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Physical activity and quality of life of amputees in southern Brazil [PDF]
Physical activity is a positive component of human health. Its effects are associated with improvement in physical, psychological and social aspects of quality of life. Physical activity is therefore an important factor in the rehabilitation of amputees.
da Silva, Rudney +4 more
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The Economic Impact of Lower Extremity Amputations in Diabetics. a Retrospective Study From a Tertiary Care Hospital of Faisalabad, Pakistan [PDF]
Background: Among the various complications of diabetes, lower-extremity amputation due to diabetic foot is a common problem. In Pakistan, 6-7% of patients with diabetes suffer from diabetic foot ulceration.
Ehsan, S. B. (Sumera) +5 more
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Etiology of phantom limb syndrome: Insights from a 3D default space consciousness model [PDF]
In this article, we examine phantom limb syndrome to gain insights into how the brain functions as the mind and how consciousness arises. We further explore our previously proposed consciousness model in which consciousness and body schema arise when ...
Crawford, Molly W. +2 more
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Amniotic band syndrome (ABS) is an uncommon, congenital fetal abnormality. Lower extremity limb defects are the common manifestations of ABS. The most common features include congenital distal ring constrictions, intrauterine amputations, and acrosyndactyly. Rare cases of craniofacial and visceral defects were reported.
Imene Dahmane Ayadi, Emira Ben Hamida
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Aims: Open fractures pose a substantial treatment challenge, with adjacent muscle loss being a major complication. The induced membrane (IM) technique has shown promise in treating complicated fractures.
Andrew R. Clark +6 more
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The human ARF tumor suppressor senses blastema activity and suppresses epimorphic tissue regeneration. [PDF]
The control of proliferation and differentiation by tumor suppressor genes suggests that evolution of divergent tumor suppressor repertoires could influence species regenerative capacity.
Ahituv, Nadav +3 more
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ABSTRACT Objective Peripheral neuropathies contribute to patient disability but may be diagnosed late or missed altogether due to late referral, limitation of current diagnostic methods and lack of specialized testing facilities. To address this clinical gap, we developed NeuropathAI, an interpretable deep learning–based multiclass classification ...
Chaima Ben Rabah +7 more
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CLASSIFICATION FOR KNEE JOINT BONES DEFECTS IN PATIENTS WITH CONTRINDICATIONS TO ARTHROPLASTY
There are many classifications of long bone defects. Some of them are designed from the external fixation background standpoint with the aim to define a particular Ilizarov technique.
L. N. Solomin +2 more
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Traumatic amputations remain one of the most emotionally disturbing wounds of conflict, as demonstrated by their frequent use in films to illustrate the horrors of war. Unfortunately, they remain common injuries, particularly following explosions, and, in addition, many survivors require primary amputation for unsalvageable injuries or to save their ...
Jon, Clasper, Arul, Ramasamy
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Objective Knee osteoarthritis (OA) commonly affects individuals with Type 2 diabetes (T2DM) and is associated with increased risk of diabetes‐related complications. To better understand potential mechanisms, we examined the association between symptomatic knee OA and glycemic control in individuals with T2DM.
Lauren K. King +10 more
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