Biomedical subjects

S Oldaker

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PubMed2001

Relationship between muscle strength and the time taken to complete a standardized walk-turn-walk test.

We examined the effects of age and gender on the relationship between knee strength and walking time during a walk-turn-walk test in 176 male and 168 female generally healthy participants of the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging who were aged 21-89 years. Subjects were timed as they walked 50 ft (15.24 m), turned around, and walked back to the starting point, both at a comfortable pace and as fast as possible. Isokinetic concentric knee extensor strength was measured at 30 degrees /s by using a Kin-Com dynamometer. Both comfortable and fast gait times increased with increasing age for both women and men, starting in middle age. An interaction was found between gender and age showing that older women are slower than older men at both paces. Gait time decreased linearly with increasing knee extensor strength, plateauing at higher strength levels (>130 N m for comfortable gait, and 190 N m for fast gait). Most women occupied the linear part of the curve below the plateau. Adjustment for body size, age, physical activity, and particularly number of steps to complete the task removed the relationship between strength and gait time for the comfortable gait. Women took longer to complete the walk-turn-walk test than men at older ages, were on the linear part of the strength-gait time relationship, and used more steps to complete the task, all of which may contribute to their greater likelihood of frailty in later years.

Adult↗

PubMed1997

Health-promoting behaviors of black and white college women.

There is growing recognition that race and socioeconomic variables in health research demand greater attention. The investigators compared racial differences in health definition, health value, and health-promoting behavior of 62 pairs (N = 124) of Black and White college women matched on age, body mass index, and socioeconomic status. Both groups of women had similar definitions of health, valued health to the same extent, and reported similar levels of self-actualization, health responsibility, exercise, and stress management. Black women, relative to White women, practiced fewer nutrition behaviors and had less interpersonal support. Interventions to reduce health risk associated with nutrition practices of Black women are warranted and further research is needed to explore the influence of the social structure of educational institutions on interpersonal relationships and other health behaviors. When socioeconomic status is taken into consideration, Black and White college women demonstrated more commonalities in health behavior than differences.

Black or African American↗

PubMed1994

Differentiated practice: the new paradigm using a theoretical approach.

Differentiated practice is a term that has been identified in nursing for years. Nurses today, however, still practice under the old paradigm that disregards preparation and states that "a nurse is a nurse is a nurse." The idea of differentiated practice, which supports the restructuring of nursing roles based on education, experience, and competence, can again be found in recent literature. Current models for differentiated practice and rationales for implementation are reviewed. This article addresses the need to shift from the old paradigm and provides an analysis of the issues central to differentiated practice from two theoretical perspectives: role theory and nursing theory.

Clinical Competence↗

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