The lockdowns brought not only mental health issues to the fore but impacted the physical health of participants. Some reported they were fearful of the COVID-19 pandemic: “... For a little while I was afraid to leave, to go outside. I didn’t know if you got it from the air” ...
A qualitative study about the mental health and wellbeing of older adults in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic Article Open access 26 July 2021 “If you know from the start ‘how long’, then you can always adjust to it better”: a qualitative study of adults’ experiences and copi...
published a new operational definition of sarcopenia in the name of the “European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older persons” (EWSGOP2) [12]. The operational definition of sarcopenia includes (1) low muscle strength, (2) low muscle quality or quantity, and (3) low physical performance. ...
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P: Well…I have to base my answer on my own experience. And…that is that you have to be so sick that you are dying (before you get help). It shouldn’t be necessary to fight to get help. In that case the offer should be there. I am aunt of two persons who have taken their...
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The Getting Older Adults Outdoors (GO-OUT) randomized controlled trial showed that a workshop and 10-week park-based outdoor walk group (OWG) was superior to the workshop and 10 weekly reminders (WR) with increasing walking capacity, but not outdoor walking activity, health-promoting behavior...
Wearable assistive robotics has emerged as a promising technology to supplement or replace motor functions and to retrain people recovering from an injury or living with reduced mobility. We developed delayed output feedback control for a wearable hip-as
Measures facilitating social connectedness will help persons deprived of their liberty to gain more social capital, that is, resources such as emotional (group psychotherapy, team sport) or instrumental support for genuine relationships (phone calls, emails, family meetings) both inside and outside of...
Risk factors and precipitants of severe disability among community-living older persons. JAMA Netw Open. 2020;3(6):e206021. 5. Montero-Odasso MM, Kamkar N, Pieruccini-Faria F, Osman A, Sarquis- Adamson Y, Close J, et al. Evaluation of clinical practice guidelines on fall prevention ...