OBJECTIVES we determined the yearly prevalence of single and multiple falls in persons with or at risk of knee osteoarthritis (OA) and persons undergoing knee arthroplasty over an 8-year period. We also compared annual fall rates among persons with and without knee arthroplasty to determine if fall rates are associated with knee arthroplasty. METHODS we studied 4,200 persons from the Osteoart...

The aim of the present experiment was to investigate differences between persons who stutter and persons who do not stutter during the production of sentences in a single task versus two dual-task conditions. Participants were required to form a sentence containing 2 unrelated nouns. In dual-task conditions, rhyme and category decisions were used as secondary tasks. The results for 14 adults wh...

BACKGROUND/AIM To investigate the impact of vascular burden (assessed by the number of vascular risk factors and diseases) on the cognition of persons with amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI). METHODS This study included 145 participants; 68 meeting criteria for amnesic single-domain or multiple-domain MCI and 77 matched controls. Four cognitive domains were assessed: executive function...

background& objectives :    the epidemiology of suicide plays a  significant role in the identification of mental health in the society.the present study was carried out to determine the demographic characteristics and mental state evaluation among victims with suicidal attempt in tabriz ( in 2001 ) . materials and methods :in this cross - sectional study 301 patients (170 females and 131 males...

A versatile multimodal user interface (UI) framework was developed for persons with disability and for older persons to increase autonomy and quality of life. This UI framework covers use cases from single switch use in scanning mode, simplified telephone for older persons based on touchscreen terminal, integration of social media (e.g. Facebook, Twitter) and assistive robots. The evaluation ac...

tetanus can be only prevented by vaccination because immunity against this disease is rarely acquired, even by natural infections. to maintain long-term protective immunity against tetanus, booster immunization is essential for adolescents and adults. most hospitalized cases and virtually all deaths occur in people over 60 years of age. the purpose of this study was to investigate the degree of...