Experiments into the relationship between diet and health have been an area of high interest for a long time. In this study, we investigate the application of multivariate data analysis to differentiate between rat populations fed on two different diets: normal rat diet (control) and Western affluent diet (WAD). Two sets of data were acquired and analysed: one from a biochemical clinical analys...

PURPOSE: To investigate the association between forward head posture (FHP) and neck pain disability in patients with chronic whiplash associated disorders (WAD). METHODS: This study was a secondary analysis based on data from randomized controlled study. The involved WAD reporting their using Neck Disability Index (NDI). FHP measured goniometer. Analyses of correlations logistic regressions wer...

Objective- This study described the ultrasonographic features of the testes in West African Dwarf bucks.Design- Experimental studyProcedure- Ultrasonographic images of testes of WAD bucks were acquired in longitudinal, sagittal and transverse planes using a Draminski 5MHz portable ultrasound machine after proper restraint of the bucks and gel application on the scrotum. Animal...

BACKGROUND Up to 50% of chronic whiplash associated disorders (WAD) patients experience considerable pain and disability and remain on sick-leave. No evidence supports the use of physiotherapy treatment of chronic WAD, although exercise is recommended. Previous randomised controlled studies did not evaluate the value of adding a behavioural therapy intervention to neck-specific exercises, nor d...

This study present a new method for classification of subjects suffering from Whiplash Associated Disorders (WAD) with a supervised resilient Back Propagation Neural Network (BPN). The only input needed, from each subject, is features extracted from 3dimensional motion data collected by a ProReflex system. The analysis with BPN results in a correct prediction for 84% of normal subjects and 89% ...

Temporomandibular disorders (TMDs) following motor vehicle collisions (MVCs) may result from direct orofacial trauma but also occur in patients with whiplash-associated disorder (WAD) without such trauma. TMDs may not be identified at the time of first assessment, but may develop weeks or more after the MVC. TMDs in WAD appear to occur predominantly in females and can be associated with regiona...

AIMS To use a MS2 bacteriophage model to compare three hand-drying methods, paper towels (PT), a warm air dryer (WAD) and a jet air dryer (JAD), for their potential to disperse viruses and contaminate the immediate environment during use. METHODS AND RESULTS Participants washed their gloved hands with a suspension of MS2 bacteriophage and hands were dried with one of the three hand-drying dev...

3D game development is an exciting activity for many students. But getting a handle on 3D game development for novices may be a daunting task. We take this opportunity to present a quick introduction to 3D game development through a few tutorials. For the next few columns a set of tutorials for a 3D first person shooter game developed by graduate and undergraduate students under the guidance of...

BACKGROUND Many people with Whiplash Associated Disorders (WAD) report problems with vision, some of which may be due to impaired eye movements. Better understanding of such impaired eye movements could improve diagnostics and treatment strategies. This systematic review surveys the current evidence on changes in eye movements of patients with WAD and explains how the oculomotor system is teste...

STUDY DESIGN Focused review of the current literature. OBJECTIVE To identify and synthesize the most current data pertaining to the diagnosis and treatment of whiplash and whiplash-associated disorders (WAD), and to report on whiplash-related injuries. METHODS A search of OVID Medline (1996-January 2007) and the Cochrane database of systematic reviews was performed using the keywords whipla...