Objective: Nutritional assessment and diagnosis of malnutrition in pediatric patients is dependent on anthropometric measurements. In macrocephalic children, current anthropometric measures may fail to correctly diagnose ...
For adults with intellectual disability life as an adult is more constrained, with fewer opportunities; the literature indicates that intellectual disability negatively impacts people across multiple life domains. Despite ...
Objective: Nutritional assessment of infants in the Newborn Intensive Care Unit (NICU) depends on the performance of accurate, serial anthropometric measurements. In this Level IV NICU, nurses used tape measures more often ...
All participants of the Indiana Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women Infant and Children (WIC) receive supplemental foods, nutrition education, and health care referrals. The Indiana WIC program established an ...
Background: SMOF lipid™ infusion containing soybean oil, medium-chain triglycerides, olive oil, and fish oil has been approved and recommended for use in adults receiving parenteral nutrition (PN). Research shows that SMOF ...
The ability of virtual reality (VR) active games to elicit moderate-to-vigorous
physical activity (MVPA) has yet to be fully understood. Also, whether VR combined
with physical activity could have a greater pain reducing ...
Leg-Spring Stiffness (LSS) is the measure of the musculoskeletal, neuromuscular, and biomechanical functions of the human body, and an appropriate evaluation metric for changes brought on by Anterior Cruciate Ligament ...
This pilot study examines the use of the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program by the Burmese population in Indianapolis, Indiana.
A significant number of Burmese people migrated to the Indianapolis area starting ...
Efforts to encourage the medical community to prescribe exercise for disease
prevention and management have increased significantly in recent years. In patients with
obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), it is encouraging that ...
Background: Pulmonary Hypertension (PH) is a devastating disease characterized by pulmonary arterial remodeling, right ventricular dysfunction and ultimately right heart failure. Increased emphasis has been given to skeletal ...
The United States is amidst an opioid overdose epidemic. Even with significant
gaps in surveillance data on opioid-related deaths, the problem is undeniable and requires
a systemic response. Despite the dangerous effects ...
SASTMTM is a myofascial technique used to mobilize soft tissue and aid in the elongation of soft tissue and create physiological change. The purpose of the study was to determine the acute effects of Sound Assisted Soft ...
Background: Ambulation is critical to a child’s participation, development of selfconcept,
and quality of life. Children with cerebral palsy (CP) frequently exhibit
limitation in walking proficiency which has been ...
Cerebral Palsy (CP) is considered to be the leading cause of motor disability
among children. Children with CP present with multiple physical impairments including
decreased strength and range of motion (ROM), increased ...
Background: Rehabilitation Robotics (RR) has become a more widely used and better
understood treatment intervention and research tool in the last 15 years. Traditional
research involves pre and post-test outcomes, making ...
Sport and exercise psychology practitioners work with military service members to enhance performance prior to and during active duty but have no clear role during military career exits. Given health and wellness concerns ...
In the United States, over 30 percent of children are categorized as overweight or
obese. Comorbid conditions, such as cardiovascular disease and other health
complications related to obesity, are also on the rise. This ...
Too few studies relating to motivation and wellness have targeted the NCAA Division II
student-athlete (SA) population. PURPOSES: To examine differences in SAs’ sport motivation
(SM) types over three time points as ...
Background: Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) has the potential to reduce the
symptoms and complications of respiratory diseases through an interdisciplinary
approach. Providing PR services to the increasing number of ...
Intellectual disability (ID) is considered a high-incidence disability affecting approximately 1.2 million adults in America (Brault, 2012). Diagnosed before the age of 18, ID is characterized by poor intellectual functioning, ...