Dorothy Dunlop

..Whether there are disparities among younger adults has not been previously addressed...

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..This study was undertaken to examine the cross-sectional and longitudinal relationship between self-reported physical activity and observed functional performance in adults with knee osteoarthritis (OA)...

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..To investigate the association between baseline physical activity and 1-year functional performance in adults with knee osteoarthritis (OA)...

..We estimated racial/ethnic differences in rates of major depression and investigated possible mediators...

..The aim of this study was to objectively measure levels of physical activity in adults with knee OA and report the prevalence of meeting public health physical activity guidelines...

..To evaluate the effect of arthritis on subsequent 2-year use of health care services and out-of-pocket costs among older adults and determine if comorbidities or economic resources mitigate that effect...

..We investigated differences in the development of disability in activities of daily living among non-Hispanic Whites, African Americans, Hispanics interviewed in Spanish, and Hispanics interviewed in English...

..Although joint replacement can restore function for arthritis patients with severe joint disease, this procedure has not been used equally across racial groups. Differences in joint replacement use are assessed from a national sample...

..To evaluate the relation of chronic conditions, gender, and race to the incidence of activities of daily living (ADLs) limitation in older adults...

..We evaluated the effect of depression on risk, on the basis of standardized assessment, for developing activities of daily living (ADL) disability...

..We undertook this study to determine the frequency of varus and valgus thrust in African Americans and Caucasians and to identify factors associated with thrust presence...

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..The aim of this study was to test whether meniscal damage, meniscal extrusion, malalignment, and laxity each predicted tibiofemoral cartilage loss after controlling for the other factors...

..The likelihood of medial tibiofemoral OA progression was reduced 50% per 1 unit of hip abduction moment...

..Knees in which AP laxity decreased had less medial joint space loss than did knees without a decrease in AP laxity. The knee joint may successfully compensate for AP laxity; the absence of such compensation may have a deleterious effect...

..We tested the hypothesis that participants with the highest baseline functional capacity, regardless of their intervention status, experienced the greatest increases in physical activity levels at 6-month follow-up...

..Varus thrust increased the odds of progression among varus-aligned knees considered separately, suggesting that knees with a thrust are a subset of varus-aligned knees at particularly high risk for progression of OA...

..The aim of this study was to investigate whether the percent of denuded bone is associated with moderate-to-severe knee pain or frequent knee pain and longitudinally with frequent knee pain 2 years after the baseline evaluation...

..The present study was designed to test whether greater toe-out is associated with lower likelihood of medial OA progression...

..This study analyzes Chicago-area weather effects on objectively measured physical activity over a 3-year period among a cohort of 241 participants in an on-going arthritis physical activity trial...

..Race specific public health interventions should be considered to reduce the development of ADL limitations among older adults with arthritis...

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..Interventions that address the stress imposed by alignment on the PF compartments may delay PF OA progression and should be developed...

..To investigate the potential public health impact of modifiable risk factors related to physical inactivity in adults with rheumatoid arthritis (RA)...

..To determine the relationship between beliefs, motivation, and worries about physical activity and physical activity participation in persons with rheumatoid arthritis (RA)...

..This study tested whether alignment influences the risk of incident and progressive radiographic tibiofemoral osteoarthritis...

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..This study analyzed whether socioeconomic status in older middle age continues to be associated with 10-year survival after data are controlled for baseline health status...

..We examine the role of economic access in gender and ethnic/racial disparities in the use of health services among older adults...

..To evaluate whether low knee confidence at baseline is associated with poor baseline-to-3-year physical function outcome in the Osteoarthritis Initiative...

..To investigate empirically if the nonwear threshold and the "valid day" definition for accelerometer data from the general adult US population are appropriate for accelerometer data from persons with rheumatoid arthritis (RA)...

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..S. medical system. Our purpose was to examine if there are patterns of gender differences in the type of medical service used among older Americans...

..Subset-specific approaches beyond strengthening exercises should be developed to enhance joint-protective muscle activity...

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..To determine the association between race/ethnicity and bone mineral density (BMD) in women with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)...

..To investigate racial/ethnic differences in disability onset among older Americans with arthritis. Factors amenable to clinical and public health intervention that may explain racial/ethnic differences in incident disability were examined...

..To study the effect of an incident wrist fracture on functional status in women enrolled in the Study of Osteoporotic Fractures...

..To determine the frequency of fractures and associated factors in women with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)...

..We analyzed factors associated with improvement in walking ability among respondents to the nationally representative Health and Retirement Study...

..To compare incident disability patterns across racial and ethnic groups...

..Disability threatens the independence of older adults and has large economic and societal costs. This article examines the population impact of arthritis on disability incidence among older Americans...

..Vitamin D deficiency has also been noted in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). The objective of this study was to evaluate the associations of serum 25(OH)D levels with cardiovascular risk factors in women with SLE...

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..To examine whether symptomatic arthritis in middle age predicts the earlier onset of functional difficulties (difficulty with activities of daily living (ADLs) and walking) that are associated with loss of independence in older persons...

..Delaying surgical repair until symptoms increase is safe because acute hernia incarcerations occur rarely.Clinical Trials Registration ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00263250...

..A description of the design of such a trial is presented...

..To provide estimates of the growth in out-of-pocket (OOP) medical expenditures for persons with arthritis...

..This is key information for the clinical management of these patients and to advance public health efforts to improve quality of life among 48 million US adults having arthritis. ..

..This is key information for the clinical management of these patients and to advance public health efforts to improve quality of life among 48 million US adults having arthritis. ..

..Hypotheses tested by this study will provide information that would motivate clinical and public health strategies to improve health care and reduce functional impairment among people with arthritis. ..

..Findings from this study will advance public health efforts to reduce disability and to improve quality of life among 21 million U.S. adults having knee OA. PHS 398/2590 (Rev. 09/04) Page 1 Continuation Format Page ..