Sentence examples for difficulty descending from inspiring English sources

Mild isolated PFJOA was barely distinguished from no radiographic OA (AUC 0.71, 95% CI 0.66, 0.76) with only difficulty descending stairs and coarse crepitus marginally informative over age, sex and body mass index.

Because of collinearity between items in the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC) we selected only the first items from the Pain, Stiffness and Function subscales (pain walking on flat surfaces, stiffness on waking, difficulty descending stairs).

aOR is interpreted as the odds relative to the ISO-PF group (for example, compared to those people with ISO-PF, people with COMB have 2.4 times the odds of having knee effusion; compared with ISO-PF, those with no ROA have 0.45 times the odds of difficulty descending stairs, that is, lower risk).

Difficulty descending stairs (adjusted OR 1.83; 95% CI 1.13, 2.96) and the presence of coarse crepitus (definite crepitus: aOR 2.46; 1.32, 4.60) were marginally informative when added to age, sex and body mass index but added little discriminative power (AUC 0.71 (95% CI 0.66, 0.76) vs 0.69 (0.74, 0.74); Χ2 = 1.23; P = 0.264).

A shot of Buzz Aldrin exiting the Apollo lunar module – taken perhaps by his colleague Neil Armstrong – captures the difficulty in descending a ladder at zero gravity on to the moon's surface.

In comparison, areas with which patients tend to be least satisfied include pain experienced resulting from the procedure, difficulty in descending stairs and an inability to kneel post TKA [8].

The crew of Alaska Airlines Flight 261, bound from the Mexican resort town of Puerto Vallarta to San Francisco and then to Seattle, radioed the controllers in the Los Angeles area about 4 10 p.m. Pacific time, and "advised that they were having control difficulties and descended 26,000 feet," said Mr. Hammerschmidt of the safety board.

This playground was designed for children of all abilities, and the Nemcatacoa stilt walkers showed no difficulty navigating its wobbly bridges or descending its spiral slides.

Other emergencies, in descending frequency, included respiratory difficulties (11 %), experiencing extreme pain (related to stomach, back or kidney) (8 %), feeling unwell (7 %), feeling faint (6 %) and heart problems (4 %).

WOMAC, a 17 item survey, is used to assess knee-specific measures of the degree of difficulty in performing daily activities (e.g., descending stairs) plus joint-specific pain and stiffness [ 25].

On a personal level, the severity of injury was apparent, with 44% of injured referees having difficulties walking, 33% being limited climbing or descending stairs, 17% reporting interference with ability to work and 13% experiencing impaired sleep due to injury.