Translation and validation of the Taiwanese SarQoL, a quality of life questionnaire specific to sarcopenia.

Background: The Sarcopenia Quality of Life (SarQoL) questionnaire has been translated into various languages. This study validated the Taiwanese version of the SarQoL (SarQoL-TW) questionnaire.

Methods: Forward-backward translation was conducted, along with a test of the prefinal version of the translated questionnaire.

Association Between Turning Mobility and Cognitive Function in Chronic Poststroke.

Turning difficulties are common in patients with stroke. The detrimental effects of dual tasks on turning indicate a correlation between turning and cognition. Cognitive impairment is prevalent after stroke, and stroke patients with mild cognitive impairment had a poorer turning performance than did stroke patients with intact cognitive abilities.

Differences in walking-to-turning characteristics between older adult fallers and nonfallers: a prospective and observational study using wearable inertial sensors.

Wearable inertial sensors have gradually been used as an objective technology for biomechanical assessments of both healthy and pathological movement patterns. This paper used foot-worn sensors for characterizing the spatiotemporal characteristics of walking and turning between older fallers and nonfallers. Thirty community-dwelling older fallers and 30 older nonfallers performed 10-m straight walking, turned 180° around a cone, and then walked 10-m back to the starting point.

Trunk Muscle Activation Patterns During Standing Turns in Patients With Stroke: An Electromyographic Analysis.

Recent evidence indicates that turning difficulty may correlate with trunk control; however, surface electromyography has not been used to explore trunk muscle activity during turning after stroke. This study investigated trunk muscle activation patterns during standing turns in healthy controls (HCs) and patients with stroke with turning difficulty (TD) and no TD (NTD). The participants with stroke were divided into two groups according to the 180° turning duration and number of steps to determine the presence of TD.

The effects of the Otago Exercise Programme on actual and perceived balance in older adults: A meta-analysis.

Objective: Falls are serious issues in older populations. Balance problems are a major cause of falls and may lead to fear of falling and decreased balance confidence. The Otago Exercise Programme (OEP) is an effective fall prevention program that benefits balance function and fear of falling.

Turning difficulties after stroke and its relationship with trunk function.

Background: Turning difficulties has been reported in stroke patients, but most studies have indicated no differences in turning direction regarding turn time or steps. Recent evidence shows that turning difficulty may correlate with trunk control. Trunk flexibility and strength are considered essential to trunk control, but their association with turning performance has not been elucidated.

Turning duration and steps predict future falls in poststroke hemiplegic individuals: A preliminary cohort study.

: Turning was reported as one of the activities that most frequently leads to falling among stroke patients. This study investigated whether the duration and steps of a 180° turn while walking can distinguish retrospective fallers from non-fallers and predict future falls in a 1-year period in patients with poststroke hemiplegia. : Thirty stroke patients were recruited.

Relationship between the head deviation angle and hemineglect in patients with right hemisphere stroke.

Background: Patients with hemineglect have been reported to have abnormal head posture. We attempted to determine the extent to which the angles are correlated with the severity of hemineglect.

Methods: In a prospective, single-center, cross-sectional study on 40 patients with single right hemisphere stroke, we evaluated left hemineglect severity using the line bisection and line cancellation tests.

Physical findings and sonography of hemiplegic shoulder in patients after acute stroke during rehabilitation.

Objective: Physical and sonographic evaluation of hemiplegic shoulder in patients after acute stroke and correlation between the physical/sonographic findings and early-onset hemiplegic shoulder pain.

Design: Cross-sectional study.

Subjects: Fifty-seven patients after stroke with hemiplegic shoulder.