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Comprehensive evaluation of functional vision, quality of life, and cognitive ability in pediatric uveitis
BackgroundPediatric uveitis may cause severe impairment of vision in children and affect their quality of life as well as cognitive ability. This...
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Functional ability of older adults based on the World Health Organization framework of healthy ageing: a sco** review
AimAgeing is an important global public health problem, while understanding and discussion of healthy ageing is diverse. The aim of this review is to...
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A simple scoring algorithm based on intrinsic capacity for functional ability in community-dwelling older adults in Taiwan
BackgroundIntrinsic capacity (IC) is a comprehensive indicator of the overall well-being of older adults, and assessing of IC can help identify early...
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Complex association of self-rated health, depression, functional ability with loneliness in rural community-dwelling older people
BackgroundThis study aimed to explore whether and how self-rated health, depression and functional ability interactively associated with loneliness...
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Reproducibility of improvements in patient-reported functional ability following functional capacity evaluation
BackgroundPerformance of functional capacity evaluation (FCE) may affect patients, self-efficacy to complete physical activity tasks. First evidence...
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Interventions addressing functional abilities of older people in rural and remote areas: a sco** review of available evidence based on WHO functional ability domains
BackgroundThe World Health Organization (WHO) encourages healthy ageing strategies to help develop and maintain older people’s functional abilities...
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Motor−cognitive exercise with variability of practice and feedback improves functional ability and cognition in older individuals
BackgroundMotor−cognitive dual-task training seems the most favorable form of exercise for functional and cognitive improvements in older...
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Effectiveness of combined robotics and virtual reality on lower limb functional ability in stroke survivors: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials
Lower limb impairments are common consequences of stroke. Robotics and virtual reality (VR) play crucial roles in improving lower limb function...
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Relating Physiologic Swallowing Impairment, Functional Swallowing Ability, and Swallow-Specific Quality of Life
Many studies include functional swallowing ability and quality of life information to indicate a response to a specific swallowing intervention or to...
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Functional ability in knee osteoarthritis: role of neuropathic pain and central sensitization
BackgroundPain in osteoarthritis (OA) has been attributed traditionally to local tissue injury causing ‘nociceptive pain’. However, recent studies...
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Classification of cognitive ability of healthy older individuals using resting-state functional connectivity magnetic resonance imaging and an extreme learning machine
BackgroundQuantitative determination of the correlation between cognitive ability and functional biomarkers in the older brain is essential. To...
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Impact of age-friendly living environment and intrinsic capacity on functional ability in older adults: a cross-sectional study
BackgroundThe World Health Organization (WHO) has proposed healthy aging framework, supposing that intrinsic capacity (IC), environment and their...
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Physician experience improves ability to predict 6-month functional outcome of severe traumatic brain injury
BackgroundThe functional prognosis of severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) during the acute phase is often poor and uncertain. We aimed to quantify...
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Validity of the Early Functional Ability scale (EFA) among critically ill patients undergoing early neurological rehabilitation
BackgroundA reliable assessment of the functional abilities of patients after severe brain damage is crucial for valid prognostication and treatment...
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Longitudinal changes in magnetic resonance imaging biomarkers of the gluteal muscle groups and functional ability in Duchenne muscular dystrophy: a 12-month cohort study
BackgroundQuantitative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is considered an objective biomarker of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), but the...
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Intrinsic capacity and 5-year late-life functional ability trajectories of Chinese older population using ICOPE tool: the Rugao Longevity and Ageing Study
Background and aimsKnowledge of how intrinsic capacity (IC) shape functional ability (FA) trajectories in later life remains unclear. We investigated...
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Novel subgroups of functional ability in older adults and their associations with adverse outcomes
BackgroundThere is no general agreement on a standard form of functional classification in older adults and is mainly assessed by Activities of Daily...
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Physical impairments, sensory disturbance, and functional ability in a cancer patient with and without chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy symptoms
ObjectiveThe present study examined the objective and patient-reported measures of physical impairments, sensory disturbance, and functional ability...
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Brain-wide functional connectivity patterns support general cognitive ability and mediate effects of socioeconomic status in youth
General cognitive ability (GCA) is an individual difference dimension linked to important academic, occupational, and health-related outcomes and its...
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Development and validation of a questionnaire to measure the severity of pain, functional limitations, and reduction of sports ability for german-speaking patients with osteochondral lesions of the ankle (OCLA-G)
BackgroundThere is no patient-reported functional scale specific for osteochondral lesion of the ankle (OCLA). Therefore, the objectives of this...
