Volunteering is known to provide health benefits to the person doing the volunteering. Now, a new study finds that older adults with functional limitations (trouble conducting daily tasks like cooking ...

OBJECTIVE: To describe functional limitations in obese women. DESIGN: Comparisons of functional limitations in obese women and in a normal-weight reference group regarding mobility, balance and ...

African American and white men and women aged 45–64 y at baseline with measured waist circumference, waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), and body mass index (BMI) who participated in the Atherosclerosis Risk in ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Findings from a retrospective cohort study demonstrated a significant association between lower self-rated ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The 70% prevalence among cancer survivors appeared almost twice as high as that of the general population.

We describe an easy-to-interpret, patient-reported Functional Limitations Index that can be used to monitor care of patients along the disability continuum. Objectives: To develop an easy-to-interpret ...

In a study of 51,258 survivors weighted to represent a larger population of approximately 178.8 million people, 3.6 million survivors reported a functional limitation in 1999. That number increased to ...

2 Department of Physiotherapy, Institute of Health Protection, Stanislaw Staszic State School of Higher Vocational Education in Pila, Pila, Poland Background Little is known about the impact of ...

Article 26 of Patent Law, para.4 provides: Patent claims must be supported by the written description, pointing out in clear and concise terms the subject matter sought to be patented. Article 59, ...