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The impact of momentary pain and fatigue on physical activity in women with osteoarthritis
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2008-06-15)
Objective To examine the daily life patterns of both pain and fatigue symptoms and objective physical activity (using ambulatory monitoring) in women with symptomatic lower extremity osteoarthritis (OA), and to evaluate ...
Striatal monoamine terminals in Lewy body dementia and Alzheimer's disease
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2004-06)
We used positron emission tomography (PET) with (+)-[ 11 C]dihydrotetrabenazine ([+]-[ 11 C]DTBZ) to examine striatal monoaminergic presynaptic terminal density in 20 patients with dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB), 25 with ...
Policy for Therapeutic Acupuncture in an Academic Health Center: A Model for Standard Policy Development
(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers, 2006-12-01)
Acupuncture as a therapeutic modality offers multiple applications. Its effectiveness coupled with its general acceptance by conventional health care professionals makes it one of the first complementary and alternative ...
Differences in fat and muscle mass associated with a functional human polymorphism in a post-transcriptional BMP2 gene regulatory element
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2009-08-15)
A classic morphogen, bone morphogenetic protein 2 (BMP2) regulates the differentiation of pluripotent mesenchymal cells. High BMP2 levels promote osteogenesis or chondrogenesis and low levels promote adipogenesis. BMP2 ...
Striatal interneurons and reward prediction errors (Commentary on Apicella et al. )
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2009-08)
Quality of Life and Menopause in Women with Physical Disabilities
(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers, 2006-11-01)
Objective: The goal of this cross-sectional study was to explore quality of life (QOL) in a sample of postmenopausal women with physical disabilities due to polio contracted in childhood. A structural equation model was ...
Psychosocial Factors and Functional Capacity Evaluation Among Persons with Chronic Pain
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Plenum Publishing Corporation ; Springer Science+Business Media, 2003-12)
Psychosocial factors have been found to have a significant impact on functional activity, particularly among persons with chronic pain. While various systems have been developed to assess functional limitations through ...
Interventions Improve Gait Regularity in Patients with Peripheral Neuropathy While Walking on an Irregular Surface Under Low Light
(Blackwell Science Inc, 2004-04)
To determine which, if any, of three inexpensive interventions improve gait regularity in patients with peripheral neuropathy (PN) while walking on an irregular surface under low-light conditions. Design : Observational. ...
Bath Transfers in Older Adult Congregate Housing Residents: Assessing the Person–Environment Interaction
(Blackwell Publishing Inc, 2006-08)
To examine environmental feature utilization (EFU) and the types and prevalence of performance difficulties during a videotaped bath transfer and to determine the personal characteristics associated with total EFU and ...