Predictors of Quality of Life among Older Residents in Rural and Urban Areas in Indonesia: An Approach Using the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health.

Objectives: The International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF) model provides a comprehensive framework for understanding health and quality of life (QoL) in older adults in both rural and urban settings, each presenting unique advantages and challenges. This study aimed to explore the relationship between factors based on the ICF model and QoL among older residents of these areas.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted, involving 286 older adults aged 60 years or older from rural and urban areas of Surakarta, Central Java, Indonesia.

Translation and Cross-Cultural Adaptation of Nepali Version of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment.

Background: Montreal Cognitive Assessment is widely used in stroke to detect cognitive impairment. The superiority of it over other outcome measures has been well established. It has been cross-culturally translated and has shown excellent psychometric properties.

Thai Preschoolers' movement behaviors outside kindergarten: prevalence of meeting individual and integrated movement guidelines.

Background: This study aimed to investigate movement behaviors of Thai preschoolers (aged 3-6 years) occurring outside kindergarten in urban areas across Thailand.

Methods: Surveillance of digital Media in eArLy chiLdhood Questionnaire® was used to collect data from 1051 parents recruited from 12 schools. Descriptive statistics and logistic regressions were applied for data analysis.

Prevalence and risk factors of work-related musculoskeletal disorders among physical therapists in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

Background: Understanding risk factors linked to work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) is crucial for enhancing health promotion and ensuring workplace safety among healthcare professionals particularly physical therapists (PTs). However, in Vietnam, there has been lack of an investigation. Therefore, this study was to determine whether potential risk factors contributed to the occurrence of WMSDs among PTs in Ho Chi Minh City.

Balance, strength and physical activity after ankle sprain: Comparison between children with chronic ankle instability and copers.

Objective: The aim of this study was to compare muscle strength, balance, and physical activity between children with chronic ankle instability and copers.

Design: Cross-sectional study.

Setting: Pediatric Physical Therapy laboratory.

Validity of "OfficeCheck": A self-musculoskeletal assessment tool for screening work-related musculoskeletal disorders in office workers.

Background: Early self-assessment for work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) is crucial in preventing severe symptoms and long-term consequences. Accessible tools are necessary for proactive management.

Objective: To validate the OfficeCheck web application as a screening tool to classify office workers as capable of self-management for specific symptoms of WMSDs or requiring professional consultation.

Factors associated with reduced risk of musculoskeletal disorders among office workers: a cross-sectional study 2017 to 2020.

Background: Prolonged sitting at work should be avoided to reduce the risks of either noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) or musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) among office workers. A short duration of breaks in sitting every hour can reduce cardiometabolic risk factors contributing to NCDs. However, the recommendation for a break from sitting at work to reduce the risks of MSDs has not been identified.

Functional outcome following inpatient rehabilitation among individuals with complete spinal cord injury in Nepal.

Study Design: Descriptive study.

Objectives: To describe functional outcomes using Spinal Cord Independence Measure III (SCIM III) following inpatient rehabilitation among individuals with complete spinal cord injury (SCI) in the low-income setting of Nepal; to evaluate functional changes from rehabilitation admission to discharge and to compare functional outcomes between neurological levels of injury (NLI) at discharge.

Setting: Spinal Injury Rehabilitation Centre (SIRC), Kavrepalanchowk, Nepal.

The Effects of Ramp Gradients and Pushing-Pulling Techniques on Lumbar Spinal Load in Healthy Workers.

Background: Many tasks in industrial and health care setting are involved with pushing and pulling tasks up or down on a ramp. An efficient method of moving cart which reduces the risk of low back pain should be concerned. This study aimed to investigate the effects of handling types (HTs) and slope on lumbar spinal load during moving a cart on a ramp.

Cross-cultural adaptation of the Cumberland Ankle Instability Tool - Youth Thai version.

Background: This study aimed to translate the original version of the Cumberland Ankle Instability Tool (CAITY) into a Thai version by using cross-cultural adaptation, and to examine the psychometric properties and cut-off score of the CAITY - Thai version (CAITY-T).

Methods: Six cross-cultural adaptation steps were used to translate and validate the psychometric properties with 267 participants, 140 with chronic ankle instability (CAI) and 127 without CAI. Their mean age was 12.

A structural equation model of falls at home in individuals with chronic stroke, based on the international classification of function, disability, and health.

Purpose: To use structural equation model (SEM) to explain falls at home in individuals with chronic stroke, based on the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF).

Materials And Methods: A cross sectional observation study was conducted in home-dwelling individuals with chronic stroke (N = 236; 148 non-fallers, 88 fallers). Participants were assessed; structural impairments using Modified Ashworth Scale, Fugl-Meyer Assessment upper (FMA-UE), lower (FMA-LE), and sensory function, ankle plantarflexor strength; activity limitations using Timed Up and Go Test, Step Test, Berg Balance Scale, Barthel Index (BI); participation restrictions using Stroke Impact Scale-participation (SIS-P); and contextual factors using home hazard environments, home safety surroundings, risk behaviors, and Fall-related Self Efficacy.

Standardised criteria for classifying the International Classification of Activities for Time-use Statistics (ICATUS) activity groups into sleep, sedentary behaviour, and physical activity.

Background: Globally, the International Classification of Activities for Time-Use Statistics (ICATUS) is one of the most widely used time-use classifications to identify time spent in various activities. Comprehensive 24-h activities that can be extracted from ICATUS provide possible implications for the use of time-use data in relation to activity-health associations; however, these activities are not classified in a way that makes such analysis feasible. This study, therefore, aimed to develop criteria for classifying ICATUS activities into sleep, sedentary behaviour (SB), light physical activity (LPA), and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA), based on expert assessment.

