evaluation of foot and ankle problems in older people

... epidemiology and costs of foot and ankle surgery in Australia using data routinely tracked by the Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) database, in order to inform future planning of foot sur- http://www.jfootankleres.com/content/1/1/10 ... orthotic therapy and footwear modifications, major structural or long-standing conditions often require surgical intervention In Australia, provision of foot surgery is primarily the domain of specialist ... epidemiology and healthcare costs of surgical procedures [10] (ii) foot and ankle trauma: including treatment of dislocations and fractures of the ankle, tarsals, metatarsals and phalanges (item numbers...

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... for evaluation of hand function in the said population -0.519* 0.011 Informed consent for publication was obtained from patients or their guardians (in case of minors) during enrollment into ... Function Test (MAULF) [7] and Functional Hand Grip Test (FHGT) [9] and (2) evaluation of the subjects' per- formance in activities of daily living (ADLs) using the Functional Independence Measure ... sensation, and motor control in cerebral palsy patients affect hand function in activities of daily living This comprehensive documentation of upper limb deformity and hand function in cerebral...

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... dynamic of the disease and thereby indicating the best time points of administering the vaccine Thus, individually vaccination is already performed on the large ruminant population, but with vaccines ... in both Pakistan [6] and the neighbouring countries of India, Afghanistan, Iran and China [7-9] and those serotypes are a continued problem in Pakistan According to the OIE HandiSTATUS [10] Pakistan ... These mass vaccinations should optimally take place shortly before the beginning of the two rainy periods, e.g in June and September Those vaccinations should, in our opinion, be in addition to...

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... and Music Processing Perceptual Evaluation A panel of voice professionals perceptually evaluated the intelligibility of each patient while listening to a play back of the recordings A five-point ... hours of speech) and 48 utterances (1042 words) for the validation set (the training and validation corpora were the same as in [16]) This ASR system is integrated into the “Program for the Evaluation ... perceptual evaluation resulted in 2.9 ± 1.0 for the oral cancer group on the five-point scale and 2.5 ± 1.0 for the group of laryngectomees The effect of the language model is investigated in Table using...

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... behavioral problems were often encountered and of significant burden [13] Yet, to date, little is known about the prevalence of agitation and behavioral problems in older patients in acute care settings ... variables, including diagnosis, acuity of illness, comorbidities, pain, and type and dose of medications, may also be associated with the development of behavioral problems in this setting However, ... onset of delirium and functional decline in hospitalized older adults, there are few investigations of behavioral problems in this population Typically such behaviors are discussed within the...

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... staining in part of the membrane in more than 10% of the tumor cells (1+); complete staining of the membrane with weak or moderate intensity in more than 10% of the neoplastic cells (2+); and ... analysis Page of Figure Immunohistochemical positive staining of p53 in a representative case of high-grade (G3) ductal carcinoma Immunostaining shows a clear and wide nuclear staining in an high ... expression value of 11% (median = 5%) (Figure and 2) Using this mean value as cut-off to distinguish high and low expressing tumors, staining was considered high in 11 (30.5%) out of 36 tumors in our series...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 10:21

... of Podiatric Medicine and the British Journal of Podiatry – were not indexed in PubMed, and several current foot and ankle journals, such as Foot and Ankle Surgery and The Foot are also not indexed ... our understanding of foot disorders, irrespective of the professional background or country of origin of the contributing authors In doing so, we hope to foster greater awareness and collaboration ... Journal of Podiatry and the Australasian Journal of Podiatric Medicine were considered to be the least prestigious of all foot and ankle publications, and that academic staff considered inclusion in...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 21:23

... Study J Foot Ankle Res 2008, 1:1 Hawke F, Burns J: Understanding the nature and mechanism of foot pain J Foot Ankle Res 2009, 2:1 Cameron AFM, Rome K, Hing WA: Ultrasound evaluation of the abductor ... diagnostic imaging, biomechanics and bioengineering, orthotics and prosthetics, and the broader areas of epidemiology, policy, organisation and delivery of services related to foot and ankle care ... Foot in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis trial (FiJIA): a randomised controlled trial of an integrated foot care programme for foot problems in JIA J Foot Ankle Res 2009, 2:21 Godlee F: Publishing...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 21:24

... assess disabling foot pain Pain 2000, 85:107-113 18 Roddy E, Muller S, Thomas E: Defining disabling foot pain in older adults: further examination of the Manchester Foot Pain and Disability Index Rheumatology ... Journal of Foot and Ankle Research 2011, 4:11 http://www.jfootankleres.com/content/4/1/11 JOURNAL OF FOOT AND ANKLE RESEARCH STUDY PROTOCOL Open Access Treatment of forefoot problems in older people: ... Forefoot problems increase with age and are more common in women than in men Around 20% of people over 65 suffer from non-traumatic foot problems and 60% of these problems are localised in the forefoot...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 21:24

... totally, in the case of a dominant intervention, offset the costs of supplementation and also improve quality of life Adding supplements of micronutrients to the standard management of diarrhea ... Effectiveness and Resource Allocation 2003, Background Diarrhea remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality in developing countries with a significant proportion experiencing a depletion of zinc and ... were administered to the treatment and the control group only once in a day The intervention sachet contained 40 mg of Zinc sulfate and mg of Copper sulfate powder The control sachet contained 50...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 13:20

