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Quality Of Life Of Emirati Women With Breast Cancer, Linda Smail, Ghufran Jassim, Sarah Khan, Syed Tirmazy, Mouza Al Ameri
Quality Of Life Of Emirati Women With Breast Cancer, Linda Smail, Ghufran Jassim, Sarah Khan, Syed Tirmazy, Mouza Al Ameri
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To examine the quality of life (QoL) of Emirati women with breast cancer (BC) and determine its relationships with their sociodemographic characteristics and clinical factors. The study will play a leading role in providing information about the QoL of Emirati women with BC and will help in recognizing the aspects of QoL in BC survivorship that requires special attention. A population-based cross-sectional study was conducted on 250 Emirati women using a multistage stratified clustered random sampling. The participants were interviewed face-to-face using a structured questionnaire composed of sociodemographic variables, reproductive characteristics, and the European Organization for Research and Treatment of …
Exercise And Nutrition Impact On Osteoporosis And Sarcopenia—The Incidence Of Osteosarcopenia: A Narrative Review, Sousana K. Papadopoulou, Konstantinos Papadimitriou, Gavriela Voulgaridou, Evridiki Georgaki, Eudoxia Tsotidou, Olga Zantidou, Dimitrios Papandreou
Exercise And Nutrition Impact On Osteoporosis And Sarcopenia—The Incidence Of Osteosarcopenia: A Narrative Review, Sousana K. Papadopoulou, Konstantinos Papadimitriou, Gavriela Voulgaridou, Evridiki Georgaki, Eudoxia Tsotidou, Olga Zantidou, Dimitrios Papandreou
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Osteoporosis and sarcopenia are diseases which affect the myoskeletal system and often occur in older adults. They are characterized by low bone density and loss of muscle mass and strength, factors which reduce the quality of life and mobility. Recently, apart from pharmaceutical interventions, many studies have focused on non-pharmaceutical approaches for the prevention of osteoporosis and sarcopenia with exercise and nutrition to being the most important and well studied of those. The purpose of the current narrative review is to describe the role of exercise and nutrition on prevention of osteoporosis and sarcopenia in older adults and to define …
Sense Of Effort Is Distorted In People With Chronic Low Back Pain, Michel W. Coppieters, Jesper Andersen, Håvard Selbæk, Kjell Herland, Rahma Ajja, Harald Markussen, Paul W. Hodges
Sense Of Effort Is Distorted In People With Chronic Low Back Pain, Michel W. Coppieters, Jesper Andersen, Håvard Selbæk, Kjell Herland, Rahma Ajja, Harald Markussen, Paul W. Hodges
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Background: Proprioceptive deficits in people with low back pain (LBP) have traditionally been attributed to altered paraspinal muscle spindle afference and its central processing. Studies conducted in the upper limb demonstrated that sense of effort is also an important source of kinaesthetic information. Objectives: To better understand proprioceptive deficits in people with chronic LBP (cLBP), this study aimed to test whether sense of effort is affected in people with cLBP. Design: Cross-sectional study. Method: Fourteen participants with cLBP and fourteen healthy participants performed a 120 s force matching task with their trunk extensor muscles at a low intensity. Results: When …
Intradialytic Aerobic Exercise In The United Arab Emirates: A Descriptive Study, Nada Salhab, Mirey Karavetian, Jeroen Kooman, Enrico Fiaccadori
Intradialytic Aerobic Exercise In The United Arab Emirates: A Descriptive Study, Nada Salhab, Mirey Karavetian, Jeroen Kooman, Enrico Fiaccadori
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Aim: Intradialytic exercise (IDE) improves hyperphosphatemia management in hemodialysis (HD) patient in addition to other clinical outcomes. The aim of the study is to present the strategies needed to integrate such a protocol in an HD unit in UAE and patients’ baseline characteristics. Methods: The largest HD unit in Sharjah emirate was chosen. All eligible patients (n=57) in the unit were included. Patients were stable adults HD patients who served as their own controls. The intervention included an aerobic low intensity IDE of 45 minutes per HD session, tailored to each patient’s fitness scale (BORG scale) for 6 months. Patients …