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Cardiometabolic Multimorbidity and Activity Limitation Among Older Canadians
To i) estimate the prevalence of activity limitation among Canadians with cardiometabolic multimorbidity (CM); and ii) to quantify the association between CM and activity limitation. Cardiometabolic multimorbidity is the diagnosis of two or more of stroke, heart disease and diabetes.
Source: Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation - December 1, 2022 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Nicole Ketter, Christopher Brinton, Jodi Siever, Brodie Sakakibara Tags: Research Poster 2184269 Source Type: research

Letter to the Editor on “Traditional Cardiovascular Risk Factors Strongly Underestimate the 5-Year Occurrence of Cardiovascular Morbidity and Mortality in Spinal Cord Injured Individuals”
Barton et al's1 article studies cardiovascular risk in a cohort of individuals with a spinal cord injury (SCI). As the authors noted, the Framingham Risk Score (FRS) was derived to identify risk factors for cardiovascular disease. It is important to note, however, that the outcome measure for this risk score is defined as a “composite of coronary heart disease (coronary death, myocardial infarction, coronary insufficiency, and angina), cerebrovascular events (including ischemic stroke, hemorrhagic stoke, and transient ischemic attack), peripheral artery disease (intermittent claudication), and heart failure.”2 This com...
Source: Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation - July 17, 2021 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Brian Higdon Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: research

Disease Burden in Saudi Arabia Compared to the USA- as Measured by the Short Form 36 (SF36v2) Health Survey
To evaluate disease burden in Saudi Arabia compared with the USA for seven chronic conditions of interest for physical rehabilitation: heart disease (HD), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), stroke, arthritis, back problems (BP), chronic fatigue (CF), and limitations in use of arms or legs (LAL) .
Source: Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation - September 27, 2016 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Ahmed Aboabat, Ahmed Aboabat, Jakob Bue Bjorner, Hazem Qannam Source Type: research