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Do pedometers increase activity and improve health outcomes?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2017)
Q: Do pedometers increase activity and improve health outcomes? Evidence-based answer: yes. In overweight and obese patients, exercise interventions using a pedometer increase steps by about a mile per day over the same interventions without access...
Prediction of knee loading in native knee and total knee arthroplasty : a forward dynamics computational study
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
and tension, and muscle forces found across patients. The differences in biomechanics were compared for the two designs. 1.2 Significance of this Research The world health organization ranks musculoskeletal disorders as the second largest contributor...
Evaluating the Ergonomics of Healthcare Providers using Kinematic Motion Analysis, Electromyography, and Musculoskeletal Modeling
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2018)
raters to assess risk or exposure to musculoskeletal disorders. This research program used marker-based kinematic motion capture, surface electromyography, and musculoskeletal modeling to evaluate occupational postures in eye care providers and dental...
Prolotherapy: A nontraditional approach to knee osteoarthritis
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2014)
Recommend prolotherapy for patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA) that does not respond to conventional therapies.
Becoming a Healthier Guitarist: Understanding and Addressing Injuries
(2016)
The field of performance arts medicine is supplying musicians with alarming
statistics regarding their health. Authors give statistics as high as 93% when
discussing the injury rate among instrumentalists. As guitar ...
The use of magnetic resonance imaging and proton spectroscopy to identify critical tissues in dogs with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy for future assessment of therapeutic intervention : a pilot study
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
Duchenne's Muscular Dystrophy is a debilitating disease that affects skeletal and cardiac muscle of 1 in 5000 male births. In the last thirty years, the gene responsible for the encoding of Dystrophin has been identified, ...
Implementing an Evidence-Based Depression Treatment Program for Adults with Comorbid Depression and Chronic Illness
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2021)
Depression is a prevalent problem globally and affects mental, emotional, and physical health.
Multiple studies have shown that unrecognized or untreated depression strongly correlates with
chronic illnesses. Understanding ...
Alterations in cardiac contractility and heart rate mediated by bone loading
(2022)
The skeleton is a dynamic organ in complex interplay with the other systems of the body and is highly responsive to input from the external environment. Increasingly, evidence is mounting that the skeleton is the source of endocrine factors which...
Effects of an Online Meditation-Based Intervention Compared to an Attention-Controlled Group on Chronic Pain Outcome among Nurses: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Study
(2022)
and acceptability of conducting an online, asynchronous, three-week, double-blind, randomized-controlled meditation-based intervention compared to an active-controlled group on chronic pain outcomes of stress, serum cortisol, self-compassion, professional caring...
Education and Screening of the Female Athlete Triad in the Adolescent Population
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2020)
The Female Athlete Triad was first identified in 1992, yet the majority of primary care providers
are unaware of the signs and symptoms and proper screening for the syndrome. The purpose of
this study was to implement ...
Are Functional Limitations Predictive of Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine by Chronic Pain Patients?
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)
Chronic pain is an escalating problem in the United States, with a prevalence
of over 100 million people at an annual cost of $560 – 635 billion per year in medical
costs and lost productivity. Some of the consequences ...
Health-related quality of life in midlife and older women with hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and hypermobility spectrum disorders
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
that environmental factors can significantly impact physical and mental HRQOL, a topic not yet explored in hEDS/HSD literature. This study yielded a model based on the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) framework identifying...
Physical activity in adolescents with orthopedic limitations: The use of human-animal interaction in the form of dog-walking
(2015)
Nine out of ten adolescents fail to achieve Healthy People 2020 recommended levels of aerobic and muscle-strengthening physical activity leading to deleterious consequences for individuals and a public health epidemic (US Department of Health...
Mediterranean Eating for Persons with Parkinson’s Disease: An Evidence-Based Dietary Educational Intervention
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2021)
Parkinson’s disease requires holistic management to improve the quality of life in affected
persons and prevent complications associated with other comorbidities such as cardiovascular
disease. The purpose of this ...
Traditional postpartum care : alloparenting from an evolutionary perspective
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
postpartum care. In order to enhance our understanding of the current practice of traditional postpartum care in modern settings, this dissertation conducted a set of surveys based on a questionnaire and follow-up interview, and found how much...
Mindfulness as a treatment for military women's chronic pelvic pain: A randomized controlled trial (MoCHI)
(2020)
pain management skills whether related to pain, painful coitus, irritable bowel, or voiding pain, which could be detrimental in maintaining their physical and mental health and improve coping to help their “readiness” for missions. But, ultimately...
Characterization of the impact of platelet-rich plasma and corticosteroid upon clinical and biochemical outcomes of knee osteoarthritis patients
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
Introduction: There is no cure for symptomatic knee osteoarthritis (OA), and intra-articular injection is frequently used to provide symptomatic relief for patients of this debilitating disease. This study was performed ...
Use of Biomechanical Motion Analysis and Pelvic Surgery Simulator for the Prevention of Surgical Errors in Mid-urethral Sling Anti-Incontinence Surgery
(2023)
Track Flex 13 motion capture system. Multibody kinematic models were developed in MSC ADAMS to analyze the surgical instrument kinematics. Musculoskeletal models were developed using OpenSim to analyze the surgeon body kinematics during the retropubic trocar...
Health Status Implications for Comorbid Diabetes in Patients with Symptomatic Peripheral Artery Disease: Insights from the PORTRAIT Registry
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2018)
: Investigating Trajectories (PORTRAIT) is a 16-center international registry that includes patients with exacerbated or new-onset symptomatic PAD presenting to specialty clinics. PAD-specific health status was measured at the time of initial PAD evaluation and 12...
Preferences for Shared Decision-Making Between Physicians and Patients: Is Age a Factor?
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2019)
Shared decision-making (SDM) is a tool suggested for improving patient-doctor
relationships, health decision satisfaction, and health outcomes in all patient populations. The
assumption that older patients desire purely ...