As the 20th century brought with it the rise of athleticism and the lure of the flapper, concepts of comfort, mobility and bodily display began to offset the canons of stoicism, sedateness and modesty that had required cumbrous layers of clothing.
Drawing on and extending Foucault's account of disciplinary power, Bartky analyzes the disciplinary practices that engender specifically feminine docile bodies — including dieting practices, limitations on gestures and mobility, and bodily ornamentation.
Similarly, the participants discussed their experiences with exercise therapy as specific bodily effects and increased mobility.
A factor analysis of the original 65 items revealed 5 factors (communication, negative affect, bodily contact, aggression, and mobility).
Two items from the SF-12 addressed self-rated mobility difficulty and bodily pain.
In exploring the potential of enhancing creative assemblages and multiple dependencies, space opens up in UD and rehabilitation for acknowledging, developing, and promoting a multiplicity of bodily forms and modes of mobility.
Pruritus was found to have a significant association (p < 0.05) in quality-of-life instrument domains such as role limitation physical, role limitation emotional, bodily pain, vitality, energy, and physical mobility.
Physical challenges are inherent in the provision of bodily care, for example helping with mobility, but also encompass the carer's own physical needs, particularly those of elderly carers.
Specifically, we expect to see strong correlation between these pairs of subscales: mobility and physical functioning; pain and bodily pain; anxiety/depression and mental health.
Moderate changes (≥ 0.5) were observed in joint mobility (VAS), sensibility, grip strength, dexterity and bodily pain (SF-36) (Table 2).
