Activities of daily living

PF Edemekong, D Bomgaars, S Sukumaran, SB Levy - 2019 - digitalcollections.dordt.edu
The activities of daily living (ADLs) is a term used to collectively describe fundamental skills
that are required to independently care for oneself such as eating, bathing, and mobility. The …

Review of frailty measurement of older people: Evaluation of the conceptualization, included domains, psychometric properties, and applicability

EY Huang, SC Lam - Aging Medicine, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The purposes of this review are to describe the existing research on frailty measurement of
older people and to understand their characteristics, with a focus on conceptual definitions …

Does long-term exposure to air pollution impair physical and mental health in the middle-aged and older adults?—A causal empirical analysis based on a longitudinal …

K Ju, L Lu, T Chen, Z Duan, D Chen, W Liao… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
The world is aging, posing a challenge to public health. Air pollution is increasingly
recognized as an important environmental risk factor, with effects on both physical and …

Investigating activity recognition for hemiparetic stroke patients using wearable sensors: A deep learning approach with data augmentation

Y Oh, SA Choi, Y Shin, Y Jeong, J Lim, S Kim - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
Measuring the daily use of an affected limb after hospital discharge is crucial for hemiparetic
stroke rehabilitation. Classifying movements using non-intrusive wearable sensors provides …

Association of patient frailty with vestibular schwannoma resection outcomes and machine learning development of a vestibular schwannoma risk stratification score

OY Tang, AI Bajaj, K Zhao, KMR Perla, YLM Ying… - …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND: Patient frailty is predictive of higher neurosurgical morbidity and mortality.
However, existing frailty measures are hindered by lack of specificity to neurosurgery …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring trajectories of functional decline and recovery among older adults: a data-driven approach

G Khalili, M Zargoush, K Huang, S Ghazalbash - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Independently performing activities of daily living (ADLs) is vital for maintaining one's quality
of life. Losing this ability can significantly impact an individual's overall health status …

Barthel index as a predictor of mortality in patients with acute coronary syndrome: better activities of daily living, better prognosis

F Li, D Li, J Yu, Y Jia, Y Jiang, T Chen… - … interventions in aging, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Background The Barthel index (BI) is a widely used assessment tool for evaluating physical
performance in activities of daily living (ADL). The association between BI scores and …

[HTML][HTML] The Effects of 12-Week Dual-Task Physical–Cognitive Training on Gait, Balance, Lower Extremity Muscle Strength, and Cognition in Older Adult Women: A …

MM Nascimento, PA Maduro, PMB Rios… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
This study aims to investigate the effects of dual-task physical–cognitive the training on body
balance (BB), gait performance (GP), lower limb muscle strength (LEMS), and cognitive …

Prospective classification of functional dependence: Insights from machine learning and 39,927 participants in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging

ZM van Allen, N Dionne, MP Boisgontier - MedRxiv, 2024 - medrxiv.org
Objective: Functional dependence is a multifactorial health condition that affects well-being
and life expectancy. To better understand the mechanisms underlying functional …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring the relationship between frailty, functional status, polypharmacy, and quality of life in elderly and middle-aged patients with cardiovascular diseases …

EI Hiriscau, EC Buzdugan, LA Hui… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The association between frailty, disability in activities of daily living (ADL), polypharmacy,
and quality of life (QoL) in middle-aged patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD) is little …