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Age-Related Differences in Intermuscular Coherence EMG-EMG of Ankle Joint Antagonist Muscle Activity during Maximal Leaning

2022

Background: Intermuscular synchronization is one of the fundamental aspects of maintaining a stable posture and is of great importance in the aging process. This study aimed to assess muscle synchronization and postural stabilizer asymmetry during quiet standing and the limits of stability using wavelet analysis. Intermuscular synchrony and antagonistic sEMG-sEMG (surface electromyography) coherence asymmetry were evaluated in the tibialis anterior and soleus muscles. Methods: The study involved 20 elderly (aged 65 ± 3.6) and 20 young (aged 21 ± 1.3) subjects. The task was to perform a maximum forward bend in a standing position. The prone test was divided into three phases: quiet standing …

Potential Growth and Business Cycle in the Spanish Economy: Implications for Fiscal Policy

2007

An accurately estimation of the cyclical position of an economy is a necessary condition for the success of fiscal stabilisation policies. In this paper we show that the estimation of the output gap by means of decomposing a production function produces similar results to univariate and multivariate methods, increasing their robustness and allowing us to conclude that most of the information on the economic cycle is included in the cyclical component of the unemployment rate. The results also indicate that there is reduced uncertainty about the periods when the Spanish economy has clearly been in a deep recession or in a sharp expansion. These periods have been limited and of relatively sho…

Tyhjää täynnä. olematon islamilaisessa ajattelussa

2010

Negatiivinen teologia eli kieltämisen tie sai varhain keskeisen sijan islamilaisen oppineisuuden tavassa puhua Jumalasta. Mikä myönnetään Jumalasta, tulee kieltää maailmasta ja mitä maailmaa koskien myönnetäänkin, tulee kiistää, kun puheena on Jumala. Mitä muuta Jumalasta sitten voidaankin tietää, vähintään voidaan sanoa, ettei Hän ole yhtä kuin maailma ja ettei kahdella ole mitään yhteistä: ”mikään ei ole Hänen kaltaisensa”, kuten Koraani toteaa ykskantaan (S. 42:11). peerReviewed

Early signs of mobility decline and physical activity counseling as a preventive intervention in older people

2010

Book Review : Tiilikainen, Marja, Al-Sharmani, Mulki and Mustasaari, Sanna (eds.) (2020) Wellbeing of Transnational Muslim Families. Marriage, Law an…

2020

Executive function and life-space mobility in old age

2018

Life-space assessment incorporates all movements in terms of the distance from home, the frequency of movement and the need of assistance for movement. Executive function (EF) is an important higher order cognitive ability that controls and guides people’s goal-directed actions. We examined the cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between EF and life-space mobility, and investigated if perceived walking difficulties, lower extremity performance, and transportation difficulties explain the association. Methods 157 community-dwelling persons aged 76–91 years participated in the study at the baseline, and 103 of them in 2-year follow-up study. Based on the distribution on the Trail Ma…

The combined effect of lower extremity function and cognitive performance on perceived walking ability among older people : a 2-year follow-up study

2018

Background We studied the combined effects of cognitive performance and lower extremity function on self-reported walking modifications and walking difficulty and on self-reported walking difficulty incidence over a 2-year follow-up. Methods A total of 848 community-dwelling older people aged 75-90 years participated at baseline, 816 at the 1-year follow-up, and 761 at the 2-year follow-up. Baseline lower extremity function was measured with the Short Physical Performance Battery (<10 vs. ≥10) and cognitive performance with the Mini-Mental State Examination (<24 vs. ≥24). Difficulty in walking 2 km was self-reported and categorized into no difficulties, no difficulties but walking modificat…

Do mobility, cognitive functioning, and depressive symptoms mediate the association between social activity and mortality risk among older men and wo…

2013

Social activity and health correlate in old age, but less is known about what explains this association. The aim of this study was to investigate whether mobility, cognitive functioning, and depressive symptoms mediate the association between social activity and mortality risk, or whether they alternatively should be considered as prerequisites for social activity in older Finnish men and women. In 1988, 406 men and 775 women aged 65–84 years took part in face-to-face interviews about their health, socioeconomic status, and social activities. Confirmatory factor analyses were used to form latent variables describing collective and productive social activity. Latent variable models were used…

Spółka celowa jako podmiot komercjalizacji wyników badań naukowych - kilka uwag na tle obowiązującego stanu

2017

Elämäntapana islam : islamin ja uskonyhteisön ilmentäminen suomalaisten, islamiin kääntyneiden naisten haastatteluissa

2015

Tämä tutkielma tarkastelee suomalaisten, islamiin kääntyneiden naisten haastattelutilanteessa välittyviä diskursiivisia ja kehollisia uskon ilmentämismuotoja. Pro gradun tutkimuskysymys on: Miten haastateltavat haastatteluaineiston perusteella rakentavat yhteyttä islam-yhteisöön ja eroa valtakulttuuriin a) diskursiivisten ja b) kehollisten käytänteiden kautta? Pääaineistona toimii vuonna 2013 kerätty haastatteluaineisto. Aineisto on analysoitu käyttämällä metodeina teoreettista sisällönanalyysia ja ontologista konstruktionismia. Tutkimuksen teoria pohjaa Talal Asadin ja Gabriele Marrancin näkemyksiin islamin antropologiasta, sekä Peter Bergerin ja Thomas Luckmannin teoriaan todellisuuden ra…