Poorer functional status was associated with advanced age, the presence of dementia, poor vision, difficulty walking, poor reported health status, and larger household size.
In the setting of a DFU, local trauma (e.g., walking, poor-fitting shoes, plantar contact with hard objects, and others) is often thought to initiate foot ulcers (19).
Teams of female police officers working with community volunteers walk through poor neighbourhoods urging women to denounce abuse, and telling them they are backed by a new law.Community policing has become a watchword in other parts of the region, too.
Mazanur, born with a chromosome defect that means he is unable to walk, has poor sight and has limited communication, owes his first taste of freedom to a new £3,500 power-steered wheelchair he acquired through a unique service set up between the charity Whizz-Kidz and the primary care trust (PCT) where he lives in Tower Hamlets, east London.
His home, overlooking a slum where drug dealers rule, is close to his school but it is a walk along poor streets and past burned out cars.
Where should I walk Buddy?" (Poor Buddy was soon to be killed by a car on the road we suggested).
In many cases, the ability to walk was poor previously, so their functional condition is aggravated.
In fact, functional dependence after critical illness is correlated with two of the phenotypic features of characterizing frailty: inability to walk and poor upper extremity strength [ 13].
Additionally, in COPD, systemic inflammation has been associated with diminished peripheral muscle strength, reduced exercise endurance, workload, and six-minute walk distance, poor health status, and quality of life [ 8].
He walks through poor communities in designer jeans.
