Mobility Limitation
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Timed up & go test score in patients with hip fracture is related to the type of walking aid.

29 Sep 2009 Kristensen MT, Bandholm T, Holm B, Ekdahl C, Kehlet H. Timed Up & Go test score in patients with hip fracture is related to the type of walking aid. OBJECTIVE: To determine the relationship between Timed Up & Go (TUG) test scores and type of walking ... Read more...

Moderate alcohol intake and risk of functional decline: the Health, Aging, and Body Composition study.

6 Sep 2009 OBJECTIVES: To investigate the prospective relationship between alcohol consumption and incident mobility limitation. DESIGN: Cohort study. SETTING: The Health Aging and Body Composition study, conducted in Memphis, Tennessee, and Pittsburgh, ... Read more...

Pathophysiological changes in calf muscle predict mobility loss at 2-year follow-up in men and women with peripheral arterial disease.

6 Sep 2009 BACKGROUND: Associations of pathophysiological calf muscle characteristics with functional decline in people with lower extremity peripheral arterial disease are unknown. METHODS AND RESULTS: Three hundred seventy participants with peripheral ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Mobility Limitation'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Timed up & go test score in patients with hip fracture is related to the type of walking aid. 29 Sep 2009
• Regarding "Gait variability is altered in patients with peripheral arterial disease". 29 Sep 2009
• Moderate alcohol intake and risk of functional decline: the Health, Aging, and Body Composition study. 6 Sep 2009
• Pathophysiological changes in calf muscle predict mobility loss at 2-year follow-up in men and women with peripheral arterial disease. 6 Sep 2009
• The effects of hormone therapy decision support for women with mobility impairments. 30 Aug 2009
• The role of life satisfaction and depressive symptoms in all-cause mortality. 30 Aug 2009
• Effects of a physiotherapy and occupational therapy intervention on mobility and activity in care home residents: a cluster randomised controlled trial. 30 Aug 2009
• Gait characteristics and functional assessment of children with type I osteogenesis imperfecta. 30 Aug 2009
• Muscle deficits persist after unilateral knee replacement and have implications for rehabilitation. 25 Aug 2009
• Re: Chi JH, Gokaslan Z, Chi JH, Gokaslan Z, et al. Selecting treatment for patients with malignant epidural spinal cord compression--does age matter? Results from a randomized clinical trial. Spine 2009;34:431-5. 30 Jul 2009
• New clinical and research trends in lower extremity management for ambulatory children with cerebral palsy. 30 Jul 2009
• Urban built environments and trajectories of mobility disability: findings from a national sample of community-dwelling American adults (1986-2001). 26 Jul 2009
• The Intensive Diet and Exercise for Arthritis (IDEA) trial: design and rationale. 26 Jul 2009
• Frailty: dominos or deliberation? 22 Jul 2009
• Determinants of the timing of symptomatic treatment in early Parkinson disease: The National Institutes of Health Exploratory Trials in Parkinson Disease (NET-PD) Experience. 11 Jul 2009
• Overground physical therapy gait training for chronic stroke patients with mobility deficits. 6 Jul 2009
• Natural history of Ullrich congenital muscular dystrophy. 5 Jul 2009
• Aging differently: Physical limitations among adults aged 50 years and over: United States, 2001-2007. 29 Jun 2009
• [Dependence and vulnerability in walking ability at home] 29 Jun 2009
• Reliability of a new classification system for mobility and self-care in spinal cord injury rehabilitation: the Spinal Cord Injury-Interventions Classification System. 29 Jun 2009

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Technical information about 'Mobility Limitation'

Definition: Difficulty in walking from place to place.

Descriptor UI: D051346

Alternative terms: Mobility Limitation; Limitation, Mobility; Mobility Limitations; Ambulation Difficulty; Difficulty Ambulation; Difficulty Walking; Ambulatory Difficulty;

Related Mesh Headings: Dependent Ambulation;

Tree Number: C23.888.550;

History Note: 2006