OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to evaluate the influence of reduced visual information on
postural control by comparing low-vision and normal-vision adults in static and dynamic …

Objective: The ADL-Glittre was created to assess more comprehensively the essential activities
of daily living in adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The aim of this study …

BACKGROUND: The impulse oscillometry system is a noninvasive method of evaluating
respiratory mechanics that is being increasingly used in the pediatric population. To date, no …

Background: The aim of the present study was to test the notion that Brazilian children
entering private school have a motor function advantage over those entering their first year in …

BACKGROUND: The ADL-Glittre test (TGlittre) was initially proposed to evaluate the
activities of daily life (ADL) of adults with COPD that involve activities with the upper limbs in …

BACKGROUND: Many clinicians and researchers in Brazil consider the Neurological
Developmental Exam (NDE), a valid and reliable assessment for Brazilian school-aged children. …

… Bobbio TG , … da Silva Pacheco SC, Gabbard C, Ries LG, Bobbio TG …

… Tatiana Bobbio is a pediatric physical therapist in São Paulo, Brazil. She is also a doctoral
student in the Department of Child and Adolescent Health at the State University of Campinas …

… The aim of the present study was therefore to gain more insight into the observations of
Bobbio et al. by using older children (8–11 years compared with first-graders [6–7 years]) and a …

Highlights Aging process increases postural oscillations, worsening the postural balance.
Poor postural balance is more evident in the elderly over 80-years old. Deterioration of the …