The Closing-In Phenomenon in an Ecological Walking Task

AbstractObjectives: Alzheimer’s disease (AD) patients may show the Closing-in (CI), a tendency to reproduce figures close to or superimposed on the model. AD patients with CI might manifest reduced functional independence compared to AD patients without CI, but no study directly assessed if CI can hamper common daily living activities. To address this issue here we investigated whether AD patients with CI veer their walking trajectory toward irrelevant objects more often than AD patients without CI. Methods: Fifty AD individuals, and 20 age- and education-matched healthy adults, underwent a graphic copying task to detect CI and a newly developed walking task to assess the tendency to veer toward irrelevant objects and to bump into them. All participants also completed a comprehensive neuropsychological battery to assess dementia severity; impairments in frontal/executive, visuo-spatial, visuo-constructional, and memory domains; and functional independence in daily living activities. Results: Graphic CI occurred in 34/50 (68%) AD patients (AD-CI group) who achieved significantly lower scores on frontal/executive abilities, and daily living functioning than AD individuals not showing CI. Most AD-CI patients (20/34; 58.8%) also showed at least one veering error in the walking task. Participants with CI and veering errors showed significantly poorer performance on Stroop test, and lower level of functional independence than AD individuals with CI in isolation. Conclusions: CI on graphic tasks can identify difficulties in walking and in complying with everyday activities in AD patients. These observations demonstrate the value of assessing CI in copying tasks. (JINS, 2018, 24, 437–444)

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The Relationship Between Upper Limb Function and Participation and Independence in Daily Activities of Life in People With Stroke

Journal of Rehabilitation ◽

10.32598/rj.22.1.3238.1 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 22 (1) ◽

pp. 86-101

Author(s):

Nazila Akbarfahimi ◽

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Mohammad Hassan Mazidi ◽

Seyed Ali Hosseini ◽

Mohsen Vahedi ◽

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Keyword(s):

Activities Of Daily Living ◽

Upper Limb ◽

Daily Living ◽

Functional Independence ◽

Limb Function ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Daily Living Activities ◽

Upper Limb Function ◽

History Of ◽

The Relationship

Objective: Upperlimb function impairment is one of the most common consequences of stroke and a part of the motor functions, that has been considered as a necessary basis for the implementation of various of occupation and participation. The purpose of the present study is to investigate the relationship between upper extremity function and level of participation and independence in the activities of daily living in people with history of stroke in less than two years ago. Materials & Methods: This study is non-experimental and cross-sectional. Among those referring to University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences with a history of stroke in less than two years ago, the patients were selected by easy accessible sampling method. Upper limb performance was measured by Fogel-Meier and independency in daily living activities by the Functional Independence Scale (FIM) and participation by the Iranian Participation Questionnaire (IPQ).Data analysis was performed in SPSS V. 23 softwarebyusing Spearman correlation test. Results: The results showed that the correlation between upper limb performance and participation was a moderate direct relation (P=0.003, r=0.315) and there was a strong direct (r=0.625, P=0.00)correlation between upper limb performance and independence in activities of daily living. Conclusion: The relationship between upper limb function and independence in daily living activities is strong, so with further improvement and efficiency of the upper limbleadtoincreasesindependence in patients' activities of daily life. The relationship between upper limb function and participation is moderate, so to increase and improve the participation of stroke patients, in addition to upper limb mobility, other factors must be considered.

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The Use of Empirical Mode Decomposition-Based Algorithm and Inertial Measurement Units to Auto-Detect Daily Living Activities of Healthy Adults

IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering ◽

10.1109/tnsre.2016.2519413 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 24 (10) ◽

pp. 1060-1070 ◽

Cited By ~ 16

Author(s):

Fouaz S. Ayachi ◽

Hung Phuc Nguyen ◽

Etienne Goubault de Brugiere ◽

Patrick Boissy ◽

Christian Duval

Keyword(s):

Empirical Mode Decomposition ◽

Daily Living ◽

Healthy Adults ◽

Inertial Measurement Units ◽

Daily Living Activities ◽

Inertial Measurement ◽

Mode Decomposition ◽

Measurement Units

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Effect of Ketogenic Diet on Motor Functions and Daily Living Activities of Children With Multidrug-Resistant Epilepsy: A Prospective Study

Journal of Child Neurology ◽

10.1177/0883073818786558 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 33 (11) ◽

pp. 718-723

Author(s):

Duygu Çubukçu ◽

Orkide Güzel ◽

Nur Arslan

Keyword(s):

