IGBO Version of the Older People's Quality Of Life Questionnaire (OPQOL-35) Is Valid and Reliable: Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Validation.

To translate, cross-culturally adapt, and psychometrically evaluate the Older People's Quality of Life Questionnaire (OPQOL-35) among the Igbo older adult population in Enugu State. The original English OPQOL-35 (E-OPQOL-35) was translated into Igbo language, synthesized, back translated, and subsequently subjected to expert panel review, pre-testing and cognitive debriefing interview. The final Igbo version (I-OPQOL-35) was tested for internal consistency, concurrent, and structural validities in a cross-sectional study of 115 consenting apparently healthy older adults that were conveniently recruited from Enugu State, at 0.

Evaluation of trunk muscle activities in response to three breastfeeding positions utilised by women.

Background: High prevalence of breastfeeding (BF)-related musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) in nursing mothers have been reported in previous studies. Studies are scarce on the biomechanical effects of the commonly utilized BF positions.

Objective: This study evaluated the electromyographic (EMG) activities of the trunk muscles in response to three BF positions commonly utilized by mothers globally.

Electromyographic activity of the neck muscles: Effects of varying standing height-derived teaching board heights.

Background: Despite the increasing emergence of modern facilities, the ancient practice of writing on a teaching board is still common in the teaching profession. Ergonomic guidelines of this practice are required for the prevention of work-related neck musculoskeletal disorders inherent of teachers.

Objective: This study investigated the effects of varying teaching board heights on the activities of the neck muscles.