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About: Physical disability is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 2607 publications have been published within this topic receiving 85714 citations.


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TL;DR: Differences between groups are also found in socio-demographic factors, and personality traits that facilitate autonomous behavior protect against the difficult experience of loneliness.
Abstract: OBJECTIVE Introduction: Autonomy is a valuable asset in the lives of societies and individuals. It means self - reliance and independence in deciding about yourself. It is the right to follow the norms of your own conscience in life. Maintaining autonomy involves with respect for personal rights. At present loneliness is a problem that concerns people regardless of their age, education, profession, financial situation or social status. Therefore it is compared to epidemics. Health state is considered to be an import ant factor in the etiology of loneliness and loneliness is designated as a determinant of human physical and mental condition. The aim: Characteristics of psychological mechanisms accompanying the experience of loneliness by people with mobility disabilities. PATIENTS AND METHODS Material and methods: The studiem group included 80 people with physical disability. They had rehabilitation treatment In the hospital ward. In the study psychological tests were applied. RESULTS Results: The least and the most lonely persons differ due to the personality structure. Differences between groups are also found in socio-demographic factors. CONCLUSION Conclusions: Personality traits that facilitate autonomous behavior protect against the difficult experience of loneliness.
01 Apr 1983
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a systematic evaluation of the effectiveness of most of the practice of physiotherapy, where the authors themselves accept the challenge and start both in instigate and undertake investigations.
Abstract: Physiotherapy has developed over the years in a practical way. But there have been few systematic atte~pts to evaluate its effectiveness. The present position where there is little scientific evidence for the effectiveness of most of the practice of physiotherapy is no longer acceptable. Physiotherapists themselves, who have in the nast lacked both the necessary academic background and financial support, are now accepting the challenge and starting both in instigate and undertake investigations.
01 Jan 1992
TL;DR: The aim was to examine the relationship between exposure to occupational risk factors during working life and physical disability after retirement.
Abstract: Studyobjective-The aimwastoexamine therelationship betweenexposure tooccupational riskfactors duringworkinglife and physical disability afterretirement. Design-Thestudywasacrosssectional epidemiological surveyofarepresentative sampleofretired subjects belonging toa supplementary pensionfundintheParis area. Setting-The studytookplaceinthegeneralcommunity.
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TL;DR: In this article , the authors compared the risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) between individuals with and without a physical disability during pregnancy and up to 6 weeks postpartum.

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No. of papers in the topic in previous years
YearPapers
202326
202249
2021135
2020115
2019111
2018129