The validity of joint attention assessment in school-aged children with ASD is unclear (Lord, Jones, Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 53(5):490-509, 2012). This study examined the feasibility and validity of a parent-report measure of joint attention related behaviors in verbal children and adolescents with ASD. Fifty-two children with ASD and 34 controls were assessed with the Childh...

OBJECTIVES To examine the association between a multibiomarker disease activity (MBDA) score, CRP and clinical disease activity measures among RA patients with and without concomitant FM. METHODS In an observational cohort of patients with established RA, we performed a cross-sectional analysis comparing MBDA scores with CRP by rank correlation and cross-classification. MBDA scores, CRP and c...

An optimal designmethod for the Gough–Stewart platformmanipulators based on dynamic isotropy is proposed. First, a dynamic isotropy measure is derived from the analysis of the natural frequencies of a Stewart platform at a neutral pose using the inverse of the joint space mass matrix. Next, considering a specific Gough–Stewart platform (SGSP), it is found that, when the payload inertia matrix i...

We have developed a 2-D analytical biomechanical model for monoarticular open kinetic-chain exercises with lever selectorized equipment, and different relative placement between the joint center of rotation (J) and the center of rotation (C) of the resistance input lever ("off-center" exercises). All the relevant geometrical aspects of such exercises have been characterized: the change with the...

PURPOSE To determine joint fluid temperatures at different time intervals during treatment with radiofrequency energy (RFE) applied in intermittent and continuous treatment manners under flow or no-flow conditions using a simulated shoulder joint model. TYPE OF STUDY In vitro measurement of simulated joint fluid temperature during RFE treatment. METHODS A custom-built jig with a chamber (vo...

The analysis of the role of DNA-dependent protein kinase (DNA-PK) in DNA double-strand break repair and V(D)J recombination is based primarily on studies of murine scid, in which only the C-terminal 2% of the protein is deleted and the remaining 98% is expressed at levels that are within an order of magnitude of normal. In murine scid, signal joint formation is observed at normal levels, even t...

Abstract Introduction: In this study the role of PGE2 as an important inflammatory mediator in Indomethacine and Theophylline effects on joint diameter and vascular response of chronically inflamed rat knee joint to saphenous nerve stimulation was investigated. Methods: Inflammation was induced by intraarticular injection of 0.2 ml Freund,s Complete Adjuvant (FCA) and 3, 7, 14, 21 days post i...

periodic evaluation and monitoring the health and economic outcome of joint replacement surgery is a common and popular process under the territory of joint registries in many countries. in this article we introduce the methodology used for the foundation of the national iranian joint registry (ijr) with a joint collaboration of the social security organization (sso) and academic research depar...

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