To what extent is the Buteyko Institute Method of breathing retraining effective for sleep apnoea? A survey of Buteyko Institute practitioners' experiences with clients suffering from sleep apnoea.

We diagnosed 50 patients (58 shoulders) with a mean age at presentation of 17.3 years, as having involuntary positional instability of the shoulder. They were managed by a programme consisting of a careful explanation, analysis of abnormal muscle couples and then muscle retraining carried out by a specialist physiotherapist. The mean follow-up was two years. Six shoulders had a poor result, but...

In this paper efficient performance generalization of neural network classifiers is accomplished, for unsupervised video object segmentation in videoconference/videophone sequences. Each time conditions change, a retraining phase is activated and the neural network classifier is adapted to the new environment. During retraining both the former and current knowledge are utilized so that good net...

PURPOSE Virtual reality (VR) is a relatively new technology that is currently utilized in a wide variety of settings to test and train individuals in specialized skills. This study examines methods for improving driver retraining protocols for persons with spinal cord injury (SCI). METHOD We compared a VR driving simulator, under two different display conditions, a head mounted display (HMD) ...

Lipids heading toward lysosomes that carry a mutated ion channel are spared from destruction, according to Meidel et al. (page 1477). The accumulating undigested fat eventually dooms the cell. Cells get rid of excess fat, which comes from worn-out organelles or engulfed pathogens by, for instance, shuttling them in endosomes to degradative lysosomes. The two organelles are thought to fuse when ...

Abstract The knowledge economy is present in all fields and occupations where human capital needed. It consists of educating informing staff, thus helping to improve work performance create competitive advantage. Where we have capital, there also the possibility retraining occupations. Retraining staff may be unavoidable especially following major impact events such as 2019 pandemic or Russian-...

BACKGROUND A cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) programme designed for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in people with severe mental illness, including breathing retraining, education and cognitive restructuring, was shown to be more effective than usual services. AIMS To evaluate the incremental benefit of adding cognitive restructuring to the breathing retraining and education compone...

BACKGROUND In late-diagnosed transposition of the great arteries (TGA), the left ventricle (LV) involutes as it pumps against low resistance and needs retraining by applying a pulmonary artery band (PAB) in preparation for an arterial switch operation. We report our experience with a telemetrically adaptable band compared with classic banding. METHODS Ten patients underwent retraining of the ...

OBJECTIVES The objectives of this study were to verify the degree of anxiety, respiratory distress, and health-related quality of life in a group of asthmatic patients who have experienced previous panic attacks. Additionally, we evaluated if a respiratory physiotherapy program (breathing retraining) improved both asthma and panic disorder symptoms, resulting in an improvement in the health-rel...