objectives: it is important to recognize any risk factors for the development of injuries in the athletic population. the aim of this study was to investigate the association between joint hyper mobility and low back pain in iranian hyper mobile and non-hyper mobile athletes. methods: 50 athletic patients with low back pain (age=23.20±12.79 years) and 51 healthy athletes (age=24.28±13.70) from ...

Bed Activity Monitoring System (BAMS) monitors and assess the mobility of people on a bed. This is a useful and critical application for patients with mobility issues after stroke or traumatic brain injury. The system is based on processing of data collected from a piezoelectric pressure sensor for discriminating mobility patterns. There are four different types of motion that were simulated by...

PURPOSE To determine whether the patient-based assessment of difficulty in mobility, developed and validated in a group of patients with retinitis pigmentosa (RP), is valid for measuring perceived visual ability for independent mobility in patients with glaucoma. METHODS A mobility questionnaire that had previously been developed was administered to 83 patient-volunteers who had various amoun...

This paper estimates a theory-guided gravity equation of regional patient flows. In our model, patient’s choice to consult physician in particular region depends on measure spatial accessibility that accounts for the exact locations both patients and physicians. Introducing this concept economics we derive an augmented gravity-type show performs better explaining flows than bilateral distance. ...

Home oxygen therapy has been classically based on the use of compressed oxygen cylinders and portable oxygen (O(2)) concentrators. In the last few years, we have witnessed the advent of portable oxygen therapy equipment and liquid oxygen systems and even more recently portable O(2) concentrators. This equipment allows for greater patient mobility, which generates new issues that we must underst...