• A recent study evaluated the association of low vitamin K on mobility limitation and disability in older adults. (medicalnewsbulletin.com)
  • These chronic diseases can lead to mobility limitations and disability in older adults. (medicalnewsbulletin.com)
  • Researchers from the USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging in Boston, Massachusetts, conducted a study to evaluate the association between vitamin K status and mobility limitation and disability in older adults. (medicalnewsbulletin.com)
  • Participants with less than 0.5 nanomoles per liter (nmol/L) of plasma phylloquinone were significantly more likely to develop mobility limitation and disability. (medicalnewsbulletin.com)
  • People with a plasma phylloquinone level of at least 1.0 nmol/L had a lower risk of developing mobility limitations or disability. (medicalnewsbulletin.com)
  • People with plasma levels less than 0.5 nmol/L were almost 1.5 times more likely to have mobility limitation and nearly twice as likely to have a disability compared with those with levels above 1.0 nmol/L. (medicalnewsbulletin.com)
  • This is the first study evaluating the association between low vitamin K and the risk of mobility limitations and disability in older adults. (medicalnewsbulletin.com)
  • The researchers demonstrated that an association may exist between low vitamin K status and mobility limitation and disability. (medicalnewsbulletin.com)
  • Farmers with a disability or mobility limitation can have an increased risk of injury from a trip, slip, or fall because of the variety of surfaces they encounter on a regular basis. (osu.edu)
  • Background: Mobility limitations are the most common disability type among the 61 million Americans with disability. (northwestern.edu)
  • Disability, it's a pretty broad topic and it's an umbrella term that we use that covers impairments, activity limitations and participation restrictions. (cdc.gov)
  • And the mobility limitations are the highest, it's close to about 13% of the population reports mobility limitations and close to 11% self report cognitive disability. (cdc.gov)
  • We combined data from the 2001–2010 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey to obtain estimates of hypertension prevalence by disability status and type (cognitive, hearing, vision, or mobility limitation) and assess the association between disability and hypertension. (cdc.gov)
  • Mobility issues become more of a concern with age, and in many cases, older adults must face a period of adjusting from complete independence to suddenly relying on others for even minor tasks, such as brushing their teeth or basic grooming. (ausmed.com.au)
  • Is low vitamin K associated with mobility limitation in older adults? (medicalnewsbulletin.com)
  • Exercise that challenges balance can improve mobility and prevent falls in older adults. (nih.gov)
  • These findings may prove useful to future clinical trials and observational studies that involve assessment of mobility limitations in older adults. (unimi.it)
  • Reliability of the 400-M usual-pace walk test as as assessment of mobility limitation in older adults / Y.M. Rolland, M. Cesari, M.E. Miller, B.W. Penninx, H.H. Atkinson, M. Pahor. (unimi.it)
  • Reliability of the 400-m usual-pace walk test as an assessment of mobility limitation in older adults - Rolland et al. (unimi.it)
  • To examine the individual and combined associations of noncardiac-related conditions and mobility limitation with morbidity and mortality in adults with heart failure (HF). (kaiserpermanente.org)
  • The nationwide Participation and Activity Limitation Survey (PALS) is designed to collect information on adults and children with disabilities-i.e., whose everyday activities are restricted because of a health condition or other limitation. (gc.ca)
  • The aim was to study objectively assessed walkability of the environment and participant perceived environmental facilitators for outdoor mobility as predictors of physical activity in older adults with and without physical limitations. (mdpi.com)
  • In doing an activity without losing their balance, confidence among older adults is also crucial because it will influence their mobility. (hindawi.com)
  • Older adults who lack balance confidence showed significantly poorer results in mobility tests. (hindawi.com)
  • As aging of the driver population continues, effective interventions to improve the diagnosis and clinical management of ADHD among older adults are warranted to promote safe mobility and healthy aging," the authors wrote. (medscape.com)
  • Mobility limitation was defined in this study as two consecutive reports of having any difficulty walking a quarter mile or climbing 10 steps. (medicalnewsbulletin.com)
  • or=65) were enrolled from the community and met the following eligibility criteria: self-reported difficulty in two or more of four functional domains (mobility and exercise tolerance, upper extremity function, basic self-care, higher functional tasks of independent living) and a score of 18 or higher on the Mini-Mental State Examination. (unimi.it)
  • Increased life expectancy is accompanied by a progressive increase in physical functioning limitations, defined as the difficulty in performing basic daily activities ( Fried, 2016 ). (frontiersin.org)
  • Now this would be an activity limitation if you had difficulty executing activities of daily living. (cdc.gov)
