Inability to use the arm in daily actions significantly lowers quality of life after stroke. Most
contemporary post-stroke arm rehabilitation strategies that aspire to re-engage the weaker …

Exosomes are endogenous nanovesicles that play critical roles in intercellular signaling by
conveying functional genetic information and proteins between cells. Exosomes readily …

Purpose With improved long-term survival rates, measuring the quality of surgical care has
gradually shifted from clinical morbidity and mortality to patient-reported outcome measures …

Background: Stigma remains a reality for many people living with HIV. Stigma bears on
mental health, but we hypothesized that it might also affect cognition, in turn affecting …

Purpose People living with HIV may experience some degree of mild cognitive impairment.
They are best placed to report on their cognitive symptoms, but no HIV-specific …

Stroke and spinal cord injury are common neurological disorders that can cause various
dysfunctions. Motor dysfunction is a common dysfunction that easily leads to complications …

Background: People aging with HIV are at risk for loneliness, with stigmatization and
economic marginalization added to the health challenges arising from chronic infection. This …

Background People with cancer may experience change in what constitutes quality of life
(QOL) over time as a result of the cancer progression (true change) or adaptation to the …

Background Health-related quality of life (HRQL) is increasingly recognized for its
importance in health research. As there is increasing recognition of the inter-individual …

Purpose Many neuromotor conditions affect children from a young age through to adulthood,
impacting their quality of life (QOL). For QOL to be accurately measured in these children …