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001). Local stabilization of the shoulder was particularly beneficial for improving hand motor coordination in females and non-dominant hands.
A stable position of the upper extremity can improve motor coordination and grip strength during stroke rehabilitation.
Placing subjects in a supine position and stabilizing their affected upper limb may help restore motor coordination of the hand and wrist following stroke.
Placing subjects in a supine position and stabilizing their affected upper limb may help restore motor coordination of the hand and wrist following stroke.
A lack of evidence on the reliability limits the utility of the Sunnybrook Facial Grading System (SFGS) in individuals affected by stroke both in clinical and research settings.
To examine the test-retest reliability and the inter-rater reliability of the SFGS in patients affected by subacute stroke.
A repeated-assessments design (fifteen days apart) was used to examine the test-retest reliability of the SFGS.
Inpatient rehabilitation unit.
Thirty-two inpatients with subacute stroke.
Thirty-two inpatients with subacute stroke participated in the test-retest reliability study. All patients were video-recorded in sitting position and uncovered face for about two minutes, in static position to evaluate symmetry at rest, then assessing symmetry of voluntary movement and synkinesis. 3,4-Dichlorophenyl isothiocyanate in vivo For the inter-rater reliability, fifteen experts in neurorehabilitation were selected as raters. The facial function was assessed using the Italian version of the SFGS was used as grading system on a recorded video of each aters.
The SFGS resulted reliable in its overall score to assess the facial palsy also in patients affected by stroke.
The findings of this study provide empirical evidence of reliable properties of the SFGS for assessing central facial palsy in patients with stroke.
The findings of this study provide empirical evidence of reliable properties of the SFGS for assessing central facial palsy in patients with stroke.
Few previous studies have reported the efficacy of robot rehabilitation for improving gait ability or its adverse events in patients with neuromuscular diseases.
The aim of the present study was to elucidate the effects of gait training with a hybrid assistive limb (HAL) on gait ability and to investigate serum enzyme levels associated with skeletal muscle damage.
a proof-of-concept study.
Twenty-one patients with neuromuscular disease (13 males and 8 females, mean age of 60.6 years).
Department of rehabilitation medicine in university hospital.
All patients underwent 1 to 7 series of gait rehabilitation which consisted of 9 sessions of HAL training. Gait ability was assessed with the 10-meter walk test and the 2-min walk test before and after HAL training, while serum creatine phosphokinase, aspartate aminotransferase, and lactic acid dehydrogenase values were measured before, midway through, and after HAL training.
Gait velocity and step length for 10-meter walk test, and 2-min walk distance were significantly improved after HAL gait training. There was no significant change in serum level of all 3 measured enzymes between the three time points.
HAL gait training with the practical setting as this study improved gait ability in patients with progressive neuromuscular disease and did not damage skeletal muscle, as indicated by no significant change in serum level of muscle enzymes.
Robot assisted gait training could be safely applied to the patients with neuromuscular diseases, as one of the effective rehabilitation programs to improve gait ability.
Robot assisted gait training could be safely applied to the patients with neuromuscular diseases, as one of the effective rehabilitation programs to improve gait ability.
Preliminary reports suggest a high incidence and mortality with SARS-CoV-2 infection in patients receiving kidney replacement therapy.
To describe the incidence and outcomes of COVID-19 in hemodialyzed (HD) patients.
We conducted a cohort, retrospective, multicenter study on incidence and mortality of COVID-19 in HD patients compared to the adult general population from the beginning of the pandemic until the commencement of vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 infection. The study population included all prevalent HD patients in 14 dialysis units of the Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland on December 31, 2019 and all new subjects starting long-term hemodialysis between January 01, 2020 and January 31, 2021, 1567 patients in total. General population data was obtained from health authorities reports.
The absolute cumulative incidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection was 22.4% in HD patients and after age standardization was 3.98 times higher compared to the controls (P<0.001). The epidemic trajectory of both groups ran in parallel, but the increase and the decline in the number of new cases occurred earlier in HD patients. Fatality rate of COVID-19 was 30.4% in HD patients. It was highest among the oldest patients reaching 43.81% among subjects from the age 75 years (P=0.003). Age standardized fatality and mortality rates in HD patients were 5.5 and 10.9 times higher than in controls (both P<0.001).
The results of this study show the extremely high mortality of COVID-19 in HD patients during the first and second wave of the epidemic in the Pomeranian Voivodeship before the vaccination era.