Ketogenic Diet ◽

Motor Function ◽

Daily Living ◽

Functional Independence Measure ◽

Functional Independence ◽

Multidrug Resistant ◽

Motor Functions ◽

Daily Living Activities ◽

Diet Treatment ◽

A Prospective Study

Aims: To investigate the effect of ketogenic diet on motor function and daily living activities in children with epilepsy. Methods: A total of 62 children (median age 5.0 years) were enrolled. Motor function was assessed using the Gross Motor Function Measure (GMFM), and daily living activities and cognitive functions were assessed using the Functional Independence Measure (WeeFIM) before treatment and 3, 6, and 12 months after ketogenic diet treatment. Results: Significant improvement in total GMFM and WeeFIM scores ( P < .001) were found during the 12 months of ketogenic diet treatment. There was a positive correlation between total GMFM scores and WeeFIM scores at baseline (r= 0.792, P = .0001), and at 3 (r= 0.780, P = .0001), 6 (r= 0.744, P = .0001), and 12 months (r= 0.692, P = .0001) of treatment. Both the responder (50 patients, 80.7%) and nonresponder (12 patients, 19.3%) patient groups showed significantly higher GMFM and WeeFIM scores at 12 months of treatment compared to baseline values. A ≥50% reduction in seizure frequency was observed in 77.4%, 72.6%, and 80.7% of the patients after 3, 6, and 12 months of treatment, respectively. Conclusion: Ketogenic diet treatment improves motor functions and daily living activities in children with epilepsy during the 12 months of treatment.

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Talk the talk and walk the walk. Evaluation of autonomy in aging and Alzheimer disease by simulating instrumental activities of daily living: the S-IADL

PeerJ ◽

10.7717/peerj.2351 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 4 ◽

pp. e2351 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Véronique Quaglino ◽

Yannick Gounden ◽

Emilie Lacot ◽

Frédérique Couvillers ◽

Amandine Lions ◽

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Keyword(s):

Alzheimer Disease ◽

Activities Of Daily Living ◽

Daily Living ◽

The Elderly ◽

Healthy Adults ◽

Functional Evaluation ◽

Complex Behavior ◽

Everyday Activities ◽

Healthy Elderly ◽

Instrumental Activities

ObjectiveThe autonomy of individuals is linked to the achievement of instrumental activities of daily living that require complex behavior. In the elderly, the assessment of autonomy is usually based on questionnaires that have strong subjective constraints. Considering this fact, we tested elderly healthy adults and Alzheimer disease patients using a new measure, the S-IADL (Simulation of Instrumental Activities for Daily Living), to assess the ability to perform effectively activities of daily living.MethodThe S-IADL shares many items with the well-known IADL questionnaire proposed by Lawton & Brody (1969). However, as opposed to the IADL, the assessment of autonomy is not based on the completion of a questionnaire but requires the realization or simulation of various activities of daily living. Eighty-three participants (69 healthy elderly, and 14 Alzheimer Disease patients) completed the IADL and performed the S-IADL assessment.ResultsResults revealed that, like the IADL, the S-IADL is able to identify AD patients who are likely to encounter difficulties in performing everyday activities, and no major differences were found between the IADL and the S-IADL.ConclusionsWe outlined some advantages for prefering, in certain situation, this new tool based on simulation of activities in functional evaluation. Finally, we discuss the main limits of the S-IADL that should be investigated prior to its utilization by clinicians.

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Shoulder Joint Motion Analysis of Daily Living Activities Using a Global Coordinate System

The Japanese Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine ◽

10.2490/jjrmc.50.840 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 50 (10) ◽

pp. 840-844

Author(s):

Yukiya INOUE ◽

Mayumi KIHARA ◽

Junko YOSHIMURA ◽

Naoki YOSHIDA ◽

Kenji MATSUMOTO ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Coordinate System ◽

Motion Analysis ◽

Shoulder Joint ◽

Daily Living ◽

Global Coordinate System ◽

Joint Motion ◽

Daily Living Activities

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Comprehensive Management of Daily Living Activities, behavioral and Psychological Symptoms, and Cognitive Function in Patients with Alzheimer's Disease: A Chinese Consensus on the Comprehensive Management of Alzheimer's Disease

Neuroscience Bulletin ◽

10.1007/s12264-021-00701-z ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Jianjun Jia ◽

Jun Xu ◽

Jun Liu ◽

Yongjun Wang ◽

Yanjiang Wang ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Alzheimer’S Disease ◽

Alzheimer's Disease ◽

Cognitive Function ◽

Daily Living ◽

Psychological Symptoms ◽

Daily Living Activities ◽

Comprehensive Management ◽

Behavioral And Psychological Symptoms

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Functional outcomes following inpatient rehabilitation of guillain-barré syndrome patients: Intravenous immunoglobulins versus plasma exchange

