Search for dissertations about: "Successful aging"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 27 swedish dissertations containing the words Successful aging.

2. 21. Enjoying life and living healthier : impact of behavioral and psychosocial factors on physical function in old age

   Author : Marguerita Saadeh; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Abstract : Declines in physical function vary substantially across older individuals due to, among others, several extrinsic modifiable factors. In this thesis, we aimed to better delineate the impact and interplay among indicators of behavioral, psychological and social well-being on functional trajectories, in initially healthy older individuals. READ MORE

4. 22. Re-establishing reading skills of elderly low vision patients : studies on Swedish low vision clinic clients

   Author : Örjan Bäckman; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : elderly patients; low vision clinic; reading proficiency; cognitive capacity; low vision reading training; low vision rehabilitation; quality of life;

   Abstract : This thesis is based on the project "Reading skills, reading training and technology for the visually handicapped - Prospects for the 1990s," carried out at the Department of Educational Research of the Stockholm Institute of Education 1988-1993. All data were collected in connection with this project. READ MORE

5. 23. Electrical remodeling in arial fibrillation - assessment using surface electrocardiograms, prognostic implications and potential reversal

   Author : Andreas Bollmann; Kardiologi; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; atrial fibrillation; electrocardiography; stroke; biomarkers;

   Abstract : The fibrillatory rate of the surface ECG during atrial fibrillation (AF) has been suggested for quantification of the individual atrial remodeling, to monitor interventions and to predict the response to different therapies. In this dissertation, the relation between fibrillatory rate of the surface ECG and (1) clinical and echocardiographic variables, (2) the outcome of cardioversion, (3) circulating markers of inflammation and hemostasis, (4) the risk of left atrial thrombus formation, (5) the risk of stroke, and (6) the effects of candesartan on the fibrillatory rate were investigated in human persistent atrial fibrillation (AF). READ MORE

6. 24. Mitochondrial dysfunction in neurodegeneration

   Author : Mats Ekstrand; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Mitochondria; TFAM; Parkinson s disease; neurodegeneration;

   Abstract : The mitochondrial respiratory chain (RC) is responsible for providing most of the cellular energy in the form of ATP, and is also one of the main sites of reactive oxygen species (ROS) formation. The RC, consisting of five enzyme complexes in the inner mitochondrial membrane, is unique in its bipartite dependence on both nuclear and mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA). READ MORE

7. 25. Drug treatment of elderly : the need for changing behaviour among providers and patients

   Author : Johanna Ulfvarson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Abstract : Medication-related illness is a great problem, particularly among the elderly. Elderly people use many different drugs, they have many diseases and symptoms, and also experience natural signs of aging. Altogether, the treatment of an elderly patient is complex and assessment of the appropriateness of a drug therapy is difficult. READ MORE