objectives to explore the effect of a selective 10-week corrective exercise with an emphasis on gait training activities (gta) on the number of falls (nofs), fear of falling, functional balance, timed up and go (tug) test among pd patients. background posture instability and unsteady gait disorders in parkinson’s disease (pd) usually contribute to fall-related fractures. fall-related trauma in ...

In order to define a conceptual frame and a suitable vocabulary for this working area, we present the architecture description language MoDeL (Modular Design Language). By selecting and combining modelling concepts which proved to be helpful for the design of software systems, this approach is integrative and pragmatic: It unites different realization paradigms (structured, object-oriented), di...

background: fear of falling is common amongst older adults, especially those who live in nursing homes. this study aimed to determinate factors associated with fear of falling and functional independence in older adults living in nursing homes. methods: this was a cross-sectional study using a convenience sampling method to enroll 200 older adults living in nursing homes from 25 senior centers ...

Based on the theory of a falling shadow which was first formulated by Wang [15], a theoretical approach of the pseudo ideal structure in pseudo d-algebras is established. Several properties are investigated, and relations among a falling pseudo d-subalgebra, a falling pseudo BCK-ideal and a falling pseudo d-ideal are discussed. A characterization of a falling pseudo d-ideal is provided. Conditi...

Do we perceive correctly whether a 2-D object is balanced or unbalanced? What would be the cause of biased equilibrium judgments? In two psychometric studies, we varied independently the characteristics of the objects and the equilibrium states. First, we observed that observers were excessively sensitive to the eccentricity of the object top. Second, we found that the subjective transition fro...

Behavioral studies indicate that spatial and object working memory are computed by dissociable subsystems. We investigated the neural bases of this dissociation with a whole-brain fMRI design and analysis technique that permitted direct assessment of delay-period activity, uncontaminated by other components of the trial. The task employed a "what"-then-"where" design, with an object and a spati...

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the impacts of adaptation to a falling health state on the demand for health and medical care. This is done by integrating adaptation processes in the pure consumption model of Grossman. We also modify the model in another direction by introducing an uncertain lifetime. Model simulations show that adaptation affects the health variables by lowering the in...