in the scientific literature. The aim of this study was to evaluate and compare the hand grip strength, body composition and postural stability of fitness pole dancers with different training experience. METHODS: The inclusion criteria for this study were met by 52 female pole dancers...
September 2017: Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness
https://read.qxmd.com/read/26316727/association-between-physiological-falls-risk-and-physical-performance-tests-among-community-dwelling-older-adults
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Devinder K A Singh, Sharmila G K Pillai, Sin Thien Tan, Chu Chiau Tai, Suzana Shahar
BACKGROUND: Physical performance and balance declines with aging and may lead to increased risk of falls. Physical performance tests may be useful for initial fall-risk screening test among community-dwelling older adults. Physiological profile assessment (PPA), a composite falls risk assessment tool is reported to have 75% accuracy to screen for physiological falls risk. PPA correlates with Timed Up and Go (TUG) test. However, the association between many other commonly used physical performance tests and PPA is not known...
2015: Clinical Interventions in Aging
https://read.qxmd.com/read/26302677/higher-gait-speed-and-smaller-sway-area-decrease-the-risk-for-decline-in-higher-level-functional-capacity-among-middle-aged-and-elderly-women
#28
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Mariko Nakamoto, Rei Otsuka, Atsumu Yuki, Yukiko Nishita, Chikako Tange, Makiko Tomida, Yuki Kato, Fujiko Ando, Hiroshi Shimokata, Takao Suzuki
OBJECTIVE: This study assessed whether physical function can indicate a risk of decline in higher-level functional capacity. METHODS: Data were derived from the National Institute for Longevity Sciences-Longitudinal Study of Aging. Subjects comprised 466 men and 495 women aged 40-79 years at baseline (1997-2000), whose total score for the Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology Index of Competence (TMIG-IC) at baseline was ≥11 and who participated in the follow-up survey...
November 2015: Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics
https://read.qxmd.com/read/25863355/evidence-for-early-neurodegeneration-in-the-cervical-cord-of-patients-with-primary-progressive-multiple-sclerosis
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Khaled Abdel-Aziz, Torben Schneider, Bhavana S Solanky, Marios C Yiannakas, Dan R Altmann, Claudia A M Wheeler-Kingshott, Amy L Peters, Brian L Day, Alan J Thompson, Olga Ciccarelli
Spinal neurodegeneration is an important determinant of disability progression in patients with primary progressive multiple sclerosis. Advanced imaging techniques, such as single-voxel (1)H-magnetic resonance spectroscopy and q-space imaging, have increased pathological specificity for neurodegeneration, but are challenging to implement in the spinal cord and have yet to be applied in early primary progressive multiple sclerosis. By combining these imaging techniques with new clinical measures, which reflect spinal cord pathology more closely than conventional clinical tests, we explored the potential for spinal magnetic resonance spectroscopy and q-space imaging to detect early spinal neurodegeneration that may be responsible for clinical disability...
June 2015: Brain
https://read.qxmd.com/read/25364130/the-relationship-between-physical-function-and-postural-sway-during-local-vibratory-stimulation-of-middle-aged-people-in-the-standing-position
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Tadashi Ito, Yoshihito Sakai, Akira Kubo, Kazunori Yamazaki, Yasuo Ohno, Eishi Nakamura, Noritaka Sato, Yoshifumi Morita
[Purpose] The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between physical function and postural sway during local vibratory stimulation of middle-aged subjects in an upright position. [Subjects] The subjects were 25 healthy community-dwelling middle-aged people. [Methods] We measured postural sway using a Wii board while vibratory stimulations of 30, 60, or 240 Hz were applied to the subjects' lumbar multifidus or gastrocnemius muscles. Physical function was evaluated by 5-m usual gait speed and grip strength...