The results of this study show the extremely high mortality of COVID-19 in HD patients during the first and second wave of the epidemic in the Pomeranian Voivodeship before the vaccination era.Overactive JAK pathway signaling is a hallmark of immune diseases and critically affects on inflammation and coagulation. A number of mutations in the JAK2 gene act as driving forces of myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN), the pathogenesis of certain variants of acute leukemia, a number of solid malignancies and cardiovascular diseases. Assays for quantifying JAK2 mRNA in circulating blood cells can be used as a marker associated with the activity of this enzyme. Development of an original method for detecting JAK2 mRNA in venous blood and assessment of the possible diagnostic value in chronic oncohematological diseases. The development of an RT-PCR method for determining the expression of the JAK2 gene mRNA in venous blood samples was carried out in accordance with the MIQE requirements. Primers and TaqMan probes were designed using the Primer3 program, taking into account the possibility of excluding subsequent DNase treatment. The stability of the investigated mRNA was assessed in vacutainers with differentity and can become a promising marker for prognosis and assessment of the effectiveness of therapy.The aim of the study is to assess the effectiveness of quality control of transport environments in accordance with the requirements of domestic and international standards using aerobic and optional anaerobic microorganisms. The results of a comparative assessment of the survival of 10 strains of aerobic and optional anaerobic microorganisms after storage in the semi-liquid transport environment of Ames for 24 and 48 hours at temperatures (4-8)0 C and (20-25)0 C in accordance with the requirements of domestic and international standards are presented. The methodology described in ICC 4.2.2316 causes a number of technical difficulties leading to non-reproducible results. The survival rate of microorganisms in semi-liquid transport environments under ISO 11133-2016 is of high quality. The quantitative assessment is based on two Swab Elution and Roll Plate methods recommended by the CLSI M40-A2 standard.Despite the visible progress in reducing morbidity and mortality from intestinal infections and acute diarrhea associated with them, especially in childhood, the problem of their diagnosis and treatment remains relevant. The article discusses the structure, function and application of lipocalin-2 in infectious diseases as a non-invasive biomarker of bacterial inflammation in the intestine.The aim of the work was to assess the possibility of the cytological method in the diagnosis of epithelial liver tumors and to determine the cytomorphological criteria in the differential diagnosis of liver carcinomas. The authors analyzed the data of 106 fine-needle aspiration biopsies and 167 smears-prints during cor-biopsy of masses of the liver in patients who were examined at the polyclinic of the oncological dispensary in Nizhny Novgorod in 2016. - 2017 As a result, full-fledged material for cytological examination in the form of smears-prints from cor-biopsy and fine-needle aspiration biopsies was obtained in 75.4% (n=126) and 95.2% (n=101), respectively. The great possibilities of the cytological method are shown an affirmative diagnosis of the presence of primary or metastatic liver lesions was made in 88.8% (n=112) based on smears of sorbiopsy prints and in 87.1% (n = 88) with fine-needle aspiration biopsies. Typical cytomorphological criteria for primary and metastatic liver carcinomas made it possible to determine the origin of the primary tumor in 56.6% of cases (n=98).Histatins are the most significant antimicrobial peptides (AMP) of saliva and there are 12 types of such AMP. Histatin molecules contain relatively high percent of histidine and tyrosine residues. This property allows to use well known from organic chemistry Pauly reaction for detection of protein bounded histidine and tyrosine residues (BHT), which are in fact characterize the summary content of all histatins in saliva. Aim of the present study was comparison of BHT with antimicrobial activity of salivary AMP fraction in patients with inflammatory diseases of upper airways (IDUA). Group of examined persons include 28 patients with different diagnoses chronic pharyngitis (n=11), chronic tonsillitis (n=7), nasopharyngitis (n=5), pollinosis (n=5). Degree of intensity of inflammatory symptoms was estimated in balls. The algorithm of BHT analysis include following steps freezing - thawing of saliva; removal of microparticles by centrifugation; separation of fraction lower than100 kDa; dialysis for free amino acide frequencies of occurrence demonstrated the invert correlation towards these indexes (r=-0,627/-0,614) and (r=-0,827/-0,864). Probably at the exacerbation forms of IDUA the S. pyogenes and S. pneumoniae growth controlled by high levels of histatins.Tularemia is an especially dangerous infection caused by the gram-negative bacterium Francisella tularensis. It belongs to natural focal infections, and therefore is under continuous control by quarantine services. When carrying out their activities they use a whole range of diagnostic tools. The objective of this research is to develop an enzyme immunoassay based on highly specific monoclonal antibodies and immunomagnetic particles for monitoring the tularemia pathogen. To produce hybridomas mice were immunized with cells of the vaccine strain F. tularensis subsp. holarctica 15 NIIEG. After cell fusion hybridomas were selected by a solid-phase enzyme immunoassay (ELISA) using lipopolysaccharide (LPS) of the tularemia microbe. As a result, two hybridomas, 1C2 and 3F5, were produced. MABs of the hybridomas were obtained by using BALB / c mice. The MABs were purified by sepharose A affinity chromatography and used for conjugation with magnetic particles, and for biotinylation followed by matching a pair for ELISA.
