ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN GAIT PERFORMANCE AND PAIN INTENSITY, PSYCHOSOCIAL FACTORS, EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONS AS WELL AS PREFRONTAL CORTEX ACTIVITY IN CHRONIC LOW BACK PAIN PATIENTS: A CROSS-SECTIONAL FNIRS STUDY

Associations between gait performance and pain intensity, psychosocial factors, executive functions as well as prefrontal cortex activity in chronic low back pain patients: A cross-sectional fNIRS study

IntroductionActivities of daily living, such as walking, are impaired in chronic low back pain (CLBP) patients compared to healthy individuals.Thereby, pain intensity, psychosocial factors, cognitive functioning and prefrontal cortex (PFC) activity during walking might be related to gait performance during single and dual task walking (STW, DTW).Ho

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Lessons learned from introducing huddle boards to involve nursing staff in targeted observation and reporting of medication effect in a nursing home

Stephan Ore,1 Elin Olaug Rosvold,2 Ragnhild Hellesø3 1Oppsalhjemmet Nursing Home Norlandia, NO-0982 Oslo, Norway; 2Department of General Practice, Institute of Health and Society, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, NO-0318 Oslo, Norway; 3Department of Nursing Sciences, Institute of Health and Society, Faculty of Medicine, University of

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Beyond Prosthetic Memory

Literary and cinematic speculations about the future of care, read armada tantrum skis in tandem with the rising prominence of actual robotic caregivers, foretell a future in which human interaction is no longer an inevitable feature of care relations.This essay considers the social, cultural and ethical implications of robotic care alongside a par

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