BACKGROUND: Arm movements during gait are known to alter with increasing age during the slow maturation phase (>3years). It is unclear whether coordination between the arms and legs (i.e. interlimb coordination), which is a measure of gait quality, shows a similar pattern. RESEARCH QUESTION: to investigate age-related differences in interlimb coord...
Background The exact relationship between aggression and epilepsy is a matter of ongoing debate. Aims Identify whether there is an association between epilepsy and problem behaviour among adults with intellectual disabilities by carrying out a systematic review of published data. Method We searched for relevant articles using five relevant database...
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status: published
Published in Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy
BackgroundMutual aid organizations, such as Narcotics Anonymous (NA), can provide support in substance use disorder (SUD) recovery processes. However, research on NA and its recovery-supportive elements is scarce and perspectives of NA-members remain understudied, in particular outside the US. Therefore, this study aims to gain insight into recover...
This paper presents the perception system of a new professional cleaning robot for large public places. The proposed system is based on multiple sensors including 3D and 2D lidars, two RGB-D cameras and a stereo camera. The two lidars together with an RGB-D camera are used for dynamic object (human) detection and tracking, while the second RGB-D an...
The relationships between children with severe or profound intellectual disabilities (ID) and their parents may fulfil attachment functions, such as regulating emotional responses to stress. This study examined the extent to which children with severe or profound ID differentiate between their parents and a stranger as a resource for stress-regulat...
Virtual reality (VR) technology has emerged as a promising tool for studying and rehabilitating gait and balance impairments in people with Parkinson disease (PD) as it allows users to be engaged in an enriched and highly individualized complex environment. This Review examines the rationale and evidence for using VR in the assessment and rehabilit...
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Published in The Gerontologist
With worldwide aging it is imperative to understand nurses' perceptions of tiredness of life (ToL) and their ways of dealing with an increasingly common phenomenon. Most research on ToL relates to older individuals' experiences. This study aimed to gain insight into nurses' (a) perceptions of, (b) attitude(s) toward, and (c) ways of dealing with To...
