a comparative case series study

... ST ratio In particular, S2 was characterized by a slow gait speed and an asymmetrical gait pattern; S1 had a more symmetrical but still slow gait; S3 walked faster but his pattern was unbalanced ... ST ratio Indeed, some patients Statistics After having evaluated that all patients’ parameters were normally distributed, an intra-subject one way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA, p < 0.05) was performed ... intervention, thanks to its safety and low price, could really have an impact also as a home-rehabilitation treatment for chronic stroke patients Abbreviations ANOVA: analysis of variance; BF: biofeedback;...

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 08:20

... studied variables A multiple linear regression analysis was performed using backward Wald's criteria, with those variables that significantly correlated with SGRQ Total scores A p value ≤ 0.05 was ... represent an important message because most of the patients seen at pulmonary clinics have similar characteristics as ours Table summarizes the associated predictors of SGRQ total scores for males and ... design of the study and the statistical analysis of the data BC helped in the interpretation of the data and to draft the manuscript Acknowledgements We believe our study has several limitations First,...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 16:20

... patients had AKI after orthotopic liver transplantation, one had cardiorenal syndrome, and one had multifactorial AKI Two patients had Stage I AKI by the AKIN criteria [41], five patients had ... in patients with end-stage renal disease on hemodialysis Kidney Int 2004, 65:1943-1946 45 Sato T, Tominaga Y, Ueki T, Goto N, Matsuoka S, Katayama A, Haba T, Uchida K, Nakanishi S, Kazama JJ, ... 48 Imanishi Y, Inaba M, Nakatsuka K, Nagasue K, Okuno S, Yoshihara A, Miura M, Miyauchi A, Kobayashi K, Miki T, Shoji T, Ishimura E, Nishizawa Y: FGF-23 in patients with end-stage renal disease...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 03:20

... 4.9 Medial Fc A + B, H MegaOATS 22 31 56 4.9 Medial Fc A, B MegaOATS HTO 6° 23 34 59 4.9 Lateral Fc MegaOATS Cancellous bone grafting 24 59 58 3.1 Lateral Fc MegaOATS OATS patella, partial synovectomy ... not for citation purposes) The Outerbridge technique, using the lateral patellar facet as an autograft, can cause femoropatellar pain and affects patella tracking and stability [28] Autologous ... patients participating in the present study were educated in detail about the surgical technique and all alternative procedures with their advantages and disadvantages, and all participants chose...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 10:23

... which was required to be of at least weeks duration and at a level of at least 40 mm on a 100 mm visual analogue pain scale (VAPS) as previously described [26], which was considered an appropriate ... attached to the hallux and 1st metatarsal to derive sagittal plane motion data for the 1st MTP joint Sensors were also attached to the posterior calcaneus and medial tibia to derive ankle/subtalar ... subscale of the FFI was chosen a priori as a clinically relevant change, based on previous data [33,34] Foot orthoses Methods This two part study was undertaken at St James’ and Chapel Allerton...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 21:24

... weeks later the cast was changed and a short walking cast was applied If the patient was able to dorsiflex the foot and ankle to neutral, no postoperative brace was used Vlachou and Dimitriadis ... PP, Shiavi R: Split posterior tibial tendon in spastic cerebral palsy J Bone Joint Surg 1983, 65 -A: 748-754 Kapaya H, Yamada S, Nagasawa T, Ishihara Y, Kodama H, Endoh H: Split posterior tibial tendon ... pictures and additional materials, corresponding author DD: Approved the final manuscript All authors read and approved the final manuscript Competing interests The authors declare that they have...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 21:24

... defecation was median 1-4 times/day (range: < time/day to > times/day) after treatment (Figure 2a) and systematically changed in position towards a decreased frequency since the paired data showed ... in change, not explained by the systematic change related to the group, in this case demonstrating dispersed responses among the parents, was calculated as the relative rank variance (RV) ranging ... Sweden) was used for descriptive statistics and statistical analysis with Sign test A twoside P value less than 0.001 was regarded as significant for test of no change in rated variables before as...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 14:20