  • Note: Self-reported mobility limitations are defined by using the survey question, "Do you have serious difficulty walking or climbing stairs? (cdc.gov)
  • Further research is warranted to examine whether dalfampridine for mobility impairment may be augmented by physical therapy in people with MS. (psjhealth.org)
  • The type and severity of cerebral palsy and the location of movement problems are factors that affect a patient's mobility. (cerebralpalsyguide.com)
  • Limitations in activities of daily living are important to an individual's life, and the progressive nature of multiple sclerosis (MS) can have a significant impact on the patient's quality of life (QoL). (touchneurology.com)
  • Research examined the factors that made physicians more likely to note a patient's mobility issues. (mobilitymgmt.com)
  • asked respondents about their use of and need for specialized devices for hearing, vision, communication, mobility, agility, pain and learning disabilities, as well as all other specialized equipment or aids. (gc.ca)
  • Gait and motion analysis can also help with identifying and treating mobility issues. (cerebralpalsyguide.com)
  • The objective of this study is to examine the association between activity balance confidence and functional mobility, including gait, balance, and strength, among older adults. (hindawi.com)
  • A mobility assessment was also conducted every six months. (medicalnewsbulletin.com)
  • This proposes the urgent closure of nightlife venues and an assessment of establishing " nighttime limitations on mobility " - in other words, a curfew. (gsstatic.es)
  • because of the variability in speed of progression and prognosis with early mobility loss, the need for early, continuous and consistent assessment is suggested. (touchneurology.com)
  • In this framework, the use of simulation and virtual reality, combined with validation on real world scale, represents the only approach to provide the basis for new computational methods for infrastructure safety assessment in future mobility scenarios based on a rigorous scientific approach. (nyu.edu)
  • 0.05) of having functional limitation was observed in those belonging to the first LTL quintile compared to the fifth. (frontiersin.org)
  • The influence of LTL on functional limitation seems driven by the detrimental effect of having short telomeres rather than reflecting a linear dose-response relationship. (frontiersin.org)
  • Mobility and postural limitations perceived by transtibial amputees undertaking agricultural activities: a qualitative study. (bvsalud.org)
  • The aim of this study is to determine the mobility and postural limitations these farmers face in carrying out their daily activities. (bvsalud.org)
  • Among participants seeing patients with significant mobility limitations (n = 584), only 40.3% (SE = 2.2) always or usually used accessible exam tables or chairs. (northwestern.edu)
  • This trial evaluated the feasibility and effect of a 12-week Iyengar yoga program on balance and mobility in older people. (nih.gov)
  • This trial demonstrates the balance and mobility-related benefits and feasibility of Iyengar yoga for older people. (nih.gov)
  • Epidemiological and clinical studies of mobility limitation in frail older women. (wikipedia.org)
  • If you're using your own manual or electric wheelchair or other assistive devices such as a cane, crutch, walker or mobility scooter, it does not count towards your free baggage allowance. (singaporeair.com)
  • Battery(ies) to remain in the device and securely attached to the wheelchair or mobility aid. (singaporeair.com)
  • The wheelchair/mobility aid must be switched off and protected from accidental activation. (singaporeair.com)
  • The wheelchair/mobility aid may then be checked-in without restriction. (singaporeair.com)
  • The individual performs reaching from the power wheelchair to complete one or more mobility related activities of daily living (MRADLs) such as toileting, feeding, dressing, grooming and bathing in customary locations within the home. (cms.gov)
  • Finally, the strengths and limitations of automotive life cycle assessments will be highlighted. (fisita.com)
  • Although CAVs go in the direction of smart mobility, their sustainability is still questionable because their deployment in open traffic introduces unexplored risks. (nyu.edu)
  • Cloud/SaaS and smart mobility drove more deals than any other deal-driving trend in first quarter of the year, according to the latest report on M&A activity from Ernst & Young . (cloudtimes.org)
  • The power of the smart mobility megatrend was evident in Q113, as its impact on PC sales helped drive the deal to take Dell private. (cloudtimes.org)
  • Gradually improving macroeconomic conditions, improved confidence, increased stock market valuations and the need for companies to respond to the transformative impact of the five megatrends - smart mobility, cloud/SaaS , social networking, big data analytics and accelerated adaptation, all point to a steady, gradual increase in technology M&A activity over the next several quarters. (cloudtimes.org)
  • Digital proxies of human mobility and physical mixing have been used to monitor viral transmissibility and effectiveness of social distancing interventions in the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. (nature.com)
