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Upper-limb exercise in tetraplegia using functional electrical stimulation [PDF]

, 2003
Cervical spinal cord injury can result in dysfunction in both the lower and upper limbs (tetraplegia), andmay be accompanied by a range of secondary complications. The degree of upper-limb dysfunctiondepends upon the level and completeness of the lesion;
Coupaud, S., Gollee, H., Hunt, K.J., McLean, A.N.   +3 more
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Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Incorporating Early Exercise Therapy in Hand Surgery:Bag-type Negative Pressure Wound Therapy [PDF]

, 2013
In the postoperative treatment of hand surgery, it is important to start exercise therapy as early as possible. In conventional negative pressure wound therapy, the fingers are immobilized by the film dressing covering the wound and hand, thereby ...
Hasegawa, Kenjiro, Kimata, Yoshihiro, Namba, Yuzaburo   +2 more
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AAPM medical physics practice guideline 13.a: HDR brachytherapy, part B

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics, EarlyView.
Abstract The goal of this report is to assist the clinical medical physicist in assuring that key quality standards and practice considerations are met to ensure safe, reliable, and reproducible high dose rate (HDR) brachytherapy (BT) treatment. This guideline has been developed to provide appropriate minimum standards for such services.
Susan L. Richardson, Arjit K. Baghwala, Gil'ad N. Cohen, Claire Dempsey, Bruce Libby, Christopher S. Melhus, Robin A. Miller, Daniel J. Scanderbeg, Samantha J. Simiele   +8 more
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Survey of the needs of patients with spinal cord injury: impact and priority for improvement in hand function in tetraplegics\ud [PDF]

, 2004
Objective: To investigate the impact of upper extremity deficit in subjects with tetraplegia.\ud \ud Setting: The United Kingdom and The Netherlands.\ud \ud Study design: Survey among the members of the Dutch and UK Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) Associations.\
BR Johnstone, C Long, C Murphy, CL Mc Dowell, E Moberg, EG Widerstrom-Noga, EM Andresen, G Bedbrook, GJ Snoek, GW Torrance, JF Ditunno, JH van Tuijl, L Harvey, LA Harvey, LA May, M Curtin, M Dijkers, M Johannesson, M Ryan, MJ De Vivo, MW Keith, MW Keith, P Kersten, PH Gorman, PH Peckham, R Triolo, R Waters, RF Pangalila, RJ Cox, RM Andersen, RW Hanson   +30 more
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Mitochondrial DNA disorders in neuromuscular diseases in diverse populations

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
Abstract Neuromuscular features are common in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) disorders. The genetic architecture of mtDNA disorders in diverse populations is poorly understood. We analysed mtDNA variants from whole‐exome sequencing data in neuromuscular patients from South Africa, Brazil, India, Turkey and Zambia. In 998 individuals, there were two definite
Fei Gao, Katherine R Schon, Jana Vandrovcova, Özlem Yayıcı Köken, Sharika Raga, Kireshnee Naidu, Maryke Schoonen, Nimita Rani, Pedro Tomaselli, Dipti Baskar, Musambo Kapapa, Ipek Polat, Lindsay A Wilson, Kumarasamy Thangaraj, Uluç Yiş, Bevinahalli N Nandeesh, David Bearden, Michelle Kvalsund, Franclo Henning, Seena Vengalil, Atchayaram Nalini, Claudia F. R. Sobreira, Wilson Marques, Haluk Topoloğlu, Michael G Hanna, Sireesha Yareeda, Venugopalan Y Vishnu, Francois H van der Westhuizen, Izelle Smuts, Surita Meldau, Jo Wilmshurst, Büşranur Çavdarlı, Jeannine Heckmann, Patrick F Chinnery, Rita Horvath   +34 more
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Accuracy and repeatability of wrist joint angles in boxing using an electromagnetic tracking system [PDF]

, 2019
© 2019, The Author(s). The hand-wrist region is reported as the most common injury site in boxing. Boxers are at risk due to the amount of wrist motions when impacting training equipment or their opponents, yet we know relatively little about these ...
A de Lange, A Field, A Murgia, A Schmitz, B Buchholz, B Huang, B Noehren, BA Piorkowski, CD Metcalf, CJ van Andel, D Kimm, D Roetenberg, E Roux, ES Grood, F-C Su, FI Michel, G Rab, G Wu, GA Hansson, H Gellman, HEJ Veeger, Ian T. Gatt, IH Lopez-Nava, J Aizawa, JB Shepherd, JC Coburn, JG Andrews, JG Hall, JM Bland, Jon Wheat, JR Landis, JS Sun, K Asundi, M Fagarasanu, M Loosemore, M Loosemore, MS Smith, MT Worsey, NR Heneghan, P Chen, PW Johnson, R Schmidt, RB Brumbaugh, RJ Butler, RL Gajdosik, RM Greenwald, RM Patterson, RMA El-Raheem, S Delorme, Tom Allen, WC Whiting, WT Jackson   +51 more
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Serotonergic and Dopaminergic Function in Neuropsychiatrically Asymptomatic People With HIV on Antiretroviral Therapy

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective People with HIV (PWH) on antiretroviral therapy (ART) still experience neurocognitive dysfunction and accelerated brain volume loss. To assess whether the serotonergic and dopaminergic systems are affected, we used [11C]DASB positron emission tomography (PET) to assess presynaptic serotonergic function and [18F]FDOPA PET to measure ...
Chuen‐Yen Lau, Anna Lyndaker, Swati Shah, Paul Wakim, Amelia Mitchell, Cynthia Monroe, Alan Kim, Tracy L. Cropper, Govind Nair, Joseph Snow, Bryan R. Smith, Avindra Nath, Dima A. Hammoud   +12 more
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“Flap-in-Flap” Technique: Double V-Y Flap in Fingertip Injury Management

Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery
Background Fingertip injuries with amputation are one of the common hand injury problems. Several reconstructive options are available for fingertip injury. V-Y advancement flap is one of the common flaps.
Anand Prasath Jayachandiran, Suresh Rajendran, Manoj Ananthappan, Surya Rao Rao Venkata Mahipathy, Alagar Raja Durairaj   +4 more
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Penetrating injury of the hand with a door handle: a case report [PDF]

, 2008
INTRODUCTION: Penetrating injuries of the hand with various sharp objects have previously been reported. In this report we describe an unusual penetrating injury of the hand caused by a door handle. CASE PRESENTATION: A 32-year-old woman presented with a
Kiran Singisetti, Michail Kokkinakis, Nanjappa Shankar   +2 more
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Precision‐Optimised Post‐Stroke Prognoses

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Current medicine cannot confidently predict who will recover from post‐stroke impairments. Researchers have sought to bridge this gap by treating the post‐stroke prognostic problem as a machine learning problem, reporting prediction error metrics across samples of patients whose outcomes are known.
Thomas M. H. Hope, Howard Bowman, Rachel M. Bruce, Alex P. Leff, Cathy J. Price   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source