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Is it time to reframe how we care for people with non-traumatic musculoskeletal pain? [PDF]

, 2018
The current approach to musculoskeletal pain is failing The majority of persistent non-traumatic musculoskeletal pain disorders do not have a pathoanatomical diagnosis that adequately explains the individual’s pain experience and disability.
Lewis, Jeremy, O'Sullivan, Peter
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Adjunctive Botulinum Toxin Type A for Bruxism and Sweat‐Worsened Facial Blistering in Recessive Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa: A Case Series

JEADV Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
Capsule Summary Bruxism and sweat‐induced facial blisters can affect patients with Recessive Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa (RDEB) quality of life (QoL). We present the outcomes of orofacial BTX‐A infiltrations to treat these conditions. Three patients with severe RDEB, bruxism and microstomia received BTX‐A infiltrations (50U‐100U) in masseters and ...
Susanne Krämer, Sebastián Véliz, Gina Pennacchiotti, Fernanda Salazar, María‐Beatriz Méndez   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sleep hygiene and sleep quality as predictors of positive and negative dimensions of mental health in college students

Cogent Psychology, 2016
College students are one of the top at-risk groups for chronic sleep loss and poor sleep quality, which can yield deleterious effects on health. The college population is also notorious for poor sleep hygiene, or modifiable behaviors that promote ...
Hannah Peach, Jane F. Gaultney, David D. Gray   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Systematic Review of the Efficacy of Motivational Interviewing on Occupational Performance [PDF]

, 2019
This systematic review aims to review the efficacy of MI to address such performance goals falling within the occupational therapy scope of ...
Binder, OTS, J., Hannum, OTS, C., Kaiser, OTD, MS, OTR/L, L., McCarthy, OTS, C., McLeod, OTS, E., Overpeck, OTS, J., Potvin, PhD, OTR/L, M.-C.   +6 more
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Occupational Therapy’s Role with Ventricular Assist Devices and the Promotion of Travel Protocols [PDF]

, 2020
An option for individuals diagnosed with end-stage heart failure is to receive a ventricular assist device (VAD). In 2006, Shepherd and Wilding produced an article regarding occupational therapy’s role during the VAD process as they anticipated a growing
Chandra, Natasha, Suplicki, Linda
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The challenging problem of disease staging in human African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness): a new approach to a circular question [PDF]

, 2017
Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), also known as sleeping sickness, puts millions of people at risk in sub-Saharan Africa and is a neglected parasitic disease that is almost always fatal if untreated or inadequately treated. HAT manifests itself in two
Gettinby, George, Kennedy, Peter G.E., Njamnshi, Alfred K.   +2 more
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Risk Analysis Index Versus mFI‐5 for Predicting Outcomes After Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty

The Laryngoscope, EarlyView.
This retrospective database study of 2129 adults undergoing uvulopalatopharyngoplasty compared the risk analysis index (RAI) with the modified 5‐item frailty index (mFI‐5) for predicting 30‐day postoperative outcomes and found that frailty was associated with worse morbidity, prolonged hospitalization, non‐home discharge, and mortality.
Akshay Warrier, Ariana Shaari, Aman M. Patel, Christian Bowers, Kenneth Yan   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Considerations for Initiation and Maintenance of Foslevodopa/Foscarbidopa for Advanced Parkinson's Disease

Movement Disorders Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
Abstract Background As Parkinson's disease (PD) progresses, motor fluctuations become increasingly difficult to manage with oral medications. Foslevodopa/foscarbidopa (LDp/CDp), delivered as a continuous 24‐h/day subcutaneous infusion, offers continuous levodopa delivery and stable plasma levodopa levels that reduce motor fluctuations. LDp/CDp has been
K. Ray Chaudhuri, Bruno Bergmans, Eric Freire‐Alvarez, Lucie Hopes, Drew S. Kern, Robert S. Kirsner, Giulia Lazzeri, Pedro Mendes‐Bastos, Noriko Nishikawa, Per Odin, Karolina Poplawska‐Domaszewicz, Rajesh Pahwa, Yuval Ramot, Klaus Seppi, Tobias Warnecke, Robert Wiggins, Megha B. Shah, Pavnit Kukreja, Bjoern Fritz, Koray Onuk, Stuart H. Isaacson   +20 more
wiley   +1 more source

Conceptualizing Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy as a Supportive-Educative Nursing System for Patients with Insomnia [PDF]

, 2016
Difficulty initiating and maintaining sleep is one of the most common health complaints of the general population. Approximately 35-50% of people experience occasional insomnia symptoms (Walsh et al., 2011) while 12-20% have insomnia disorder (Morin, et ...
Kurtz, Christine, Schmidt, Nola
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Genetic and Pathological Testing Attitudes for Parkinson's Disease in At‐Risk Relatives

Movement Disorders Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Parkinson's disease (PD) is increasingly recognized as a neurodegenerative disorder with a broad clinical spectrum and diverse biomarkers enabling early detection. α‐synuclein seed amplification assays (SAA) and genetic testing now allow identification of PD pathology in asymptomatic individuals.
Tal Weil, Anat Mirelman, Roy N. Alcalay, Nurit Omer, Penina Ponger, Avner Thaler   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source