OBJECTIVE Motor impairment in old age is a growing public-health concern, and several different constructs have been used to identify motor impairments in older people. We tested the hypothesis that combinations of motor constructs more strongly predict adverse health outcomes in older people. METHODS In total, 949 people without dementia, history of stroke or Parkinson's disease, who were pa...

Copyright: © 2013 Takeuchi N. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Stroke is the major cause of disability worldwide. A number of neurological functions are impaired by stroke; the most common impai...

[Purpose] The purpose of the present study was to compare the motor and process skills of children with different developmental disabilities. [Subjects] Thirty-nine children with developmental disabilities participated in this study which was conducted at N hospital in South Korea. [Methods] The motor and process skills of the participants were compared among three different disabilities: perva...

The human brain possesses a remarkable ability to adapt in response to changing anatomical (e.g., aging) or environmental modifications. This form of neuroplasticity is important at all stages of life but is critical in neurological disorders such as amblyopia and stroke. This review focuses upon our new understanding of possible mechanisms underlying functional deficits evidenced after adult-o...

Developmental disability in a growing child limits the attainment of certain functions such as motor, communication, perpetual and cognitive skills. Cerebral Palsy (CP) is one such developmental disability that hinders the movement and activities of daily living of the affected child. In order to treat this disorder, several interventional tools are available which has its own pros and cons. Re...

Background and Purpose: A variety of sensory-motor changes are reported in both the traumatic non-traumatic neck pain. However, it is still unclear whether there a significant difference between individuals with pain those terms postural control. The aim this cross-sectional study was to investigate control disability. 
 Methods: Ninety-two patients chronic were grouped according onset Cli...

Users with disability interact with augmentative and alternative communication devices, environmental control units, and computers via an access technology. While caregivers routinely exploit contextual information to interact meaningfully with individuals who are nonverbal and have severe motor impairments, access technologies to date have largely ignored context. Contextual factors include th...

Abstract Background Cognitive dysfunction is increasingly recognized in multiple sclerosis, even the early phase of disease. Multiple sclerosis patients with mild cognitive deficits may experience greater difficulties social contact and daily activities, irrespective physical handicap. This study aimed to estimate clinical predictors a sample Egyptian people MS. Results Significant worse perfor...