Kyphosis, an excessive forward curvature of the thoracic spine, is increasingly recognised as a significant factor affecting physical function in older adults. Characterised not only by postural ...

Researchers from The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and College of Medicine's School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences (HRS) recently published a study that found a link between ...

Juntendo University researchers have trained a machine learning algorithm to use clinical information and physical function metrics to accurately estimate long-term survival odds of elderly patients ...

Current models of mortality risk after heart failure (HF) rely primarily on cardiac-specific clinical variables and may underestimate risk in elderly East Asian patients. Researchers from Japan used ...

Physical activity reduces chronic disease risks, improves function, and extends lifespan, thus supporting clinicians’ use of exercise prescriptions as a health intervention, new research suggests. A ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Physical function correlated with outcomes among patients who underwent CAR T-cell therapy. Those with worse ...

The study identified practical instruments for monitoring physical function in people with hemophilia by pinpointing 11 potential markers and establishing performance-based tests for 5 of these ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patient-reported physical function predicts which patients gain greatest survival benefit from daratumumab.

Physical therapy is a medical treatment that helps you improve your function, range of motion, and overall quality of life. Physical therapy can help accelerate healing from an injury, reduce pain, ...

Older women who had COVID-19 and long COVID subsequently reported lower physical function scores and a declining ability to perform activities of daily living without help compared to those who never ...