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Premotor and Posterior Parietal Cortex Activity is Increased for Slow, as well as Fast Walking Poststroke: An fNIRS Study

open access: yesNeural Plasticity, 2023
Background and Purpose. The ability to change gait speeds is important for interacting with the surrounding environment. Gait speed modulation poststroke is often impaired and is related to decreased walking independence after stroke. Assessment of brain
Shannon B. Lim   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Deep Tissue Swedish Massage Therapy as a Weight Loss Aid in Overweight and Obese Adult Clients [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Massage therapy has been claimed by doctors, spas, and estheticians as a powerful and effective weight-loss tool; however, many of these claims appear anecdotal. There has been evidence of the biological effects that massage therapy has on the human body
Rekart, Corinne A
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Using the Social-Local-Mobile App for Smoking Cessation in the SmokeFreeBrain Project: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Background: Smoking is considered the main cause of preventable illness and early deaths worldwide. The treatment usually prescribed to people who wish to quit smoking is a multidisciplinary intervention, combining both psychological advice and ...
Bamidis, Panagiotis D.   +10 more
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Efficacy and Safety Analysis of Roxarestat in Regulating Renal Anemia in Patients on Maintenance Hemodialysis

open access: yesTherapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To compare the efficacy and safety of roxarestat versus recombinant human erythropoietin (rhEPO) in the management of renal anemia in patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis. Methods This was a prospective, open‐label, randomized controlled trial.
Lingling Chen, Junjie Zhu, Qiaonan Ge
wiley   +1 more source

Sensitivity analysis of Monte Carlo model of a gantry-mounted passively scattered proton system [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
PURPOSE: This study aimed to present guidance on the correlation between treatment nozzle and proton source parameters, and dose distribution of a passive double scattering compact proton therapy unit, known as Mevion S250.
Baradaran-Ghahfarokhi, Milad   +4 more
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Enteropathogenic E. coli shows delayed attachment and host response in human jejunum organoid‐derived monolayers compared to HeLa cells

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC) infects the human intestinal epithelium, resulting in severe illness and diarrhoea. In this study, we compared the infection of cancer‐derived cell lines with human organoid‐derived models of the small intestine. We observed a delayed in attachment, inflammation and cell death on primary cells, indicating that host ...
Mastura Neyazi   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Physical activity and dietary factors associated with glucose concentration among young adults: a cross sectional study

open access: yesThe Rehabilitation Journal
Background: The rising incidence of impaired glucose metabolism among young adults poses a significant public health concern. Sedentary lifestyles and poor dietary habits have been identified as key modifiable risk factors for the development of early ...
Ihtisham Ullah Durrani   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Context Focused Therapy for Children: Theory, Principle and Protocol

open access: yesBioscientific Review, 2019
Context focused therapy is a new interventional approach that is used for the rehabilitation of children. This novel treatment approach concentrates on altering the factors in the child’s tasks and surroundings instead of treating the impairment of the ...
Amira Mohamed El Tohamy   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effects of whole-body vibration on quadriceps and hamstring muscle strength, endurance, and power in children with hemiparetic cerebral palsy: a randomized controlled study

open access: yesBulletin of Faculty of Physical Therapy, 2021
Background Hemiplegic cerebral palsy (CP) enormously affects the quadriceps and hamstring muscles. It causes weakness in the affected lower-extremity muscles in addition to muscle imbalance and inadequate power production, especially in the ankle plantar-
Rania G. Hegazy   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The local evaluation of Halton's Healthy Living Programme annual reach report, August 2005 - July 2006 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
This project report evaluates the Halton Healthy Living Programme, of which there are four key strands - arts, complementary therapy, food and physical ...
Alford, Simon, Perry, Catherine
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