... coverage of the range of conditions within FDS schools, one more nonSEQAP school in an advantaged area in DakNong has been added (table 2) Data collection and analysis Both qualitative and quantitative ... (20/each school: 10 from more advantaged families and 10 from less advantaged families) Teacher School leaders Accountant DOET & BOET - (Sapa, Lao Cai), Dak Mil, KrôngNô (DakNông) and Th nh H a, ... them Because the most schools are located in disadvantaged areas of Vietnam, they lacked facilities for teaching and extracurricular activities Lao Chai, Le Loi, Le Thi Hong Gam and San Sa Ho II...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2015, 10:21

... of antenatal care (ANC) among pregnant women: a field trial in central Java, Indonesia Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health 2005, 17(1):3–8 32 AbouZahr CL, Wardlaw TM: Maternal mortality at ... Cite this article as: Nasreen et al.: Men’s knowledge and awareness of maternal, neonatal and child health care in rural Bangladesh: a comparative cross sectional study Reproductive Health 2012 ... Making for Health Care in South Asia Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health 2009, 21(2):137–143 17 Cham M, Sundby J, Vangen S: Maternal mortality in the rural Gambia, a qualitative study on access...

Ngày tải lên: 12/02/2014, 19:20

... Luginaah I, Laukkanen E, Hellyer D, Reinhartz A, Watterson A, Abu-Zahra H, Maticka-Tyndale E, Schneider K, Beck M, Gilbertson M: Occupation and breast cancer: a Canadian case control study Ann ... and agricultural industries of the geographic study area Band et al [21] conducted a case control study with 1018 cases in British Columbia It was similar to this study but with separate analyses ... Geneva: World Health Organization; 1990 32 Statistics Canada: North American industrial classification system http://www.statcan.gc.ca/subjects-sujets/standard-norme/naics-scian/2002/ naics-scian02l-eng.htm...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 02:21

... Classification Ottawa, Canada 16 STATISTICS CANADA 1998 North American Industrial Classification System Ottawa, Canada 17 CHECKOWAY, H., N PEARCE & D CRAWFORD-BROWN 1989 Research Methods in Occupational ... et al.: OCCUPATION AND BREAST CANCER 771 are persistent and bioaccumulate in the adipose tissue.29 A case control study that controlled for both traditional breast cancer risk factors as well as ... breast cancer patients year research grant from Canadian Breast Cancer Research Foundation—Ontario Chapter 60 BROPHY, J., M KEITH, I LUGINAAH, et al 2003 Occupational histories of breast cancer...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 02:21

... Mfinanga SG, Mutayoba BK, Kahwa A, Kimaro G, Mtandu R, Ngadaya E, Egwaga S, Kitua AY: The magnitude and factors associated with delays in management of smear positive tuberculosis in Dar es Salaam ... da Saude Secretaria de Vigilancia a Saude Programa Nacional de DST/AIDS: riterios de definicao de casos de aids em adultos ecriancas Brasilia, Ministerio da Saude: Ministerio da Saude, Secretaria ... univariate model were: - clinical variables: weight loss, asthenia, sweating and chest pain; - variables related to habits and lifestyle: use of marijuana, cocaine and crack; - variables related...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 04:20

... individually matched to each case subject on mining facility, sex, race/ethnicity (ie, white, African American, American Indian, Hispanic), and birth year (within years) In the analysis, estimates ... exhaust and lung cancer risk in a pooled analysis from case- control studies in Europe and Canada Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2011;183(7):941–948 Silverman DT Is diesel exhaust a human lung carcinogen? ... comments; Nathan Appel JNCI | Article 13 of IMS, Inc for computer support; Robert Saal and Helen Jewell of Westat, Inc for support in study and data management; and Rebecca Stanevich and Daniel Yereb...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 17:20

