PURPOSE To conduct a pragmatic randomised controlled trial (RCT) to evaluate the effects of reflexology on quality of life (QofL) in women with early breast cancer. PATIENTS AND METHODS One hundred and eighty-three women were randomised 6 weeks post-breast surgery to self-initiated support (SIS) (comparator intervention), SIS plus reflexology, or SIS plus scalp massage (control for physical a...

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to compare scapular kinematics during elevation phase of abduction, flexion, and scapular plane elevation phase between fifteen persons with shoulder impingement syndrome (SIS) and thirteen persons without it. Methods: Values of scapular kinematics include scapular superior and lateral translations, upward rotation, external rotation, and posterior t...

Introduction: Swallowing disorder or dysphagia is a common complication after conventional total thyroidectomy. Traditional dysphagia therapy (TDT) has long been a routine rehabilitation program for patients with dysphagia; however, there is no evidence to support the efficacy of this approach in patients with post-thyroidectomy dysphagia. Regarding this, the purpose of the current study ...

Nowadays the object of Space Information System (SIS) is limited to the earth surface, and the large-scale sun-earth space does not been considered. In this paper, the research object of SIS is been extended, namely the object is been studied from the earth surface to the sun-earth space, and the concept of “Sun-earth Space Information System” is been proposed. It is the very important content ...

The paper examines the steady state solutions to rational treatment patterns of SIS dieases. Individual behavior is shown to lead to the possibility of signi cant undertreatment through the presence of unrewarded external bene ts.

The sustainable information society (SIS) is one of the most important topics of our time. ICTs play a key role in this society. Unfortunately, factors determining the successful ICTs adoption and consequently the SIS development are not sufficiently established. Therefore, the aim of this study is to answer the question about critical success factors for the SIS in Poland. These factors were i...

Introduction A specific algorithm has been proposed for classifying impingement related shoulder pain in athletes with overhead activity. Data on the inter-examiner reproducibility of the suggested clinical tests and criteria and their mutual dependencies for identifying subacromial impingement symptoms (SIS) are not available. Objective To test the inter-examiner reproducibility of selected t...

The objective of this study was to investigate the internal consistency and the construct validity of the Dutch version of the Supports Intensity Scale (SIS-NL1.0; Buntinx 2006) in individuals with physical disabilities (N = 65). To investigate the construct validity, the relationship between SIS subscales and practical skills (Barthel Index; BI) was calculated. Support was provided for the int...

The unique SIS-Health Monitoring solution is a set of tools and services that enable industry practitioners to measure the status and health of their safety instruments, analyze their reliability and safety integrity, optimize test intervals, and reduce spurious process trips. In addition, the SISHealth Monitoring solution enables the detection of unexpected trends, the maintenance of test freq...