Effect of allopurinol on phosphocreatine recovery and muscle function in older people with impaired physical function:a randomised controlled trial [PDF]
Background: Allopurinol has vascular antioxidant effects and participates in purinergic signalling within muscle. We tested whether allopurinol could improve skeletal muscle energetics and physical function in older people with impaired physical ...
Cavin, Ian +10 more
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Fascia, Eh. What Is It? What Is It Good for?
ABSTRACT Opinions on the meaning of the term fascia appear to have been diverging for the past quarter century. In 1998, the definition of fascia in the international standard anatomical nomenclature was narrowed by removing the term fascia superficialis.
Paul E. Neumann +10 more
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Depletion of B-cells with rituximab improves endothelial function and reduces inflammation among individuals with rheumatoid arthritis. [PDF]
BackgroundIndividuals with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are at increased risk for cardiovascular disease, partly due to systemic inflammation and endothelial dysfunction.
Del Puerto, Gus +10 more
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Atherectomy With Multimodal Embolic Protection for Severely Calcified Femoropopliteal Lesions
ABSTRACT Severe calcification in femoropopliteal lesions remains a clinical challenge to achieve both the technical and long‐term success in endovascular therapy. Although atherectomy is an effective treatment for calcified lesions, it is associated with the risk of distal embolization, even with the use of embolic protection devices (EPDs), and ...
Daichi Yoshii +3 more
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Transcutaneous calf-muscle electro-stimulation : a prospective treatment for diabetic claudicants? [PDF]
Background: First-line therapy for claudicants with diabetes include supervised exercise programmes to improve walking distance. However, exercise comes with a number of barriers and may be contraindicated in certain conditions. The aim of this study was
Ellul, Christian, Gatt, Alfred
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ABSTRACT Background International robotic‐assisted PCI platforms such as CorPath 200 and CorPath GRX have demonstrated procedural safety and efficacy but are limited by the absence of real‐time tactile feedback and cumbersome device exchange. The ETcath200, the first domestically developed robotic PCI system in China, introduces guidewire force‐sensing
Jing Yang +8 more
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A cohort study of duplex Doppler examinations of the carotid artery in primary open angle glaucoma [PDF]
Objectives To explore the possibility of pathological change in the common carotid artery at the bifurcation and in the internal carotid artery beyond the bifurcation which could contribute to a reduced diastolic pressure as observed in primary open ...
Aldoori, M. I. +3 more
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Executive functions and self‐limited epilepsy with centro‐temporal spikes: A scoping review
Abstract Executive functions are a set of high‐level cognitive processes necessary for planning, organization, decision‐making, self‐control, and attention, and are carried out in the anterior frontal lobes. An impairment in executive functioning might present as difficulties in planning and organizing activities, in attention and concentration, in ...
Edoardo Fino +6 more
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Clinical Effect Analysis of Spinal Cord Electrical Stimulator Implantation for Diabetic Foot
Abstract Objective To investigate the clinical effect of spinal cord electrical stimulator implantation in the treatment of diabetic foot (DF). Materials and Methods We recruited 19 patients with DF who were admitted to Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University between January 2018 and May 2020.
Peng‐Bo Zhou, Min Bao
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Hypodynamic and hypokinetic condition of skeletal muscles [PDF]
Data are presented in regard to the effect of unilateral brachial amputation on the physiological characteristics of two functionally different muscles, the brachial muscle (flexor of the brachium) and the medial head of the brachial triceps muscle ...
Katinas, G. S. +2 more
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