Previously, a novel technique was proposed to quantify the relationship between the muscle stiffness and its nonfatigue contraction intensity. The method extended the measured range of isometric contraction to 100% maximum voluntary contraction (MVC) using an ultrasonic shear wave measurement setup. Yet, it has not been revealed how this relationship could be affected by factors like age or sex...

IntroductionAnaemia is a major public health problem in developing countries like India. Kavaratti Island, Lakshadweep is a remote island located in Arabian sea. There is no data on anaemia available from here. Objectives of this study are to examine status of anaemia and compare the data with Indian, Kerala and Maldives figures. Materials & MethodsA total of 2000 patients were studied. Data fr...

To determine the effect of gender on outcome, the male hazard ratio for progression-free survival (HRPFS-male) was determined in patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL). In young patients (MapThera International Trial study), HRPFS-male was 1.3 (P = .092) without and 1.1 (P = .660) with rituximab. In elderly patients (RICOVER-60 study), HRPFS-male was 1.1 (P = .348) with CHOP but in...

BACKGROUND With the increase in life-expectancy and modification of lifestyle cardiovascular disease especially hypertension is emerging as a major public health problem in the elderly people of Assam. The Geriatric population needs priority in assessment of the disease burden. With this background this study was undertaken with an objective to know the dimension of the hypertension prolem in e...

OBJECTIVES Cut-off points (COPs) for appendicular lean mass (ALM) index, essential to define low muscle mass (LMM) in the elderly, have never been officially defined for Poland. The aim of the study was to establish them. Additionally, the significance of body mass index (BMI) for correctly defining the COPs in a young, healthy reference group was assessed. METHODS The study was composed of r...

Sorbinil pharmacokinetics were studied, following a single oral dose, in eight male and eight female healthy, elderly volunteers. Elimination half-life tended to be longer in males than in females. There was no sex difference in AUC or renal clearance. The long elimination half-life of sorbinil in the elderly suggests that accumulation is likely to occur with chronic dosing.

Bedroom and bed climate of the elderly in a nursing home were surveyed. Twenty-two elderly subjects were divided into four groups depending on their Activity of Daily Living (ADL) and gender. The four groups were: male and female subjects with almost no problems in daily life and an ADL score higher than 5 [H males, H females] and male and female subjects who normally stayed in bed all day with...

OBJECTIVES This study aimed to establish a stature-predicted equation using knee height, and perform a clinical validation on a Korean population. METHODS Using nationwide data obtained from 'Size Korea 2004', a stature-predicted equation was drawn and cross validation was performed using knee height in 5,063 subjects (2,532 males, 1,785 premenopausal females, and 746 postmenopausal females) ...

Pattern reversal evoked potentials (PREPS) were recorded in 51 normal elderly subjects (27 males, 24 females). Elderly females had shorter PlOO and NlSO latencies, greater P100-N150 amplitudes, and higher noise power than elderly males. The N1SO latency differences were significant even when PlOO latency effects were partialled out statistically. Gender differences in P100-Nl50 amplitude were i...

OBJECTIVE To verify the correlation between handgrip strength (HGS) and flexibility with age and anthropometric variables in the elderly. METHODS This was a cross-sectional home-based study of elderly individuals enrolled in the Family Health Strategy of Campina Grande/PB. Gender, age, HGS, flexibility, arm muscle circumference (AMC), corrected arm muscle area (CAMA), and body mass index (BMI...