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Upper Cervical Cord Area as a Biomarker of Conversion to Secondary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective This study assessed whether upper cervical cord area (UCCA) measured on routine brain MRI can serve as a biomarker of conversion to SPMS. Methods This is a single‐center retrospective cohort study of RRMS patients with cross‐sectional and longitudinal analyses of clinical and MRI data. Future SPMS converters were matched by age, sex,
Nabil K. El Ayoubi, Sola Al Ghazal, Salem Hannoun, Medhat A. Siddik, Nour M. Najjar, Jim Dagher, Joseph Abboud, Myriam G. Semaan, Samia J. Khoury   +8 more
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Gait speed and handgrip strength as predictors of all-cause mortality and cardiovascular events in hemodialysis patients

BMC Nephrology, 2020
Background Low physical performance in patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis is associated with a high mortality rate. We investigated the clinical relevance of gait speed and handgrip strength, the two most commonly used methods of assessing ...
Yu Ho Lee, Jin Sug Kim, Su-Woong Jung, Hyeon Seok Hwang, Ju-Young Moon, Kyung-Hwan Jeong, Sang-Ho Lee, So-Young Lee, Gang Jee Ko, Dong-Young Lee, Hong joo Lee, Yang Gyun Kim   +11 more
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Integration of Serum Neurofilament Light Chain and Cortical Dysfunction Improves Diagnostic Accuracy in ALS

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To determine whether integration of serum neurofilament light chain (NfL) and cortical dysfunction improves diagnostic accuracy in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) when applied alongside the Gold Coast criteria (GCC). Methods In this prospective study, 148 participants with suspected ALS were recruited (101 ALS and 47 with ALS ...
Aicee Dawn Calma, Nathan Pavey, Yukiko Tsuji, Amirul Ab Ghapar, Mehdi A.J. van den Bos, Bronwen Orden, Grace Lee, Linda Mekhael, Julie Ryder, Cláudia Santos Silva, David McDonald, Fakhria Kakar, Con Yiannikas, Matthew C. Kiernan, David A. Brown, Parvathi Menon, Steve Vucic   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

Peak expiratory flow mediates the relationship between handgrip strength and timed up and go performance in elderly women, but not men

Clinics
OBJECTIVE: The aim of the present study was to verify if there is sex difference in the associations among handgrip strength, peak expiratory flow (PEF) and timed up and go (TUG) test results.
Raphael Mendes Ritti-Dias, Gabriel Grizzo Cucato, Fábio Gazelato de Mello Franco, Maysa Seabra Cendoroglo, Fábio Nasri, Maria Luiza Monteiro-Costa, José Antonio Maluf de Carvalho, Luciana Diniz Nagem Janot de Matos   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Interdependence of body mass index with handgrip strength and endurance among apparently healthy teenagers

Turkish Journal of Kinesiology, 2018
This study investigated the relationship of body mass index (BMI) with handgrip strength and endurance among apparently healthy Nigerian Teenagers. A total of 200 secondary school students participated in this study.
Adebisi I. Hammed, Chigozie O. Obaseki
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Trends in measures of handgrip strength from 2014 to 2017 among Korean adolescents using the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Data

BMC Research Notes, 2020
Object Measuring handgrip strength is a useful method to evaluate sarcopenia. No study has shown the trends of handgrip strength to weight ratio among Korean adolescents by year.
Yunkoo Kang, Jieun Kim, Seung Kim, Sowon Park, Hyunjung Lim, Hong Koh   +5 more
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Handgrip Strength And Semen Quality

, 2016
A brief ...
Gallup, Andrew, Gallup, Gordon
openaire   +1 more source

Bi‐ and Mono‐Allelic RFC1 Expansion in a North American Cohort With Idiopathic Axonal Neuropathy

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective RFC1 biallelic repeat expansion is increasingly recognized as a cause of chronic idiopathic axonal polyneuropathy (CIAP), but it remains challenging to know who to test. This study aims to determine the prevalence of biallelic and monoallelic RFC1 expansions and their corresponding neuropathy phenotypes in CIAP patients and identify ...
Amro M. Stino, Lavanya Muthukumar, Evan L. Reynolds, Peter Todd, Sinem Ovunc, Sheng Chih Jin, Zitian Tang, Simone Thomas, PNRR Study Group, Ahmet Höke, Brian C. Callaghan, Sarah Berth, Vinay Chaudhry, David Cornblath, Leana Doherty, Lindsey Hayes, Hristelina Ilieva, Thomas Lloyd, Mohammad Khoshnoodi, Brett McCray, Brett Morrison, Bipasha Mukherjee‐Clavin, Lyle Ostrow, Michael Polydefkis, Ricardo Roda, Charlotte Sumner   +25 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hand grip strength and associated factors among nurses in Birjand, Iran in 2022: A cross-sectional study [PDF]

Nursing and Midwifery Studies
Background: Handgrip strength is a critical component of a nurse's ability to perform essential duties, including patient handling and the use of medical instruments.
Farzane Vatani Moghaddam, Zeinab Saremi, Mohammad Hamed Hosseini   +2 more
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Handgrip Strength is Related to Bone Mineral Density in Male Athletes - Original Investigation

, 2009
Aim: The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between handgrip strength and phalangeal bone mineral density (BMD) and to evaluate the confounding factors in highly trained male athletes.
Selmin Gülbahar, Ramazan Kızıl, Ebru Şahin, Elif Akalın, Özlem El, Serap Alper, Çiğdem Bircan, Aylin Çeçen Aksu, Şebnem Tamcı   +8 more
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