For people with disabilities the Web holds great chances for transforming former barriers to information access, communication and participation at work and in social life. The research question underlying the described project is: What potentials do the Web and the latest Internet-technologies offer to students with extensive mobility limitations in terms of staying in touch with other people ...

UNLABELLED The list of individualized needs of the wheelchair user as developed by the medical and personal profile assessment can be categorized under the general goals to be accomplished through the process of the wheelchair recommendation: MEDICAL PROFILE: MEDICAL HISTORY (1) Compensate for loss or absence of function. (2) Promote good health through prevention of problems. Physical Assess...

BACKGROUND This study examines the relationship between race and mobility over 5 years in initially well-functioning older adults and evaluates how a broad set of socioeconomic status indicators affect this relationship. METHODS Data were from 2,969 black and white participants aged 70-79 from the Health, Aging, and Body Composition study. Mobility parameters included self-reported capacity t...

OBJECTIVE Compare the quality of life (QOL) of youth living with visible facial differences (FDs) with youth living with a visible nonfacial difference (i.e., mobility limitations), an invisible difference (i.e., attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder), or no known difference. DESIGN An observational study of perceived QOL among adolescents with FDs (n = 56), adolescents with no diagnosed c...

Purpose: We identified evidence evaluating the effect of exercise on functional mobility in adults (aged 18 y or older) with cerebral palsy (CP). Method: An exhaustive search was conducted using the electronic databases PubMed, MEDLINE, CINAHL, PsycINFO, SPORTDiscus, and Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews from the earliest available evidence (1975) to the present (January 2016) for studies...

The identification of quantitative tools to assess an individual's mobility limitation is a complex and challenging task. Several motor tasks have been designated as potential indicators of mobility limitation. In this study, a multiple motor task obtained by sequencing sit-to-stand and upright posture was used. Algorithms based on data obtained exclusively from a single force platform were dev...

BACKGROUND Many ethnic minority populations have poorer health than the general population. However, there is limited knowledge on the possible ethnic gap in physical mobility. We aim to examine the prevalence of mobility limitations in working-age Russian, Somali and Kurdish origin migrants in comparison to the general population in Finland. We also determine whether the association between et...

Social inequalities in health and disability are often attributed to differences in childhood adversity, access to care, health behavior, residential environments, stress, and the psychosocial aspects of work environments. Yet, disadvantaged people are also more likely to hold jobs requiring heavy physical labor, repetitive movement, ergonomic strain, and safety hazards. We investigate the role...

OBJECTIVE To summarize and critically appraise the evidence related to power mobility use in children (18 years or younger) with mobility limitations. DATA SOURCES Searches were performed in 12 electronic databases along with hand searching for articles published in English to September 2012 and updated February 2014. REVIEW METHODS The search was restricted to quantitative studies includin...

PURPOSE Disability is conceptualized as behaviour by psychological theory and as a result of bodily impairment by medical models. However, how people with disabilities conceptualize those disabilities is unclear. The purpose of this study was to examine disability representations in people with mobility disabilities. METHOD Thirteen people with mobility disabilities completed personal reperto...