Objective-To issue a recommendation on the types and amounts of physical activity needed
to improve and maintain health in older adults. Participants-A panel of scientists with …

… %; P=0.04). More patients who received stroke unit care were living at home (P=0.006), were
independent (BI score >95; P=0.004), or were at least partly independent (BI score >60; P=…

Stroke has a greater effect on women than men because women have more events and are
less likely to recover. Age-specific stroke rates are higher in men, but, because of their …

A new clinically accessible measure of balance, functional reach (FR), is the difference between
arm's length and maximal forward reach, using a fixed base of support. The purposes of …

The Pocket Guide is based on Bright Futures: Guidelines for Health Supervision of Infants,
Children, and Adolescents, Third Edition. Presenting key information from Guidelines, the …

Background Effective rehabilitative therapies are needed for patients with long-term deficits
after stroke. Methods In this multicenter, randomized, controlled trial involving 127 patients …

OBJECTIVES: To assess the ability of gait speed alone and a three‐item lower extremity
performance battery to predict 12‐month rates of hospitalization, decline in health, and decline …

… The results of the analysis (Table 4) indicate that the scales for 6 of the 8 domains were
significantly different (P<0.02 to P<0.0001) across the Rankin levels. The memory and thinking …

This study establishes intratester reliability for all components of physical performance and
intertester reliability for the total scores of upper and lower extremity motor performance in a …

… the variance in 6-month motor function (r2 = 0.53, p less than 0.001). After 5 days, both the
5-… (p less than 0.001). After 30 days, the 30-day motor score explained 86% of the variance (p …