Faculty of Clinical Sciences: Recent submissions
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TIBIOFEMORAL ANGLE DEVELOPMENT IN A COHORT OF NIGERIAN CHILDREN DURING THE FIRST THREE YEARS OF LIFE
(2013-06)Knowledge of Tibio-Femoral Angle (TFA) development facilitates clinical decisions in managing childhood knee mal-alignment. Findings from cross-sectional studies on TFA development in Nigerian children vary in values and ... -
DEVELOPMENT AND PSYCHOMETRIC TESTING OF IBADAN STROKE-SPECIFIC PAIN SCALE
(2014-09)Post-stroke pain is a common and multifaceted condition that significantly limits stroke survivors' potentials for functional recovery. Appropriate assessment of post-stroke pain is useful in evaluating the effectiveness ... -
VALIDATION OF YORUBA ADAPTATION OF THE STROKE- SPECIFIC QUALITY OF LIFE SCALE
(2010-01)The Stroke-Specific Quality of Life (SS-QoL) scale, a stroke patient-centred health-related quality of life measure was developed and validated in predominantly Caucasian population. It has been shown to have excellent ... -
EFFECTS OF A TWELVE-WEEK WEIGHT REDUCTION EXERCISE PROGRAMME ON SELECTED SPATIOTEMPORAL GAIT PARAMETERS IN OBESE INDIVIDUALS
(2016-10)Obesity, a global clinical and public health challenge, has been documented to negatively affect spatiotemporal gait parameters. Although, weight reduction exercise programme is routinely used in the management of obesity, ... -
EFFECTS OF A 12-WEEK EXERCISE PROGRAMME ON ABDOMINAL ADIPOSITY, SELECTED CARDIORESPIRATORY INDICES AND QUALITYOF LIFE IN APPARENTLY HEALTHY SEDENTARY ADULTS
(2013-04)Abdominal adiposity may be associated with impaired cardiorespiratory function and reduced quality of life. Studies have reported that aerobic exercises significantly reduce general adiposity, but has little or no effect ... -
DEVELOPMENT AND PSYCHOMETRIC TESTING OF THE IBADAN LOW BACK PAIN DISABILITY SCALE
(2015-03)Scales which are used for measuring healthcare outcomes are often developed in the context of the culture and environment of the people for which they were originally developed. Scales originally developed for Nigerian ... -
EFFECTS OF COMMUNITY –BASED REHABILITATION ON QUALITY OF LIFE AND SELF-ESTEEM OF PERSONS WITH MOBILITY-RELATED PHYSICAL DISABILITIES AND THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS IN NIGERIA
(2015-09)Community-Based Rehabilitation (CBR) is a programme of care by which Persons with Mobility Disabilities (PwMDs) may access comprehensive rehabilitation services. The CBR intervention can improve the quality of life and ... -
COMPARISON OF FOUR PHYSIOTHERAPY REGIMENS IN THE TREATMENT OF CHRONIC MECHANICAL LOW BACK PAIN
(2008-10)Chronic mechanical Low Back Pain (LBP) remains a leading cause of disability and quality of life depreciating factor, the treatment of which continues to pose challenges to both clinicians and researchers. Several treatment ... -
A 12-MONTH PATTERN AND INTER-RELATIONSHIPS OF MOTOR PERFORMANCE, FUNCTIONAL ACTIVITY, SOCIETAL PARTICIPATION AND HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE OF STROKE SURVIVORS
(2012-08)Stroke is a major cause of disability affecting human functioning and health attributes such as Motor Performance (MP), Functional Activity (FA), Societal Participation (SP) and Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL). ... -
IMPACT OF MOTOR DEVELOPMENT IN CHILDREN WITH CEREBRAL PALSY ON THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND GENERAL HEALTH STATUS OF CAREGIVERS
(2011-11)Cerebral Palsy (CP) is a neuropaediatric condition which occurs as a result of damage to an immature brain resulting in abnormal motor development requiring special care. Caring for children with CP may affect the quality ... -
