breast cancer in the elderly

... effective in isolating itself from the neighboring bone rotation, in expressing the patellar alignment relative to the femur In other words, either PTA-G or PTAM is confounded by the neighboring bony ... kneeflexing activities: sitting, standing from a prolonged sitting, stair ascent or descent, squatting, running, kneeling, or jumping; Presence of pain or crepitation during patella grinding test, ... based on the following inclusion criteria: Each patient's pain originated from the patellofemoral joint; Patellar pain for at least months; Pain when performing at least three of the following kneeflexing...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 01:20

... participating in indicator dilution between the tip of the venous injection site and the tip of the arterial TPTD detection site Injection of the indicator in the distal inferior vena cava adds the volume ... are in line with theoretical considerations that the area under the curve of the thermodilution curve determining CI should not substantially be affected by injection of the indicator in the ... CIfem, femoral cardiac index (L/min/m2) The solid line indicates the mean difference between variables determined after femoral and jugular injection The dotted lines indicate the limits of agreement...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 20:22

... fluorescence was observed in nude mice at 96 h after transplantation These findings indicate that intravenously injected MSC could migrate into the femoral head and stayed in the femoral head for ... transplantation, the nude mice were anesthetized and placed in a supine position The in vivo GFP-labeled MSCs were dynamically monitored in a Kodak DXS small animal imaging system [10] When, the anesthetized ... MSCs in vivo, MSCs were labeled with GFP in vitro before transplantation [9] In brief, the solution containing GFP was added to MSCs followed by incubation for h Then, low glucose DMEM containing...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 11:18

... groups should include the following: first (the meaning of the value more than X+x); second (the meaning of the value is at the interval X + X+x); third (the meaning of the value is at the interval ... knee joint Linear Executing the support function Linear Base group Angular Linear All the values were normalized (the procedure of division of the meaning of each linear parameter on the meaning ... http://www.josr-online.com/content/2/1/8 Table 1: The presence of investigated parameters in the functional groups Groups Executing the motions of the hip joint Types Linear Angular Executing the motions of the...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 00:20

... patients in 1967 The average original curve measured 112° and reduced to 58° after final correction Four patients got pin-site irritation and the pins were reinserted Paresthesia developed in patients, ... from side bending film in current study Competing interests http://www.josr-online.com/content/2/1/23 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 The author(s) declare that they have no competing interests 23 ... body weight depending on patients' tolerance Traction was applied for a minimum of 12 hours per day, with the traction weight lessened to 50% in the night During the traction, the patient's neurological...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 01:20

... recorded using the pQCT software The means of these values at the three points were then calculated The coefficient of variation for the pQCT measurements was less than 5% Mechanical testing The mechanical ... strength in rats In Clinical studies have shown that vitamin D3 is effective in increasing BMD and reducing hip fractures in postmenoposal osteoporosis [9]; however, others have failed to reproduce the ... OVX In the present study, the dose of 0.1 mg/kg/day of alendronate increased the maximum fracture loading at the femoral neck in OVX rats, but this was not significant compared with the saline-treated...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 01:20

... characterizing this anatomic landmark relative to the pins were obtained These include the distance (dB) from a line drawn from the SPP Steinman pin to an anterior to posterior line extending from the ... the femur in the anterior/posterior plane A small skin incision was made at the midline and a mm Steinman pin was drilled from lateral to medial exiting the medial skin This was repeated at the ... All other neurovascular structures were identified in the remaining cadavers The mean distance (dB) from the superior pole of the patella SPP to the anterior to posterior line extending from the...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 04:20

... was administered in the recovery room prior to commencement of continuous infusion of 0.2% ropivacaine Intravenous PCA for both groups was inserted in theatre and commenced either in recovery or ... preoperatively (TUG1), at the time of recruitment, and then again post operatively on Day (TUG2) The TUG2 s were measured either on the ward or in the physiotherapy department prior to the morning rehabilitation ... i.e the faster the pre-op TUG time the better the patients performed post operatively; and the higher their pain score just prior to undertaking TUG2 the slower they performed Additionally, the...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 04:20

... was administered in the recovery room prior to commencement of continuous infusion of 0.2% ropivacaine Intravenous PCA for both groups was inserted in theatre and commenced either in recovery or ... preoperatively (TUG1), at the time of recruitment, and then again post operatively on Day (TUG2) The TUG2 s were measured either on the ward or in the physiotherapy department prior to the morning rehabilitation ... i.e the faster the pre-op TUG time the better the patients performed post operatively; and the higher their pain score just prior to undertaking TUG2 the slower they performed Additionally, the...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 07:20

... measuring the perpendicular distance from the centre point of the femoral head to a line bisecting the length of the femur [8] (see figure 5) Moses’ concentric circles method was used to find the ... steadily rising and is predicted to increase by 40% over the next 30 years due to the ageing population [2] The National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) recommends hip resurfacing in patients ... However, these prostheses were the least effective in restoring the femoral offset The difference in femoral offset was statistically significant (P=