... was used in 19 feet, while the Cincinnati [10], incision and approach was used in 40 feet, (the same approach was used in revision cases including 19 Turco incisions and 14 Cincinnati incisions, ... provided better correction of the equinus deformity of the calcaneus, and enabled a better hand grip and control of the hind foot during casting after surgery c The third pin (subtalar wire); After ... border of the foot, and the pins inserted into position to provide better control during casting, and B; the circular "orthopad" pieces in position to cover the ends of the second coronal pin medially...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 04:20

... events Although treatment, including physiotherapy and NSAID administration, was initiated in another clinic, the pain and swelling of his right foot progressively worsened, and he demonstrated gait ... treatment, including physiotherapy and NSAID administration, was initiated in another clinic, the pain in his ankle progressively worsened and he demonstrated gait disturbance A physical examination ... Conclusions In two patients with CRPS I, the oral administration of low-dose bisphosphonate resulted in an improvement in severe pain and regional osteoporotic findings in the foot or ankle We speculate...

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... coordinated use of a range of CORFO programs It combines training activities, innovation, infrastructure, technical assistance, and business and finance networking In 2001, the PTI financed nine ... guarantees and interest subsidies The study focused on three assistance clusters in Northern Ireland (training, marketing and upgrading machinery and equipment), and two in the Republic of Ireland (marketing ... data, we find positive and significant impacts of treatment on intermediate outcomes— increased investments in training, introduction of new products and processes, ISO certification and links with...

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... Monitoring of progress Both the local MTFs and MEDCOM have roles in monitoring the quality of health-care practices according to evidence-based standards defined in practice guidelines and providing ... MTFs, and there should be reductions in rates of use of emergency rooms and inpatient stays for exacerbations of asthma Introduction As part of the process of developing the asthma guideline, ... addressed: • Inconsistent coding of diagnoses and procedures Effective monitoring of performance in treating asthma (or some other condition) requires consistent coding of diagnoses and procedures in the...

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... showing INDIAN PEDIATRICS JUNE 10, 2012 [E-PUB AHEAD OF PRINT] KAR, et al HAND, FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE eosinophilia and two cases with neutrophilia Routine and microscopic examination of stool and ... Council of Medical Research, Dept of Health Research, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Govt of India Competing interests: None stated INDIAN PEDIATRICS JUNE 10, 2012 [E-PUB AHEAD OF PRINT] ... newly emerging infection in Orissa, India National Med J India 2010;23:313 INDIAN PEDIATRICS JUNE 10, 2012 [E-PUB AHEAD OF PRINT] KAR, et al HAND, FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE TABLE I AGE AND SEX DISTRIBUTION...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 12:20

... Older People in England (2001) 13 THE ASSESSMENT AND PREVENTION OF FALLS IN OLDER PEOPLE Aims of the guideline ✦ To evaluate and summarise the evidence for assessing and preventing falls in older ... declare interests at the beginning of each GDG meeting This information is recorded in the meeting minutes and kept on file at the NCC-NSC 15 THE ASSESSMENT AND PREVENTION OF FALLS IN OLDER PEOPLE ... cognitive/behavioural interventions alone reduce the incidence of falls in communitydwelling older people of unknown risk status Such interventions include risk assessment with feedback and counselling and individual...

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... restrictions in any aspect of their lives In addition many of those who continue to indicate restriction in at least one aspect of life at three years, have indicated recovery and onset of restriction in ... an individual may experience in involvement in life situations" and refers to the personal and societal consequences of health conditions [3] There is a growing interest in such consequences and ... R, Croft P: The effect of age on the onset of pain interference in a general population of older adults: Prospective findings from the North Staffordshire Osteoarthritis Project (NorStOP) Pain...

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... grasping, the correlation between the grasping and load force has been often employed in research of human motion and grasping [17,18] as a measure of the level of coordination between grasping and ... new ball rolls down the inclined table The task is a combination of catching, grasping, pick -and- place movement and releasing Ziherl et al Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2010, ... task We were interested in the impact of various haptic parameters included in the human-robot interaction Catching efficiency and pickand-place efficiency are chosen as the indicators of the task...

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 08:20

... of knee and ankle extensors is related to transmission changes in spinal pathways and clinical scores of motor function in chronic hemiparesis after stroke In Proceedings of the 19th International ... participants and in nine out of thirteen of those with stroke Within the next three time windows, a significant heteronymous inhibition was observed in all of the control participants but was absent in ... two time windows of analysis of the heteronymous modulation (24-36 ms and 36-48 ms) The present study shows, in stroke individuals, an increased coactivation of knee and ankle extensors of the paretic...

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... neck, arm, leg pain during physical activity and headache/migraine) are scored on a four-point rating scale ranging from no complaints (0) to serious complaints (3) Each complaint is also scored ... neuroticism, frequency of lack of leader support, severity and frequency of time pressure, severity of physical demands and severity of operational demands After adjusting for emotional exhaustion ... Behavioural Sciences in Medicine, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, PO Box 1111 Blindern, NO0317 Oslo, Norway 2National Institute of Occupational Health,...

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