BACKGROUND Many older adults with mobility limitations use assistive technology to help them perform daily activities. However, little attention has been paid to the impact on their family caregivers. This neglect produces an incomplete portrayal of the outcomes of assistive technology provision. This paper describes the protocol for a study that examines the impact of a tailored assistive tech...

BACKGROUND Mobility limitations increase with age in the general population. Despite a growing population of older adults with intellectual disabilities (ID), mobility is rarely studied in the ID literature. The specific aim of this study was to identify and summarise primary literature investigating mobility limitations in adults with ID. METHODS This study was a systematic review of the epi...

PURPOSE The aim of this study was to determine children's walking speeds in elementary school hallways. A second aim was to determine the slowest but "good enough" walking speed if a teacher had to slow down her class's line to accommodate a student with a mobility limitation. METHODS The walking speeds of 370 children serving as class-line leaders were determined after measuring using a stop...

OBJECTIVE To determine the effectiveness of mobility device interventions in terms of activity and participation for people with mobility limitations. DESIGN Systematic review. Search of 7 databases during the period 1996 to 2008. METHODS Controlled studies and non-controlled follow-up studies were included if they covered both baseline and follow-up data and focused on activity and partici...

Persons with multiple sclerosis (PwMS) frequently experience limitations of ambulation in the course of their disease. Not surprisingly, in recent surveys PwMS considered lower extremity function as one of the most important bodily functions, and ranked mobility limitations as the most important factor affecting their quality of life. The impact of MS on ambulation is reflected in the fact that...

SOPHIE PAUTEX1,∗, FRANÇOIS R. HERRMANN2, PAULETTE LE LOUS3, GABRIEL GOLD4 1Division of palliative medicine, Department of Rehabilitation and Geriatrics, Geneva University Hospital (HUG), Ch. De la Savonnière 11, CH-1245 Collonge-Bellerive, Switzerland Email: [email protected] 2Division of Geriatrics Department of Rehabilitation and Geriatrics, HUG, 3.ch Pont-Bochet, CH-1226 Thônex, Switzer...

Singapore's life expectancy at birth and at age 65 continues to improve. Although this is a positive development, it is necessary to understand how much of this increased life expectancy is spent with and without mobility limitations. This research uses the latest round of the National Survey of Senior Citizens to examine the situation in 2011 and the possible changes that may have occurred sin...

BACKGROUND Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is caused mainly by habitual smoking and is common among elderly individuals. It involves not only airflow limitation but also metabolic disorders, leading to increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. OBJECTIVE We evaluated relationships among smoking habits, airflow limitation, and metabolic abnormalities. METHODS Between 2001 and 20...