Content - Volume 35, Issue 5

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Objectives: The objectives of this prospective study, undertaken in elderly patients with stroke undergoing rehabilitation, were to determine to what extent fall-related self-efficacy changes over time, its relationships to objectively assessed functions and activities, and the predictive capacity of self-efficacy at discharge for activities of daily living 10 months after st ...

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Objective: To estimate the functional independence of persons with spinal cord injury according to the Functional Independence Measure motor items. Design: The study design was cross-sectional. Subjects: All adult citizens of Helsinki with traumatic spinal cord injury were identified. The final study group consisted of 121/152 subje ...

Objective: To investigate pulmonary function, working capacity and isokinetic muscle strength in subjects with Marfan syndrome. Materials and methods: Seventeen subjects, mean age 23 years, performed spirometry, maximal ergometer cycle tests and knee extension and flexion isokinetic torque tests. Results: The subjects with Marfan sy ...

Objective: To evaluate postural performance and head stabilization of patients with chronic neck pain. Design: A single-blind comparative group study. Subjects: Patients with work-related chronic neck pain (n = 9), with chronic whiplash associated disorders (n = 9) and healthy subjects (Pages: 229-235