  • Mobile positioning data can be used for generating population and tourism statistics, for measuring human mobility, creating data-driven solutions in urban planning, establishing a response plan to disasters etc. (wikipedia.org)
  • Residence 1 year ago is used in conjunction with location of current residence to determine the extent of residential mobility of the population and the resulting redistribution of the population across the various states, metropolitan areas, and regions of the country. (socialexplorer.com)
  • Residential mobility is defined as the movement of a Manitoba health insurance registrant within the province that results in a change of six-digit postal code or municipal code (a code assigned to each municipality in Manitoba for administrative and funding purposes) but does not affect continuity of one's eligibility for health insurance coverage. (umanitoba.ca)
  • Residential mobility should be differentiated from migration. (umanitoba.ca)
  • Migration is concerned with the movement of individuals at an inter-provincial or international level, whereas residential mobility focuses on intra-provincial movement. (umanitoba.ca)
  • As well, Statistics Canada Census data can be used to define the aggregate, or overall, percentage of residential mobility of populations within enumeration/dissemination areas (also known as DAs). (umanitoba.ca)
  • While residential mobility itself may not be a significant factor in the well-being of an individual - although frequent moves can be stressful - it has possibly undesirable consequences: disruption of friendships, especially among children, and a lack of continuity of schooling and health care provider. (umanitoba.ca)
  • Residential mobility is of importance to individuals assessing the planning and delivery of health care services and has been used in several studies. (umanitoba.ca)
  • Health workers mobility is a voluntary movement of workers from one employment station to another in search of different working arrangements within [internal migration] and across national boundaries [external migration] 1,2 . (who.int)
  • Migration (external mobility) shaped today's political, social and economic world and become a major influence on the community. (who.int)
  • By investigating how the economic and social pillars of sustainability, as historically conveyed in the EU primary law objectives of economic growth and social progress, shaped the rights of migrants, the project identifies the limitations that lie behind the novel objective of sustainable migration. (lu.se)
  • These characteristics reveal inherent limitations in the way migrants' rights are construed at EU level, and these in turn frame the limitations of an EU sustainable migration. (lu.se)
  • Comparing the characteristics that flow from the history of EU migration law with the current formation of the EU legal system under the Lisbon Treaty, the project also examines whether and how such limitations could be overcome. (lu.se)
  • Methods: The study team surveyed randomly selected US physicians nationwide representing seven specialties about their reported use of accessible weight scales and exam tables/chairs when caring for patients with mobility limitations. (northwestern.edu)
  • Integrated mobility payments will significantly change the way we interact with transit. (rmi.org)
  • The bivariate analysis significantly correlated the ABC scale test and all mobility tests. (hindawi.com)
  • Although these studies have demonstrated the negative effect of reduced mobility, there remains a substantial need for greater recognition of the presence and effects of disabilities, including reduced mobility, fatigue, pain, depression and spasticity, and the need for targeted treatments for specific impairments. (touchneurology.com)
  • The rigorous traffic limitations during COVID-19 have forced many people to work from home, reaching an outstanding degree of teleworking and reduction in air pollution. (nature.com)
  • A person's wellbeing can be considerably compromised by a mobility restriction. (ausmed.com.au)
  • Mobility is defined as the ability to move in one's environment with ease and without restriction. (cerebralpalsyguide.com)
  • Conclusion: More than 30 years after enactment of the Americans with Disabilities Act, most physicians surveyed do not use accessible equipment for routine care of patients with chronic significant mobility limitations. (northwestern.edu)
  • among these persons, the most commonly reported index, physical limitations, and self-rated health. (cdc.gov)
  • skilled health workers mobility has adversely affected the quality of care offered in health institutions, because mobility has made it necessary for non-qualified personnel to perform duties that are normally beyond their scope of practice 3 . (who.int)
  • Generally, health workers mobility impacts on the health systems performance and these impacts are increasing in line with increasing mobility over years. (who.int)
  • Mobility impacts on the health systems performance by changing the composition of the health workforce. (who.int)
  • Health professional mobility also affects the skill-mix since skills travel with the mobile health workers. (who.int)
  • Health professional mobility can also affect the distribution of health workers in a country. (who.int)
