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Community Nurses' Judgement and Decision Making for the Management of Venous Leg Ulceration [PDF]
, 2013 Management of leg ulceration is an important part of community nurses’ workload but previous evidence suggests the quality of diagnosis and treatment of venous leg ulceration may be below that which should be expected.
Adderley, Una
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Leg ulceration: An exploration of the role of socio-economic factors in the epidemiology, access to health care and outcomes. [PDF]
, 2010 Background Tackling health inequalities has been a priority policy area for the NHS since the 1990’s. To date there has been scant research addressing this area in relation to leg ulcers, despite there being some evidence of inequalities in leg ulcer ...
Petherick, Emily
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Asian Journal of Surgery, 2019 Summary: Background/Objective: The choice of implant is one of the most easily controllable factors affecting the outcome of intertrochanteric fractures. While most of the caput-collum-diaphysis (CCD) angles of the femur are within the range of 125° and
Jung-Taek Kim +8 more
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Design, Analysis and Experiments of Hexapod Robot with Six-Link Legs for High Dynamic Locomotion
Micromachines, 2022 An important feature of a legged robot is its dynamic motion performance. Traditional methods often improve the dynamic motion performance by reducing the moment of inertia of robot legs or by adopting quasi-direct drive actuators.
Jiawang Ma +4 more
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Stride length–velocity relationship during running with body weight support
Journal of Sport and Health Science, 2015 Background: Lower body positive pressure (LBPP) treadmills can be used in rehabilitation programs and/or to supplement run mileage in healthy runners by reducing the effective body weight and impact associated with running.
John A. Mercer, Carmen Chona
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Bone & Joint Open, 2022 Aims To provide normative data that can assess spinal-related disability and the prevalence of back or leg pain among adults with no spinal conditions in the UK using validated questionnaires.
Athanasios I. Tsirikos, Sarah J. Wordie
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The Scientific World Journal, 2012 Recent published studies evaluating the long-pulsed 1064 nm Nd:YAG laser for superficial cutaneous vascular lesions have limited subjects and optimal treatment parameters have not been established.
Kemal Ozyurt +4 more
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Journal of Sport and Health Science, 2015 Background: Preventing anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries is very important for athletes, and dynamic knee valgus is considered a risk factor for non-contact ACL injury.
Yoshinori Kagaya +2 more
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Sensors, 2023 While walkers are used as mobility aids for different gait impairments, little is known about the factors that affect the performance of such aids. Therefore, we investigated the impact of arm-holding conditions on gait stability and muscle activation ...
Malka Jacobs +3 more
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The acute effects of lower limb intermittent negative pressure on foot macro- and microcirculation in patients with peripheral arterial disease. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 BACKGROUND:Intermittent negative pressure (INP) applied to the lower leg and foot increases foot perfusion in healthy volunteers. The aim of the present study was to describe the effects of INP to the lower leg and foot on foot macro- and ...
Øyvind Heiberg Sundby +5 more
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