Urinary Incontinence in Men with Stroke: A Cross-Sectional Study by İsmail Uysal, Özgür Nadiye Doğrukök, Yalcin Golcuk, Fatih Özden, Mehmet Özkeskin, Miray Başer, Bircan Yücekaya, Zeynep Nisa Karakoyun

“…The individuals’ degree of disability was evaluated using the Modified Rankin Scale (MRS) and Barthel Index (BI). …”
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Effectiveness of a home-based computerized cognitive training in Parkinson's disease: a pilot randomized cross-over study by Serena Tagliente, Brigida Minafra, Simona Aresta, Simona Aresta, Paola Santacesaria, Andrea Buccoliero, Cinzia Palmirotta, Gianvito Lagravinese, Davide Mongelli, Christian Gelao, Luigi Macchitella, Stefania Pazzi, Domenico Scrutinio, Paola Baiardi, Petronilla Battista

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An Investigation into the Use and Meaning of Parkinson’s Disease Clinical Scale Scores by Renee M. Hendricks, Mohammad T. Khasawneh

“…Parkinson’s disease (PD) is the second most common, neurodegenerative disorder. It is a chronic, disabling, and progressive disease, and no treatment stops its progression. …”
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A Unique Source for Innovative Longitudinal Research: The POPLINK Database by Annika Westberg, Elisabeth Engberg, Sören Edvinsson

“…POPLINK allows for a large array of longitudinal studies, such as social mobility, migration, fertility, mortality, civil status, kinship relations, diseases, disability and causes of death. International standards of occupations (HISCO) and diseases (ICD-10) have been applied, facilitating comparability. …”
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Hypertensive Response to Exercise as an Early Marker of Disease Development by Wojciech Kosowski, Krzysztof Aleksandrowicz

“…Arterial hypertension is one of the world’s leading risk factors for death and disability. With the number of people living with this disease doubling between 1990 and 2019 from 650 million to 1.3 billion, it is a global burden that increases mortality from cardiovascular and kidney diseases. …”
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Entrepreneurship Development Among Black Youths in South Africa: A Choice or Neccesity? by Thulani Andrew Chauke

“…The paper recommends that the Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities in the Presidency, in collaboration with the Department of Small Business Enterprise Development and the National Youth Development Agency, should provide a two-year internship for young Black entrepreneurs in foreign companies that specialize in mining, technology, creative industries, and agriculture. …”
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Exploring the Safety and Effects of COVID-19 Vaccination in Patients with Autoimmune Disease by Kirttna Solai Vairavan, Loh Teng-Hern Tan, Jodi Woan Fei Law, Priyia Pusparajah, Vengadesh Letchumanan

“…It can spread rapidly and has caused the death and disability of many worldwide. Vaccines are our most effective line of defense against the rapidly spreading and mutating virion. …”
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Evaluation of the deleted in malignant brain tumor 1 protein expression and DNA methylation profile in rheumatoid arthritis patients by Khushboo Choudhury, Monika Gandhi, Uma Kumar, Sayan Chatterjee, Ram Singh Purty

“…Background: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic, autoimmune disease that progressively leads to joint destruction and functional disability which eventually affects the quality of life of the people suffering from it. …”
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A Unique Source for Innovative Longitudinal Research: The POPLINK Database by Annika Westberg, Elisabeth Engberg, Sören Edvinsson

“…POPLINK allows for a large array of longitudinal studies, such as social mobility, migration, fertility, mortality, civil status, kinship relations, diseases, disability and causes of death. International standards of occupations (HISCO) and diseases (ICD-10) have been applied, facilitating comparability. …”
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Being ‘excluded from the world of sound’: Deafness, Invalidism and Resilience in Harriet Martineau’s Writings (1834–1855) by Manuela D’Amore

“…Before she lost her hearing as a young adolescent, she enjoyed singing and ‘was never out of tune’: it was only after she became fully aware of her disability that she urged her ‘fellow sufferers’ to trust even experimental science to gain ‘every breath of sound’ and play an active role in the public sphere. …”
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The Impact of Body Mass Index on Osteoarthritis Severity Levels by Siti Juhro, Much Nurkharistna Al Jihad, Machmudah Machmudah, Dera Alfiyanti

