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Neuroanatomical correlates of prion disease progression - a 3T longitudinal voxel-based morphometry study

NeuroImage: Clinical, 2017
Purpose: MRI has become an essential tool for prion disease diagnosis. However there exist only a few serial MRI studies of prion patients, and these mostly used whole brain summary measures or region of interest based approaches.
Enrico De Vita, Gerard R Ridgway, Mark J White, Marie-Claire Porter, Diana Caine, Peter Rudge, John Collinge, Tarek A Yousry, Hans Rolf Jager, Simon Mead, John S Thornton, Harpreet Hyare   +11 more
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Association of tissue oxygen saturation levels with skeletal muscle injury in the critically ill

Scientific Reports
This study aimed to investigate the association between the level of tissue oxygen saturation (StO2) and quadriceps/skeletal muscle dysfunction, measured using the Medical Research Council (MRC) scale and ultrasonography, in critically ill patients ...
Ryuji Sugiya, Shinichi Arizono, Yuji Higashimoto, Yuta Kimoto, Masashi Shiraishi, Hiroki Mizusawa, Yuichi Tawara, Hironori Shigeoka, Jan Bakker, Koichiro Shinozaki   +9 more
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Clinical Course and Short-Term Outcome of Mild Guillain-Barré Syndrome: A Retrospective Observational Study from Western India

Perspectives In Medical Research
Background: Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) has a variable clinical course. Limited data are available on therapeutic decisions in patients with mild disease severity.
Pranav B Joshi, Shalin D Shah, Mayank A Patel, Kailash Mirche, Swati Trivedi, Devanshi S Shah   +5 more
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Optimal Nodes Selectiveness from WSN to Fit Field Scale Albedo Observation and Validation in Long Time Series in the Foci Experiment Areas, Heihe

Remote Sensing, 2015
To evaluate and improve the quality of land surface albedo products, validation with ground measurements of albedo is crucial over the spatially and temporally heterogeneous land surface. One of the essential steps for satellite albedo product validation
Xiaodan Wu, Qing Xiao, Jianguang Wen, Qiang Liu, Dongqin You, Baocheng Dou, Yong Tang, Xiaowen Li   +7 more
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The Feasibility of a Music Therapy Respiratory Telehealth Protocol on Long COVID Respiratory Symptoms

COVID
Objective: This study aims to investigate the feasibility of an online music therapy protocol for individuals previously diagnosed with COVID-19, focusing on their perceptions of their respiratory symptoms and the intervention’s impact on psychosocial ...
Jingwen Zhang, Joanne V. Loewy, Lisa Spielman, Zijian Chen, Jonathan M. Raskin   +4 more
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Breathlessness intensity recorded in general practice is associated with shorter times to unplanned hospital admissions and longer lengths of stay: a UK cohort study

BMJ Open Respiratory Research
Background and objective Breathlessness is associated with higher rates of unplanned health service utilisation. We aimed to evaluate any associations between the severity of breathlessness limiting exertion (hereafter breathlessness), time between ...
Jennifer K Quint, David C Currow, Slavica Kochovska, Michael C Steiner, Magnus Ekström, Rachael A Evans, Diana Ferreira, Vanessa N Brunelli, Irina Kinchin, Claire A Lawson, Urvee Karsanji   +10 more
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Evaluation of maximum inspiratory and expiratory pressure in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis, 2014
Respiratory muscle dysfunction is a cardinal feature of acute and chronic respiratory failure in COPD. Diaphragm and accessory inspiratory muscles face increased load due to increased lung resistance and elastance, as well as increased ventilatory demand.
M. Khalil, K. Wagih, O. Mahmoud
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Quantification of muscle strength and motor ability in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy on steroid therapy Quantificação da força muscular e habilidades motoras em pacientes com distrofia muscular de Duchenne em corticoterapia

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 2007
OBJECTIVE: An assessment protocol was applied to quantify and describe muscular strength and motor abilities of 32 patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), aged between 5 and 12 years on steroid therapy.
Samara Lamounier Santana Parreira, Maria Bernadete Dutra Resende, Marília Della Corte Peduto, Suely Kazue Nagahashi Marie, Mary Souza Carvalho, Umbertina Conti Reed   +5 more
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Thrombosis prevention trial: follow-up study of practical implications. [PDF]

, 2002
The impact of randomised controlled trials on subsequent practice has only occasionally been assessed. Doing so is particularly necessary when unusual and possibly controversial treatments are being used. The aim of this study was to assess the practical
Brennan, PJ, Meade, TW, Fasey, N, MRC General Practice Research Framework. Medical Research Counci   +3 more
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Comparing the NIS vs. MRC and INCAT sensory scale through Rasch analyses

, 2015
We performed a comparison between Neuropathy Impairment Scale-sensory (NISs) vs. the modified Inflammatory Neuropathy Cause and Treatment sensory scale (mISS), and NIS-motor vs. the Medical Research Council sum score in patients with Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS), chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP), and IgM monoclonal ...
Draak, THP, Vanhoutte, EK, van Nes, SI, Gorson, KC, Van der Pol, WL, Notermans, NC, Nobile-Orazio, E, Lewis, RA, Leger, JM, Van den Bergh, PYK, Lauria, G, Bril, V, Katzberg, H, Lunn, MPT, Pouget, J, van der Kooi, AJ, Hahn, AF, van den Berg, LH, van Doorn, PA, Cornblath, DR, Faber, CG, Merkies, ISJ, Illa I., Querol, L., PeriNomS Study Grp   +24 more
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