Publications by authors named "A Wallis"

It is sometimes said that when America sneezes, the world catches a cold. The opposite scenario may also apply: a healthy and progressive American economy and democracy provides needed resources and hope to many parts of the world, including Africa. Four years ago, we wrote an optimistic message in this journal.

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Background: Falls are the most reported patient safety incident for patients >65 years in acute hospital settings worldwide. While multifactorial fall interventions reduce the number of falls in subacute and rehabilitation settings, fall interventions in acute hospital settings are unknown.

Aim: To evaluate the effectiveness of multifactorial fall interventions on the number of falls using codesigned education targeting staff and the patient and review the environment in acute hospital settings in NSW, Australia for patients over 65 years of age.

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  • - The study focuses on synucleinopathies, specifically Parkinson's disease (PD), characterized by the buildup of α-synuclein protein in the brain and other tissues.
  • - Researchers examined blood samples from familial PD patients with G51D mutations and sporadic PD patients, finding that levels of stable α-synuclein tetramers were lower compared to control groups.
  • - The decrease in α-synuclein tetramers was also observed in asymptomatic G51D carriers, suggesting that destabilization of these proteins may occur before the onset of PD symptoms, pointing to their potential use as early biomarkers for the disease.
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Background: Developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH) is common in performing artists and other young active individuals and involves abnormalities in bony morphology of the acetabulum and proximal femur that can negatively impact walking biomechanics, muscular strength, quality of life, and sleep. Rehabilitation for hip-related conditions should target known modifiable impairments such as hip muscle strength, though a reliable method of assessment in this population remains unclear.

Objective: To determine the inter- and intra-rater reliability of hip muscle strength assessments using handheld dynamometry (HHD) in young active circus artists with DDH.

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Purpose: Comprehensive spoken language assessment should include the evaluation of language use in naturalistic contexts. Discourse elicitation and analysis provides the opportunity for such an evaluation to occur. In this article, our overall aim was to describe adolescents' language performance on four elicitation tasks and determine if there are task-related differences across the elicitation tasks.

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