Neurorehabilitation ◽

10.3233/nre-201640 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-9

Author(s):

Moshe Bondi ◽

Einat Engel-Haber ◽

Julie Wolff ◽

Liza Grosman-Rimon ◽

Ayala Bloch ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Activities Of Daily Living ◽

Plasma Exchange ◽

Functional Outcomes ◽

Daily Living ◽

Functional Independence ◽

Assessment Tools ◽

Guillain Barre Syndrome ◽

Disability Scale ◽

Guillain Barré Syndrome ◽

Guillain Barré

BACKGROUND: Treatment with either Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) or plasma exchange (PE) in patients with Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) showed equivalent efficacy as attested by a commonly used disability scale. However, it has been suggested that this scale may not be sensitive enough to detect subtle functional changes between the two treatments since it mainly focuses on walking capability and respiratory function. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate functional outcomes following treatment with IVIg or PE using comprehensive scales that incorporate parameters of basic activities of daily living. METHODS: A retrospective cohort study was conducted between 2007 and 2013 in an inpatient neurologic rehabilitation department. The study group included 70 individuals with GBS: 39 were treated with PE and 31 with IVIg. A comparison of functional outcomes was performed using Functional Independence Measure (FIM), rehabilitation efficiency (REy), rehabilitation effectiveness (REs), and the GBS disability scale (GDS). RESULTS: Both treatments had a comparable effect on the various functional outcomes. Patients showed a significant increase in total FIM scores (30 points on average) during rehabilitation mainly as a result of an increase in motor sub-scores. A mean improvement of 1.23 (SD 0.9) in GDS was also observed. On average, individuals with GBS spent 20 days combined in the acute departments and 61 days in the rehabilitation department, with length of stay being similar for both treatments. CONCLUSIONS: IVIg and PE treatments have similar basic activities of daily living (ADL) functional outcomes. Nevertheless, due to the different mechanism of actions of these treatments and the multitude of GBS variants, it is possible that further comprehensive assessment tools may demonstrate differences in activity and participation of individuals with GBS.

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Optimal Design of a Rehabilitation Four Cable-Driven Parallel Robot for Daily Living Activities

Advances in Service and Industrial Robotics - Mechanisms and Machine Science ◽

10.1007/978-3-030-48989-2_1 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 3-12 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Ferdaws Ennaiem ◽

Abdelbadiâ Chaker ◽

Juan Sebastián Sandoval Arévalo ◽

Med Amine Laribi ◽

Sami Bennour ◽

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Keyword(s):

Optimal Design ◽

Daily Living ◽

Parallel Robot ◽

Daily Living Activities

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Interview for Deterioration in Daily Living Activities in Dementia: construct and concurrent validity in patients with mild to moderate dementia

International Psychogeriatrics ◽

10.1017/s1041610211001785 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 24 (3) ◽

pp. 382-390 ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

Sebastian Voigt-Radloff ◽

Rainer Leonhart ◽

Matthias Schützwohl ◽

Luisa Jurjanz ◽

Thomas Reuster ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Activities Of Daily Living ◽

Internal Consistency ◽

Concurrent Validity ◽

Daily Living ◽

Factor Model ◽

Cognitive Testing ◽

Daily Living Activities ◽

Moderate Dementia ◽

Dementia Research ◽

And Performance

ABSTRACTBackground: The purpose of the study was to translate the Interview for Deterioration in Daily Living Activities in Dementia (IDDD) into German and to evaluate the construct and concurrent validity in people with mild to moderate dementia.Methods: IDDD data of two pooled samples (n = 301) were analyzed regarding ceiling and bottom effects, internal consistency, factor reliability and correlations with corresponding scales on cognition and activities of daily living.Results: We found minimal bottom (< 5%) and ceiling (≤ 2%) effects, good internal consistency (Cronbach's α > 0.7) and moderate to good factor reliability (0.66–0.87). Low correlations with cognition (Pearson coefficient: < 0.17) confirmed the differences between cognitive testing and activities of daily living (ADL). Minor correlations with other ADL scores (r < 0.2) indicated that different scores cover a different range of ADLs. The original two factor model could not be confirmed. A suggested four factor model distinguishing initiative and performance of basic and instrumental ADL demonstrated better indices of fit and higher correlations with corresponding scales.Conclusion: A four factor model of the IDDD can be used in dementia research for assessing initiative in and performance of basic and household activities of daily living. The findings suggest that ADL scales correlate only poorly and that further development of the IDDD is needed to cover a broader range of ADLs.

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