The objective was to compare four different scoring methods for vertebral deformities: the semiquantitative Kleerekoper score and three quantitative scores (according to Minne, Melton and Raymakers) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Lateral radiographs of the thoracic and lumbar vertebral column were scored in 52 RA patients treated with corticosteroids (Cs) and 52 RA patients not Cs ...

Guidelines for the management of low back pain (LBP) have existed for many years, but adherence to these by health care practitioners (HCPs) remains suboptimal. The aim of this study was to measure the attitudes, beliefs and reported clinical behaviour of UK physiotherapists (PTs) and general practitioners (GPs) about LBP and to explore the associations between these. A cross-sectional postal s...

Abstract Background Non-operative management (NOM) is generally accepted as a treatment method of traumatic paediatric splenic rupture. However, considerable variations in exist. This study analyses local trends aetiology and injuries evaluates the implementation guidelines proposed by American Paediatric Surgical Association (APSA) level 1 trauma centre. Methods The charts patients with blunt ...

Background Infertility is a significant public health problem and diagnosis and treatment are tense, invasive, and costly. Preconception interventions in infertile couples can increase the chance of pregnancy and lower its complications. The main goal to do this study is determine effect of the preconception diet and life style on fertility success in women undergoing IVF/ICSI treatment. Materi...

BACKGROUND Aerobic power declines with age. The degree to which this decline is reversible remains unclear. In a 30-year longitudinal follow-up study, the cardiovascular adaptations to exercise training in 5 middle-aged men previously trained in 1966 were evaluated to assess the degree to which the age-associated decline in aerobic power is attributable to deconditioning and to gain insight int...

ABSTRACT Decubitus ulcers are mentioned by pressure and friction on the skin which inhibits flow to skin. This condition generally occurs in someone who cannot change body position or move for a long time. Patients bed rest have risk of disrupting integrity immobilization (bedrest) ultimately results emergence delubitus wounds. Therefore, olive oil intervention is needed can speed up healing pr...

BACKGROUND The association between the functional decline occurring with bedrest and hospitalization in older persons is well-known. A long wait in the emergency department (ED), where patients can be bedridden, is a risk factor for the development of an immobilization syndrome (IS). IS is one of the unwanted consequences of inactivity, which causes pathological changes in most organs and syste...

We explored the assembly of intestinal microbiota in healthy male participants during the run-in (5 day) and experimental phases [21-day normoxic bed rest (NBR), hypoxic bedrest (HBR)], and hypoxic ambulation (HAmb) in a strictly controlled laboratory environment, balanced fluid, and dietary intakes, controlled circadian rhythm, microbial ambiental burden, and 24/7 medical surveillance. The fra...

S INCE the work of Starr [7] who concluded that the increase in venous pressure observed in congestive heart failure is due to an increased plasma volume, the “forward” theory of heart failure has been the subject of much research attempting to describe the precise mechanisms by which the extracellular volume is expanded during cardiac decompensation. Warren and Stead [Z] emphasized the diminis...