Browsing by Subject "Disability"
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A value proposition for early physical therapist management of neck pain: a retrospective cohort analysis.
(BMC Health Serv Res, 2016-07-12)BACKGROUND: Neck pain is one of the most common reasons for entry into the healthcare system. Recent increases in healthcare utilization and medical costs have not correlated with improvements in health. Therefore there ... -
Becoming the Baptized Body: Disability, Baptism, and the Practice of Christian Community
(2019)This dissertation takes up questions of how theologies and practices of baptism shape visions of what it means to be a disciple of Jesus and a participant in Christian ecclesial communities. In particular, the dissertation ... -
Increasing the Disability Vote
(2020-06-25)The disability vote is the overlooked and forgotten vote. To help my organization increase the disability vote, I conducted a series of interviews with people from various disability rights and voting advocacy organizations. ... -
Lessons from the 2015 earthquake(s) in Nepal: implication for rehabilitation.
(Disabil Rehabil, 2016)PURPOSE: There has been an increase in the number of natural disasters in recent history, and the rate of disability is increasing among survivors. The most recent major natural disaster was the earthquake(s) that occurred ... -
Scarf Injuries in Bangladesh: Exploring the Impact on Females who live with Spinal Cord Injuries
(2019)Background: A growing number of female passengers of a newly-introduced battery powered taxi, referred to as the `Easy Bike´, sustained Spinal Cord Injuries and anterior neck lacerations. This severe injury occurs, as their ... -
St. Thomas Aquinas on Disability & Profound Cognitive Impairment
(2012)St. Thomas Aquinas on Disability & Profound Cognitive ImpairmentAbstractThis dissertation raises a question regarding the relationship between the condition of the body, moral virtue, and human flourishing. Our main objective ... -
The Importance of Muscle Versus Fat Mass in Sarcopenic Obesity: A Re-evaluation Using D3-Creatine Muscle Mass Versus DXA Lean Mass Measurements.
(The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences, 2020-06)BACKGROUND:The combination of sarcopenia and obesity has been associated with physical impairment in older people. However, previous research has relied on assessments of lean mass as a surrogate for muscle mass. We postulate ... -
Urban-rural differences in the association between access to healthcare and health outcomes among older adults in China.
(BMC Geriatr, 2017-07-19)BACKGROUND: Studies have shown that inadequate access to healthcare is associated with lower levels of health and well-being in older adults. Studies have also shown significant urban-rural differences in access to healthcare ... -
Waste Not: Criminalizing Wastefulness in Early Modern Germany
(2017)This dissertation analyzes the development of legal strategies to restrict “wastefulness” or “prodigality” during the economic crises of the long sixteenth century in Southwest Germany, as the state, community and small ...
