"impair progress" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to talk about anything that holds back progress. For example, "Inequality can impair progress and lead to social unrest."
None Co-morbid conditions that may impair progress were addressed (i.e. depression, musculoskeletal/respiratory problems).
This study adjusts targets for maternal and child health for socioeconomic and policy factors that can improve and impair progress.
As Zermansky et al. (2007)[ 14] commented, "conducting research with care home residents is beset with constraints and complexities that can impair progress.....an extraordinary amount of time and resources are needed to overcome them".
As it concerns our understanding of the evolution of microbial genomes, acceptance of such claims about universal trees upon which all of life's events can be mapped -- or worse, belief in their truth [ 2] -- is more likely to impair progress in understanding early evolution than to promote it (for the evolution of multicellular life, trees are fine).
Two factors impaired progress: a) the timeline for finalizing the recommendations and b) the absence of funds to develop messages supporting the guidelines.
(1) Studies of how the exclusion or marginalization of women scientists impair scientific progress.
This is just a sampling of the reports I have seen and heard illustrating the ailments plaguing public schools, including numerous accounts of teachers and school support personnel being laid off, which has resulted in larger class sizes, shorter kindergarten days and other consequences that will impair educational progress.
Early and localised root surface and root endophytic colonisation by P. fluorescens PICF7 is needed to impair full progress of Verticillium wilt epidemics in olive.
Certainly, eradication programs face several challenges that impair their progress even in developed countries, including limitations on the sensitivity and specificity of the routine diagnostic tests, large herd sizes, animal movements, and the presence of wildlife reservoirs [ 5].
Ongoing interparty conflict impaired legislative progress, bringing the key justice committee in the parliament to a standstill.
