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Showing 1 to 20 of 33 for “"Musculoskeletal Diseases"”.
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An investigation into the risk factors of musculoskeletal diseases and the association between chronic diseases of lifestyle in an under-resourced area of the Cape Town Metropole
… affecting poor communities in urban areas. Musculoskeletal disease (MSD) is the most common cause of severe chronic or persistent pain, functional limitations, and physical disability, affecting 20-50% of adults. Globally, disability due to musculoskeletal disease is estimated to have …
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Evaluation of the efficacy of extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) on osteoarthritis and post-ESWT analgesia in animal models
… had promising results treating a wide variety of musculoskeletal diseases resulting in bone remodeling, neovascularization of bone-tendon interfaces, and orthopedic pain relief. ESWT has been applied to musculoskeletal diseases in animals in the United States for over 7 years. Although, ESWT has …
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The Impact Of Dietary Phytase Supplementation On Skeletal Biomechanics And Characteristics In Growing Swine And Mice
… strength and mass, particularly in early life. Musculoskeletal diseases, such as osteochondrosis and osteoporosis, are debilitating to humans and animals and create a substantial financial burden on the country's health care system and food animal production industries. Efforts to discover …
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Smart shoe gait analysis and diagnosis: designing and prototyping of hardware and software
… of osteoarthritis, knee or hip replacements, and musculoskeletal diseases. It is extensively used for injury rehabilitation and physical therapy for issues like Hemiplegia and Diplegia. It also provides us with the information to detect various improper gaits such as Parkinson's disease, …
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Evaluation of Novel High-Density EMG Feedback Parameters on the Spatial Distribution of Trapezius Muscle Activity
… inferior. However, treatment methods of chronic musculoskeletal diseases are often inefficient due to the inability of the participant to permanently alter posture and activation patterns.</p> <p>The first goal of this project was to determine the relation between cervicoscapular posture and the …
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The effectiveness of a lateral wedge insole on knee pain, physical activity and joint loading in individuals with medial knee osteoarthritis
… osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common chronic musculoskeletal diseases causing knee pain, disability and reduced levels of activity. Medial compartment of the knee joint is commonly affected, nearly 10 times more frequently, than lateral compartment by the disease. Knee loading (i.e. External …
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Prediction of knee loading in native knee and total knee arthroplasty : a forward dynamics computational study
"The goal of this dissertation is to develop a musculoskeletal model and corroborate model predictions to experimentally measured in vivo knee contact forces, in order to study the biomechanical consequences of two different total knee arthroplasty designs. The two main contributions of this …
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Transcriptional Characterisation of Human Musculoskeletal Development in vivo and in vitro
The musculoskeletal system is affected by a wide range of diseases throughout life, often affecting young, economically active people. These diseases are the leading cause of morbidity worldwide. Despite this, this organ system is rarely the focus of large scientific initiatives. For example, it …
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Monitoring Arthritis - Biochemical, Metodological and Clinical Aspects
Arthritides are musculoskeletal diseases, which predominantly affect the joints e.g. osteoarthritis (OA) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Modern treatment strategies include early detection and careful monitoring of the disease course. Close monitoring is also the basis for individualized treatment. …
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Noninvasive Assessment of Joint Motion Over Long Durations: System Evaluation and Data Analysis Methods
… progression, and treatment of degenerative musculoskeletal diseases, such as carpal tunnel and shoulder impingement syndromes, may be better characterized when joint motions are assessed over long durations outside clinical, laboratory, or rehabilitation settings that involve standardized …
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Evaluation of the World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule II (WHO DAS II) - German Version
… functioning and disability in patients with musculoskeletal conditions, cardiovascular and general internal conditions, stroke, breast cancer and depressive disorder. Specific objectives are to assess its psychometric properties reliability (internal consistency, Cronbach's Alpha), validity …
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Análise das condições de saúde de agentes comunitários de saúde : relação com perfil nutricional e capacidade para o trabalho.
… 4 % ) for the job. The most frequently reported diseases we re musculoskeletal injuries (55, 2%) a nd musculoskeletal diseases (44,8%), obesity (34,4%), hypertension (27, 0%), m ild emotional disturbance (26, 4 %), allergies (23, 9%) and gastr itis (20, 2%), whereas there was a relationship …
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가정전문간호사의 직무스트레스와 근골격계 증상
… of a disease prevention program development of musculoskeletal symptoms grasping relationship between work-related stress and musculoskeletal symptom of home healthcare nurses. For this propose, I used the questionnaire which asked home healthcare nurses working in domestic nursing business as …
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Myeloma-osteoclast interactions as a therapeutic target for multiple myeloma bone disease
<p>Multiple myeloma (MM) is a cancer of terminally differentiated B lymphocytes, also known as plasma cells, which are cells specialized in generating antibodies. MM is responsible for 35,000 diagnoses and 13,000 deaths in the US annually. While both malignant and non-malignant plasma cells …
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Sex-specific gene expression and its effect on osteoclast maturation
<p>Osteoclasts lie at the root of abnormal bone loss associated with osteoporosis. Osteoporosis primarily affects women and develops when estrogen, a negative regulator of osteoclast life cycle, plummets with menopause. In addition to the role of estrogen, the existence of inherent differences …
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Pharmacological profiling of novel melanocortin peptides targeting the hMC1, hMC3 and hMC5 receptors in 2-D and 3-D models of activated chondrocytes
Musculoskeletal diseases such as Osteoarthritis (OA) affects over 8.75 million people aged 45 and over in the UK alone, resulting in pain, joint stiffness and lack of mobility of the affected joint. The pathology of OA is mediated by a complex inflammatory response predominantly driven by elevated …
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Sex differences in the associations of physical fitness, physical activity, sedentarism, and sleep behaviour with oxidative stress in older adults: The INTERMAE project
… of physiological decline leading to metabolic diseases or oxidative stress. Oxidative stress has been defined as a pathophysiological state characterised by an imbalance between the excessive production of oxidants (such as homocysteine, HCY) and the inability of the total antioxidant capacity …
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The significance of cell-surface α2,3-linked Sialic Acid in Osteoclasts
<p>Osteoclasts are giant, multinucleated cells that, alongside osteoblasts, are central to maintaining physiologically healthy bone. The functions of osteoclasts and osteoblasts-degrading and depositing bone matrix, respectively-are paired in healthy bone tissue, thereby yielding no net bone loss …
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