BACKGROUND If height is a well-established risk factor for breast cancer, leg length and sitting height are usually considered as better candidate biomarkers of growth hormone exposure than height, respectively, in pre- and postpuberty. METHODS Risk of breast cancer associated with quartiles of height, sitting height, and leg length were estimated in the French E3N cohort (N = 50,704, includi...

in this survey, 55 patients were studied in a period of six years for having the anesthesia in the sitting position. in this position, the surgeon will had a better access to the location, whose damages have been sustained, so less damages would be given to the healthy tissues. for the patients, due to their critical general conditions, one week prior to giving anesthesia to the posterior fossa...

The purpose of this study was to determine electromyographically if there are significant differences in the movement associated with knee muscle, gait, leg extension from a sitting position and flexion upwards for regular abnormal sEMG data. Surface electromyography (sEMG) data were obtained lower limbs 22 people during three different exercises: sitting, standing, walking (11 11 without abnor...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate if a stretch regimen consisting of three 30 second stretches would alter joint position sense (JPS). METHODS A blinded, randomised, cross over design with a washout time of 24 hours was used with 20 healthy volunteers. JPS was estimated from the ability to reproduce the same position in one knee (target versus estimated angle) expressed as the difference between target ...

this study tries to redesign the interior design of inter-city bus in order to fulfill needs of iranian user. the goal of this study is practically investigate how user centered design can be applied considering cultural needs of iranian user. by defining common needs between cultural and physical aspects of iranian user, the main focus was on improving the sitting condition of the traveler wit...

introduction: chemotherapy is recognized as a primary cancer treatment method, but despite its benefits, it causes side-effects. the most important of these side-effects are nausea and vomiting. given the simplicity of use of non-medicinal methods such as semi-sitting position, which can be performed by the patient alone, with the least effort and no side-effects, this method can be utilized to...

[Purpose] This study investigated the effect of functional electrical stimulation (FES) of stroke patients in a sitting position on balance and activities of daily living. [Methods] FES was applied to stroke patients (six male, three female) while in a sitting and supine position. FES was applied six times for 30 minutes each for a total of six weeks. [Results] The timed up and go (TUG) values ...

AIMS To evaluate the associations of age at menarche and the leg length-to-sitting-height ratio, markers of adolescent growth, with risk of diabetes in later life. MATERIALS AND METHODS Information from 69,385 women and 55,311 men, aged 40-74 years from the Shanghai Women's Health Study and Shanghai Men's Health Study, were included in the current analyses. Diabetes status was ascertained thr...