... non-significant effects) Abbreviations: Calcaneus-vertical TDA, calcaneus to vertical touch down angle; Calcaneus-tibia TDA, calcaneus to tibia touch down angle; Calcaneal at HS, calcaneal angle (relative ... Participant characteristics (5) Confounding (6) Main findings (7) Measures (10) Actual probability (11) Participants (12) Participants (15) Blinding (16) Analyses (18) Appropriate (20) Valid and ... running inindividualswith achilles tendinopathy: a systematic review Shannon E Munteanu1,2* and Christian J Barton1,3 Abstract Background: Abnormal lower limb biomechanics is speculated to be a...
... combinations of characteristics Because one way that individuals can navigate uncertainty is through relationships, interconnections may be particularly important with increasing uncertainty ... score, sample size, and intervention duration as independent predictors All statistical analysis was performed using Stata 9.2 (College Station, Texas) Analysis contrasting CAS characteristics associated ... care The CAS framework suggests that local contexts and local interactions between individuals are critical considerations in designing interventions, and that leveraging these may lead to improvements...
... et al: A cross sectional assessment of health status instruments in patients with rheumatoid arthritis participating ina clinical trial Minocycline in Rheumatoid Arthritis Trial Group J Rheumatol ... of daily living subscales The HAQ-II and SF-36 were rated indeterminate because internal consistency was tested with Rasch analysis and although the person separation index was deemed acceptable ... original HAQ [40,41] Both scales indeed demonstrated substantially smaller ceiling effects in direct comparison with the original HAQ, indicating that these scales might be more appropriate than...
... intensity of training Additional material Additional file 1: Appendix 1: Detailed search strategy is attached as an appendix Abbreviations AUSCAN: Australian/Canadian osteoarthritis hand index; CI: ... distal interphalangeal (DIP), and proximal interphalangeal (PIP) joint movements of the 2nd-5th fingers AUSCAN, Australian/Canadian osteoarthritis hand index; CHFS, Cochin hand functional scale; ... SMD were based on the following hierarchy: (a) for pain, measures of global hand pain took precedence over pain on motion and the Australian/Canadian OA hand index (AUSCAN) pain subscale [18];...
... manuscript: Richard Chapman (analysis and manuscript drafting) of ValueMedics Research; and Tina Fanning (data collection and analysis) of Vedanta Research This study was presented as a poster at the ... evaluation and management of risk factors Leading to Diabetes (SHIELD) This investigation will ascertain whether the burden of having risk factors for diabetes impacts HRQoL ina similar way as having ... hypertension and dyslipidaemia: comparison of data from two national surveys Int J Clin Pract 2007, 61:737-747 American Diabetes Association: Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes – 2007 Diabetes Care...
... has studentship funding from the Canadian Diabetes Association and the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research JAJ is a Health Scholar with AHFMR and holds a Canada Research Chair in ... since cancer diagnosis are collected as part of the CCHS Cycle 1.1 microdata, these variables are not available in the CCHS PUF Another limitation of this dataset was the inability to separate ... Physical activity level was categorized as "active", "moderately active", or "inactive" Smoking status was categorized as "daily", "occasionally", or "not at all" Education level was categorized as...
... article is available from: distributed under Ltd Psychiatry Access article References Daban C, Martinez-Aran A, Torrent C, Tabarés-Seisdedos R, BalanzaMartínez V, Salazar-Fraile J, Selva-Vera ... premorbid intelligence Data analyses Data analyses were carried out using the SPSS software (version 15.0 for Windows) An alpha level of 0.05 was used for all statistical tests Data were analyzed using ... decline and allostatic load [46] Bearing in mind that this pilot study lacks a representative sample of patients, these preliminary finding are consistent with the recent literature in which atypical...
... moment there are no national or international guidelines advocating the withdrawal of inhaled corticosteroids in those with COPD Our review does not indicate that patients withdrawn from inhaled corticosteroids ... trial reports An additional reason for being cautious about meta-analysis in trials where medication is withdrawn relates to patient management during the trial, specifically in these trials, ... than inhaled steroids is not in English is assessing the effect of patient withdrawal from trials is evaluating bias in non-randomised trials PubMed 31 excluded: 17 are not withdrawal trials are...
... was amplified by PCR from the plasmid pCY167 (Suzuki H & Yamada C, Unpublished), using forward primer 5¢-CATATGGATGAGTACAAACA AGTAGATG-3¢ and reverse primer 5¢-GGATCCTCGAG CTCATTTACGTTTTAAATTAATGCCGAT-3¢ ... high-salt conditions even increased the solvation, owing to increased water-binding capacity This may allow the protein to remain ina hydrated state, preventing the binding of inorganic cations in ... potential The waterbinding capacities of glutamate and aspartate have been reported to be 7.5 and 6.0 molecules per amino acid, respectively, whereas those for asparagine, serine and threonine have...
