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Chronic Pain Management With Opioids: An Assessment of Alaska Nurse Practitioner Practices [PDF]

, 2016
Presented to the Faculty of the University of Alaska Anchorage in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of MASTER OF SCIENCEThe purpose of this project was to determine chronic opioid pain management practices of Alaskan Nurse ...
Klein, Stephanie
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Interleukin‐6 as a Key Biomarker in Facioscapulohumeral Dystrophy: Evidence From Longitudinal Analyses

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy type 1 (FSHD1) is a progressive neuromuscular disorder with no approved treatments. Identifying reliable biomarkers is critical to monitor disease severity, activity, and progression. Interleukin‐6 (IL‐6) has been proposed as a candidate biomarker, but longitudinal validation is limited ...
Jonathan Pini, Emanuela Martinuzzi, Sandra Dhifallah, Abderhmane Slioui, Angela Puma, Luisa Villa, Michele Cavalli, Andra Ezaru, Jérémy Garcia, Manuela Gambella, Federico Torre, Luca Jacopo Pavan, Nicolas Glaichenhaus, Sabrina Sacconi   +13 more
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What is the evidence to support early supervised exercise therapy after primary total knee replacement? A systematic review and meta-analysis

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2019
Background Total knee replacement (TKR) patients participate in early supervised exercise therapy programs, despite a lack of evidence for such programs or the optimal type, duration or frequency to provide the best clinical outcomes.
Larissa Nicole Sattler, Wayne Anthony Hing, Christopher John Vertullo   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Confronting the opioid crisis: Practical pain management and strategies: AOA 2018 critical issues symposium [PDF]

, 2019
The United States is in the midst of an opioid crisis. Clinicians have been part of the problem because of overprescribing of narcotics for perioperative pain management.
Hsu, Joseph R, Jahangir, A Alex, Miller, Anna N, Mir, Hassan R, Obremskey, William T   +4 more
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Accelerated Progression of Gait Impairment in Parkinson's Disease and REM Sleep Without Atonia

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective People with Parkinson's disease (PD) and rapid eye movement (REM) sleep without atonia (RSWA) often have more severe gait disturbances compared to PD without RSWA. The association between the presence and expression of RSWA and the rate of progression of gait impairment in PD is unknown.
Sommer L. Amundsen‐Huffmaster, Jae Woo Chung, Maria E. Linn‐Evans, Matthew N. Petrucci, Chiahao Lu, Destiny J. Weaver, Joshua De Kam, Scott E. Cooper, Paul J. Tuite, Aleksandar Videnovic, Michael J. Howell, Colum D. MacKinnon   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation and strength training to gain muscle strength in elderly women

Revista Brasileira de Geriatria e Gerontologia
Introduction: The world population is aging, and this leads to progressive physiological changes and increased incidence of acute and chronic degenerative diseases.
Denise Ferreira Cesário, Geovânia Barbosa da Silva Mendes, Érica Patrícia Borba Lira Uchôa, Paulo Henrique Altran Veiga   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Emergency Medicine Palliative Care Access (EMPallA): Protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled trial comparing the effectiveness of specialty outpatient versus nurse-led telephonic palliative care of older adults with advanced illness [PDF]

, 2019
Introduction Emergency department (ED)-initiated palliative care has been shown to improve patient-centred outcomes in older adults with serious, life-limiting illnesses. However, the optimal modality for providing such interventions is unknown.
Cho, Jeanne, Goldfeld, Keith S., Grudzen, Corita R., Schmucker, Abigail M., Shim, Deborah J.   +4 more
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Prediction of Myasthenia Gravis Worsening: A Machine Learning Algorithm Using Wearables and Patient‐Reported Measures

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Myasthenia gravis (MG) is a rare disorder characterized by fluctuating muscle weakness with potential life‐threatening crises. Timely interventions may be delayed by limited access to care and fragmented documentation. Our objective was to develop predictive algorithms for MG deterioration using multimodal telemedicine data ...
Maike Stein, Haoqi Sun, Sophie Lehnerer, Lea Gerischer, Maximilian Mönch, Christian Meisel, Andreas Meisel, Pushpa Narayanaswami   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Physiotherapy students’ academic performance and satisfaction after following a chest physiotherapy course in hybrid mode: a case-control study

Scientific Reports
Hybrid e-learning offered flexibility for students who could not attend in-person classes during the COVID-19 pandemic, but its effectiveness in teaching chest physiotherapy remains to be determined.
Raffaella Bellini, Giacomo Rossettini, Amir Letafatkar, Andrea Dell’Isola, Simone Battista   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Is Postural Control Different in Boys and Girls? Comparison Between Sex

Fisioterapia e Pesquisa, 2021
The purpose of this study was to compare the postural control between eight-year-old boys and girls, considering the nutritional classification and level of physical activity.
Jessica Caroliny de Jesus Neves, Aryane Karoline Vital Souza, Dirce Shizuko Fujisawa   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source