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OARSI recommended performance-based tests to assess physical function in people diagnosed with hip or knee osteoarthritis

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The OARSI recommended set of performance-based tests of physical function represents the tests of typical activities relevant to individuals diagnosed with hip or knee OA and following joint replacements and are complementary to patient-reported measures.
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Design and rationale of the ATtune Knee Outcome Study (ATKOS): multicenter prospective evaluation of a novel uncemented rotating platform knee system

TL;DR: In this paper, a multicentre prospective observational study was conducted to evaluate revision rate, complications, radiographic outcomes and patient reported outcomes of the uncemented Attune mobile bearing TKA.
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Blood flow restricted walking in patients suffering from intermittent claudication: a case series feasibility and safety study

TL;DR: In this article , the feasibility and safety of blood flow restricted walking (BFR-W) in patients with intermittent claudication (IC) was examined and the authors evaluated changes in objective performance-based and self-reported functioning following 12 weeks of BFRW.

Assessing the Impact of Surgical Technique on Implant Migration, Tibiofemoral Contact Kinematics, and Functional Recovery Following Uncemented Total Knee Arthroplasty

TL;DR: This book aims to provide a history of web exceptionalism from 1989 to 2002, a period chosen in order to explore its roots as well as specific cases up to and including the year in which descriptions of “Web 2.0” began to circulate.
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The Timed “Up & Go”: A Test of Basic Functional Mobility for Frail Elderly Persons

TL;DR: This study evaluated a modified, timed version of the “Get‐Up and Go” Test (Mathias et al, 1986) in 60 patients referred to a Geriatric Day Hospital and suggested that the timed “Up & Go’ test is a reliable and valid test for quantifying functional mobility that may also be useful in following clinical change over time.
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International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health

TL;DR: The World Health Organization’s (WHO) International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) has been revised to recognize that the concept of disability resides largely in the sociocultural domain of the authors' lives rather than being an attribute of the individual.
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Predicting the probability for falls in community-dwelling older adults using the Timed Up & Go Test.

TL;DR: The TUG is a sensitive and specific measure for identifying community-dwelling adults who are at risk for falls and the ability to predict falls is not enhanced by adding a secondary task when performing the TUG.
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Comfortable and maximum walking speed of adults aged 20—79 years: reference values and determinants

TL;DR: Gait speed can be expected to be reduced in individuals of greater age and of lesser height and lower extremity muscle strength and normative values should give clinicians a reference against which patient performance can be compared in a variety of settings.
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A 30-s chair-stand test as a measure of lower body strength in community-residing older adults

TL;DR: It was concluded that the 30-s chair stand provides a reasonably reliable and valid indicator of lower body strength in generally active, community-dwelling older adults.
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