The Persisted Effects of Low-Frequency Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation to Augment Task-Specific Induced Hand Recovery Following Subacute Stroke: Extended Study.

Objective: To examine the long-term effects of the low-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (LFrTMS) combined with task-specific training on paretic hand function following subacute stroke.

Methods: Sixteen participants were randomly selected and grouped into two: the experimental group (real LFrTMS) and the control group (sham LF-rTMS). All the 16 participants were then taken through a 1-hour taskspecific training of the paretic hand.

Effects of physical, virtual reality-based, and brain exercise on physical, cognition, and preference in older persons: a randomized controlled trial.

Background: Physical exercise (PE), virtual reality-based exercise (VRE), and brain exercise (BE) can influence physical and cognitive conditions in older persons. However, it is not known which of the three types of exercises provide the best effects on physical and cognitive status, and which exercise is preferred by older persons. This study compared the effects of PE, VRE, and BE on balance, muscle strength, cognition, and fall concern.

Parental misperception of child's weight and related factors within family norms.

Purpose: Parental perception of their child's weight may be a crucial factor in parental ability for action with regard to their child's weight problem. This aim of this study was to investigate parental perception of their child's weight status and dietary healthiness, amount of food consumed and physical activity level and its related factors.

Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted among children (Grades 4-6) selected by cluster sampling in two schools.

Break in Sedentary Behavior Reduces the Risk of Noncommunicable Diseases and Cardiometabolic Risk Factors among Workers in a Petroleum Company.

Although prolonged sitting appears as a novel risk factor related to health outcomes for all ages, its association needs to be replicated in occupational conditions. This study explored the associations between sedentary behavior and four noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) as well as two cardiometabolic risk factors (CMRFs) among workers in a petroleum company, Thailand. All workers were invited to complete the online self-report questionnaire.

PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, SELF-ESTEEM, AND QUALITY OF LIFE AMONG PEOPLE WITH PHYSICAL DISABILITY.

Physical activity (PA) can improve health and quality of life (QOL) of healthy people. However, the association between PA and QOL among people with physical disability (PWPD) is inconclusive. This study was conducted to determine the relationships between factors including intensity of PA, activitiy in daily living (ADL), stress, and self-esteem that influences self-reported QOL among PWPD.

Cross-Cultural Adaptation of the Compendium of Physical Activity: Thai Translation and Content Validity.

Objective: To translate the compendium physical activity (compendium) proposed by Ainsworth to Thai and to validate the Thai translated version.

Material And Method: Five steps of cross-cultural adaption were conducted as follows: (1) forward translation, (2) group review, (3) backward translation, (4) group review and final decision and (5) a pilot study. Eight hundred and twenty-one activities ofthe compendium were translated to Thai by two independents translators.

Correlation between Weight Transfer on Paretic Limb While Standing in Three Directions and Fugl-Meyer Assessment for Lower Extremities in Individuals with Stroke.

Objective: To determine the correlation between percent weight transfer on paretic limb while standing and the Fugl-Meyer lower extremity motor assessment scale (FMA_LE) in individuals after stroke.

Material And Method: Individuals after stroke who had limited community ambulation and walking speed less than 0.8 m/s were included in the study.

Online self-report questionnaire on computer work-related exposure (OSCWE): validity and internal consistency.

Objective: To develop an online, self-report questionnaire on computer work-related exposure (OSCWE) and to determine the internal consistency, face and content validity of the questionnaire.

Material And Method: The online, self-report questionnaire was developed to determine the risk factors related to musculoskeletal disorders in computer users. It comprised five domains: personal, work-related, work environment, physical health and psychosocial factors.

Fall prediction in thai elderly with timed up and go and tandem walk test: a cross-sectional study.

Objective: To examine the timed up and go (TUG) and tandem walk test (TWT) as fall prediction assessments in Thai elderly.

Material And Method: Elderly subjects aged between 60 and 86 years and living in Nakhonpathom and Samutsakhon provinces were classified as fallers and non-fallers by self-report in the past six months. The TUG and TWT were used to predict falls.

Walking and stair climbing abilities in individuals after chronic stroke with and without mental health problem.

Objective: To compare muscle strength, balance, walking and stair climbing abilities among individuals after chronic stroke with or without mental health problems; to describe their physiological response after stress stimulation.

Material And Method: Subjects who had their first stroke more than one year ago were classified for mental health problems according to the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale-21. Lower extremity muscle strength of the quadriceps and plantar flexors, was measured by dynamometer Balance and walking performance was measured by the Berg Balance Scale (BBS), 10-m walk test and timing of stair climbing.

Six-month prospective study of fall risk factors identification in patients post-stroke.

Aim: To determine if the findings at month 1 could correctly identify stroke patients who fell in the 6 months post-stroke; and to describe the characteristics of fallers and non-fallers, and their courses of recovery.

Methods: Of 133 volunteers who had their first stroke, 98 participants completed the assessment three times. Fall incidence and history were collected by telephone every 2 weeks and recorded.

Factors related to community participation by stroke victims six month post-stroke.

Participation in the community socially by stroke victims is an optimal outcome post-stroke. We carried out a cohort study to evaluate a model for community participation by Thai stroke victims 6 months post-stroke. Six standardized instruments were used to assess the patient's status 1, 3 and 6 months after stroke.