The federal government supports some private activities—such as home ownership, postsecondary education, and certain commercial ventures—through credit assistance offered to individuals and businesses. Some of that assistance is in the form of direct federal loans, and some is through federal guarantees of loans made by private financial institutions. At the end of fiscal year 2011, about $2.7 ...

Background and Purpose—Basic activities of daily living measures are often supplemented by extended activities of daily living. We compared the Frenchay Activities Index (FAI) and Nottingham Extended Activities of Daily Living (NEADL) with the Barthel Index (BI) in terms of distribution of scores, concurrent validity, reliability, and their agreement and investigated the predictors of scales ou...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Basic activities of daily living measures are often supplemented by extended activities of daily living. We compared the Frenchay Activities Index (FAI) and Nottingham Extended Activities of Daily Living (NEADL) with the Barthel Index (BI) in terms of distribution of scores, concurrent validity, reliability, and their agreement and investigated the predictors of scales ou...

Objectives: Femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) is considered a leading cause of early hip OA, but initial molecular mechanisms that lead FAI patients to OA progression remains be elucidated. Recent articles revealed epigenetic changes are associated with progression, specifically, DNA methyltransferase 3B (DNMT3B) plays critical role on cartilage homeostasis by attenuating catabolic gene expres...

results – “female gender (r = -.469, P < .001) and impaired balance (r = .495, P < .001).” Foot and ankle variables – “No significant gender differences (P <.05) were observed for age,” Variables associated with ankle instability – “Factors significantly associated with right FAI included female gender (r = -.469, P < .001),” “Factors associated with left FAI included female gender (r = .396, P...

BACKGROUND Femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) is a morphological hip condition that can cause hip and/or groin pain in younger active adults. Understanding the nature of physical impairments and activity limitations associated with symptomatic FAI is important to evaluate outcomes and guide development of rehabilitation strategies. The purpose of this systematic review was to establish: (1) whe...