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Expert consensus ratings of job categories from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III)
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2007-08)
Background A method of occupational physical exposure assessment is needed to improve analyses using large data sets (e.g., national surveys) that provide only job title/category information as a proxy for exposure. ...
The importance of age effects on performance in the assessment of clinical trials
(Elsevier, 1973-11)
Forty young adult normal subjects, 10 Parkinson's disease patients and their 10 matched normal subjects, and 10 multiple sclerosis patients and their 10 matched normal subjects were evaluated in the Quantitative Examination ...
Medical Management and Rehabilitation in the Workplace: Emerging Issues
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Plenum Publishing Corporation ; Springer Science+Business Media, 2000-03)
Localization of muscarinic M3 receptor protein and M3 receptor binding in rat brain
(Elsevier, 1994-11)
A family of receptor subtypes, defined either by molecular (ml-m5) or pharmacological (M1-M4) analysis, mediates muscarinic cholinergic neurotransmission in brain. The distribution and functions of the m3 receptor protein ...
Analysis of the third national health and nutrition examination survey (NHANES III) using expert ratings of job categories
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2008-01)
Background Few epidemiologic studies have addressed the exposure–response relationships between work activities and symptomatic knee osteoarthritis (OA). This analysis used data from a national survey and ergonomists' ...
A qualitative and quantitative evaluation of amantadine in the treatment of Parkinson's disease
(Elsevier, 1972-03)
A double-blind crossover trial of amantadine vs. placebo was carried out involving 42 patients with Parkinson's disease: 64 per cent of the patients on amantadine experienced subjective improvement compared to 21 per cent ...
[ 18 F]fluoroethoxy-benzovesamicol, a PET radiotracer for the vesicular acetylcholine transporter and cholinergic synapses
(John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1998-11)
Loss of cholinergic transmission in the cortex and hippocampus is a characteristic feature of Alzheimer's disease, and visualization of functional cholinergic synapses in the brain with PET could be a useful method for ...
The Effect of Order of Testing in Functional Performance in Persons with and Without Chronic Back Pain
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Plenum Publishing Corporation ; Springer Science+Business Media, 2003-06)
Batteries of individually standardized physical and functional tests are commonly used to assess persons with chronic back pain disability. The order of testing may affect performance on later tests. One hundred and fifty ...
Functional Capacity Evaluations in Persons with Spinal Disorders: Predicting Poor Outcomes on the Functional Assessment Screening Test (FAST)
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Plenum Publishing Corporation ; Springer Science+Business Media, 2001-06)
This study determines how performance on the simple, low exertion Functional Assessment Screening Test (FAST) relates to performance on more extensive physical and psychological testing. One hundred eighty-eight persons ...
Review of Epidemiologic Studies on Occupational Factors and Lower Extremity Musculoskeletal and Vascular Disorders and Symptoms
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Springer Science + Business Media, Inc., 2005-06)
The epidemiologic literature on lower extremity musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs), vascular disorders, and occupational mechanical factors is relatively sparse, compared to the low back and upper extremities. The present ...