OBJECTIVE to compare the ability and performance of Basic Activities of Daily Living of dependent elderly individuals cared for in a geriatric healthcare center. METHOD cross-sectional, observational study with quantitative approach. The Functional Independence Measure (FIM) was applied in 109 elderly individuals cared for in a geriatric healthcare center. Of these, 60 individuals were classi...

The paper presents a quantification of Spanish productivity performance over the last two decades –with a special mention to the role played by Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). It makes use of the capital service data -recently released by the BBVA Foundationexploiting its sectoral break down. It concentrates in twenty six industries belonging to the business (non-primary) sect...

OBJECTIVES Our aims were (1) to compare the sensory organisation of balance control and balance strategies between women with fibromyalgia (FM) and healthy women; (2) to investigate which sensory component, that is, vestibular, visual or somato-sensory, is the most affected in FM and (3) to determine the associations between the functional independence measure (FIM) and balance responses in FM....

OBJECTIVE This study examined the additional therapeutic effects of electroacupuncture for patients with first-ever ischaemic stroke. DESIGN Randomized controlled study. SUBJECTS A total of 63 patients with first-ever ischaemic stroke. METHODS The study and control groups underwent a conventional rehabilitation program, with the former receiving an additional 8 courses of electroacupunctu...