Introduction. Lactobacillus casei and Lactobacillus acidophilus were used to assess the anti-inflammatory properties in carrageenan induced acute inflammatory model. Materials and Methods. Diclofenac sodium was used as standard drug at concentration of 150 mg/kg of body weight. Culture of Lactobacillus  2 × 10(7) CFU/ml was given orally. Edema was induced with 1% carrageenan to all the groups a...

Carrying loads while walking or using stairs is a common activity of daily living. Knee osteoarthritis is associated with increased external knee adduction moment (KAM) during walking, so understanding how the additional challenges of stairs and carrying loads impact these moments is of value. Sixteen healthy individuals performed three types of MOTION (walking, stair ascent, stair descent) und...

To understand the physical and other factors related to walking among the elderly residents of a Care House for the aged, the total number of steps walked were measured over a period of 1 week (Nov. 6-12. 1994) for 67 female residents (mean age 79 ± 1 years). In addition, walking speed, stride length, and the time to climb 15 steps (stair-climbing time) were measured. To understand the indirect...

The purpose of this study was to develop a stair-climbing test to measure energy cost (EC) and mechanical efficiency (ME) in children with cerebral palsy (CP) to evaluate ambulation-related motor function and its changes after intervention or maturation. Five normally developed (ND) and 10 children with CP were tested. The gross ME (MEg) was calculated from the work done (W) and the total energ...

Jose Abel Chocoteco 1, Rafael Morales 2,* and Vicente Feliu-Batlle 3 1 Instituto Tecnológico de Ciudad Guzmán (ITCG), Tecnológico Nacional de México (TecNM), Ciudad Guzmán 49100, Mexico; [email protected] 2 School of Industrial Engineering, University of Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM), 02071 Albacete, Spain 3 School of Industrial Engineering, University of Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM), 13071 Ciud...

1 Title 1 Alterations in lower limb multi-muscle activation patterns during stair climbing in female total knee 2 arthroplasty patients 3 Authors 4 Kuntze, G., von Tscharner, V., Hutchison, C., Ronsky, J.L. 5 Contributions 6 Kuntze, G. – Data analysis and interpretation, manuscript preparation 7 von Tscharner, V. – Data analysis, interpretation and manuscript editing 8 Hutchison, C. – Surgical ...

Recently, Taiwan and many developed countries have been experienced an emergence of growing aging population and decreasing working population and birth rate. The number of home-caring workers in need has surpassed that of available working force. Furthermore, the expense of home-caring elders will substantially increase. The employment of foreign workers is just a temporary solution. It is the...