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Abduction Contractures within Infants with Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip
<p>Developmental Dysplasia of the hip is a condition that affects 1 to 3 of every 1000 infants born globally. It is a pathology that involves the instability, subluxation, or dislocation of the femoral head from the acetabulum. Through a rating system by the International Hip Dysplasia Institute or …
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Survey of Nurses' Understanding Relative to the Prevention of Contractures
<p>The prevention of contractures and the resulting physical deformity is included as one of the basic elements of effective nursing care; therefore, this study was necessary to discover nurses' knowledge relative to the prevention of contractures. The immediate purpose was to find out what basic …
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Development, Validation and Evaluation of the Feasibility of the Observational Risk Assessment of Contractures (Longitudinal Evaluation) Tool: THE ORACLE STUDY
Background Joint contractures are a prevalent and debilitating complication of prolonged immobility in individuals living in care homes. Despite high prevalence rates, there is no standard, evidence-based risk assessment tool to evaluate the risk of contractures and prompt early intervention. This …
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Excitation-Contraction Coupling: The Effect of Calcium Channel Antagonistic Drugs on Reprimed and Inactivated Skinned Skeletal Muscle Fibers
… tubules. If this hypothesis is true, then such contractures of skinned fibers are analogous to K contractures on intact cells.
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Membrane properties and calcium ion activity in skeletal muscle fibres of the dystrophic mouse
… the electrophysiological experiments. Caffeine contractures generated in glycinerated normal soleus muscle, incubated in low calcium saline, and then bathed in high calcium saline reached 115-185% the magnitude of caffeine contractures generated prior to incubation. 4 week dystrophic soleus …
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Natural History Study of Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita, Amyoplasia Type
… the clinical finding of multiple congenital contractures. There are more than 300 distinct disorders associated with arthrogryposis. Amyoplasia is the most common type of arthrogryposis and is often referred to as the “classic” type. There is no known cause of amyoplasia and no risk factors …
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A Descriptive Study of Farmers and Ranchers Entering South Dakota Nursing Homes
… was mostly male, married, demonstrated less contractures. and were admitted from an acute care hospital. The mental health status was high and most of the subjects did not receive any antipsychotics. antianxiety/hypnotics, or antidepressants.
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Flexion and Extension : Studies Employing Muscles of the Shank in Amphibians
… and their modification by depressants. Contractures have been investigated in the isolated organ bath. Depolarizing agents have been used to compare the proportions of slow fibres in the gastrocnemius of frogs and toads. Tibialis anticus, a flexor, has been shown to be heterogenous, …
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Analysis of The Demographics, Pathways to Diagnosis, Burden of Disease and Long-term Outcomes of Patients with Spinal Muscular Atrophy Managed at Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital
… home ventilation, 70% had scoliosis, 70% had contractures, 33% received feeding support via a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube and 44% of SMA3 patients had lost ambulation. Our SMA numbers are less than expected and delays in diagnosis were common. Strategies to improve diagnosis and …
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Lessons from a rare disease
… veins, fat loss, hair loss, bone loss, joint contractures, and heart disease. Their average life expectancy is thirteen. There is currently no treatment or cure. The disease arises from a single nucleotide mutation in the LMNA gene, which makes proteins called lamins that comprise the inner …
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The effect of fatigue on the caffeine sensitivity of skeletal muscle sarcoplasmic reticulum
… rested or fatigued maximal Ca²⁺ or caffeine contractures, significant difference was found at the caffeine threshold (p<.05) with the fatigued muscle tending to contract at a higher caffeine concentration. This suggests that fatigued muscle is less sensitive to the caffeine stimulus for Ca²⁺ …
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A case study of the social coping experiences of an adolescent with arthrogryposis multitplex congenita
… a disorder, which is characterized by multiple contractures of the joints. The disorder presents with varied grades of severity. Despite the physical deformities, intelligence is intact. The aim of this research was to explore the social coping experiences of an adolescent living with …
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Molecular Enhancement of Alpha 7 Integrin to Ameliorate Muscular Dystrophy
… acid injected mice have decreased fibrosis and contractures, improved mobility and kyphosis, decreased inflammatory cell content and cardiomyopathy and increased myofiber integrity. HTCB injected mice have increased myofiber integrity and show elevated alpha7 integrin expression in muscle. …
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The effect of cis-5,8,11,14,17-eicosapentaenoic acid upon the contractile mechanisms linked to calcium influx and the mobilisation of intracellular calcium in aortic smooth muscle
… EPA decreased noradrenaline-induced contractures in aortic tissue, in support of previous reports (Engler, 1992b). The observed effect of EPA on cell contractions to KCl was not simple due to blocking calcium influx through L-type channels, consistent with a previous suggestion by …
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Modulation of Inflammation Driven Wound Healing after Glaucoma Surgery
… morbidity. Opacification and structure altering contractures compromise the delicate ocular anatomy upon which ocular function and healthy vision are reliant. Glaucoma filtration surgery, corneal stromal injury, proliferative vitreoretinopathy and age-related macular degeneration are major …
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The effect of cyclic forces upon finger joints with impaired ranges of motion
… A control group of patients with Dupuytren’s contractures was studied to find the time needed for the return of function when CPM is not applied. Using the assumption that hand strength is related to functional recovery (because of dispersal of oedema), it was found that recovery takes eight …
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Lamin A and lamin C are differentially dysfunctional in autosomal dominant Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy
… a rare genetic disorder characterised by early contractures of the elbows, Achilles tendons and spine, slowly progressive muscle wasting and cardiomyopathy associated with cardiac conduction defect. The autosomal dominant form is caused by mutations in the LMNA gene which gives rise to lamin A …
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Hip and Spine in Cerebral Palsy
… palsy (CP) have an increased risk of scoliosis, contractures including windswept hip deformity (WS), and hip dislocation. In 1994, a follow-up program and registry for children and adolescents with CP (CPUP) was initiated in Sweden to allow the early detection and prevention of hip dislocations …
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Automatic Recognition of Buruli Ulcer Images on Smart Handheld Devices
… ulcer, and finally leads to extensive scarring, contractures, and deformations with possible total loss of articulation function. However, treatment with antibiotics at an early stage has been very successful in preventing irreversible deformity and long-term functional disability. Therefore, an …
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Generating hair follicle inductive dermal papillae cells from adipose derived mesenchymal stem cells
… glands. This results in a loss of pliability and contractures that cause functional and cosmetic impairment. Embryological hair follicle morphogenesis results from a complex series of mesenchymal-epithelial interactions and to date a method of generating de novo folliculogenesis from human cells …
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