Association between subject functional status, seat height, and movement strategy in sit-to-stand performance
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The association between an individual's functional status, movement task difficulty and effectiveness of compensatory movement strategies within a sit-to-stand (STS) paradigm are explored. The results state that the individuals functional status and difficulty influenced the effectiveness of a compensatory strategy to maintain the ability to stand which supports the idea that disability depends on the interplay between environmental demands and physical ability.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 2004
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Normal values of balance tests in women aged 20-80
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The study is conducted to document the balance ability of independent, community-dwelling women aged 20 to 80 using four clinical balance tests, identify any significant decline due to aging, and identify the tests that were more able to demonstrate balance changes. The results of the study are to provide valuable normative balance data for women across a wide range of adult age decades.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 2004
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Clinical characteristics of flexed posture in elderly women
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The relationship between severity of flexed posture (FS), skeletal fragility and functional status level in women aged 70 to 93 is investigated. The severity of flexed posture (FP) in elderly women is related to the severity of vertebral pain, emotional status, muscular impairments and motor function.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 2003
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