Catriona Windsor, Tingwei Zhang, Nathan J Wilson, Katrina Blyth, Natalie Ballentine, Renée Speyer
Psychosocial-behavioural interventions for school-aged children with intellectual disabilities: A systematic review of randomised control trials
Journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities : JARID
endometriosis condition female reproductive system associated pelvic pain chronic pain affect physical performance limiting functional activities thus hypothesized women endometriosis may also present decreased functional capacity decreased strength mobility objective study compare physical performance women without endometriosis crosssectional study composed 115 women equally divided two groups endometriosis group eg composed women confirmed diagnosis disease magnetic resonance imaging comparator group cg consisting women without suspicion disease physical performance dependent variable assessed using hand dynamometry 6min walk test 6mwt gait speed chair stands test cg participants performed tests luteal phase menstrual cycle descriptive statistics unpaired ttests chisquare tests used describe compare groups multiple linear regression tested associations adjusted covariates age income education age menarche body mass index eg worse gait speed mean difference 011 95 ci 018 004 weaker grip strength mean difference 332 95 ci 530 133 shorter distance covered 6mwt mean difference 8346 95 ci 12138 4553 lower number repetitions chair stands test mean difference 844 95 ci 1064 625 cg even adjusting covariates grip strength lower limb strength mobility functional capacity worse women diagnosed endometriosis women endometriosis encouraged engage physical exercise adopt healthy lifestyle habits participate rehabilitation activities control pain aim reducing functional impairments