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 07:20

... a body mass index ≥35kg/m2 increases the complexity of exposing the hip and accurately placing the 13 component, therefore increasing the risk in femoral notching [3, 14] Our study indicated that ... by changing the types and thresholds of these variables in order to find the best regression model to predict the early femoral failures The final regression model determined whether these five ... radiolucency or osteolysis observed on the acetabular side in the remaining cases In our final multivariable logistic regression models, age, body mass index, and the size of the femoral component were treated...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 07:20

... slightly above the umbilicus in the epigastrium in the supine position with the knees bent In the case of AAA, a prominent and often nontender, mass with pulsations or thrills is felt in the coronal ... treatment of the accompanying musculoskeletal complaints The significance of AAA to the therapist treating the patient is the potential for rupture during treatment (Beck et al., 2005) In the case ... abdominal aorta at five-year intervals 23 Aging brothers of patients with known abdominal aortic aneurysm have the highest risk for developing the disease; the prevalence of the disease in siblings...

Ngày tải lên: 27/06/2014, 19:20

... immunostaining (DAB (3,3diaminobenzidine) staining resulting in a brown reaction product) showing an extensive network of vessels in the adventitia (arrows), including some small vessels extending into ... although there are indications that incidence may be falling internationally (Sandiford et al., 2011) An abdominal aortic aneurysm is typically defined as being localised in the infrarenal abdominal ... features in the aging arteries The abdominal aorta is a transitional elastic artery In the prenatal abdominal aorta the intima consists of an endothelial monolayer and a scant pad of sub-endothelial...

Ngày tải lên: 28/06/2014, 05:20

... link protein Collagen IV, gelatin, α1-PI, fibrinogen, elastin, casein, laminin, fibrin, fibrin, proteoglycan monomer, plasminogen, myelin fibronectin, vitronectin, basic protein enactin Gelatin ... secreted in an inactive zymogen form This status is maintained due to the presence of the “cysteine-switch”, the particular interaction between the thiol group of the prodomain cysteine and the zinc ... wall is due to the influence of other concomitant factors, including the shape of the aneurysm, the characteristics of the wall material, the shape and characteristics of the intraluminal thrombus...

Ngày tải lên: 28/06/2014, 05:20

... dụng khối u, tắc ruột hay niệu quản Đau rễ thần kinh (radicular pain) xảy xuất huyết hậu phúc mạc gây nên bệnh dây thần kinh đùi hay dây thần kinh tọa (femoral hay sciatic neuropathy) Sự gây nghẽn ... TẢ BỆNH NHÂN ĐIỂN HÌNH VỚI MỘT PHÌNH ĐỘNG MẠCH CHỦ BỤNG (ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM) Một người già vốn có biểu xơ vữa động mạch (atherosclerosis), bệnh động mạch vành (coronary artery disease) ... khác.Triệu chứng thông thường với phình động mạch lớn cách cấp tính hay rò (an acute expanding or leaking aneurysm) đau bụng thường xuyên, thường định vị mạng sườn trái hay hố chậu trái với lan...

Ngày tải lên: 13/07/2014, 15:20

... dụng khối u, tắc ruột hay niệu quản Đau rễ thần kinh (radicular pain) xảy xuất huyết hậu phúc mạc gây nên bệnh dây thần kinh đùi hay dây thần kinh tọa (femoral hay sciatic neuropathy) Sự gây nghẽn ... khác.Triệu chứng thông thường với phình động mạch lớn cách cấp tính hay rò (an acute expanding or leaking aneurysm) đau bụng thường xuyên, thường định vị mạng sườn trái hay hố chậu trái với lan ... TẢ BỆNH NHÂN ĐIỂN HÌNH VỚI MỘT PHÌNH ĐỘNG MẠCH CHỦ BỤNG (ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM) Một người già vốn có biểu xơ vữa động mạch (atherosclerosis), bệnh động mạch vành (coronary artery disease)...

Ngày tải lên: 26/07/2014, 17:21

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Ngày tải lên: 07/08/2014, 23:22

... factors investigated in this study are known to be involved in the bone remodelling process and there is evidence for their involvement in OA disease [6,15,17,18,24,32] The results of this study indicated ... narrower and aligned in a disorganised manner, which may contribute to the under-mineralisation in OA [8] Interestingly, the findings of the present study indicated that the ratio of COL1A1/COL1A2 ... findings [24] This indicated an increased extent of both bone formation and bone resorption with age, which together suggest an increase in the rate of bone turnover with ageing in control individuals...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 08:23

... of therapeutic candidates on I/R injury in peripheral nerves Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests Authors' contributions MN participating in drafting the ... microscope at the distal site of clamping after removing the clips Using a rectal probe inserted cm into the rectum, the deep rectal temperature was monitored and maintained at 36.5 ± 1°C by a thermal ... participating in drafting the manuscript and statistical analysis GF participating in statistical analysis and study design MRR: Preparing the revised paper and drafting the manuscript SMR participating...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 10:20