 Activities of Daily Living
"Activities of Daily Living" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The performance of the basic activities of self care, such as dressing, ambulation, or eating.
| Descriptor ID |
D000203
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.760.169.063.500.067 E02.831.067 I03.050 N02.421.784.110
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| Concept/Terms |
Activities of Daily Living- Activities of Daily Living
- ADL
- Activities, Daily Living
- Activity, Daily Living
- Daily Living Activities
- Daily Living Activity
- Living Activities, Daily
- Living Activity, Daily
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Activities of Daily Living" by people in this website by year, and whether "Activities of Daily Living" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 1996 | 0 | 3 | 3 | | 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1998 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 1999 | 0 | 3 | 3 | | 2000 | 1 | 3 | 4 | | 2001 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2002 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2003 | 4 | 4 | 8 | | 2004 | 1 | 5 | 6 | | 2005 | 4 | 3 | 7 | | 2006 | 1 | 10 | 11 | | 2007 | 4 | 2 | 6 | | 2008 | 7 | 6 | 13 | | 2009 | 4 | 4 | 8 | | 2010 | 2 | 10 | 12 | | 2011 | 5 | 5 | 10 | | 2012 | 3 | 8 | 11 | | 2013 | 3 | 5 | 8 | | 2014 | 4 | 11 | 15 | | 2015 | 9 | 4 | 13 | | 2016 | 8 | 9 | 17 | | 2017 | 5 | 11 | 16 | | 2018 | 8 | 9 | 17 | | 2019 | 6 | 8 | 14 | | 2020 | 7 | 9 | 16 | | 2021 | 8 | 11 | 19 | | 2022 | 4 | 15 | 19 | | 2023 | 6 | 5 | 11 | | 2024 | 12 | 8 | 20 | | 2025 | 7 | 1 | 8 | | 2026 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Activities of Daily Living" by people in Profiles.
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Powell PS, Cronin-Golomb LM, Wiggins LD, Alexander A, Reyes NM, Nadler C, Wise E, Durkin MS, Thompson-Paul A, Maenner M. Daily Living Skill Profiles in Adolescents With Autism and Developmental Disabilities. JAMA Pediatr. 2026 Jul 01; 180(7):758-766.
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Lam K, White EM, McConeghy KW, Scherer LD, Stevens-Lapsley J, Mor V, Smyth HL, Gutman R. Assessing the feasibility of linking Section G and Section GG measures of function in skilled nursing facilities. Gerontologist. 2026 06 09; 66(7).
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Gomes EL, Marker RJ, Bell C, Aichele S, Eagan J, Leach HJ. Acute cancer-related fatigue response following exercise during an outpatient cancer rehabilitation program. Support Care Cancer. 2026 Jun 01; 34(6).
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Sarmiento CA, Friedman H, Glaros C, Petranovich C, Brenner LA, Dorsey B. Transition readiness assessment in cerebral palsy: A qualitative descriptive study. Dev Med Child Neurol. 2026 Oct; 68(10):1412-1420.
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Earley EJ, Shaw KG, Awad ME, Gaffney BMM, Christiansen CL, Iorio ML, Stoneback JW, Melton DH. Differences in phantom limb, residual limb, and bodily pain during pain recall and increasing activity intensity in persons with unilateral lower limb amputation. PM R. 2026 Sep; 18(9):1027-1040.
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Delmas S, Tiwari A, Tseng HY, Poisson SN, Diehl M, Lodha N. Linking behavioral variability to daily function in stroke survivors: the mediating role of cognitive and motor mechanisms. J Neuroeng Rehabil. 2025 Nov 21; 22(1):246.
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Gavett BE, Mungas D, Fletcher E, Robles I, Widaman K, Fan A, DeCarli C, Whitmer RA, Tomaszewski Farias S. Domain-specific changes in everyday cognition: Associations with diagnosis change and gray matter volume change. Neuropsychology. 2026 Jan; 40(1):3-16.
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Skelton M, Mundy J, Ter Kuile AR, Adey BN, Armour C, Buckman JEJ, Coleman JRI, Davies MR, Hirsch CR, Hotopf M, Jones IR, Kalsi G, Krebs G, Lee SH, Lin Y, McIntosh AM, Peel AJ, Rayner C, Rimes KA, Smith DJ, Thompson KN, Veale D, Walters JTR, Hübel C, Breen G, Eley TC. Genetic overlap between functional impairment and depression and anxiety symptom severity: evidence from the GLAD Study. Psychol Med. 2025 08 05; 55:e224.
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Milan RA, Sagehorn MAP, Perera R, Bowman GI, Finlay J. "It just isn't the same": altered routines among older Americans three years after the COVID-19 pandemic onset. Front Public Health. 2025; 13:1573302.
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Kinney AR, Penzenik ME, Forster JE, O'Donnell F, Fox V, Brenner LA. Access to Outpatient Occupational Therapy Services After Inpatient Psychiatric Hospitalization in the Veterans Health Administration. Am J Occup Ther. 2025 Jul 01; 79(4).
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