Disability or Chronic Disease Leading to Disablement

People with disabilities are less physically active than the general population. Their barriers to physical activity are multiple and include intrapersonal, organizational, societal and interpersonal reasons. Nevertheless, at present, the evolution of their barriers to physical activity and the short- and long-term impact of medical and medico-social treatments to limit them are unknown. The aim of this study is to describe barriers to physical activity, or disability-related underperformance factors in competitive sports, in patients with cognitive, neuromotor or sensory impairments during aging.

People with neuromotor disability (i.e. following an inborn or acquired spinal cord, cerebral or peripheral neurological lesion) are at high risk of osteomyelitis-associated pressure ulcers. The management of osteomyelitis-associated pressure ulcers is controversial. In our center, patients benefit from a one stage surgical management with bone shaving and flap covering osteitis of pressure ulcer to perform wound closing. Surgery is followed by an antibiotic treatment, secondarily adapted to intraoperative samples. The aim of this study is to describe the cohort and to identify factors associated with failure (or success) in this frail population.

People with neuromotor disability (i.e. following an inborn or acquired spinal cord, cerebral or peripheral neurological lesion) are at risk of worsening their neuro-orthopaedic disorders during aging, including fracture risk. Nevertheless, at the present time, the natural evolution of their neuro-orthopedic disorders and the long-term functional impact of their medical and surgical treatments is unknown. The aim of this study is to describe neuro-orthopedic disorders during aging of patients with neuromotor disability, their functional repercussions, their comorbidities and the therapeutic strategies used.