Getting my feet wet

Getting my feet wet.

graduate school to study biology. At first, it was as if I was starting over, taking classes I had bypassed as an undergraduate, such as Introductory Organic Chemistry. But my motivation to master a new field made the experience enjoyable rather than frustrating. Moreover, I was captivated by the science. In my biology classes, I felt I was being offered gold nuggets of information that earlier...

Why Isn ’ t My Myositis Patient Getting Better ?

June-July 2008 www.igliving.com IG Living! Case Study A 26-year-old female was referred to the rheumatology service two years after the insidious onset of “walking funny” that progressed to significant proximal muscle weakness over a 10-month period. Early in the course of her illness, her creatine kinase (CK) was 4,000. Subsequent muscle biopsy revealed muscle fiber degeneration and regenerati...

Getting along with a little help from my friends.

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The Effects of Wet Heat and Dry Heat on the Gait and Feet of Healthy Adults

[Purpose] The purpose of this study was to examine the degree of changes in gait and feet after wet heat and dry heat exposure for 20 minutes. [Subjects] The participants of this study were 17 young adult males. The subjects were divided into a wet heat group of 9 subjects and dry heat group of 8 subjects. [Methods] Dry heat was applied for 20 min. To facilitate temperature adjustment of an ele...