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| Gregory E HicksSummaryAffiliation: University of Maryland Country: USA Publications
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Cross-sectional associations between trunk muscle composition, back pain, and physical function in the health, aging and body composition studyGregory E Hicks
Clinical Research Branch, National Institute on Aging, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 60:882-7. 2005..We hypothesized that lower trunk muscle area and attenuation (higher fat infiltration) are associated with decreased functional capacity...- Preliminary development of a clinical prediction rule for determining which patients with low back pain will respond to a stabilization exercise programGregory E Hicks
Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 86:1753-62. 2005..To develop a clinical prediction rule to predict treatment response to a stabilization exercise program for patients with low back pain (LBP)... - Trunk muscle composition as a predictor of reduced functional capacity in the health, aging and body composition study: the moderating role of back painGregory E Hicks
PT, Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 100 Penn St, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 60:1420-4. 2005..We hypothesize that lower trunk muscle attenuation will be associated with lower functional capacity 3 years later and that back pain status will moderate this relationship... - Measurement of lumbar lordosis: inter-rater reliability, minimum detectable change and longitudinal variationGregory E Hicks
Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
J Spinal Disord Tech 19:501-6. 2006..Repeated measures design to examine reliability and longitudinal variation of lumbar lordosis measurement... 
Higher serum concentrations of dietary antioxidants are associated with lower levels of inflammatory biomarkers during the year after hip fractureChristopher R D'Adamo
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 520 W Lombard Street, East Hall, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
Clin Nutr 31:659-65. 2012....- Serum vitamin E concentrations and recovery of physical function during the year after hip fractureChristopher R D'Adamo
Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 66:784-93. 2011..Low serum concentrations of vitamin E have been associated with decline in physical function among older adults, but the role of vitamin E in physical recovery from hip fracture has never been explored... - Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D, transitions between frailty states, and mortality in older adults: the Invecchiare in Chianti StudyMichelle Shardell
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 60:256-64. 2012..To assess whether serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) concentrations relate to transitions between the states of robustness, prefrailty, and frailty and to mortality in older adults... - Association between interleukin-6 and lower extremity function after hip fracture--the role of muscle mass and strengthRam R Miller
Division of Gerontology, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 56:1050-6. 2008..To examine whether an effect on muscle mass or strength explains the association between interleukin-6 (IL-6) and lower extremity function in the year after hip fracture... 
Exploring the factors that influence functional performance among nursing home residentsValerie K Sabol
University of Maryland School of Nursing, Baltimore, USA
J Aging Health 23:112-34. 2011..Using the Disablement Process Model, it was hypothesized that variables from all levels of the model would significantly impact the ability of a NH resident to get up from a chair...- Repeat falls and the recovery of social participation in the year post-hip fractureRam R Miller
Division of Gerontology, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of Maryland, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
Age Ageing 38:570-5. 2009..although the majority of hip fractures are the result of a fall, whether repeated falls in the year post-fracture adversely influence recovery of social participation is not known... - Serum vitamin E concentrations among highly functioning hip fracture patients are higher than in nonfracture controlsChristopher R D'Adamo
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
Nutr Res 31:205-14. 2011..Thus, the relatively high degree of function among this cohort of hip fracture patients may explain their higher-than-expected vitamin E concentrations... - Comparing reports from hip-fracture patients and their proxies: implications on evaluating sex differences in disability and depressive symptomsMichelle Shardell
University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
J Aging Health 24:367-83. 2012..This study compared sex differences in disability and depressive symptoms using reports from hip fracture patients and their proxies... - Meaningful improvement in gait speed in hip fracture recoveryDawn E Alley
Departments of Epidemiology and Public Health, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 59:1650-7. 2011..To estimate meaningful improvements in gait speed observed during recovery from hip fracture and to evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of gait speed changes in detecting change in self-reported mobility... - Semiparametric regression models for repeated measures of mortal cohorts with non-monotone missing outcomes and time-dependent covariatesMichelle Shardell
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA
Stat Med 29:2282-96. 2010..The approach is applied to a cohort of elderly female hip fracture patients to estimate the prevalence of walking disability over time as a function of body composition, inflammation, and age... - Anemia evaluation and management in nursing home residentsValerie K Sabol
Organizational Systems and Adult Health, University of Maryland School of Nursing, Baltimore, MD 21201 1579, USA
West J Nurs Res 32:447-61. 2010..Future research is needed to clarify the potential benefits of timely diagnosis and appropriate treatment for anemic older adults in long-term-care settings and establish evidence-based guidelines to direct care in this area... - Sensitivity analysis for nonignorable missingness and outcome misclassification from proxy reportsMichelle Shardell
From the aDepartment of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine bNational Institute on Aging cDepartment of Physical Therapy, University of Delaware and dUniversity of Maryland School of Nursing, Baltimore, MD
Epidemiology 24:215-23. 2013..Simulation studies show that the proposed methods perform well. We provide SAS programs in the eAppendix (http://links.lww.com/EDE/A646) to enhance the methods' accessibility... - Association of spinal muscle composition and prevalence of hyperkyphosis in healthy community-dwelling older men and womenWendy Katzman
Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science, University of California San Francisco, 1500 Owens, Suite 400, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 67:191-5. 2012..Our objective was to determine whether spinal muscle area and density are associated with hyperkyphosis, independent of age, race, sex, bone mineral density, and trunk fat... - Low-serum carotenoid concentrations and carotenoid interactions predict mortality in US adults: the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination SurveyMichelle D Shardell
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
Nutr Res 31:178-89. 2011..Interventions of balanced carotenoid combinations are needed for confirmation... - Anemia and its impact on function in nursing home residents: what do we know?Valerie K Sabol
Organizational Systems and Adult Health, University of Maryland School of Nursing, Baltimore, Maryland 21201 1579, USA
J Am Acad Nurse Pract 22:3-16. 2010.... - Interrater reliability of clinical examination measures for identification of lumbar segmental instabilityGregory E Hicks
Clinical Research Branch, National Institute on Aging, Harbor Hospital, 5th Floor, 3001 S Hanover Street, Baltimore, MD 21225, USA
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 84:1858-64. 2003..To determine the interrater reliability of common clinical examination procedures proposed to identify patients with lumbar segmental instability... - Pattern-mixture models for analyzing normal outcome data with proxy respondentsMichelle Shardell
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, U S A
Stat Med 29:1522-38. 2010..The methods are applied to a cohort of elderly hip-fracture patients... - Association of low vitamin D levels with the frailty syndrome in men and womenMichelle Shardell
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 64:69-75. 2009..Vitamin D insufficiency can result in hyperparathyroidism, and thus, parathyroid hormone (PTH) was explored as a potential mediator in the relationship between 25(OH)D levels and frailty... - Association of serum vitamin D levels with inflammatory response following hip fracture: the Baltimore Hip StudiesRam R Miller
Division of Gerontology, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 62:1402-6. 2007..Vitamin D, known for its role in calcium homeostasis, may also regulate immune function. Whether vitamin D deficiency at the time of hip fracture is associated with the inflammatory response postfracture is not known... - Associations of back and leg pain with health status and functional capacity of older adults: findings from the retirement community back pain studyGregory E Hicks
University of Delaware, Department of Physical Therapy, 303 McKinly Lab, Newark, DE 19716, USA
Arthritis Rheum 59:1306-13. 2008..Our objective was to determine whether LBP and concurrent leg pain are associated with health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and function in a cohort of older adults, and to examine care-seeking behaviors related to LBP... - Associations between vitamin D status and pain in older adults: the Invecchiare in Chianti studyGregory E Hicks
Department of Physical Therapy, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 56:785-91. 2008..To examine cross-sectional associations between vitamin D status and musculoskeletal pain and whether they differ by sex... - Does gynecologic surgery contribute to low back problems in later life? An analysis of the women's health and aging studyJeffery J Ericksen
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, 23298, USA
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 87:172-6. 2006..To examine whether women with potential injuries to the abdominal and pelvic musculature from past gynecologic surgery are at higher risk for low back pain (LBP)... - The relationship between lumbar lordosis and radiologic variables and lumbar lordosis and clinical variables in elderly, African-American womenSteven Z George
Brooks Center for Rehabilitation Studies and Center for Pain Research and Behavioral Health, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
J Spinal Disord Tech 16:200-6. 2003..These findings question the clinical utility of the lumbar lordosis measurement in elderly, African-American women...