  • Therefore Dubois and Wiskow 8 described that health workforce mobility impacts on the composition of the health workforce, also mobility interacts with several aspects that also affect the health system performance. (who.int)
  • Dalfampridine for Mobility Limitations in People With Multiple Scleros" by Prudence Plummer, Silva Markovic-Plese et al. (psjhealth.org)
  • Dalfampridine for Mobility Limitations in People With Multiple Sclerosis May Be Augmented by Physical Therapy: A Non-randomized Two-Group Proof-of-Concept Pilot Study. (psjhealth.org)
  • and Giesser, Barbara, "Dalfampridine for Mobility Limitations in People With Multiple Sclerosis May Be Augmented by Physical Therapy: A Non-randomized Two-Group Proof-of-Concept Pilot Study. (psjhealth.org)
  • This information is used by all levels of government, associations, researchers and non-governmental organizations in planning the services needed by people with activity limitations to enable them to participate fully in all spheres of life. (gc.ca)
  • She completed her Doctor of Philosophy degree at the University of Oxford, working with John Grimley Evans on the mobility of frail elderly people. (wikipedia.org)
  • Here we want to reflect upon lessons learned from the COVID-19 mitigation measures in terms of reduced mobility and teleworking and its joint effect on urban air pollution. (nature.com)
  • Clinical data and survey evidence from numerous research groups suggest that impaired mobility is a large contributory factor to diminished QoL. (touchneurology.com)
  • Mobility is closely tied to our sense of independence, but also our social connectedness, activity and security. (ausmed.com.au)
  • Individuals facing mobility issues or a diminished sense of balance are at greatest risk of injury when transferring from one surface to the next. (osu.edu)
  • however, those with mobility issues, diminished balance, arthritis, or even hip or knee replacement can follow some simple guidelines to reduce their risk. (osu.edu)
  • Recognition of the importance of climate change, urban air pollution, energy security, hazardous industrial waste, and water scarcity has increased the interest in developing sustainable mobility. (fisita.com)
  • To slow down the spread of the virus, radical measures have been implemented, among them an extraordinary limitation of people's movement-never seen to this extent at global scale 2 . (nature.com)
  • A mandatory mobility policy is under deliberation, deviating from the initial recommendation for a managed approach. (who.int)
  • Hypothesis 3: Lower scores on the deep squat, shoulder mobility, and rotary stability sub-tests will be associated with an occupational injury. (cdc.gov)
  • Monitoring low-level limitations of activities during the early stages of MS should be encouraged, as it can indicate advancing neurological damage. (touchneurology.com)
  • We develop a new framework that parameterizes disease transmission models with age-specific digital mobility data. (nature.com)
  • Mobility data allows for comparisons to be made between the morbidity and/or mortality of movers and non-movers. (umanitoba.ca)
  • Among those reporting routinely recording patients' weights (n = 399), only 22.6% (standard error [SE] = 2.2) reported always or usually using accessible weight scales for patients with significant mobility limitations. (northwestern.edu)
  • To determine weights of patients with mobility limitations, 8.1% always, 24.3% usually, and 40.0% sometimes asked patients. (northwestern.edu)
  • Dr. Carmelo D'Agostino, a Senior Lecturer of Transport Engineering at Lund University (Sweden), has consolidated and international recognized experience in modeling the relationship between safety and road characteristics, and in the development and application of these models for assessing the safety of roads and the safety effects of design and management decisions.Carmelo's research interest is going towards how to evaluate safety in new mobility scenarios. (nyu.edu)
  • The results of the study also showed that levels of plasma ucMGP were not associated with mobility limitation. (medicalnewsbulletin.com)
  • Study: How Often Do Doctors Report Mobility Limitations? (mobilitymgmt.com)
  • In this case, mobility can be used as a substitute for other unmeasured factors such as changes in employment or marital status, or even an improvement in a family's financial situation. (umanitoba.ca)
  • Misdistribution, skill mix imbalance and huge shortage of skilled workers are the results of internal and external mobility 4 . (who.int)
  • What is the state of economic mobility for low-income children? (savi.org)
  • The Zenith Healthcare Foldable Commode Chair WH1233 is a versatile and convenient solution for individuals with mobility limitations. (samnantools.in)
  • Chiropractic care can potentially offer multiple benefits, including pain relief and improved mobility. (idealspine.com)
  • 55) were purposively selected and had variety of strength and mobility limitations. (cdc.gov)
  • Extremely helpful information,that emphasises the importance of correct mobility aids that help maintain independence,self esteem and prevent social isolation due to lack of mobility. (ausmed.com.au)
  • On the mobility front, the proliferation of smartphones and tablets, as well as broadband connectivity and rich content that can be delivered through 4G and Wi-Fi networks will drive industries through M&A deals. (cloudtimes.org)