To evaluate the role of platelet-rich plasma in healing of acute diaphyseal fractures of the femur
Purpose: New research is focusing on the use of autologous growth factors to increase the effect of bone fracture healing while decreasing the amount of healing time for the patient.
Roop Singh +3 more
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Purpose: Distal femoral fracture is one of the most common lower limb injuries and accounts for less than 1% of all fractures. Open fracture takes 5%–10% of the all distal femoral fractures, which is at an increased risk of complications.
Maley Deepak Kumar +4 more
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Effects of Disability, Gender, and Level of Supervision on Ratings of Job Applicants [PDF]
Using ratings of hypothetical job applicants with and without a disability obtained from both fulltime workers (n = 88) and undergraduates (n = 98), we examined the effects of disability (paraplegia, epilepsy, clinical depression, or non-disabled ...
Bell, Bradford S., Klein, Katherine J.
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A model for incorporating a clinically-feasible exercise test in paraplegic annual reviews : a tool for stratified cardiopulmonary stress performance classification and monitoring [PDF]
To identify and characterize an exercise test for use in routine spinal cord injury clinical review, and (ii) to describe levels of, and factors affecting, cardiopulmonary stress performance during exercise in the chronic paraplegic population in ...
Allan, David B. +4 more
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New results in feedback control of unsupported standing in paraplegia [PDF]
The aim of this study was to implement a new approach to feedback control of unsupported standing and to evaluate it in tests with an intact and a paraplegic subject.
Gollee, H., Hunt, K.J., Wood, D.E.
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Personal, family and societal educational needs assessment of individuals with spinal cord injury in Iran [PDF]
Objectives: To explore individuals’ perception of the personal, family and societal educational needs following a spinal cord injury. Methods: Sixty-one patients who sustained a traumatic SCI between March 2015 and June 2016 referred to Brain and Spinal ...
Abd-Mousavi, Afsaneh +8 more
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Objective: We sought to investigate the efficacy of human bone marrow mesenchymal stem/stromal cell (hBM-MSC) in a murine spinal cord ischemia/reperfusion (SCIR) model.
Hidekazu Nakai, MD +7 more
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Biomechanics of Pediatric Manual Wheelchair Mobility [PDF]
Currently, there is limited research of the biomechanics of pediatric manual wheelchair mobility. Specifically, the biomechanics of functional tasks and their relationship to joint pain and health is not well understood.
Aurit, Christine M. +5 more
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Effects of Resistance Circuit Training on Health-Related Physical Fitness in People With Paraplegia: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial [PDF]
Objective To evaluate the efficacy and safety of 8 weeks of resistance circuit training in people with paraplegia due to spinal cord injury. Methods Participants were randomized into experimental and control groups. Although the intensity and sequence of
Minkyoung Son +8 more
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Nonlinear modeling of FES-supported standing-up in paraplegia for selection of feedback sensors [PDF]
This paper presents analysis of the standing-up manoeuvre in paraplegia considering the body supportive forces as a potential feedback source in functional electrical stimulation (FES)-assisted standing-up.
Bajd, T. +3 more
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