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Treatment of discospondylitis in dogs: A systematic review

Veterinary Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Both medical and surgical techniques have been reported to manage canine discospondylitis, although data on clinical effectiveness and long‐term prognosis remain limited. Methods A systematic review of studies on treatment approaches, follow‐up data and investigation methods was conducted.
Vasileios Ioannis Vallios, Evdokia Sourla, Daniel Low, Holger A. Volk, Marios Charalambous   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hereditary spastic paraplegia: Novel insights into the pathogenesis and management

SAGE Open Medicine
Hereditary spastic paraplegia is a genetically heterogeneous neurodegenerative disorder characterised primarily by muscle stiffness in the lower limbs. Neurodegenerative disorders are conditions that result from cellular and metabolic abnormalities, many
Wireko Andrew Awuah, Joecelyn Kirani Tan, Anastasiia D Shkodina, Tomas Ferreira, Favour Tope Adebusoye, Adele Mazzoleni, Jack Wellington, Lian David, Ellie Chilcott, Helen Huang, Toufik Abdul-Rahman, Vallabh Shet, Oday Atallah, Jacob Kalmanovich, Riaz Jiffry, Divine Elizabeth Madhu, Kateryna Sikora, Oleksii Kmyta, Mykhailo Yu Delva   +18 more
doaj   +1 more source

Clinical reasoning in feline non‐ambulatory tetraparesis or tetraplegia: Which combination of clinical information is useful?

Veterinary Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Non‐ambulatory tetraparesis or tetraplegia in cats may constitute a diagnostic challenge for general practitioners. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate if clinical variables from signalment, history, clinical examination and basic ancillary tests are associated with underlying diagnoses in cats with non‐ambulatory tetraparesis ...
Guido Bertoldi, Steven De Decker
wiley   +1 more source

Electrical Stimulation of Denervated Muscle: A Narrative Review

Artificial Organs, EarlyView.
This review explores existing strategies for stimulating denervated muscle following lower motor neuron injury, including direct electrical stimulation of the muscle and artificial reinnervation to enable more comfortable and efficient indirect functional muscle stimulation.
Linshan Chu, Jonathan C. Jarvis, Brian J. Andrews, James J. FitzGerald   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tick‐Borne Encephalitis (TBE) Vaccine in the National Immunisation Programme—For Whom, When and Where?

Acta Paediatrica, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The incidence of Tick‐borne encephalitis (TBE) cases has increased. The presumed location of transmission of Tick‐borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) has been expanding increasingly in the western parts of Europe during the past decade. There has also been an increased incidence of surveillance‐reported TBE cases in southern Sweden and southern ...
H. H. Askling, D. Zavadska
wiley   +1 more source

Dementia, Advance Directives, and Second‐Order Volitions

Bioethics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper contributes to the ongoing debate over the authority of advance directives in cases where patients with dementia express desires that conflict with their earlier wishes. Drawing on Harry Frankfurt's concept of second‐order volitions, I argue that the preferences of the pre‐dementia self (the “then‐self”) should, in most cases, take ...
Rand Hirmiz
wiley   +1 more source

Paraplegia aguda por compressão da medula espinhal torácica causada por tofo gotoso Acute paraplegia resulting from spinal cord compression by tophaceous gout

Revista Brasileira de Reumatologia, 2007
O acometimento axial pela gota é um evento raro, e o envolvimento da coluna torácica foi descrito em apenas 17 casos na literatura. Apresentamos um caso de paciente do sexo masculino de 48 anos com história de gota, sob tratamento irregular com ...
Eduardo Massato Hasegawa, Claudia Goldeinstein-Schainberg, Ricardo Fuller   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

L1CAM Promotes the Infiltrative Properties of Patient‐Derived Glioblastoma Cells

Cancer Science, EarlyView.
In vivo validation of L1CAM‐mediated GBM infiltration. Orthotopic transplantation of L1CAM‐expressing GBM cells into mouse brains demonstrated that L1CAM significantly promotes tumor cell infiltration and expansion in the brain parenchyma, confirming its critical role in the aggressive progression of GBM.
Asako Katsuma, Daisuke Kanematsu, Yukako Handa, Tomoko Shofuda, Atsuyo Yamamoto, Kayo Nishitani, Zhize Xiao, Daisuke Kawauchi, Kentarou Baba, Naoyuki Inagaki, Yonehiro Kanemura   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Awake rabbit model of ischemic spinal cord injury with delayed paraplegia: The role of ambient temperature

Animal Models and Experimental Medicine
Background Paraplegia after spinal cord ischemia is a devastating condition in the clinic. Here, we develop an awake rabbit model of spinal cord ischemia with delayed paraplegia and explore the influence of ambient temperature on the outcomes after ...
Wang Yang, Qian‐qian Wu, Lu Yang, Yu‐jie Chen, Ren‐qing Jiang, Ling Zou, Qing‐shan Liu, Guang‐you Shi, Jiang Cao, Xiao‐chao Yang, Jian Sun   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Application of International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) in individuals with spinal cord injury

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 2011
After spinal cord injury is common functionality is affected. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the functionality of patients with spinal cord injury. METHOD: Cross-sectional study by means of the International Classification of Functionality (ICF). 109 adults with
Janaina Vall, Carlos Mauricio de Castro Costa, Laura França Pereira, Tatiane Temmy Friesen   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source