Relationship between language comprehension and chronic neurobehavioral symptoms in adults with mild traumatic brain injury.

Primary Objectives: Annually, millions of Americans sustain mild traumatic brain injuries (mTBI), and some may experience neurobehavioral symptoms (NBS), like slow processing speed that persist chronically or longer than 6 months post injury. In turn, cognitive processes like language comprehension may be compromised. This study investigates the relationship between NBS and language comprehension in individuals with mTBI history and low or high NBS.

Dysphagia and Functional Limitations Among Adults in the United States: Findings from the 2022 National Health Interview Survey.

Dysphagia or swallowing dysfunction is associated with reduced quality of life and poor long term outcomes. While standard dysphagia treatment focuses on improving swallowing function, it is not clear if people with dysphagia also have difficulties performing daily tasks. This study aimed to determine if individuals with dysphagia had difficulties with participating in daily tasks requiring physical function, as compared to those with no dysphagia.

Vision Impairment and Frailty Among Mexican American Older Adults: A Longitudinal Study.

We examined the relationship between vision impairment (VI) and new-onset frailty among non-frail Mexican American older adults (≥70 years) at baseline and determined the differential impact of VI on each frailty criteria. Data were from an 18-year prospective cohort from the Hispanic Established Population for the Epidemiologic Study of the Elderly (1998/1999, = 1072 to 2016, = 175). Frailty was defined as ≥3 criteria: unintentional weight loss of >10 pounds, weakness, exhaustion, low physical activity, and slowness.

Longitudinal Association of Health Satisfaction With Functional Status and Income Satisfaction in Stroke Survivors.

Importance: Although cross-sectional studies have reported the relationships among performance of activities of daily living (ADLs), income satisfaction, and health satisfaction, longitudinal associations in stroke survivors remain unclear.

Objective: To examine the effects of ADL function and income satisfaction on health satisfaction over time in stroke survivors.

Design: Retrospective longitudinal study designs with latent growth curve models (LGMs) to control for time-varying and time-invariant covariates.

Duration, frequency, and factors related to lower extremity prosthesis use: systematic review and meta-analysis.

Purpose: A systematic review and meta-analysis investigating the duration and frequency of lower extremity prosthesis use and what factors were associated with changes in their use.

Materials And Methods: A search of PubMed, CINAHL, and Scopus over 20 years revealed 2409 articles. After review, 29 studies remained, representing 4814 participants with lower limb loss.