Bioresorbable vascular scaffolds (BRS) represent a novel approach to provide transient vessel support to drug-delivery capability without the long-term limitations of metallic drug-eluting stents (DES).
For instance, in the case of disability, there are many households where the existence of intense long-term limitations in activity in the last 6 months among their members disappears from one year to another.
Severe: a reaction of any duration which results in hospitalisations and or long-term limitations of daily activities.
Patients with MDD show long-term limitations in functioning and well-being that are similar to or worse than those of patients with chronic medical illnesses [ 9].
Concerning health-related quality of life (HRQoL) research showed that long-term limitations in HRQoL are experienced by >50% of Dutch and Flemish children after burns [ 3].
Exercise programs could improve these long-term limitations if implemented at a later stage post TKR when patients can tolerate sufficient exercise intensity.
After stroke, most patients have residual upper limb (UL) motor impairments, leading to long-term limitations in function which impact quality of life [ 1, 2].
It was estimated that in 1996, 2.8 million Canadians aged 18 years and older provided help for a person with long-term limitations [ 13].
In contrast, the disease trajectory of patients with heart failure or COPD is often characterized by long-term limitations, intermittent exacerbations and remissions, resulting in a relatively sudden death.
However, not all individuals with functional limitations have long-term limitations in their activities, so the association between the GALI and functional limitations could be weaker than with daily activity limitations.
