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Stay Tuned: What Is Special About Not Shifting Attention?

BACKGROUND When studying attentional orienting processes, brain activity elicited by symbolic cue is usually compared to a neutral condition in which no information is provided about the upcoming target location. It is generally assumed that when a neutral cue is provided, participants do not shift their attention. The present study sought to validate this assumption. We further investigated wh...

Outcomes of Stay Strong, Stay Healthy in community settings.

UNLABELLED Loss of muscle strength, flexibility, and balance are strong predictors of falls in the elderly. OBJECTIVES The goal of this research was to investigate the effectiveness of a 10-week, strength-based exercise program delivered by Extension professionals. METHODS Matched pair t tests were used to compare differences in five measures of fitness collected from 808 participants (mean...

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Effectiveness of Advanced Stay Strong, Stay Healthy in Community Settings

The goal of this research was to investigate the effectiveness of the 10-week, University of Missouri (MU) Extension strength training program Advanced Stay Strong, Stay Healthy (ASSSH). It was hypothesized that the program can improve strength, balance, agility, and flexibility-all physical measures of falling among seniors. Matched pair t tests were used to compare differences in five physica...

Regional anaesthesia in day-stay and short-stay surgery.

The goals for ambulatory surgery are rapid recovery with minimal side effects, adequate postoperative pain control, rapid patient discharge and overall cost containment. The addition of regional anaesthetic techniques has been shown to decrease nausea, postoperative pain scores and the need for post-anaesthesia care unit monitoring. The use of regional anaesthesia is increasing as studies confi...