Objective of the study: This randomized controlled trial was undertaken to evaluate the effectiveness of acupuncture and Proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF) as a treatment for supraspinatus tendinitis. Methods: Thirty-five patients with a diagnosis of supraspinatus tendinitis were randomly allocated to either to a PNF group or a PNF plus acupuncture group and treated twice weekly fo...

BACKGROUND Large temporal plexiform neurofibroma (PNF) is an irritating problem that causes facial disfigurement. Surgical resection of PNF is the only effective way to remove the tumor as well as to improve the patient's facial appearance. However, temporal branch of the facial nerve (TBFN) in the tumor is prone to be destroyed during PNF removal. Thus, TBFN palsy is the inevitable complicatio...

UNLABELLED Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) is an autosomal dominant inherited tumour syndrome. NF1 is also a disorder of bone in terms of altered bone metabolism and bone dysplasia. Facial plexiform neurofibroma (PNF) is frequently associated with osseous alterations and may cause severe disfigurement. These PNFs regularly affect the oral cavity and teeth. PNF pose many problems in reconstructiv...

PurposeThis registry study compares the patient-reported outcomes of 3 treatments for Dupuytren´s disease: open fasciectomy (OF), collagenase injection (CCH) and percutaneous needle fasciotomy (PNF).MethodsFrom Swedish national quality hand surgery (HAKIR) we included 2,585 procedures (in 2,414 patients): 1,200 were OF, 918 CCH, 467 PNF. The choice between CCH PNF varied mainly because regional...

This study investigates the potential of extracted pine needle fiber (PNF) to substitute synthetic fibers in biopolymer composites as a reinforcing material. The is focused on surface modification and characterizing PNF. Water retting method was used extract PNF before being subjected potassium permanganate treatment. treatment with resulted higher density (1058 kg/m 3 ) compared untreated (101...

UNLABELLED Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) is an autosomal dominant inherited disease. Some stigmata of NF1 occur in the orbital region. The aim of this study was to reveal whether alterations of the orbital rim visible on plain radiographs may indicate the presence of a plexiform neurofibroma (PNF), a tumour almost exclusively diagnosed in NF1. MATERIAL AND METHODS The plain orbital radiograp...

Neurofilament (NF), one of the major axonal cytoskeletal proteins, plays a critical role in degenerative diseases in both the central and the peripheral nervous systems. The aim of this study is to explore the relationship between serum phosphorylated neurofilament-heavy chain (pNF-H) and diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) in patients with type 2 diabetes.Serum pNF-H concentrations were measu...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of a single static, ballistic, or proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF) stretching exercise on the various muscle-tendon parameters of the lower leg and to detect possible differences in the effects between the methods. Volunteers (n = 122) were randomly divided into static, ballistic, and PNF stretching groups and a control g...

Gamified interventions exploit the motivational characteristics of a game in order to provide prevention information and promote behavior change. Despite the modest effect sizes observed in increasingly popular web-based personalized normative feedback (PNF) alcohol interventions for college students, previous research has yet to consider how gamification might be used to enhance efficacy. This...