“…Globally, approximately 151.4 million people suffer from OA, including 27.4 million in Southeast Asia, making it a leading cause of disability among adults. Body Mass Index (BMI) is a significant risk factor influencing the development and severity of OA. …”
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Brief Pain Inventory and McGill Pain Questionnaire in Assessing the Patients with Temporomandibular Joint Disorders – A Cross-Sectional Study by Keerthana Selvam, J Anand Kumar, Suman J. Lakshmi, Senthil Kumar Balasubramanian

“…Temporomandibular disorders (TMDs) are the second most prevalent musculoskeletal affliction, causing pain and disability, underscoring their impact on well-being. …”
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Evaluating Hand Function in Clients with Trigger Finger by Danit Langer, Adina Maeir, Michael Michailevich, Shai Luria

“…Sixty-three participants with TF and 66 healthy controls were administered the Functional Dexterity Test (FDT), Purdue Pegboard Test (PPT), and Jamar® Hydraulic Hand Dynamometer (JD) and completed the Disabilities of Arm Shoulder and Hand questionnaire (DASH). …”
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Comparison between DSQIID total / sub-item scores and plasma p-tau elevation in adults with Down's syndrome. by Makiko Shinomoto, Chisen Takeuchi, Harutsugu Tatebe, Fukiko Kitani-Morii, Takuma Ohmichi, Yuzo Fujino, Kanako Menjo, Naoto Terada, Miho Osako, Yoko Mochizuki, Satoshi Teramukai, Takahiko Tokuda, Toshiki Mizuno, Takashi Kasai

“…The Dementia Screening Questionnaire for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities (DSQIID) is an appropriate screening tool for detecting dementia in Down's syndrome patients. …”
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Acoustic Analysis of PD Speech by Karen Chenausky, Joel MacAuslan, Richard Goldhor

“…Deep brain stimulation (DBS) substantially relieves motor symptoms in advanced-stage patients for whom medication produces disabling dyskinesias. This study investigated speech changes as a result of DBS settings chosen to maximize motor performance. …”
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Colliding public health priorities: A call to improve the understanding of autistic individuals utilizing housing assistance. by Lindsay Shea, Anne Roux, Amy Blank Wilson, Jonas Ventimiglia, Conner Carlton, Wei-Lin Lee, Dylan Cooper, Shelby Frisbie

“…Integrated public health, housing, and disability supports must address equitable income supports and housing assistance needed to support the health needs of autistic individuals.…”
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URBAN CORRIDOR AS A PUBLIC SPACE CASE STUDY : CORRIDOR PANTAI LOSARI STREET, MAKASSAR CITY by Sriany Ersina

“… Abstrak_ An ideal public space should be a common ground, open and accessible for all including for people with disabilities. However in fact, along the beach Losari in Makassar City have inaccessible public space. …”
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Understanding Muscle Dysfunction in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome by Gina Rutherford, Philip Manning, Julia L. Newton

“…Chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME) is a debilitating disorder of unknown aetiology, characterised by severe disabling fatigue in the absence of alternative diagnosis. …”
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The Influence of Wheelchair Users on Movement in a Bottleneck and a Corridor by Paul Geoerg, Jette Schumann, Stefan Holl, Anja Hofmann

“…As a result it is shown that the empirical relations ρ¯(v¯) and Js¯(ρ¯) are strongly affected by the presence of participants with visible disabilities (such as wheelchair users). We observed an adaption of the overall movement speeds to the movement speeds of participants using a wheelchair, even for low densities and free flow scenarios. …”
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A Unique Source for Innovative Longitudinal Research: The POPLINK Database by Annika Westberg, Elisabeth Engberg, Sören Edvinsson

“…POPLINK allows for a large array of longitudinal studies, such as social mobility, migration, fertility, mortality, civil status, kinship relations, diseases, disability and causes of death. International standards of occupations (HISCO) and diseases (ICD-10) have been applied, facilitating comparability. …”
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