October 2014: Journal of Physical Therapy Science
https://read.qxmd.com/read/22916509/longitudinal-study-on-physical-fitness-parameters-influencing-bone-mineral-density-reduction-in-middle-aged-and-elderly-women-bone-mineral-density-in-the-lumbar-spine-femoral-neck-and-femur
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Tadayuki Iida, Hiromi Ikeda, Michihisa Shiokawa, Satomi Aoi, Fumiko Ishizaki, Toshihide Harada, Yuichiro Ono
The prolongation of the average life span of women has been associated with the rapidly aging society. However, serious problem have arisen as a result, such as an increase in the number of bed-ridden elderly patients with osteoporosis-associated femoral neck fracture. As preventive measures against osteoporosis for middle-aged to elderly women, 10,000 steps per day and intense exercise have been reported to inhibit bone mineral density (BMD) reduction. However, only a few studies have concretely reported on the type of physical fitness that is effective for BMD in particular parts of the body...
June 2012: Hiroshima Journal of Medical Sciences
https://read.qxmd.com/read/22456785/vitamin-d-status-in-relation-to-postural-stability-in-the-elderly
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
D Boersma, O Demontiero, Z Mohtasham Amiri, S Hassan, H Suarez, D Geisinger, P Suriyaarachchi, A Sharma, G Duque
OBJECTIVES: Postural instability (PI) is an important risk factor for falls, especially in the frail older population. In this study, we investigated the impact of vitamin D deficiency on PI in a sample of community dwelling older subjects. Our objective was to determine the potential association between vitamin D deficiency and PI in older fallers. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study. SETTING: Falls and Fractures Clinic, Department of Geriatric Medicine, Nepean Hospital, Penrith, Australia...
March 2012: Journal of Nutrition, Health & Aging
https://read.qxmd.com/read/18285828/how-much-is-too-much-phenotypic-consequences-of-rai1-overexpression-in-mice
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Santhosh Girirajan, Nisha Patel, Rebecca E Slager, Mary E Tokarz, Maja Bucan, Jenny L Wiley, Sarah H Elsea
The retinoic acid induced 1 (RAI1) gene when deleted or mutated results in Smith-Magenis syndrome (SMS), while duplication of 17p11.2, including RAI1, results in the dup(17)(p11.2) syndrome characterized by mental retardation, growth and developmental delays, and hyperactivity. Mouse models for these human syndromes may help define critical roles for RAI1 in mammalian development and homeostasis that otherwise cannot be deduced from patient studies. A mouse model for duplication, Dp(11)17+, involving Rai1 has been reported...
August 2008: European Journal of Human Genetics: EJHG
https://read.qxmd.com/read/18049011/-correlation-between-vitamin-d-and-functional-capacity-physical-function-among-japanese-frail-elderly-living-in-the-community
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Junko Okuno, Shigeo Tomura, Hisako Yanagi
AIM: To examine the distribution of 25-hydroxyvitamin D(3) [25(OH)D] levels among the Japanese frail elderly, and to explore any association in these subjects between 25 (OH)D levels and functional capacity or physical performance. METHODS: A cross-sectional survey was conducted in a town (latitude 36 degrees north) in June 2005 to September 2006. The 76 participants were community-dwelling elderly aged 65 years and over who attended a class for nursing care prevention...
September 2007: Nihon Ronen Igakkai Zasshi. Japanese Journal of Geriatrics
https://read.qxmd.com/read/16734393/effect-of-exercise-on-extraskeletal-risk-factors-for-hip-fractures-in-elderly-women-with-low-bmd-a-population-based-randomized-controlled-trial
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RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL
Raija Korpelainen, Sirkka Keinänen-Kiukaanniemi, Jorma Heikkinen, Kalervo Väänänen, Juha Korpelainen
UNLABELLED: We conducted a 30-month population-based, randomized, controlled trial in 160 elderly women at risk for fractures on the basis of a low baseline BMD. Mainly home-based weight-bearing exercise was effective in improving strength, balance, and gait. INTRODUCTION: Evidence on the effect of exercise on extraskeletal risk factors for hip fractures comes mainly from studies in voluntary low-risk women, and no population-based, long-term interventions have been performed in elderly women with low bone mass...
