Abstract Introduction During aging, changes occur in the human body that increase probability of arterial hypertension which can potentiate deleterious effects on functional performance. Objective To analyze association performance indicators with older people. Methods An epidemiological, population-based, cross-sectional survey was conducted 209 adults (58.40% women). Functional assessed by fo...

OBJECTIVES To investigate: (i) the intra-rater, inter-rater and test-retest reliabilities of completion times and step counts on the Standardized Walking Obstacle Course test (SWOC); (ii) correlations between SWOC scores and stroke-specific impairments; (iii) the cut-off SWOC completion times and step counts for distinguishing differences in obstacle negotiation ability in people with chronic s...

Shipmasters may have to perform unberthing without tugboat assistance when a tsunami warning is issued. Keeping this in mind, we studied emergency unberthing without tug assistance by conducting numerical simulations and full‐mission ship maneuvering simulator (SMS) experiments. A panamax class medium‐sized bulker and a pure car carrier (PCC) were used as test ships. In the...

A fleet of tugs along the northern Norwegian coast must be dynamically positioned to minimise the risk of oil tanker drifting accidents. We have previously presented a receding horizon genetic algorithm (RHGA) for solving this tug fleet optimisation (TFO) problem. Here, we first present an overview of the TFO problem, the basics of the RHGA, and a set of potential cost functions with which the ...

BACKGROUND Fear of falling is a common and potentially disabling problem among older adults. However, little is known about this condition in older adults with diabetes mellitus. The aims of this study were to investigate the impact of the fear of falling on clinical, functional and gait variables in older women with type 2 diabetes and to identify which variables could predict the fear of fall...

BACKGROUND Differences in brain structures involved in gait control between normal and pathological aging are still matter of debate. This study aims to compare the regional and global brain volume patterns associated with gait performances assessed with Timed Up and Go test (TUG) between cognitively healthy individuals (CHI) and patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI). MATERIAL AND MET...

OBJECTIVE To investigate face and construct validity of the Gait Deviation Index (GDI) in adults with spastic cerebral palsy. The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) was used as a framework, defining gait and walking as the manner or style of walking ("body function"), and the execution of gait ("activity"), respectively. DESIGN A cross-sectional study. ...

BACKGROUND Currently there are no known cures and few effective treatments for mitochondrial disorders. It is also true there is a lack of knowledge about suitable clinician rated outcomes and how these change over time in this patient cohort. OBJECTIVE We sought to evaluate the validity and responsiveness to change of clinician rated outcome measures in patients with m.3243A>G-related mitoch...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the effect of a second task on balance and gait maneuvers used in everyday life. Our hypothesis was that those who were more distracted by a familiar manual task performed concurrently with functional maneuvers were more frail and more prone to falls. DESIGN A cross-sectional design with prospective follow-up for falls. SETTING Sheltered accommodation in Umeå, Swede...