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Characterization of Clinical Phenotype to Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein Concentrations in Alexander Disease

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To determine the concentration of glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and plasma in Alexander disease (AxD) and whether GFAP levels are predictive of disease phenotypes. Methods CSF and plasma were collected (longitudinally when available) from AxD participants and non‐AxD controls.
Amy T. Waldman   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Testing A Personalized Approach to Chronic Low Back Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial in Older Veterans

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.
Objective We aimed to test the efficacy of personalized treatment of older Veterans with chronic low back pain (CLBP) delivered by Aging Back Clinics (ABC) as compared with usual care (UC). Methods Two hundred ninety‐nine Veterans age 65‐89 with CLBP from 3 VA medical centers underwent baseline testing, randomization to ABC or UC and 12 months follow ...
Debra K. Weiner   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

H-Reflex Attenuation After Lumbosacral Manipulation in Patients With Low Back Pain

open access: yesActa Medica Iranica, 2019
Spinal manipulation is a manual technique commonly used for the treatment of low back pain. The physiologic mechanisms of the spinal manipulation are largely unknown. One basic physiologic response for spinal manipulation is an alteration in motoneuronal
Mohaddeseh Azadvari   +5 more
doaj  

Preretinal hemorrhages following chiropractor neck manipulation

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports, 2018
Purpose: To report a case of a new complication following complementary and alternative medicine chiropractor neck manipulation with multiple preretinal hemorrhages. Observations: A 59-year-old Caucasian female presented with the acute, painless constant
Yannis M. Paulus, Nicholas Belill
doaj   +1 more source

Mycobacterium xenopi native vertebral osteomyelitis and discitis: Case & review of published cases

open access: yesIDCases, 2023
Mycobacterium xenopi is a rare cause of spinal osteomyelitis and discitis. Here we report the case of a 68-year-old woman with history of splenectomy for Felty’s syndrome who developed M.
Daria Bekina-Sreenivasan   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sarilumab in Polyarticular‐Course Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: Dose‐Finding and One‐Year Analysis of a Phase 2b, Open‐Label, Multicenter Study

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.
Objective This study assessed sarilumab in treating patients with polyarticular‐course juvenile idiopathic arthritis (pcJIA). Methods This phase 2b, open‐label study (NCT02776735) consisted of three sequential parts (each with a core‐treatment and extension‐phase). During part 1, three doses were assessed in two weight groups (Group A/B: ≥30–60 kg/≥10–<
Fabrizio De Benedetti   +19 more
wiley   +1 more source

Conservative management of low back pain [PDF]

open access: yes, 2001
Back pain is prevalent worldwide, but back pain disability has reached epidemic proportions in many industrialised societies. Few patients have serious medical pathology or direct neurological involvement requiring surgery.
De Souza, LH, Frank, AO
core  

Iatrogenic Spinal Cord Injury Resulting From Cervical Spine Surgery. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study of prospectively collected data. OBJECTIVE: To examine the incidence of iatrogenic spinal cord injury following elective cervical spine surgery.
Arnold, Paul M.   +15 more
core   +2 more sources

Patterning the Void: Combining L‐Systems with Archimedean Tessellations as a Perspective for Tissue Engineering Scaffolds

open access: yesAdvanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This study introduces a novel multi‐scale scaffold design using L‐fractals arranged in Archimedean tessellations for tissue regeneration. Despite similar porosity, tiles display vastly different tensile responses (1–100 MPa) and deformation modes. In vitro experiments with hMSCs show geometry‐dependent growth and activity. Over 55 000 tile combinations
Maria Kalogeropoulou   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Efficacy of endoscopic assistance in dural closure for a patient with superficial siderosis

open access: yesInterdisciplinary Neurosurgery, 2023
Superficial siderosis (SS) is a rare disease in which hemosiderin is deposited on the surface of the brain and spinal cord because of chronic repeated bleeding into the subarachnoid space.
Ryota Murase   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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