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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"numbness"”.
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The Effects of Three Different Ice Bath Immersion Times on Numbness (Sensation of Pressure), Surface Temperature, and Perceived Pain
<p><strong>Objectives:</strong> Determine if numbness differs in magnitude and duration between 10-, 15-, and 20-min ice bath immersions, when temperature was held constant. <strong>Design:</strong> Dependant variables; sensation of pressure (g), perceived pain (cm), and skin temperature (º C). A …
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Training Manual for Providers of Psychoeducational Services to FMS Patients
… are many and can include cognitive impairment, numbness, and psychological distress such as anxiety and depression. FMS is typically diagnosed using criteria that were established by the American College of Rheumatology in 2010 and is currently experienced by approximately 5 million adults in …
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Quantitative sensory testing for evaluation chronic arthritis or local anesthesia
… to a stimulus, which may cause numbness or pain respectively. Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) is a condition characterized by inflammation of the joints, resulting in stiffness and pain. The etiology of JIA is not well known, and little is understood about the associated …
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THE USE OF PREVENTATIVE CANNABIDIOL, CANNABIGEROL, AND MITRAGYNINE TO AMELIORATE MECHANICAL SENSITIVITY OF PACLITAXEL-INDUCED PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY IN FEMALE MICE
… of paresthesia, hyperalgesia, allodynia, and numbness, primarily felt in the hands and feet. With no current FDA-approved medications to treat the entirety of CIPN’s symptoms, it is essential to find solutions for this condition. Veering away from classic prescription pharmaceuticals, …
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Live Or Die? Exploring the Suicidal Ambivalence Among Suicide Attempt Survivors: a Qualitative Study
… experience with it (conflicting desires and numbness), and their strategies for managing suicidal ambivalence (seeking help, developing new beliefs about themselves, and cultivating a sense of purpose). Findings suggest the complexity of suicidal ambivalence, along with its fluctuating …
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A Meta-Analytic Review of the Relationship Between Interpersonal Trauma and Committed Romantic Relationships
… in an individual reliving the trauma, emotional numbness and irritability.</p> <p>The focus in this study is on interpersonal trauma. This encompasses trauma enacted from one (or more) individual(s) onto another (e.g., sexual assault, abuse, physical assault, and war), throughout the course of …
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Grey man devices
… in order to remove my personal sensibility of numbness that I feel. experimental ambulation represents a series of attempts at distorting , altering, manipulating, and reshaping sensation and perception while walking. Each attempt has lead a following attempt applying information gained in …
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Developing Sphingosine-1-Phosphate (Spns2) Inhibitors for the Treatment of Multiple Sclerosis
… such as pain, fatigue, mobility problems, and numbness. While there is no cure for multiple sclerosis, disease-modifying therapies are typically taken by patients to suppress their immune system and slow disease progression. Sphingsoine-1-phosphate (S1P) is a lipid that is important for the …
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ΝΕΥΡΟΦΥΣΙΟΛΟΓΙΚΗ ΜΕΛΕΤΗ ΤΟΥ ΠΕΡΙΦΕΡΙΚΟΥ ΝΕΥΡΙΚΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΜΥΙΚΟΥ ΣΥΣΤΗΜΑΤΟΣ ΣΕ ΑΣΘΕΝΕΙΣ ΜΕ ΟΜΟΖΥΓΟ Β-ΘΑΛΑΣΣΑΙΜΙΑ
… OF THE PATIENTS PRESENTED WITH SENSORY SYMPTOMS (NUMBNESS AND TINGLINGS) IN THE LOWER LIMBS, 17% WITH CRAMPS AND 15% WITH MUSCULAR PAINS. FURTHERMORE 13% OF THE PATIENTS HAD DIMINISHED KNEE JERK AND 19% THE ACHILLES TENDON REFLEX. IN 4% OF PATIENTS THE ACHILLES REFLEX WAS ABSENT. MOTOR CONDUCTION …
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An ecojustice analysis of nursing education
… the detrimental effects of the current state of numbness to that connection, they can begin to create a different way to see health.</p>
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Prevalence of shoulder morbidity after treatment for breast cancer in South Africa
… range of motion, tightness, weakness, pain, numbness and lymphoedema, and may be present for up to 6 years post-surgery. An understanding of baseline demographic and clinical risk factors can guide rehabilitation and management strategies for high risk patients. Materials and Methods: This …
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PARESTHESIA DUE TO PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY: ANXIETY AND WELLBEING
… meaning “abnormal sensation” (tingling, numbness, pins and needles, impaired sensation, and itching) is a neuropathic pain symptom. Tissue compression is the most common cause of peripheral neuropathy (PN) as well as paresthesia. This study aimed to test the following hypotheses: (1) if …
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Neurochemical characterization of primary sensory neurons in a rat model of bortezomic-induced peripheral neuropathy
… of nerve damage, are characterized by pain, numbness, and tingling in the extremities and slow nerve conduction. Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy is a major dose-limiting side effect of many other commonly used chemotherapeutic agents, including platinum drugs, taxanes, epothilones …
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ScreenStage performance: Hybridity, perception and enstrangement
… "automatization" (Shklovsky, 2015: 162) and "numbness" (McLuhan, 2001: 6). The PaR develops phenomenological and semiotic discourse as another form of intermediality and provides creative practical and theoretical means of analysis and artmaking for practitioners, researchers, teachers and …
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Vibration-induced white finger in dockyard employees
… cold conditions and are usually accompanied by numbness and tingling or pain. VWF has been associated with the use of various tools and processes, among which are the percussive and rotary metal-working tools used in ship repair work. This thesis describes a study of dose-effect relationships …
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Characterisation of Nrf2-signalling and the effects of boosting astrocytic Nrf2 in a mouse model of ischaemic stroke
… It is characterised by a sudden weakness or numbness of the face, arm or leg, most often on one side of the body. The most common type of stroke is an ischaemic stroke, the blockage of a cerebral vessel and is causing dementia. Nuclear Factor Erythroid 2 (NFE2)- Related Factor 2 (Nrf2) is a …
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Digital photoelasticity in biomedical sensing.
… for disabled subjects or patients with numbness. With further enhancement in image processing technique this can be developed into a clinically viable system capable of providing complete foot analysis from early stage detection to prevention of ulceration.
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Risk assessment tool for diabetic neuropathy.
… with the early stages of neuropathy causing numbness in the feet. Early detection of this condition is necessary in order to prevent the progression of the disease. Out of many detection techniques vibration perception is becoming the gold standard for neuropathy assessment. Devices like …
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Progressive dark imagery in Keats and the ode "To Autumn"
… times, Keats uses “dark” images of illness, numbness, darkness, or torment in order to create an eerie atmosphere or evoke a sense of mystery and foreboding. The dark images in Keats's poems naturally vary in style and frequency. The intensity of the images, for instance, ranges from the …
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The measurement of vascular and neurological function in workers exposed to hand-transmitted vibration
… specific and responsive to symptoms of numbness in another study of 104 dockyard workers, of whom 67 reported neurological disorders. It was concluded that whilst the above tests could be useful for monitoring the vascular and neurological disorders, a number of improvements to the …