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Qiushi Feng
Researcher at National University of Singapore
Publications - 64
Citations - 1510
Qiushi Feng is an academic researcher from National University of Singapore. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & China. The author has an hindex of 17, co-authored 51 publications receiving 938 citations. Previous affiliations of Qiushi Feng include Duke University & American Physical Therapy Association.
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Survival, disabilities in activities of daily living, and physical and cognitive functioning among the oldest-old in China: a cohort study.
Yi Zeng,Yi Zeng,Qiushi Feng,Therese Hesketh,Therese Hesketh,Kaare Christensen,James W. Vaupel +6 more
TL;DR: Advances in medications, lifestyle, and socioeconomics might compress activities of daily living disability, but lifespan extension might expand disability of physical and cognitive functioning as more frail, elderly individuals survive with health problems, that is, costs of success.
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Trends in ADL and IADL Disability in Community-Dwelling Older Adults in Shanghai, China, 1998–2008
TL;DR: The trend toward improvement in IADL function is more consistent and substantial than that of ADL function, and older adults in 2008 had lower odds of being ADL disabled, though the effect was no longer statistically significant when other health conditions were taken into account.
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Characterizing and Identifying Risk for Falls in the LEAPS Study: A Randomized Clinical Trial of Interventions to Improve Walking Poststroke
Julie K. Tilson,Samuel S. Wu,Steven Cen,Qiushi Feng,Dorian R. Rose,Dorian R. Rose,Andrea L. Behrman,Stanley P. Azen,Pamela W. Duncan +8 more
TL;DR: This study characterizes falls in the Locomotor Experience Applied Post-Stroke (LEAPS) randomized clinical trial, describes the impact of 2 walking recovery interventions on falls, and examines the value of clinical assessments for predicting falls.
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Demographics, phenotypic health characteristics and genetic analysis of centenarians in China.
TL;DR: Good psychological resilience and optimism are keys to the exceptional longevity enjoyed by centenarians, and recent findings of novel loci and pathways that are significantly associated with longevity are discussed.
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Leisure participation and subjective well-being: Exploring gender differences among elderly in Shanghai, China
TL;DR: Leisure participation is positively related to subjective well-being among elderly Chinese, and thus could play a critical role in promoting healthy aging and the need to further explore gender-specific barriers in leisure participation is suggested.