treatment of dysmobility to improve function or prevent disability
Gait Disorders Evaluation and Management docx
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05/03/2014, 23:20
... III The Language of Mobility Assessment IV An Overview of Approaches to the Causes of Mobility Disability 10 V Treatment of Dysmobility to Improve Function or Prevent Disability 11 ... University of Washington School of Medicine Seattle, Washington Kapil Sethi, M.D Professor of Neurology Director, Movement Disorders Program Medical College of Georgia Augusta, Georgia Mark Tuszynski, ... factors that affect mobility (16–18) V TREATMENT OF DYSMOBILITY TO IMPROVE FUNCTION OR PREVENT DISABILITY Treatment for dysmobility includes many types of exercise, adaptive equipment, medical...
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báo cáo hóa học: " Patterns of health-related quality of life and patterns associated with health risks among Rhode Island adults" doc
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18/06/2014, 19:20
... independent of one another, of being associated with one or more or the three classes of poor HRQOL Other investigators assessing one or more of the HRQOL indicators in relation to demographics, ... fair or poor general health Results for the other indicators based on the criterion of 14 or more days of poor health in the past month were as follows: 6.75% had activity limitations due to a ... 17%) for each of the indicators of poor HRQOL Conversely, both physically and mentally unhealthy people (class 4) have large probabilities (larger than 63%) for each of the poor HRQOL indicators...
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Báo cáo y học: " Treatment patterns associated with Duloxetine and Venlafaxine use for Major Depressive Disorder" pptx
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11/08/2014, 16:23
... prescriber specialty, dummy variables for prior medication use, and medical and diagnostic histories Additional predictors included derived indicators for prior uses of ≥3 unique antidepressants and ... combine serotonergic and noradrenergic mechanisms of action more effective than the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors in treating major depressive disorder? A metaanalysis of studies of newer ... were more likely than future venlafaxine XR patients to have a history of comorbid psychiatric and nonpsychiatric conditions, including pain More duloxetine initiators were also likely to have...
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Báo cáo khoa học: A distinct sequence in the adenine nucleotide translocase from Artemia franciscana embryos is associated with insensitivity to bongkrekate and atypical effects of adenine nucleotides on Ca2+ uptake and sequestration pdf
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29/03/2014, 00:20
... cyclosporin A Cyclosporin A or BKA was present in the medium prior to the addition of mitochondria (B) Reconstructed time course of extramitochondrial [Ca2+] obtained from CaGr-5N fluorescence Mitochondria ... Artemia mitochondria) or 0.5 mgÆmL)1 (for Xenopus liver mitochondria) to mL of medium identical to that used for CaGr-5N determination, respective to the original tissue At the end of each experiment, ... alignment of the Artemia ANT protein sequence with that of other species (Xenopus, Drosophila, mouse isoforms 1, 2, and 4, rat isoforms and 2, bovine isoforms 1, 2, 3, and 4, and human isoforms 1,...
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báo cáo hóa học: " Too much or too little step width variability is associated with a fall history in older persons who walk at or near normal gait speed" pdf
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19/06/2014, 10:20
... older adults: predictors of falls or indicators of fear? J Am Geriatr Soc 1997, 45:313-320 Gabell A, Nayak USL: The effect of age and variability in gait Journal of Gerontology 1984, 39:662-666 ... walking at a near normal walking speed gait variability has been shown to be a stronger indicator of fall risk than gait speed [1] Gait variability appears to be an early indicator of fall risk in ... variability and fall history Since the range of values for the lowest and highest quartile was much larger than the range of values for the middle two quartiles we decided to explore the association...
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Báo cáo y học: "Clinical factors associated with a conservative gait pattern in older male veterans with diabetes" potx
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10/08/2014, 21:23
... an informed consent approved by the Committee for Protection of Human Subjects Clinical examination One examiner and the principal investigator underwent training prior to the inception of the ... collected prior to the examination Pedal pulses were palpated and patients with the absence of one or more pulses were considered to have arterial insufficiency[13] Sensitivity to monofilament was ... in a relaxed posture End range of motion in the dorsiflexed position was felt to be a more informative measure due to current theory in sagittal plane mechanics of the foot [16-18] The inter-rater...
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Báo cáo y học: " Alterations in transcriptional responses associated with vascular aging" ppsx
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11/08/2014, 08:22
... of genes induced in response to inflammatory stimuli For example, the PPAR (peroxisome proliferators-activated receptors) nuclear receptors are transcription factors expressed in EC, VSMC, and ... support a role for several ETS family members in the regulation of vascular inflammation, including endothelial activation in response to inflammatory mediators, the recruitment of inflammatory ... Anti-inflammatory VWF, VE-Cad, Ang2, IL-8 Unknown PPAR-α, -γ Pro-inflammatory NF-|B, pro-inflammatory cytokines, NOS2, VCAM-1 Decreased NF-κB NF-κB is known as the prototypic transcriptional mediator of...