EFFICACY OF BIOMECHANICAL ANKLE PLATFORM SYSTEM AND A STRENGTHENING EXERCISE PROGRAMME ON FUNCTIONAL PERFORMANCE OF CHILDREN WITH CEREBRAL PALSY
(2012-08)Cerebral Palsy (CP), the most common neuropaediatric disorder, is characterised by impaired Functional Performance (FP) which may be associated with reduced muscular strength and poor balance. Improving balance and ... -
COMPARATIVE EFFICACY OF SIX-WEEK SELF-MANAGEMENT EDUCATION AND QUADRICEPS STRENGTHENING PROGRAMMES ON PAIN, PHYSICAL FUNCTION, AND QUALITY OF LIFE OF INDIVIDUALS WITH KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS
(2017-01)Osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee is a common musculoskeletal disorder accompanied by pain, functional disability and reduced quality of life. Self-Management Education (SME) and Quadriceps Strengthening Exercises (QSE) have ... -
EFFECTS OF EIGHT WEEKS OF NECK STABILISATION AND DYNAMIC EXERCISES ON SELECTED CLINICAL AND PSYCHOSOCIAL VARIABLES AMONG PATIENTS WITH NON-SPECIFIC NECK PAIN
(2015-11)Non-specific Neck Pain (NsNP) constitutes a burden to the bearers and a management challenge to physiotherapists globally. Effectiveness of neck stabilisation and dynamic exercises in the management of NsNP has been ... -
EFFECTS OF A 12-WEEK AEROBIC EXERCISE PROGRAMME ON CARDIORESPIRATORY AND HAEMATOLOGICAL VARIABLES AND QUALITY OF LIFE OF INDIVIDUALS WITH SICKLE CELL ANAEMIA.
(2011-02)Sickle Cell Anaemia (SCA) is a genetic disorder characterized by predominance of sickle cell haemoglobin. Its management is multidisciplinary but does not routinely include physiotherapy except when certain complications ... -
EFFECT OF A 12-WEEK ENDURANCE EXERCISE PROGRAMME ON COGNITIVE FUNCTION, MOBILITY AND QUALITY OF LIFE OF PATIENTS WITH MILD TO MODERATE DEMENTIA
(2011-08)Dementia is a syndrome characterised by progressive and usually irreversible cognitive deficits severe enough to compromise activities of daily living. Regular endurance exercise is a proven modality in preventing secondary ... -
SOME STUDIES ON CONTACT DERMATITIS AND OCCUPATIONAL DERMATOSE IN LAGOS
(1990-01)A study was conducted on contact dermatitis and occupational dermatoses to identify causal factors and advance proposals on how best to humanize occupational life, and to form a base line for future studies as industrialisation ... -
CHRONIC CYANIDE INTOXICATION AND A DEGENERATIVE NEUROPATHY IN NIGERIA
(1969-09)The relevant literature on nutritional neuropathies described mainly in tropical countries, and in prisoners of war is reviewed. An account is given of the history of thoughts on the possible aetiological factors involved ... -
CLINICAL, LABORATORY AND ANGIOGRAPHIC STUDIES ON ADULT NIGERIANS WITH HEART MUSCLE DISEASE
(1977-07)Heart muscle disease (HMD) is a common cardiovascular disease Nigerians. It presents with cardiomegaly associated with myocardial failure. Some of the patients have mild, transient hypertension when they are in failure ... -
HERPES TYPE-2 VIRUS AND CARCINOMA OF CERVIX UTERI IN NIGERIANS: IMMUNOVIROLOGICAL STUDIES
(1976-03)In the search for etiology of carcinoma of the cervix uteri, various factors have been implicated by various workers. The disease has been shown to have a venereal origin, following on its significant association with ... -
STUDIES OF THE PREVALENCE OF RENAL DISEASE AND HYPERTENSION IN RELATION TO SCHISTOSOMIASIS: A CROSS SECTIONAL SURVEY OF OMI-ADIO, A COMMUNITY OF HIGH BILHARZIA ENDEMICITY AND OFFA-TEDO, ONE WITH LOW ENDEMICITY
(1973-10)Two rural communities in the environs of Ibadan, Western State of Nigeria, one with sustained high endemicity of urinary schistosomiasis as the test, the other with a low endemicity as control have been studied for the ...
