Cross-sectional surveys of health-related quality life (HRQOL) in patients with low back pain at ambulatory clinics plus 8 weeks follow-up.The objective this study is to predict the HRQOL pain.There disagreement on relative contribution pain, physical impairment, functional status, and psychological factors disability pain.Data were collected from 232 who consecutively recruited several medicine rehabilitation. Every patient received examination completed a set questionnaire, including...

Abstract Background Computerized posturography obtained in standing conditions has been applied to classify fall risk for older adults or disease groups. Combining machine learning (ML) approaches is superior traditional regression analysis its ability handle complex data regarding characteristics of being high-dimensional, non-linear, and highly correlated. The study goal was use ML algorithms risks community-dwelling with the aid an explainable artificial intelligence (XAI) approach...

There have been concerns about the workplace interpersonal conflict (WIC) among healthcare workers. As organizations applied incident reporting system (IRS) widely for safety-related incidents, we proposed that this might provide a channel to explore WICs.We retrospectively reviewed reports IRS from July 2010 June 2013 in medical center. We identified WICs and typed these conflicts according two foci (task content/process relationship) three properties (disagreement, interference, negative...

Increased plantar fascia thickness is common with chronic fasciitis, and reduction of the after extracorporeal shock wave therapy or steroid injection has been reported. We hypothesized a decrease was associated pain therapy. Fifty-three eligible patients 78 symptomatic feet were randomly treated piezoelectric-type two intensity levels (0.12 0.56 mJ/mm2). Two thousand waves for three consecutive sessions applied at weekly intervals. A visual analog scale pain, Foot Function Index, Short...

Twenty-seven subjects completed 2-min typing tasks using four styles: right-hand holding/typing (S-thumb) and two-hand at three heights (B-low, B-mid B-high). The styles had significant effects on performance, neck elbow flexion muscle activities of the right trapezius several muscles upper limb (p < 0.0001 by repeated-measure analysis variance). typed fewest words (error-adjusted characters per minute: 78) with S-thumb style. style resulted in similar angles neck, wrist, but significantly...

To explore the influence of workers' compensation coverage on injury patterns and return-to-work outcome in orthopaedic injuries extremities.Prospective follow-up study.A total 154 subjects were recruited 37.7% covered by compensation.Baseline data obtained questionnaire chart review. The main variable was time first return to work. Subjects followed up at 1, 3 6 months after initial interview. Cox proportional hazards model used analyse associations between potential predictors...

The management of complaints in the setting intensive care may provide opportunities to understand patient and family experiences needs. However, there are limited reports on structured application complaint analysis tools comparisons between healthcare critical other settings.From database a university-affiliated medical center Taiwan, we retrospectively identified records units (ICUs) from 2008 2016. Complaints general wards same period were randomly selected with twice number that ICU...

Objectives This study aims to explore the trajectories of return work (RTW) and examine predictors different among workers following traumatic limb injury. Methods A total 804 participants were recruited during hospital admission for a 2-year prospective study. The RTW outcome was repeatedly assessed at 1, 3, 6, 12, 18, 24 months after group-based trajectory model (GBTM) employed identify participants. Comparisons group characteristics performed based on multinomial logistic regression....

To investigate the effect of an individualised functional training programme for patients with low back pain (LBP).A randomised, controlled trial single-blind design was conducted. Patients non-specific LBP at least 3 months were recruited and randomised into control groups. Both groups maintained their current treatment, group participated in additional 100 h. Measures performed initially after completing programme, included rating determining impairment associated pain, Oswestry disability...

Mobile phones are common in our daily life, but the users' preferences for postures or screen operating styles have not been studied. This was a cross-sectional and observational study. We randomly sampled passengers who used mobile on Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) system metropolitan Taipei. A checklist to observe their body while sitting standing. As result, 1,230 subjects from 400 trips were observed. Overall, of all sitting, 41% them using phones. The majority tasks involved browsing (84%)...

Performance-based physical tests have been widely used as objective assessments for individuals with knee osteoarthritis (KOA), and the core set of recommended by Osteoarthritis Research Society International (OARSI) aims to provide reliable, valid, feasible standardized measures clinical application. However, few studies documented their validity in roentgenographically mild KOA. Our goal was test five performance-based symptomatic KOA patients X-ray findings Kellgren Lawrence (K-L) grade...