Activities Of Daily Living

While most patients may expect a return to daily activities after ankle fracture repair, presented results showed patients with sedentary preinjury levels of activity may have better odds of returning to normal activity after surgery.

For individuals with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis, fatigue levels were associated with disability rate, physical conditioning and activity level, according to research from Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders.

Nearly half of individuals in a study about activities of daily living among more than 1,000 patients with myasthenia gravis reported disease symptoms associated with an “unsatisfactory” state, according to findings published in Neurology.

Findings from a retrospective cohort study demonstrated a significant association between lower self-rated health and limitations to performing various activities of daily living.

Masitinib, an oral tyrosine kinase inhibitor, improved measures of cognition, memory and activities of daily living in a phase 2b/3 study of patients with mild and moderate Alzheimer’s disease, according to a press release.

More than 15% of adults in every U.S. state and territory are physically inactive, according to new CDC data.

Amniotic suspension allograft may be an effective nonoperative treatment of symptomatic knee osteoarthritis, according to recently published results.