Fitness rating norms based on Bangsbo et al. (2008) formula and athlete performance data

Scientific basis and normative data for single-leg balance assessment in athletic populations

In the context of the research programme ‘Idiomatic Second Language Acquisition’ (for more information see http://isla.ruhosting.nl), we collected normative data of 374 Dutch idiomatic expressions by 390 native speakers. In an online test, we asked participants to judge various dimensions of idiomatic expressions on a five-point scale: Frequency, Usage, Familiarity, Imageability, and Transparency. In addition, we objectively assessed their knowledge of idiom meaning by means of a multiple choice question (Idiom knowledge recognition). The dataset contains the aggregated results per expression for the 5 subjective dimensions (Frequency, Usage, Familiarity, Imageability, and Transparency) and the objective Idiom knowledge recognition (proportion correct).This work is part of the research program Free Competition in the Humanities with project number 23000349 NWO ISLA FdL, which is financed by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO).

*Mueller et al. [22].

Associations of socio-demographic characteristics with the BSI Global Severity Index (Sum score).

IntroductionEpidemiological studies have shown that weaker grip strength in later life is associated with disability, morbidity, and mortality. Grip strength is a key component of the sarcopenia and frailty phenotypes and yet it is unclear how individual measurements should be interpreted. Our objective was to produce cross-sectional centile values for grip strength across the life course. A secondary objective was to examine the impact of different aspects of measurement protocol.MethodsWe combined 60,803 observations from 49,964 participants (26,687 female) of 12 general population studies in Great Britain. We produced centile curves for ages 4 to 90 and investigated the prevalence of weak grip, defined as strength at least 2.5 SDs below the gender-specific peak mean. We carried out a series of sensitivity analyses to assess the impact of dynamometer type and measurement position (seated or standing).ResultsOur results suggested three overall periods: an increase to peak in early adult life, maintenance through to midlife, and decline from midlife onwards. Males were on average stronger than females from adolescence onwards: males’ peak median grip was 51 kg between ages 29 and 39, compared to 31 kg in females between ages 26 and 42. Weak grip strength, defined as strength at least 2.5 SDs below the gender-specific peak mean, increased sharply with age, reaching a prevalence of 23% in males and 27% in females by age 80. Sensitivity analyses suggested our findings were robust to differences in dynamometer type and measurement position.ConclusionThis is the first study to provide normative data for grip strength across the life course. These centile values have the potential to inform the clinical assessment of grip strength which is recognised as an important part of the identification of people with sarcopenia and frailty.

Characteristics of respondents who completed the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) (n = 1238).

Materials and methods: Fifty young asymptomatic subjects consist of 31 females and 19 males were recruited by doing convenience sampling for the cross-sectional study. After the anthropometric measurements, procedure of rebound test was explained to the participants. To check the Rebound test, participants were asked to sit on the chair with no arm rest and asked to do 90 degree elbow flexion. Resistance would be given by the Investigator over distal end of forearm. Jerky and small amplitude elbow flexion movement was seen, after releasing the resistance. The mean of three readings were used to estimate the Rebound test acuity. To find the normality, Kolmogorov-Smirnov test was used. Independent T-test was used to find comparison between males and females demographic details and RT values. Result: Overall mean value of age with 95% of confidence interval is 20.2 (19.7-20.7 years). Mean value with 95% of confidence interval of height of overall sample is 160.7 (158.6-162.9cm). Mean value with 95% CI of weight of overall sample size is 55.4 (36-75 kg), mean value of BMI of overall sample size including males and females both is 21.4 (14.8-28.7 kg/m2). Overall mean value for RT in right and left UE are 35.9 (32.7-39) (7.1- 57.4 cm), and 39.9 ± 11.6 cm (9.1- 63.9 cm) respectively shown in table 5.2.Overall mean value for RT in right and left UE are 35.9 (7.1- 57.4 cm), and 39.9 (9.1- 63.9 cm) respectively. Mean values of RT of right and left UE in males are 37.8 (29.-48.1cm), and 42.8 (31.8-60 cm) respectively. Mean values of RT of right and left UE in females are 34.6 (7.0-57.4cm), and 38.0 (overall range of 9.1-63) respectively. No statistical difference (p value->0.005) between males and females RT values was found.

