Treadmill training of rats after sciatic nerve graft does not alter accuracy of muscle reinnervation
Background and purposeAfter peripheral nerve lesions, surgical reconstruction facilitates axonal regeneration and motor reinnervation. However, functional recovery is impaired by aberrant reinnervation.Materials and methodsWe tested whether training ...
Mohammed Barham +6 more
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Efficacy of surgical treatment in patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy [PDF]
Background/Aim. Treatment options for cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM) are the topic for discussion due to the lack of controlled randomized prospective studies.
Ivetić Dražen +2 more
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Chiropractic spinal adjustments have been shown to result in short-term increases in muscle strength in chronic stroke patients, however, the effect of longer-term chiropractic spinal adjustments on people with chronic stroke is unknown. This exploratory
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Functional recovery of secondary tropical forests [PDF]
Significance Tropical forests disappear rapidly through deforestation but also have the potential to regrow naturally through a process called secondary succession. To advance successional theory, it is essential to understand how these secondary forests and their assembly vary across broad spatial scales. We do so by synthesizing continental-
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Night wrist splinting has been a conservative treatment for carpal tunnel syndrome. The addition of extracorporeal shock wave therapy provides an alternative treatment.
Ko-Ta Chen +3 more
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Leveraging the effector independent nature of motor imagery when it is paired with physical practice
While considered analogous to physical practice, the nature of imagery-based skill acquisition—specifically whether or not both effector independent and dependent encoding occurs through motor imagery—is not well understood.
Sarah N. Kraeutner +4 more
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The A-test: Assessment of functional recovery during early rehabilitation of patients in an orthopedic ward - content, criterion and construct validity [PDF]
Background/Aim. The A-test was designed for assessment of functional recovery during early rehabilitation of patients in an orthopedic ward. This performance-based test consists of 10 items for assessing basic activities by a six level ordinal ...
Vukomanović Aleksandra +3 more
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Clinical patterns of speech-language disorders in thalamic aphasias [PDF]
The aim of this study was to investigate the characteristic symptom cluster and the course of aphasia in 12 patients with single left thalamic lesion verified by CAT scan.
Kuljić-Obradović Dragana +1 more
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First experiences with the Fitmore® hip stem: Early results of the 16-month monitoring [PDF]
Background/Aim. Fitmore® hip stem belongs to the group of short stem prostheses with the metaphysar stabilization, with its shape and form that protects the bone mass in the greater trochanter region and the distal part of the femur.
Mladenović Marko +4 more
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Osteopenia in a Mouse Model of Spinal Cord Injury: Effects of Age, Sex and Motor Function
After spinal cord injury (SCI), 80% of individuals are diagnosed with osteopenia or osteoporosis. The dramatic loss of bone after SCI increases the potential for fractures 100-fold, with post-fracture complications occurring in 54% of cases. With the age
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