Titre : Mortalité

Mortalité : Questions médicales fréquentes

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Accelerometry
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maladie terminale ?", "position": 8, "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "Fatigue extrême, perte de poids, et douleurs persistantes sont des indicateurs." } }, { "@type": "Question", "name": "Les symptômes psychologiques influencent-ils la mortalité ?", "position": 9, "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "Oui, des troubles comme la dépression peuvent augmenter le risque de mortalité." } }, { "@type": "Question", "name": "Quels symptômes sont liés à la mortalité par cancer ?", "position": 10, "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "Perte de poids inexpliquée, douleurs persistantes et fatigue sont fréquents." } }, { "@type": "Question", "name": "Quelles mesures préventives réduisent la mortalité ?", "position": 11, "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "Des campagnes de sensibilisation et des dépistages précoces sont efficaces." } }, { "@type": "Question", "name": "Comment l'alimentation influence-t-elle la mortalité ?", "position": 12, 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Accelerometry measures of physical activity and sedentary behavior: Associations with cognitive functioning in MS.

Cognitive dysfunction is a pervasive symptom of multiple sclerosis (MS). Correlational evidence on the relationships between physical activity, sedentary behavior, and cognition has been mixed and lim... We analyzed baseline accelerometry and neuropsychological data (n = 80) from a randomized controlled trial of pedometer tracking. Using partial least squares regression (PLSR), we built three models t... The latent component was significant for working memory/processing speed but was not significant for visual memory and verbal memory after Bonferroni correction. Working memory/processing speed was po... These findings suggest that increasing overall energy expenditure through walking and MVPA, while decreasing prolonged sedentary time may positively benefit working memory/processing speed in people w... This RCT #NCT03244696 was registered on Clinicaltrials.gov (https://www.... gov/ct2/show/NCT03244696)....

Criterion validity of wrist accelerometry for assessing energy intake via the intake-balance technique.

Intake-balance assessments measure energy intake (EI) by summing energy expenditure (EE) with concurrent change in energy storage (ΔES). Prior work has not examined the validity of such calculations w... Healthy adults (n = 24) completed two 14-day measurement periods while wearing an ActiGraph accelerometer on the non-dominant wrist. During each period, criterion values of EI were determined based on... Mean bias for the three best accelerometry-based methods ranged from -167 to 124 kcal/day, versus -104 to 134 kcal/day for the non-accelerometry-based methods. The same three accelerometry-based metho... Accelerometry-based intake-balance methods have promise for advancing EI assessment, but ongoing refinement is necessary. We provide an R package to facilitate implementation and refinement of acceler...

Physical activity measured by accelerometry in paediatric and young adult patients with inflammatory bowel disease.

Physical activity in paediatric and young adult patients suffering from inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) may play an important role in the overall health status. However, physical activity in these pa... We recruited Danish patients with IBD aged 10-20 years in clinical remission and with a faecal calprotectin below 200 µg/mg. Physical activity was assessed using tri-axial wrist accelerometry over sev... We included 61 patients with a median age of 17 years [Inter Quartile Range, IQR 14-19]. The total volume of activity expressed as average acceleration (ENMO) per day was 31.5 mg (95% CI 29.1-33.9). T... We collected tri-axial accelerometry in young patients with IBD in clinical remission, and described their level of physical activity by the conventional ENMO measure. We found no statistically signif...

Smartphone-based gait and balance accelerometry is sensitive to age and correlates with clinical and kinematic data.

The Gait&Balance (G&B) App has produced valid and reliable measures of gait and balance in young healthy adults but has not been tested in older adults.... In healthy middle-to-older aged adults, are G&B App measurements sensitive to age, valid against clinical and kinematic measures, and reliable?... Healthy participants (n = 34, 14 male, 42-94 years) completed the G&B App protocol three times within a single session. 3D kinematics were collected concurrently. Clinical balance measures were collec... During quiet stance on a compliant surface, the G&B App was sensitive to age-related differences not detectable with the mCTSIB. During walking tasks, there was adequate convergent validity between th... The G&B App was sensitive to age-related differences in balance not detectable with clinical measurement. It provides valid and reliable measures of postural stability, step length, step time, and per...

Does Accelerometry at the Centre of Mass Accurately Predict the Gait Energy Expenditure in Patients with Hemiparesis?

The aim of this study was to compare energy expenditure (EE) predicted by accelerometery (EE... Twenty-four participants (12 with stroke and 12 healthy controls) performed a six-minute walk test (6MWT) during which EE... The median EE... The accuracy of the predicted EE, based on the accelerometer and the equations proposed by Bouten et al., was low in individuals with hemiparesis and impaired gait. This combination (sensor and Bouten...