Individuals with lower levels of social support have : more cardiovascular disease, more complications during pregnancy, and more functional disability and pain associated with rheumatoid arthritis, among many other findings.
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At the 1992 Summer Paralympics, all disability types were eligible to participate, with classification being run through the International Paralympic Committee, with classification being done based on functional disability type.
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Different sports utilize different classes, with some of these systems mirroring the classes used by the CP-ISRA, while at the same time allowing athletes to compete against people with similar functional disabilities.
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Swimmers are divided into ten classes based on degree of functional disability : mean average of the classes assigned for each individual stroke ( rounded to the nearest whole number with . 5 rounding up ).
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Because the lower jaw never grew, but the upper one did, the result was both a functional disability _ an inability to eat solid food _ and a " devastating cosmetic problem ."
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In wheelchair rugby, the purpose of classification is to give structure to the sport by minimizing the impact of different levels of functional disabilities on the court as it pertains to the outcome of the game.
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Someone will go into this category-the Support Group-because they have one or more severe functional disabilities ( such as being unable to move 50 metres by themselves ) or if certain other conditions apply.
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Each patient must be thoroughly evaluated to document the extent of arthritic changes within the joints, pain, stiffness, swelling and functional disabilities like trouble climbing up and down stairs, walking or getting up after prolonged sitting.
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Among its findings : " Religious activities and attitudes were inversely related to measures of physical illness severity and functional disability " _ i . e ., more religious patients tended to be less sick or dysfunctional.
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Awareness of these long-term functional disabilities is growing, and research is ongoing to further clarify the spectrum of disabilities and to find more effective ways to prevent these long-term complications and to more effectively treat functional recovery.
