Are older people putting themselves at risk when using their walking frames? [PDF]
, 2020 Background Walking aids are issued to older adults to prevent falls, however, paradoxically their use has been identified as a risk factor for falling. To prevent falls, walking aids must be used in a stable manner, but it remains unknown to what extent ...
Baker, RD +8 more
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Regulatory T cell proliferative potential as novel marker to investigate immune tolerance and clinical progression in Multiple Sclerosis [PDF]
, 2011 In autoimmune disorders such as Multiple Sclerosis (MS) one of the determining alteration is the breakdown of self-antigen immune-tolerance. Peripheral immune tolerance is maintained, at least in part, by Regulatory T cells (Treg).
Carbone, Fortunata
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Physiotherapist-patient communication in entry-level physiotherapy education: a national survey in Nigeria [PDF]
, 2018 Background: Clinical communication impacts on physiotherapy treatment outcome and its competence warrants being assessed during training for physiotherapists given the increasing need to improve patient outcomes.
Abaraogu, Ukachukwu Okoroafor +5 more
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Blinded assessment of treatment effects utilizing information about the randomization block length [PDF]
, 2009 It is essential for the integrity of double-blind clinical trials that during the study course the individual treatment allocations of the patients as well as the treatment effect remain unknown to any involved person.
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Frontiers in Neurology, 2023 BackgroundFalls can have devastating effects on quality of life. No clear relationships have been identified between clinical and stabilometric postural measures and falling in persons after stroke.ObjectiveThis cross-sectional study investigates the ...
Johanna Jonsdottir +5 more
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Case notes and clinicians : Galen's commentary on the Hippocratic epidemics in the Arabic tradition [PDF]
, 2008 Galen’s Commentaries on the Hippocratic Epidemics constitute one of the most detailed studies of Hippocratic medicine from Antiquity. The Arabic translation of the Commentaries by Ḥunayn ibn Isḥāq (d. c. 873) is of crucial importance because it preserves
Pormann, Peter E.
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Benchmarking machine learning models on multi-centre eICU critical care dataset [PDF]
, 2020 Progress of machine learning in critical care has been difficult to track, in part due to absence of public benchmarks. Other fields of research (such as computer vision and natural language processing) have established various competitions and public ...
Balaraman, Vevake +2 more
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Current Clinical Applications of Diffusion-Tensor Imaging in Neurological Disorders
Journal of Clinical Neurology, 2018 Diffusion-tensor imaging (DTI) is a noninvasive medical imaging tool used to investigate the structure of white matter. The signal contrast in DTI is generated by differences in the Brownian motion of the water molecules in brain tissue.
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Urinary and faecal N-methylhistamine concentrations do not serve as markers for mast cell activation or clinical disease activity in dogs with chronic enteropathies [PDF]
, 2014 This study sought to correlate faecal and urinary N-methylhistamine (NMH) concentrations with resting versus degranulated duodenal mast cell numbers in dogs with chronic enteropathies (CE), and investigate correlations between intestinal mast cell ...
Allenspach, K +5 more
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World Journal of Surgical Oncology, 2012 Background Lung cancer is a common cause of cancer-related death. Staging typically includes positron emission tomography (PET) scanning, in which18F-fluoro-2-dexoy-D-glucose (FDG) is taken up by cells proportional to metabolic activity, thus aiding in ...
Gill Richdeep S +4 more
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