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Prescribing a Healthy Lifestyle Polypill With High Therapeutic Efficacy in Many Shapes and Sizes
(SAGE Publications, 2015-11-30)The paradigm allowing for a lifestyle immersed in unhealthy behaviors to perpetuate to a point where a non-communicable disease (NCD) is eminent or manifests, and then initiating health care interventions, is deeply flawed, ... -
Comparison of the Mini-Balance Evaluations Systems Test with the Berg Balance Scale in relationship to walking speed and motor recovery post stroke
(Taylor & Francis, 2017-08-21)Background: The Mini-BESTest is a recently developed balance assessment tool that incorporates challenging dynamic balance tasks. Few studies have compared the psychometric properties of the Mini-BESTest to the commonly ... -
Impact of Cardiorespiratory Fitness on All-Cause and Disease-Specific Mortality: Advances Since 2009
(W B SAUNDERS CO-ELSEVIER INC, 1600 JOHN F KENNEDY BOULEVARD, STE 1800, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19103-2899 USA, 2017-08)Cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) has been one of the most widely examined physiological variables, particularly as it relates to functional capacity and human performance. Over the past three decades, CRF has emerged as a ... -
The Value of Detecting Asymptomatic Signs of Myocardial Ischemia in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease in Outpatient Cardiac Rehabilitation
(Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2017-05)Background: Electrocardiographic (ECG) monitored outpatient-cardiac rehabilitation (OP-CR) is routinely performed following a variety of cardiovascular procedures and conditions. Objective: To determine if diagnostic-quality ... -
Perturbation Training Can Reduce Community-Dwelling Older Adults’ Annual Fall Risk: A Randomized Controlled Trial
(Oxford University Press, 2014-12)BACKGROUND: Previous studies indicated that a single session of repeated-slip exposure can reduce over 40% of laboratory-induced falls among older adults. The purpose of this study was to determine to what degree such ... -
Intensity and generalization of treadmill slip training: High or low, progressive increase or decrease?
(Elsevier Inc., 2016-01-25)The purpose of this study was to investigate the efficacy of different treadmill slip training protocols on the transfer of reactive and proactive control of center of mass stability to a novel, over-ground slip. Four ... -
Test-retest reliability of the Test of Infant Motor Performance Screening Items in infants at risk for impaired functional motor performance.
(Elsevier, 2016-02)OBJECTIVE: To examine test-retest reliability of the TIMPSI in infants at risk for impaired functional motor performance. METHODS: The TIMPSI was administered twice to 51 infants from two different hospitals in ... -
US hospital-based direct access with radiology referral: an administrative case report.
(Taylor & Francis, 2015-11)BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Legislative gains in the US allow physical therapists to function in expanded scopes of practice including direct access and referral to specialists. The combination of direct access with privileges ... -
Can sacral marker approximate center of mass during gait and slip-fall recovery among community-dwelling older adults?
(Elsevier Inc., 2014-12)Falls are prevalent in older adults. Dynamic stability of body center of mass (COM) is critical for maintaining balance. A simple yet accurate tool to evaluate COM kinematics is essential to examine the COM stability. The ... -
Peripheral muscle strength and functional capacity in patients with moderate to severe asthma.
(BioMed Central, 2015-01-01)BACKGROUND: The adequate control of asthma includes the absence of nocturnal symptoms, minimal use of medication, normal or nearly normal lung function and no limitations to physical activity. The choice of a more sedentary ... -
Effects of AT1 Receptor Blockade on Plasma Thromboxane A(2) (TXA(2)) Level and Skin Microcirculation in Young Healthy Women on Low Salt Diet
(Royal Society of Chemistry, 2013)Objective: To determine the effect of AT1 receptor antagonism on skin microcirculation and plasma level of thromboxane A2 (TXA2). Methods: Healthy women (n=20) maintained 7 days low salt (LS) diet (intake <40 mmol Na/day) ... -
Learning From Laboratory-Induced Falling: Long-Term Motor Retention Among Older Adults
(Springer Verlag, 2014-03)Background. Falls in older adults are a major health and public problem. It is thus imperative to develop highly effective training paradigms to reduce the likelihood of falls. Perturbation-training is one such emerging ... -
Tai Chi practitioners have better postural control and selective attention in stepping down with and without a concurrent auditory response task
(Springer Verlag, 2013-08)To compare the performance of older experienced Tai Chi practitioners and healthy controls in dual-task versus single-task paradigms, namely stepping down with and without performing an auditory response task, a cross-sectional ... -
Association Between Anthropometric Factors and Falls in Community-Dwelling Older Adults During a Simulated Slip While Walking
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Alteration in community-dwelling older adults' level walking following perturbation training
(Elsevier, 2013-09-27)While perturbation training is promising in reducing fall-risk among older adults, its impact on altering their spontaneous gait pattern has not been investigated. The purpose of this study was to determine to what extent ... -
The Role of Clinical and Instrumented Outcome Measures in Balance Control of Individuals with Multiple Sclerosis
(Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2013-05)Purpose. The aim of the study was to investigate differences in balance control between individuals with multiple sclerosis (MS) and healthy control subjects using clinical scales and instrumented measures of balance and ... -
Concurrent validity of the TIMP and the Bayley III scales at 6 weeks corrected age
(Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2013-10)Purpose: Examine agreement between the Test of Infant Motor Performance (TIMP) and the Bayley III. Methods: 145 infants born at 29-34 weeks gestation with socioenvironmental risk factors were tested on the TIMP and Bayley ... -
Ankle Dorsiflexion, Not Plantarflexion Strength, Predicts the Functional Modility of People with Spastic Hemiplegia
(Foundation for Rehabilitation Information, 2013-06)Objective: To determine the relationships between affected ankle dorsiflexion strength, other ankle muscle strength measurements, plantarflexor spasticity, and Timed "Up & Go" (TUG) times in people with spastic hemiplegia ... -
Use of care paths to improve patient management
(Informa Healthcare, 2013-02)The purpose of this special issue of Physical & Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics is to present an evidence-based system to guide the physical therapy management of patients in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). Two ... -
Adaptation and Generalization to Opposing Perturbations in Walking
(Elsevier Inc., 2013-08)Little is known on how the CNS would select its movement options when a person faces a novel or recurring perturbation of two opposing types (slip or trip) while walking. The purposes of this study were (1) to determine ...
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