OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effects of an early mobilization protocol on respiratory and peripheral muscles in critically ill patients. METHODS A randomized controlled clinical trial was conducted with 59 male and female patients on mechanical ventilation. The patients were divided into a conventional physical therapy group (control group, n=14) that received the sector's standard physical ther...

Cervical mobilization and manipulation are frequently used to treat patients diagnosed with cervicogenic headache (CEH); however, there is conflicting evidence on the efficacy of these manual therapy techniques. The purpose of this review is to investigate the effects of cervical mobilization and manipulation on pain intensity and headache frequency, compared to traditional physical therapy int...

BACKGROUND Many surgeons believe that early mobilization of patients with blunt solid organ injuries increases the risk of delayed hemorrhage. OBJECTIVE To determine whether there is an association between the day of mobilization and rates of delayed hemorrhage from blunt solid organ injuries. DESIGN Retrospective cohort study. Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed to determin...

Control of cytoplasmic pH (pHi) by a Na+/H+ antiport appears a general property of most eukaryotic cells. In human platelets activation of the Na+/H+ exchanger enhances Ca2+ mobilization and aggregation induced by low concentrations of thrombin (Siffert, W., and Akkerman, J. W. N. (1987) Nature 325, 456-458). Several observations indicate that the exchanger is regulated by protein kinase C. (i)...

Aim: Poor mobilization is an important problem in autologous stem cell transplantation. The ratio of poor mobilization is higher in lymphoma patients. There is limited data about poor mobilization in lymphoma patients. We aimed to identify the possible risk factors for poor mobilization using data from 57 lymphoma patients. Materials and Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the data of 57 lymph...

Scholars have frequently mentioned the link between a group’s settlement pattern and its involvement in violent conflict. In this paper, I develop a computational model to examine this relationship in detail. I argue that the settlement pattern of a group has an impact on group mobilization, because it determines how quickly mobilization can spread from a few extremists to the entire group popu...

OBJECTIVE The immobility common to patients after acute stroke has the potential to increase negative mood symptoms. We evaluated the effect of very early mobilization after stroke on levels of depression, anxiety and irritability. DESIGN AVERT is a randomized controlled trial; patients in the very early mobilization group receive mobilization earlier (within 24 h of stroke) and more frequent...