May 2006: Journal of Bone and Mineral Research
https://read.qxmd.com/read/16521814/-systematic-review-of-fall-related-factors-among-the-house-dwelling-elderly-in-japan
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Megumi Ueno, Sachio Kawai, Tairai Mino, Hiroshi Kamoshita
BACKGROUND: Fall-related factors and individual characteristics of the elderly who have had fall are necessary to develop practical fall prevention programs, and life support management. However, no nation-wide meta-analysis of the fall-related factors of elderly has been performed in Japan. OBJECTIVES: To conduct a meta-analysis concerning fall-related factors among the house-dwelling elderly in Japan. DATA SOURCES: Japana Centra Revuo Medicina, version 3 (systematic literature search system for Japanese literature), and Pub Med (a service of the National Library of Medicine) from January 1994 to December 2003...
January 2006: Nihon Ronen Igakkai Zasshi. Japanese Journal of Geriatrics
https://read.qxmd.com/read/15549266/balance-disorder-and-increased-risk-of-falls-in-osteoporosis-and-kyphosis-significance-of-kyphotic-posture-and-muscle-strength
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Mehrsheed Sinaki, Robert H Brey, Christine A Hughes, Dirk R Larson, Kenton R Kaufman
This controlled trial was designed to investigate the influence of osteoporosis-related kyphosis (O-K) on falls. Twelve community-dwelling women with O-K (Cobb angle, 50-65 degrees measured from spine radiographs) and 13 healthy women serving as controls were enrolled. Mean age of the O-K group was 76 years (+/-5.1), height 158 cm (+/-5), and weight 61 kg (+/-7.9), and mean age of the control group was 71 years (+/-4.6), height 161 cm (+/-3.8), and weight 66 kg (+/-11.7). Quantitative isometric strength data were collected...
August 2005: Osteoporosis International
https://read.qxmd.com/read/14594629/neurobehavioral-performance-and-work-experience-in-florida-farmworkers
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Freya Kamel, Andrew S Rowland, Lawrence P Park, W Kent Anger, Donna D Baird, Beth C Gladen, Tirso Moreno, Lillian Stallone, Dale P Sandler
Farmworkers experience many work-related hazards, including exposure to neurotoxicants. We compared neurobehavioral performance of 288 farmworkers in central Florida who had done farm work for at least 1 month with 51 controls who had not. Most of the farmworkers had worked in one or more of three types of agriculture: ornamental ferns, nurseries, or citrus fruit. We collected information on farm work history in a structured interview and evaluated neurobehavioral performance using a battery of eight tests...
November 2003: Environmental Health Perspectives
https://read.qxmd.com/read/12733727/effect-of-8-month-vertical-whole-body-vibration-on-bone-muscle-performance-and-body-balance-a-randomized-controlled-study
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RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL
Saila Torvinen, Pekka Kannus, Harri Sievänen, Tero A H Järvinen, Matti Pasanen, Saija Kontulainen, Arja Nenonen, Teppo L N Järvinen, Timo Paakkala, Markku Järvinen, Ilkka Vuori
Recent animal studies have given evidence that vibration loading may be an efficient and safe way to improve mass and mechanical competence of bone, thus providing great potential for preventing and treating osteoporosis. Randomized controlled trials on the safety and efficacy of the vibration on human skeleton are, however, lacking. This randomized controlled intervention trial was designed to assess the effects of an 8-month whole body vibration intervention on bone, muscular performance, and body balance in young and healthy adults...
May 2003: Journal of Bone and Mineral Research
https://read.qxmd.com/read/12507672/a-risk-model-for-the-prediction-of-recurrent-falls-in-community-dwelling-elderly-a-prospective-cohort-study
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MULTICENTER STUDY
P A Stalenhoef, J P M Diederiks, J A Knottnerus, A D M Kester, H F J M Crebolder
The object of this article was to determine the predictive value of risk factors for recurrent falls and the construction of a fall risk model as a contribution to a mobility assessment for the identification of community-dwelling elderly at risk for recurrent falling in general practice. The design was a prospective cohort study (n = 311). There were four primary health care centers. A sample stratified on previous falls, age, and gender of community-dwelling elderly persons aged 70 years or over (n = 311) was taken from the respondents to a mail questionnaire (n = 1660)...
November 2002: Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
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