... corresponding to "None", 1-4 to "Mild pain", 5-6 to "Moderate pain", and 7-10 to severe pain1 [14,27-29]),should be interpreted cautiously in clinical practice due to ... outcome measures for pain clinical trials: IMMPACT recommendations. Pain 2006, 125(3):208-215.3. Caraceni A, Cherny N, Fainsinger R, Kaasa S, Poulain P, Radbruch L, De Conno F: Pain measurement tools ... 116 118Total 5 18 135 158Values of Δ less than or equal to 0 on a scale, indicate that background pain intensity was scored higher or equal to peak pain intensity with that scale (inconsistent...
... musclemass; TBSMM, total body skeletal muscle mass; FFM, fat free mass; BF, body fat; fatness, percentage body fat; FFMI, fat free mass index; BFI, bodyfat index; SMMI,skeletal muscle mass index.qConference ... obtained from BIS,using Matlab (MatlabÒ, R2006b, Mathworks). In order to compare body composition to a previous birth cohort, FFM and fatness(percentage body fat) were also calculated according ... al.Comparison of fat- free mass and bodyfatin Swiss and American adults.Nutrition 2005;21(2):161–9.22. Coin A, Sergi G, Minicuci N, Giannini S, Barbiero E, Manzato E, et al. Fat- freemass and fat mass...
... water coming into play onseven holes. While fun to play, it is anything but a pushover. TheDesert Course is a more relaxing option. Again, this is a TomWeiskopf/Jay Morrish design. Measuring a ... setting. Each room has a private balcony, refrigerator and mini-bar. The hotel is built into the surrounding mountains. Walkways,set above the unusual selection of flora, take you from wing to ... Goodfishing is found in the lakes of Hot Springs National Park, includingLake Hamilton and Lake Ouachita. The hotels have long beenknown for their thermal mineral baths and massages. Dining facili-ties...
... motiva-tion, where motivation is defined as an individual'sdegree of willingness to exert and maintain an efforttowards attaining organizational goals [9].Although it is likely that motivation influences ... upsurge of interest in human resourcesrequired to deliver health care in low-income settings aspart of the drive to achieve the Millennium DevelopmentGoals. Much of the attention, including in Kenya, ... shouldbe interpreted cautiously. This does not, in our opinion,detract from the usefulness of the index or the finding thatthe index was able to differentiate study hospitals accord-ing to their...
... smoking, physical exercise other than walkingand walking (Model 3), the lower HRQL was independ-ently linked to overweight only in females. Similar resultswere obtained in model 4 which also included ... factors leading to increased body weight and obesity and, consequently, to the impairment of health-related quality of life.Competing interestsThe authors declare that they have no competing interests.Authors' ... make it possible to ascertain the subtle differ-ences which contribute to a change in the perceived qual-ity of life in individuals with increased body weight, andparticularly in the obese.ConclusionThe...
... added to a domain if itcorrelated with a domain, it loaded only on one domain,and it generally made sense to include the item in thedomain [29]. The reliability of the domain, including theadded ... typically resulted in the grouping of similaritems that could be formed into possible new domains(not necessarily those identified in the card sorting proce-dure). If a domain contained too many items ... groups and interviews. Investiga-tors from the DISABKIDS centres were involved in theitem selection process, assuring that all items where rele-vant in each country. This was again tested in the...
... 8 of 8 and not for its individual domains. Since w e built linearregression models in which the independent variableswere the differences in scores in individual domains ofthe IWQOL-Lite, ... Symptoms 2.1 (1.8 to 2.5) 0.3 (0.0 to 0.6) 1.8 (1.3 to 2.3) <0.0001ã Activity/Mobility 3.2 (2.7 to 3.6) 0.2 (-0.2 to 0.6) 3.0 (2.3 to 3.6) <0.0001ã Personal hygiene/Clothing 3.4 (2.9 to ... 0.2 (-0.2 to 0.6) 3.2 (2.5 to 3.9) <0.0001ã Emotions 2.3 (1.9 to 2.8) 0.7 (0.3 to 1.1) 1.7 (1.0 to 2.3) <0.0001ã Social interactions 2.8 (2.3 to 3.2) 1.3 (0.0 to 2.7) 1.4 (0.3 to 2.6) 0.0132ã...
... were satisfactory implying that the items in each scale contain a similar proportion of information con-cerning the construct being measured, except for one item in the 11-item Coordination of ... tar-geting, reliability, and validity) in data from the RCT. In addition, we undertook more in- depth examinations ofvalidity. First, we examined convergent and discriminatevalidity by correlating ... Hobart2,4*AbstractBackground: Intravenous steroids are routinely used to treat disabling relapses in multiple sclerosis (MS).Theoretically, the infusion could take place at home, rather than in hospital. Findings from...
... smoking, physical exercise other than walkingand walking (Model 3), the lower HRQL was independ-ently linked to overweight only in females. Similar resultswere obtained in model 4 which also included ... factors leading to increased body weight and obesity and, consequently, to the impairment of health-related quality of life.Competing interestsThe authors declare that they have no competing interests.Authors' ... make it possible to ascertain the subtle differ-ences which contribute to a change in the perceived qual-ity of life in individuals with increased body weight, andparticularly in the obese.ConclusionThe...
... diagram showing how BM might be assembled at the surface of a cell or an acinus. (a) Top: acinus surrounded by laminin-111 (green). Bottom: the laminin-111 polymerizes and engages integrins (blue) ... organized apically in the acinus, and apical polarity is established.Integrin heterodimerLaminin heterotrimerNidogen/entactinTight-junction proteinsType IV Collagen network+ laminin-111 heterotrimer(a) ... conditions.Using cell lines to study tissue architecture in 3D culturesA fully formed organ is exponentially more complex than cells in culture, but cultivating cells in 3D begins to bridge the gap in...
... error in measurement on a single radiograph (M0)along with the ability to detect change over time, and alsoincludes the variability in measurement related to differences in patient repositioning ... is not the procedure usually employed in clinical trial;instead, all radiographs are kept in such trial for use in anintent -to- treat analysis.Our findings did not reveal significant differences ... digitalized measure- ment of joint space at the narrowest point on plain radio-graphic views of the pelvis in trials of structure-modifyingtreatment. However, there remains uncertainty concerning theoptimal...
... and inhibitor III). These inhibitors have been shown to be selective for two relatively distinct repertoires of MMPs– whereas inhibitor II inhibits MMP-1, MMP-3, MMP-7 andMMP-9, inhibitor III ... involved in dif-ferent types of arthritis remains to be determined, from a clini-cal point of view this approach represents an interesting tool to test the potential of new protease inhibitors ... that other factors mayexplain the failure of MMP inhibitors in clinical trials. Forinstance, some members of the MMP family were recentlyshown to exert an anti-inflammatory activity in some physiolog-ical...