Walking
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Legacy and current understanding of the often-misunderstood Foix-Alajouanine syndrome. Historical vignette.

30 Oct 2009 Foix-Alajouanine syndrome has become a well-known entity since its initial report in 1926. The traditional understanding of this clinical syndrome is as a progressive spinal cord venous thrombosis related to a spinal vascular lesion, resulting in ... Read more...

The health consequences of using physical restraints in nursing homes.

30 Oct 2009 BACKGROUND: Using a national longitudinal sample of nursing homes residents (N = 264,068), we examine whether physical restraint use contributes to subsequent physical or psychological health decline. METHODS: The minimum data set, the on-line ... Read more...

Change in serum COMP concentration due to ambulatory load is not related to knee OA status.

30 Oct 2009 The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that a change in serum cartilage oligomeric matrix protein (COMP) concentration is related to joint load during a 30-min walking exercise in patients with medial compartment knee osteoarthritis (OA) ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Walking'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Legacy and current understanding of the often-misunderstood Foix-Alajouanine syndrome. Historical vignette. 30 Oct 2009
• The health consequences of using physical restraints in nursing homes. 30 Oct 2009
• Change in serum COMP concentration due to ambulatory load is not related to knee OA status. 30 Oct 2009
• Lower extremity walking mechanics of young individuals with asymptomatic varus knee alignment. 30 Oct 2009
• A pod design for nursing assignments: eliminating unnecessary steps and increasing patient satisfaction by reconfiguring care assignments. 30 Oct 2009
• Prospective study of urban form and physical activity in the Black Women's Health Study. 4 Oct 2009
• Reexamining human origins in light of Ardipithecus ramidus. 30 Sep 2009
• The great divides: Ardipithecus ramidus reveals the postcrania of our last common ancestors with African apes. 30 Sep 2009
• Combining prehension and propulsion: the foot of Ardipithecus ramidus. 30 Sep 2009
• The pelvis and femur of Ardipithecus ramidus: the emergence of upright walking. 30 Sep 2009
• Careful climbing in the Miocene: the forelimbs of Ardipithecus ramidus and humans are primitive. 30 Sep 2009
• Ardipithecus ramidus. Habitat for humanity. 30 Sep 2009
• Ardipithecus ramidus. A new kind of ancestor: Ardipithecus unveiled. 30 Sep 2009
• Active Amish walk away from obesity genes. 29 Sep 2009
• The lasting effects of spike insoles on postural control in the elderly. 29 Sep 2009
• Reconciling the construct of walking in physical activity and transportation research. 29 Sep 2009
• The built environment and physical activity levels: the Harvard Alumni Health Study. 29 Sep 2009
• A walk (or cycle) to the park: active transit to neighborhood amenities, the CARDIA study. 29 Sep 2009
• Cardiometabolic risk in younger and older adults across an index of ambulatory activity. 29 Sep 2009
• Calibration of accelerometer output for ambulatory adults with multiple sclerosis. 29 Sep 2009

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Technical information about 'Walking'

Definition: An activity in which the body advances at a slow to moderate pace by moving the feet in a coordinated fashion. This includes recreational walking, walking for fitness, and competitive race-walking.

Descriptor UI: D016138

Alternative terms: Walking; Ambulation;

Related Mesh Headings: Gait;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; education; history; injuries; legislation & jurisprudence; psychology; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics; physiology;

Tree Number: G11.427.590.530.568.900; G11.427.590.530.698.940; I03.450.642.845.940;

History Note: 91

Technical Notes: human & animal; /inj: coordinate IM with specific injury (IM); differentiate from GAIT, the way one walks