The purpose was to examine sport participation (excluding physical education classes) of school-aged Chinese children with disabilities attending special schools in Hong Kong. A sample of 237 children, ages 9 to 19, attending 10 special schools in Hong Kong, responded to a sport participation questionnaire in individual interviews. Data were analyzed by gender, two school levels, and five disab...

BACKGROUND Lower extremity physical performance measured at one point in time is a powerful predictor of future disability. Whether information on previous lower extremity performance adds independent information to disability prediction compared to a single measure alone is unknown. METHODS Data are from community-dwelling men and women aged greater than or equal to 65 years enrolled in the ...

OBJECTIVES To analyse factors associated with the worsening of physical disabilities during the treatment of leprosy in Brazil in cases that were newly diagnosed in 2009. METHODS This epidemiological study performed as a retrospective cohort investigated the factors associated with the worsening of the physical disability grade during the treatment of paucibacillary and multibacillary leprosy...

OBJECTIVES To determine the extent to which bodily pain mediates the effect of obesity on disability and physical function. DESIGN Cross-sectional analysis. SETTING Population-based sample of residents in the greater Boston area. PARTICIPANTS Community-dwelling adults aged 70 and older (N=736). MEASUREMENTS Body mass index (BMI), obtained from measured height and weight, was categorized...