In three studies conducted in the United States, we examined whether a perceived moral violation motivates willingness to engage in normative and more radical collective action. Using value‐protection and identity‐formation models, we explored whether increased endorsement of moral convictions and relevant opinion‐based group identification could explain such effects. Study 1, using the “travel ban” for Muslims as the focal issue, experimentally found that a strong violation, compared to a weak violation, increased normative and nonnormative collective action, moral convictions and opinion‐based group identification. Study 2 replicated these results in a longitudinal design and supported a mediating effect of increased endorsement of moral convictions and opinion‐based group identity. Study 3 used a real‐world violation (the United States’ withdrawal from the Paris climate agreements) to replicate the findings cross‐sectionally. We conclude that a perceived moral violation motivates normative and nonnormative collective action because the violation makes one's moral conviction and opinion‐based group identification more salient.

The Standardized Vocabularies contains records, or Concepts, that uniquely identify each fundamental unit of meaning used to express clinical information in all domain tables of the CDM. Concepts are derived from vocabularies, which represent clinical information across a domain (e.g. conditions, drugs, procedures) through the use of codes and associated descriptions. Some Concepts are designated Standard Concepts, meaning these Concepts can be used as normative expressions of a clinical entity within the OMOP Common Data Model and within standardized analytics. Each Standard Concept belongs to one domain, which defines the location where the Concept would be expected to occur within data tables of the CDM.

Env_Data_PONE-D-13-50148_081514This dataset in csv format consists of all environmental data (moving average mean temperature, moving average standard deviation of temperature, 24-hr mean relative humidity, 4-hr lag black carbon) linked to each unique participant and date of examination visit used in the analysis. This dataset is sorted by participant ID and date of examination visit.

Descriptive statistics for the scales and the GSI of the BSI for a clinical sample of psychotherapy outpatients (Sum score, Mean score, T-Scores (Standardization according to German and Swiss norms), Positive Symptom Total; All based on weighted analyses.

Normative data in the Norwegian population compared to patients with UC on inclusion.

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RBANS total and domain index mean [95% confidence interval] for the total sample and for subgroups.

Demographic and disease characteristics for the total population as well as for subgroups based on time of evaluation.

BackgroundFinger opposition movements are the basis of many daily living activities and are essential in general for manipulating objects; an engineered glove quantitatively assessing motor performance during sequences of finger opposition movements has been shown to be useful to provide reliable measures of finger motor impairment, even subtle, in subjects affected by neurological diseases. However, the obtained behavioral parameters lack published reference values.ObjectiveTo determine mean values for different motor behavioral parameters describing the strategy adopted by healthy people in performing repeated sequences of finger opposition movements, examining associations with gender and age.MethodsNormative values for finger motor performance parameters were obtained on a sample of 255 healthy volunteers executing sequences of finger-to-thumb opposition movements, stratified by gender and over a wide range of ages. Touch duration, inter-tapping interval, movement rate, correct sequences (%), movements in advance compared with a metronome (%) and inter-hand interval were assessed.ResultsIncreasing age resulted in decreased movement speed, advance movements with respect to a cue, correctness of sequences, and bimanual coordination.No significant performance differences were found between male and female subjects except for the duration of the finger touch, the interval between two successive touches and their ratio.ConclusionsWe report age- and gender-specific normal mean values and ranges for different parameters objectively describing the performance of finger opposition movement sequences, which may serve as useful references for clinicians to identify possible deficits in subjects affected by diseases altering fine hand motor skills.

Differential analyses on the HS-EBP dimension scores from a normative sample of Spanish physiotherapists.

Regression analysis of factors associated with RBANS total index score.

Handgrip strength is an important biomarker of healthy ageing and a powerful predictor of future morbidity and mortality both in younger and older populations. Therefore, the measurement of handgrip strength is increasingly used as a simple but efficient screening tool for health vulnerability. This study presents normative reference values for handgrip strength in Germany for use in research and clinical practice. It is the first study to provide normative data across the life course that is stratified by sex, age, and body height. The study used a nationally representative sample of test participants ages 17–90. It was based on pooled data from five waves of the German Socio-Economic Panel (2006–2014) and involved a total of 11,790 persons living in Germany (providing 25,285 observations). Handgrip strength was measured with a Smedley dynamometer. Results showed that peak mean values of handgrip strength are reached in men’s and women’s 30s and 40s after which handgrip strength declines in linear fashion with age. Following published recommendations, the study used a cut-off at 2 SD below the sex-specific peak mean value across the life course to define a ‘weak grip’. Less than 10% of women and men aged 65–69 were classified as weak according to this definition, shares increasing to about half of the population aged 80–90. Based on survival analysis that linked handgrip strength to a relevant outcome, however, a ‘critically weak grip’ that warrants further examination was estimated to commence already at 1 SD below the group-specific mean value.