PURPOSE To review outcomes of 10 patients who underwent plate osteosynthesis for severe olecranon fractures. METHODS Records of 7 men and 3 women aged 33 to 73 years who underwent plate osteosynthesis for severe olecranon fractures were reviewed. All had some degree of soft-tissue injury; 6 presented with associated fractures. Seven patients were treated with a limited contact dynamic compres...

Investigation of patients' subjective perspective regarding the effectiveness - as opposed to efficacy - of antipsychotic medication has been hampered by a relative shortage of self-report measures of global clinical outcome. This paper presents data supporting the feasibility, inter-item consistency, and construct validity of the Patient Assessment Questionnaire (PAQ)-a self-report measure of ...

UNLABELLED : This study sought to integrate perceived and built environmental and individual factors into the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) model to better understand adolescents' physical activity. METHODS Participants (n = 110) aged 12 to 17 years (M = 14.6 +/- 1.55) were recruited from two large metropolitan high schools in Auckland, New Zealand, were included in the analysis. Participa...

BACKGROUND Comparisons between neurological conditions have the potential to inform service providers by identifying particular areas of difficulty experienced by affected individuals. This study aimed to identify predictors of activity and participation in people with motor neurone disease (MND), people with multiple sclerosis (MS) and people with Parkinson's Disease (PD). METHODS The Oxford...

Introduction: In recent years, screen-based activities have become increasingly popular amongst children and adolescents. Several studies found increased screen time to be associated with sleep disturbances, poorer academic performance reduced physical activity. However, not much is known about children’s activity preferences participation in relation their time. This study investigated the ass...

هدف اصلی پژوهش حاضر بررسی ساختار عاملی پرسشنامه فرسودگی شغلی در کارکنان دانشگاه تهران است. به این منظور 187 نفر از کارکنان با استفاده از روش نمونه گیری تصادفی خوشه ای به منظور تکمیل پرسشنامه فرسودگی شغلی مزلاچ (mbi) در این پژوهش شرکت کردند. ساختار عاملی پرسشنامه فرسودگی شغلی (mbi) با استفاده از هر دو شیوه تحلیل عامل اکتشافی و تحلیل عامل تاییدی بررسی شد. تحلیل عامل اکتشافی نشان داد 4 ماده آزمون ...

BACKGROUND The assessment of physical activity is an essential part of understanding patterns and influences of behaviour, designing interventions, and undertaking population surveillance and monitoring, but it is particularly problematic when using self-report instruments with young people. This study reviewed available self-report physical activity instruments developed for use with children ...