... this paper was to compare the HRQoL of South Asian and Caucasian women diagnosed with PCOS Existing research has identified a younger age of Table Comparison of the Asian PCOS and Caucasian PCOS ... the analysis of the SF-36 normative data MJC assisted with the statistical analysis HL participated in the study design and assisted with recruitment All authors read and approved the final manuscript ... Caucasian Analysis The age and testosterone concentration of Asian and Caucasian women were compared using independent ttests Chi-squared and Fisher’s exact test were used to Page of analyse data...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... reported Case A 40-year old female with a diagnosis of bipolar disorder was admitted in an acutely manic state Her normal medications included olanzapine 20 mg and sodium valproate The nursing staff ... placebo and IM olanzapine in terms of QTc prolongation from a pooled analysis of the IM olanzapine clinical trials Although IM olanzapine has been compared with placebo and haloperidol in acute ... formed part of the routine assessment of patients within that unit at the time Case presentations Case A 40-year-old woman with a diagnosis of bipolar illness presented in an acute manic state Previous...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 21:20

... homocysteine was released using the Fa BioRad kit (Bio-Rad Quantaphase kit; Bio-Rad Clinical Division, Hercules, Calif) Statistical analysis The patient features were analysed via descriptive statistics ... alignment and drafted the manuscript PvL participated in the sequence alignment and drafted the manuscript All authors read and approved the final manuscript http://www.annals-general-psychiatry.com/content/8/1/18 ... 7.95 a2 test clinical data and vitamins and tHcy A P value < 0.05 was viewed as statistically significant The statistical calculations were performed using the SPSS 11.5.1 software program (SPSS...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 23:21

... chronological order of FDA approval, saquinavir, ritonavir, indinavir, nelfinavir, lopinavir, atazanavir, fosamprenavir (pro-drug of amprenavir, which is no longer available), tipranavir, and darunavir ... 1105 raltegravir RTV, DRV Adenocarcinoma, prostate cT1cNXM0, GS 4+3, PSA 5.1stage II 69 androgen deprivation 536 abacavir, lamivudine RTV, ATZ Renal cell carcinoma, lateral chest wall, metastatic, ... events There have been a number of case reports and small case series documenting seve re toxicities in HIV patients receiving radiation therapy A meta-analysis of case reports and case series found...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 09:20

... KonRad, each structure classified as target could have a minimum dose, a maximum dose, and an associated penalty factor Structures classified as OARs could only have maximum doses and associated ... planned with IMPT and IMRT Organ/ Parameter Optic chiasm D max Spinal cord D max Brainstem D max Temp lobe D max D mean Inner ear D max D mean Mid/ext ear D max D mean TM joint D max D mean Larynx/esophgus ... used as starting input parameters for optimization of IMRT and IMPT plans in the subsequent cases These parameters had to be modified again in a trial-and-error fashion in locoregionally advanced...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 09:22

... of the univariate or multivariate analyses Table Multivariate analysis of significant variables and other likely causational variables for serious NSAID ulcer complications Predictor Adjusted OR ... of cases and controls JvdP also contributed to the statistical analysis of the data All authors read and approved the final manuscript Acknowledgements The authors wish to thank all participating ... elderly cases Statistical results In univariate analysis, cases and controls differ significantly with regard to body mass index, smoking habits, marital status, medical history of heart failure,...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 10:20

... with RA were predominantly Hispanic-American and African-American, whereas control subjects were primarily Caucasian and African-American Patients with RA had experienced their disease for a mean ... performed all statistical analyses RGM participated in all aspects of conceptualization, design, implementation, data analysis and in writing this manuscript All authors read and approved the final manuscript ... Arthritis Research & Therapy Vol No Blackman et al matoid cachexia,' accelerated cardiovascular disease, and enhanced mortality in patients with RA [1-3] RA cachexia is manifested by...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 10:20