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Showing 1 to 20 of 45 for “"clinical tests"”.
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Ground Reaction Forces Are Predicted With Functional and Clinical Tests in a Healthy Collegiate Population
… injury incidence, from practical functional and clinical tests. Participants: Forty-two healthy, active college age individuals (21 females, age 20.667±1.461; 70.702±2.363cm; 82.202±7.606kg; 21 males, age 21.571±1.28; 65.524±1.874cm; 64.190±9.059kg) participated.</p> <p>Methods …
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Assessing the Repeatability of Clinical Tests in People with and without Flexion-induced Neck Pain
… shown as a risk factor for the development of clinical neck pain if sustained for prolonged periods. Determining the individuals who are naturally more predisposed to develop flexion-induced neck pain can aid in the prevention and treatment of musculoskeletal disorders. The purpose of this …
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Cognitive dysfunction and schizophrenia : Modelling attentional impairment with psychotomimetics. Investigating attentional impairment and structural brain abnormalities following phencyclidine administration: Enhancing translatability between preclinical and clinical tests of attention utilising the modified 5-choice task in rats - the 5-Choice Continuous Performance Test.
This thesis consisted of experiments designed to explore the construct of attention and investigate the disruptive effects of psychotomimetics, with a specific focus on NMDA antagonists. Phencyclidine (PCP) was administered through a variety of treatment regimens in order to to determine the …
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Sacroiliac joint assessment within the Australian osteopathic profession
The aim of this study was to determine what clinical tests are employed to assess for sacroiliac joint dysfunction (SIJD) and determine whether a correlation existed between tests employed and clinical experience. The Australian Osteopathic Profession was surveyed via mail-out. The range and …
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The validity, reliability, and sensitivity of a smartphone-based seated postural control assessment in wheelchair users
… while performing activities of daily living. Clinical tests are commonly used to measure seated postural control in wheelchair users, yet they are subjective and lack sensitivity. Lab-based measures are highly sensitive but are limited in scope and restricted to research settings. Establishing …
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Inter-rater Reliability of Lumbar Segmental Instability Tests and the Subclassification
… end-range lumbar segmental instability tests with the highest positive Likelihood Ratio against flexion-extension radiographs, and three functional mid-range clinical tests that predict the success of lumbar stabilization exercises in patients with recurrent or chronic low back pain …
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Evaluation of a stage II screening protocol for prostate cancer
… study was to compare the degree of efficacy of clinical tests and algorithms in stage II screening for PCa while preventing unnecessary biopsies from occurring. The sample consisted of 201 consecutive men who were suspected of PCa based on the results of a DRE and serum PSA. These men were …
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SUSTAINABLE AND MOBILITY TECHNOLOGIES FOR ASSISTIVE HEALTHCARE AND MONITORING
… monitoring, all pulled by real and significant clinical needs. Three collaborations with medical and health care practitioners resulted in the development, and real situational and clinical tests of three prototypes. The first work and prototype is a scalable human vital status information …
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Survival of breast cancer patients and the potential for better prognostication
… pathological diagnoses can experience different clinical courses. Patient factors including ethnicity affect tumour biology, treatment and its response. There are prognostic tools using clinical and tumour indicators, but most are not individualised. Molecular platforms for personalised medicine …
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The use of instrumented measures to describe lower extremity joint mechanics
… various biomechanical assessments are used in clinical settings that offer diagnostic information about the studied joint. These assessments, however, are based on the judgment and experience of the therapist conducting the test and have a high degree of inter and intra rater variability, …
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Dynamic DNA Nanotechnology for Probing Single Nucleotide Variants and DNA Modifications
… PCR method is still the gold standard for clinical tests. Thus motivated, my PhD career was mainly focused on the fundamental understanding of the challenges in SNVs discrimination and developing robust, versatile, and user-friendly probes/strategies. In this thesis, Chapter 1 provides a …
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On Nature of the Gradient Echo MR Signal and Its Application to Monitoring Multiple Sclerosis
… affecting 2.5 million people world-wide. The clinical course is heterogeneous, ranging from benign disease in which patients live an almost normal life to severe and devastating disease that may shorten life. Despite much research, a fully effective treatment for MS is still unavailable and …
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Longitudinal Locomotor and Postural Control Following Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
… brain injury (concussion) each year. While most clinical signs and symptoms resolve within 7-10 days for the majority of typical concussions, some gait and balance tasks have shown abnormalities lasting beyond the resolution of clinical symptoms. These abnormalities can persist after athletes …
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Lower extremity features of Velocardiofacial syndrome and other 22q11 deletions
… (Return rate 30.8%). A standard battery of clinical tests was applied to 108 patients with 22q11 deletion and mechanical therapy of diagnosed biomechanical foot abnormalities was instituted. The prevalences of PUA, sleep disturbance and exercise intolerance were found to be significantly …
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Lífaflfræðilegar mælingar og hreyfimat á hálsvöðvum einstaklinga sem hafa fengið höfuðhögg
… (Control group 1) for comparison purposes. Four clinical tests were performed using a system from NeckCare. These tests consist of the 1) Butterfly test, which measures movement control of the head and neck, 2) Head-Neck relocation test to measure proprioception, 3) a Cervical Range of motion …
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Ankle sprain prevention - the effect of the Nike Free shoe in elite male soccer players
… the season was collected, as well as scores on tests of ankle strength, static balance, dynamic balance, agility and self-reports of ankle function. These scores were compared to those of the control team. Statistical analysis showed a statistically significant improvement in the experimental …
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Hydration and vocal loading on voice measures
… the larynx and lay the foundation for developing clinical tests to identify speakers who are susceptible to voice problems.</p>
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New Clinical Guidelines for Cervical Cancer Screening and the Benefits of Implementing a Primary High-risk Human Papillomavirus Test in a High Volume Reference Laboratory
<p>In 2012, clinical guidelines for cervical cancer screening developed by a coalition of experts from several clinical societies such as the American Cancer Society(ACS), American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology (ASCCP), American Society for Clinical Pathology(ASCP), and the United …
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Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (libs): an innovative tool for studying bacteria
… mixture or more. </p> <p>Finally, to simulate a clinical specimen in a precursor to actual clinical tests, Staphylococcus epidermidis bacteria were collected from urine samples (to simulate a urinary tract infection specimen) and were tested via LIBS without washing. The analysis showed that …
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Allocentric spatial memory following anterior temporal lobectomy: A comparison between active and sedentary epileptic adults
… with low activity levels. Results showed that on tests of spatial cognition, patients with right-sided damage tended to show more deficits than patients with left-sided damage when assessed using experimental tasks. However, no group differences were found when using standard clinical tests for …
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