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báo cáo khoa học: " DNA polymorphisms and haplotype patterns of transcription factors involved in barley endosperm development are associated with key agronomic traits" pot
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12/08/2014, 03:21
... involvement of BLZ1 in the regulation of hordein gene expression through binding to the GLM BLZ1 protein functions as a transcriptional activator and is able to form either homodimers or heterodimers ... barley, B-hordein represents the largest fraction of the storage protein Functional analysis of the promoters of genes specifically expressed in the cereal endosperm, such as those encoding B-hordein ... transcription factors (TFs) are the gibberellin-regulated Myb factor (GAMYB), the barley leucine zippers and (BLZ1, BLZ2), and the barley prolamin box binding factor Page of 11 (BPBF) that were shown to be...
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Báo cáo y học: "Atypical clinical presentation of a subset of patients with anti-RNA polymerase III - nonscleroderma cases associated with dominant RNA polymerase I reactivity and nucleolar staining" potx
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12/08/2014, 17:22
... units to 107 units to 112 units prior to the development of RP two years later RP is often the first symptom of SSc and may start many years prior to development of SSc [2] Since cases of anti-RNAP ... Schott to the University of Florida Center for Autoimmune Disease Publication of this article was funded in part by the University of Florida Open-Access Publishing Fund Author details Department of ... time of initial visit (P = 0.07 vs topo I group, P = 0.01 vs all others combined) When the medical history was carefully reviewed, sclerodermatous changes appeared prior to RP in 31% (5 of 16) of...
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Báo cáo y học: " Zangfu zheng (patterns) are associated with clinical manifestations of zang shang (target-organ damage) in arterial hypertension" pot
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13/08/2014, 14:20
... MPSA: manifestation profile simulation algorithm; N%: proportion of available information of pattern in dataset; N %-cutoff: proportion of optimized available information of pattern in dataset; ... directly proportional to the amount of information explained by the investigated target-organs for any quantity of manifestations in either clinical history or pattern In other words, although ... according to the FM to Luiz et al Chinese Medicine 2011, 6:23 http://www.cmjournal.org/content/6/1/23 Page of 12 Figure Study design Literature review of Zangfu patterns and TOD was performed to...
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Báo cáo y học: "Intensivists'''' base specialty of training is associated with variations in mortality and practice patterns" docx
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13/08/2014, 20:21
... Intervention Scoring System (TISS) over first 24 hours of admission to ICU, year of admission, time of year of admission (by 28-day block to coincide with trainees' length of rotation), level of care ... 32.4) (6.1 to 30.9) (5.9 to 32.8) Patients changed from Full Care to DNR (%) 12.8 13.3 12.6 12.1 Median Number of Procedures (IQR) (2 to 5) (2 to 5) (2 to 4) (2 to 5) 8.9 8.4 8.8 8.4 (3.3 to 19.0) ... evidence that the first 24 to 48 hours of a patient's care often sets the trajectory for both short and long-term patient outcomes [17-21], this did not allow us to account for management decisions...
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Báo cáo y học: "Weight loss, leukopenia and thrombocytopenia associated with sustained virologic response to Hepatitis C treatmen"
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26/10/2012, 09:39
... due to fail to complete treatment and evaluation Of these, 13 failed to return for follow-up, stopped because of adverse effects, for poor response, and because of death Finally, a total of 54 ... relevant laboratory data and liver biopsy results of all patients are shown in Table The major risk factors for acquiring HCV infection were related to injection drug use and tattooing Mild and ... 2010, 39 History of cocaine use, n (%) 22 (41) History of alcohol abuse, n (%) 22 (41) History of methamphetamine use, n (%) (4) HIV co infection, n (%) (6) Underlying psychiatric disorders (depression,...
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Báo cáo y học: "Serum cholesterol concentration associated with aspirin esterase activity in older people: preliminary data"
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26/10/2012, 09:39
... Even for a given individual, age-related factors may be also contributory to the range of turnover rates (8) However, despite the universal use of aspirin, the underpinnings of the etiology of aspirin ... new avenues for exploration of aspirin metabolism Our present results of improvement of aspirin effect with decreased total cholesterol may partly account for non-effectiveness of aspirin in ... with concurrent increases of total cholesterol levels (4, 5); thus, emphasizing the clinical importance of control of total cholesterol with a mild -to- moderate increase of physical activity among...
