BACKGROUND Mobility (locomotor) disability is an early marker of disability progression, health care utilisation and institutionalisation in older people. Whether mobility disability has different causes in the middle-aged has received limited attention. OBJECTIVES To examine associations of mobility disability with sociodemographic, behaviour and disease status and to contrast these with ass...

BACKGROUND Many older persons experience multiple transitions between states of disability and independence, but little is known about the effect of prior disability history on subsequent functional transitions. Our objective was to determine the effect of prior disability on subsequent transitions between no disability, mild disability, severe disability, and death. METHODS For 60 months, 75...

BACKGROUND Increasing obesity in adults with mobility disability has become a considerable health problem, similar to the increasing trend of obesity in the general population. The aims of this study were to investigate the association of mobility disability with overweight status and obesity in a large population-based Swedish cohort of adults, and to investigate whether mobility disability, h...

BACKGROUND Exercise programmes that can demonstrate evidence of long-lasting clinical effectiveness are needed for people with multiple sclerosis (PwMS). OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to assess the effects of a practically implemented exercise programme on self-directed exercise behaviour and important health outcomes in PwMS to nine months of follow-up. METHODS We conducted a p...

OBJECTIVE The current study examined driver behaviors and patterns among drivers with multiple sclerosis (MS) as a function of disease severity and in comparison to drivers without MS. DESIGN Between-group comparisons of participants with and without MS and cohorts of MS groups at varying levels of severity. SETTING All data were collected in an outpatient research setting. PARTICIPANTS C...

Disability status is one of the certain elements labor market condition and economic wellbeing. Likewise, disability also affects time devoted to nonmarket activities, since individuals without disabilities will be more productive in activities better at carrying household duties. In this respect, study examines allocation decisions disabled nondisabled Turkey. Purpose: Main aim investigate how...