Evaluation of Functional Recovery by Motor Functional Independence Measure Test of Elderly After Hip Fracture in Serbia

Conclusion: Functional independence, as evaluated by the functional independence measure scale, was improved at 30 days after discharge from the intensive care unit, but it was

The 12-weeks of intradialytic aerobic exercise fallowed by stretching promoted gains in lean body mass, and tendency to better results in functional capacity test and

Thus, the TUG test was shown to be a good tool to assess functional mobility in the pediatric population and correlated with other tests of balance, functional mobility, gross

Our goals were to 1) investigate whether infants with MMC would improve their functional activity (measured by the Gross Motor Function Measure) and/or functional inde-

José Augusto Mourão Universidade�Nova�de�Lisboa Winfried Nöth Universität�Kassel,�Alemanha Manuel Portela Universidade�de�Coimbra,�Portugal

Background: The evaluation of the functional capacity of patients with chronic heart failure (HF) by means of the distance covered in the six-minute walk test (6MWT) has assumed

The study assessed the functional independence of patients admitted to the ICU in the University Hospital of Canoas, who showed functional decline in the moments assessed

Results: 129 articles were found; after the application of the criteria, they resulted in 21. The studies were categorized into two groups: A) follow or compare scores in FIM