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Effects of functional tasks exercise on older adults with cognitive impairment at risk of Alzheimer's disease: a randomised controlled trial
... In conclusion, findings from this randomized controlled trial showed that a functional tasks exercise program using simulated functional tasks as intervention is feasible for improving g[r] ...
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Differences in trunk accelerometry between frail and non frail elderly persons in functional tasks
... some functional tasks through clinical evaluation of mobility and the risk of falls ...basic functional abilities such as standing up and sitting down transitions, transi- tions which require ...
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EFFECTIVENESS OF MIRROR THERAPY CONTAINING FUNCTIONAL TASKS ON UPPER EXTREMITY MOTOR FUNCTIONS AMONG PATIENTS WITH STROKE
... containing functional tasks on upper extremity motor function in the experimental ...containing functional task was found effective in terms of improving the upper extremity functions and activities ...
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Effects of functional tasks exercise on cognitive functions of older adults with mild cognitive impairment: a randomized controlled pilot trial
... untrained tasks [43]. The functional tasks exercise used in the present study involves a component of object placing and collection in forward and backward se- quence ...sequence tasks in the ...
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Functional tasks exercise for older adults with cognitive impairment at risk of Alzheimer's disease
... visuospatial tasks (Duval, Coyette, & Seron, 2008; Jaeggi et ...that functional tasks exercise can influence different cognitive domains leading to improvements in cognitive functions, whereby ...
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The Effect of Gluteus Medius Kinesio Taping on Pain in Athletes with Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome during Functional Tasks
... Methods: A total of 30 females with PFPS were randomly assigned into Kinesio taping group (n = 15) and the placebo group (n = 15). Pain intensity was measured using the numerical pain rating scale in 4 functional ...
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Investigating differences in trunk muscle activity in non specific chronic low back pain subgroups and no low back pain controls during functional tasks: a case control study
... Nine functional tasks were evaluated (reach up, sitting- to-standing, standing-to-sitting, step up, step down, box lift, box replace, bending to retrieve and returning from retrieving a pen from the ...of ...
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Association between sensory function and medio lateral knee position during functional tasks in patients with anterior cruciate ligament injury
... different functional tasks commonly used to assess medio-lateral knee ...The tasks included the single-limb mini squat [7], stair descending [33], the forward lunge [34], and the drop-jump [9] (Table ...
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Movement variability in stroke patients and controls performing two upper limb functional tasks: a new assessment methodology
... It is important to note that this work investigated group differences within a given day and showed if those differ- ences persist when a retest is performed 1 month later. No direct trial-to-trial comparison between ...
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Repetitive arm functional tasks after stroke (RAFTAS): a pilot randomised controlled trial
... Loss of arm function affects 69 % of people who have a stroke [1]. Only 12 % of stroke patients with initial upper limb motor impairment regain full function [2]. Stroke patients who are unable to use their arm may ...
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Skill assessment in upper limb myoelectric prosthesis users : validation of a clinically feasible method for characterising upper limb temporal and amplitude variability during the performance of functional tasks
... temporal variability Warp Cost, left and amplitude variability RMS Error, right for all functional tasks... Group means and corresponding standard deviations.[r] ...
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Differences in lumbar spine and lower extremity kinematics in people with and without low back pain during a step up task: a cross sectional study
... There are several limitations to the current study. First, because this is a cross-sectional study, we were unable to determine whether lumbar spine kinematics in the LBP group contributed to the LBP problem or occurred ...
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A muscle-driven approach to restore stepping with an exoskeleton for individuals with paraplegia
... The objective of this paper is to present results on the design and control of a new self-contained muscle- driven exoskeletal hybrid neuroprosthesis to restore walking in individuals with SCI in preparation for at- home ...
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In home versus hospital preoperative balance and proprioceptive training in patients undergoing TKR; rationale, design, and method of a randomized controlled trial
... basic functional tasks, this trial aims to find the short and mid-term effects of a preoperative balance and proprioceptive training when conducted by patients undergoing total knee ...
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<p>The Frail’BESTest. An Adaptation of the “Balance Evaluation System Test” for Frail Older Adults. Description, Internal Consistency and Inter-Rater Reliability</p>
... Introduction: The Balance Evaluation System Test (BESTest) and the Mini-BESTest were developed to assess the complementary systems that contribute to balance function. These tests include functional tasks ...
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Electromyographic analysis of the three subdivisions of gluteus medius during weight-bearing exercises
... the functional subdivisions within each ...during functional tasks [13] demonstrated that there were significant differences between the ampli- tude and duration of activation of each ...
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Reproducibility of MUAP properties in array surface EMG recordings of the upper trapezius and sternocleidomastoid muscle
... values of the investigated EMG variables were higher than 0.7 during all three tasks. indicating a good reliability. Earlier studies assessing reliability of array sEMG variables also reported good reliability for ...
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A review and empirical study of the composite scales of the Das–Naglieri cognitive assessment system
... Hence, there will be fi ve inter-related purposes to this theoretical review and accompanying short empirical study. Firstly, psychometric instantiations spanning the 1970’s to more recent elaborations of Luria’s ...
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Cerebellar Atrophy after Moderate to Severe Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury
... Recent functional imaging studies now suggest that most higher order cognitive tasks that require the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex also involve aspects of the cerebellum because activation in these ...
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Aberrant Neural Activation Underlying Idiom Comprehension in Korean Children with High Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorder
... transformation. Functional data were preprocessed by slice-timing correction, head motion correction, and temporal high-pass filtering (fast Fourier transform, ...These functional data were coregistered ...
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