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Báo cáo y học: " A Novel Variable Number of Tandem Repeat of the Natriuretic Peptide Precursor B gene’s 5’-Flanking Region is Associated with Essential Hypertension among Japanese Females"
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26/10/2012, 10:04
... intron of the serotonin transporter gene is associated with susceptibility to major depression [24] We previously determined the structural organization of human natriuretic peptide receptor genes ... Biosciences Corp) at 5°C for 80 and then subjected to silver staining (Dai-ichi Kagaku, Tokyo, Japan) The electrophoresis parameters were set according to the manufacturer’s protocol Sequencing ... amplification consisted of an initial denaturation at 94°C for min, followed by 35 cycles of 98.5°C for 25 sec, 63°C for 30 s, 72°C for min, and a final extension of 72°C for 10 Then, the PCR products...
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Báo cáo y học: "Grb2-associated binder 1 polymorphism was associated with the risk of Helicobactor pylori infection and gastric atrophy"
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31/10/2012, 15:37
... cytokines, growth factors, antigen receptors [22] The association between the polymorphism of cytokine genes such as interleukin 1B [23,24] and tumor necrosis factor A [25,26] and H pylori seropositivity ... confirmatory biological studies with histological assessment Acknowledgments The authors are grateful to Dr Nobuyuki Katsuda for the enrollments of controls, and Ms Yoko Mitsuda and Ms Mayumi Kato for ... molecules in signal transduction of cytokine and growth factor receptors, and T and B cell antigen receptors Leuk Lymphoma 2000; 37: 299-307 Liu Y, Rohrschneider LR The gift of Gab1 FEBS lett 2002; 515:...
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Báo cáo y học: "Elevated plasma homocysteine is positively associated with age independent of C677T mutation of the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase gene in selected Egyptian subjects"
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03/11/2012, 09:49
... non-diabetic obese and normal weight subjects Atherosclerosis 2003;167(1):105-9 Benjafield AV, Wang XL, Morris BJ Tumor necrosis factor receptor gene (TNFRSF1B) in genetic basis of coronary artery disease ... consisted of a total of 50 unrelated male patients with past history of myocardial infarction (age ranged between 50-75 years) All patients and controls were living in the same geographic area of Northern ... folate, vitamin B6, or vitamin B12), the presence of any form of cancer, liver disease, primary renal disease or any collagenic diseases All subjects gave informed consent before the study began...
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Báo cáo y học: " Vgf is a novel biomarker associated with muscle weakness in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), with a potential role in disease pathogenesis"
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03/11/2012, 10:52
... spinal cord motorneurons is a specific predictor of onset and progression of clinical motor impairment Thus, Vgf could provide a biological index to predict and monitor the development of motor impairment ... loading and to normalize Vgf immunoreactivity 93 Immunocytochemistry For semiquantitative assessment of Vgf in spinal cord motorneurons, immunohistochemistry was performed as previously reported [21] ... the CSF, and in spinal cord motorneurons may be a biological diagnostic index for ALS It remains to be directly tested whether restoring Vgf expression in spinal cord motor neurons therapeutically...
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Báo cáo y học: "Clinical Symptoms Associated with Asystolic or Bradycardic Responses on Implantable Loop Recorder Monitoring in Patients with Recurrent Syncope"
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03/11/2012, 11:17
... present in almost 80% of patients with WNV infection associated with neurologic disease The unique pattern of multifocal chorioretinitis can help establish an early diagnosis of the disease while ... mosquito bites (repellants, window screens, protective clothing,…) Vaccination, a long term solution, is still in the research phase In conclusion, chorioretinal involvement, frequently asymptomatic ... serologic testing is pending Therefore, an ocular examination, including ophthalmoscopy and FA in selected cases, should be part of the routine evaluation of patients with clinically suspected...
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Báo cáo y học: "Clinical Symptoms Associated with Asystolic or Bradycardic Responses on Implantable Loop Recorder Monitoring in Patients with Recurrent Syncope"
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03/11/2012, 11:17
... Patients with asystolic or bradycardic response on ILR monitoring Group 2= Patients without asystolic or bradycardic response on ILR monitoring Symptoms (Table and Figure 1) Aura or prodrome: Only ... family members or friends None of our patients had loss of bladder or bowel controls during these episodes Palpitations: Patient histories were reviewed for presence or absence of palpitation ... categorical data as percentages T-test for comparison of means and chi-square test for categorical data was used Significance was achieved with P value < 0.05 Results Total of 22 patients of refractory...
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Development of a method to measure consumer emotions associated with foods
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03/04/2013, 21:07
... and recruited via internet and /or phone based on being a user of the specific product or the product category Consumers report to the McCormick central test location for an as- signed appointment ... designed to apply to commercial testing which uses product category users and /or product users and potential new product concepts This work is therefore in line with a number of authors who have ... who wish to study the impact of foods on emotions One clear outcome of the present work is that a large number of emotions appear to be needed to fully characterize the emotional response to foods...
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