... of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania URT, (1995) Education and Training Policy, Ministry of Education and Culture, Dar es Salaam: Mohamed, H.I (2006), Academic writing as social practice: Acritical discourse ... Tanzania and South Africa, E&D Limited, Dar es Salaam, pp.14-34 Rajan, R., & Sumra, S (2010), “Are our children learning?” Twaweza annual learning assessment report 2010, Twaweza, Dar es Salaam Rea-Dickins, ... regions of Tanzania mainland The target population was all finalist degree programme students in 20 degree programmes at SUA in the 2010/2011 academic year A simple random sampling technique was used...
... serum albumin, alanine aminotransferase (ALT), and a- fetoprotein (AFP), were examined before plasma exchange or rh-HGF administration Statistical analysis To evaluate survival benefits by administration ... regeneration in mice Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 1994, 91:4357-4361 Morishita R, Aoki M, Hashiya N, Makino H, Yamasaki K, Azuma J, Sawa Y, Matsuda H, Kaneda Y, Ogihara T: Safety evaluation of clinical ... male Wistar rats, seven weeks of age, were obtained from Japan Farm (Kagoshima, Japan) and Charles River Laboratories Japan Inc (Yokohama, Page of 12 Japan), respectively The animals were maintained...
... participant A one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was conducted, using evaluation (before and after gait training) as a factor and mean walking speed as the dependent variable Two two-way ANOVAs and ... protocol involving gait training with partial BWS during overground walking is the safety which motivated individuals to participate witha high level of adherence When asked about the training protocol, ... CLPM was responsible for gait training, acquisition of data, analysis and interpretation of data, drafting the article TFS and JAB were responsible for interpretation of data and revising it critically...
... long lasting chronic unexplained LBP, witha duration of to 15 years Actual pain intensity during the experiment as measured withavisual analogue scale (VAS; = no pain at all, 100 = severe back ... was involved in drafting and revising the manuscript All authors read and approved the final manuscript Appendix From these findings it appears that gait adaptations occur under the performance ... coordination and the variability of trunk coordination and stride parameters Flexible adaptations in trunk coordination to, for instance, changes in walking velocity are considered a hallmark...
... parameters included peak-to-peak amplitude, area, and duration Statistical Analysis Descriptive data are reported as means ± standard deviations, and were analyzed using MINITAB® Statistical Software ... measured and used as dependent variables in the data analysis The MUP parameters included peak-to-peak amplitude, duration, number of phases, and area-to-amplitude ratio (AAR) The SMUP parameters ... (SF-36) associated with NSAP as compared to individuals at-risk, but that individualswith NSAP were no more sensitive to pressure and no more disabled than individualswith LE The DASH questionnaire...
... changes in intralimb coordination that accompanied walking at reduced speeds (with and without a walker) in ND individuals, walking witha walker resulted in less symmetry of bilateral stepping For ... length, and stride length [18-23] Furthermore, ina biomechanical analysis Alkjaer et al [24] showed that walking witha walker can change the coordination of ND individualsIn ND individuals, we investigated ... results, and further research is necessary to find the optimal set of training parameters for walking with robotic assistance [40] For all training approaches, locomotor training did not lead to a more...
... chronic incomplete spinal cord injury gained functional walking ability after treadmill training with partial bodyweight support and therapist manual assistance [15] Locomotor training is a promising ... resulted in machines that can effectively automate therapist manual assistance during locomotor training [16] The Mechanized Gait Trainer [17,18], Lokomat® [19,20] and PAM, POGO and ARTHuR [21] are all ... al [34] and Colombo et al [35] examined individualswith spinal cord injury and found differences in muscle activation patterns between stepping with Lokomat® and stepping with manual assistance...
... References Patanwala AE, Amini A, Erstad BL: Use of hypertonic saline injection in trauma Am J Health Syst Pharm 2010, 67:1920-1928 Oliveira RP, Velasco I, Soriano F, Friedman G: Clinical review: ... in 18 μl of Tris/Mn RNA buffer and μl of Promega DNase solution was added and the sample incubated, shaking at 37°C for 30 to digest any contaminating DNA A total of μl of Stop solution was added, ... Sources and biological effect of investigated inflammatory mediators Inflammatory mediator Abbreviation Major cell sources Major activity Interleukin IL-6 T cells, macrophages Interleukin IL-8 Macrophages,...
... Ilanne-Parikka P, Eriksson JG, Lindström J, Hämäläinen H, Keinänen-Kiukaanniemi S, Laakso M, Louheranta A, Mannelin M, Rastas M, Salminen V, Aunola S, Sundvall J, Valle T, Lahtela J, Uusitupa ... reduction in functional capacity The systemic inflammation associated with RA causes a hypercatabolic state, which, together witha sedentary lifestyle, results ina loss of muscle bulk and an increased ... hypertension and hypertriglyceridaemia, as well as aggressive control of inflammatory disease activity with available means, including judicious usage of GCs Competing interests The authors declare that...
... drug; HAQ, Health Assessment Questionnaire; NSAID, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug; SD, standard deviation; VAS, Visual Analog Scale leaving the study early did so secondary to a perceived lack ... placebo and interferon groups were analyzed using Fisher’s exact test The primary analysis of efficacy end points was based on an intention-to-treat (ITT) approach All patients were analyzed according ... treatment with available disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) Materials and methods This study was approved by the investigational review board at each participating institution The...