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Effects of Strength Training on Bone Mineral Density in Adult Women: A Systematic Review
(2019-03-05)Title: Effects of Strength Training on Bone Mineral in Adult Women – A Systematic Review In the recent years, exercise has been proposed as a treatment strategy for obtaining an optimal peak bone mass. Moreover, several ... -
Efficacy of Sympathetic Nerve Blocks in Pediatric Outpatients with Central Sensitization of Pain
(2019-03-05)Purpose: Central sensitization (CS) is distinguished by an increased sensitivity to painful stimuli, due to a lower pain threshold or an altered response to pain. Clinically, CS frequently presents as enhanced sensitivity ... -
Imaging viscosity of intragranular mucin matrix in cystic fibrosis cells
(2019-03-05)Purpose: Abnormalities of mucus viscosity play a critical role in the athogenesis of several respiratory diseases, including cystic fibrosis (CF). Currently, there are no approaches to assess the rheological properties of ... -
Opportunities for Tuberculosis Prevention in Private Sector Healthcare: Health Insurance and Usual Sources of Healthcare in Foreign-Born Persons with Latent Tuberculosis Infection
(2019-03-05)Opportunities for Tuberculosis Prevention in Private Sector Healthcare: Health Insurance and Usual Sources of Healthcare in Foreign-Born Persons with Latent Tuberculosis Infection E. Annan 1, E. L. Stockbridge 2, T. L. ... -
Patellar Component Fixation Strength with Varying Bone Defect Following Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty
(2019-03-05)Purpose: Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is an effective surgical treatment with only an 8.2% revision rate. A revision TKA can be initiated for several reasons including prosthetic loosening, infection, and pain. During a ... -
Pediatric Midstream Urine Collection Methods in the UCC: Post-Intervention Surveys
(2019-03-05)Purpose Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are one of the most common bacterial infections in the pediatric population. Diagnosing UTIs requires a urinalysis and often a urine culture. Diagnosing a UTI in the toilet trained ... -
Perceived Fatigue May Be an Overlooked Barrier to Successful Therapeutic Lifestyle Change
(2019-03-05)Purpose Children and adolescents at-risk of developing premature cardiovascular disease (CVD) due to genetic disorders and acquired conditions, such as obesity and insulin resistance, are often referred to a pediatric lipid ... -
Pharmacological Management of Comorbidities in Patients with HIV/AIDS: Implications for the Physical Therapist
(2019-03-05)Purpose: The purpose of this study is to inform physical therapists of the medications that patients with HIV or AIDS may be taking in addition to antiretroviral treatment (ART) to control comorbidities, discuss the ... -
Platelet-derived Extracellular Vesicles as an Alternative Therapy for Trauma-Induced Hemorrhagic Shock
(2019-03-05)Introduction: Traumatic injuries remain a major cause of death worldwide, with mass bleeding present in most cases. Fluid resuscitation with blood products to achieve hemostasis represents common treatment, with platelet ... -
Predictors of Mortality Following Traumatic Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in Pediatric Patients
(2019-03-05)Background: Pediatric trauma patients developing pre-hospital cardiac arrest have a dismal prognosis; few survive, often with severe neurologic deficits. Withholding or terminating cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) for ... -
Reverse Kretchman Microscope
(2019-03-05)Reverse Kretchmann Microscope J. Borejdo1,2, R. Fudala1,2, and I. Gryczynski1,2 1 Dept of Microbiology, Immunology and Genetics, University of North Texas, Health Science Center, 3500 Camp Bowie Blvd, Fort Worth, TX ... -
Single-stage bilateral distal femur replacement for traumatic distal femur fractures
(2019-03-05)Background. Treatment of periprosthetic distal femur fractures and comminuted intraarticular distal femur fractures remains a difficult challenge for orthopedic surgeons. Previous case series have shown distal femur ... -
Social Media Use by Medical Students: A Review
(2019-03-05)Purpose: Online social media platforms have become ubiquitous communication tools that allow for the nearly instantaneous distribution of information to a massive, broad audience. Within the general population of US ... -
Sporotrichoid Lymphocutaneous Spread of Metastatic Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma
(2019-03-05)Background: Sporotrichoid lymphocutaneous spread is a dermatologic pattern characterized by superficial cutaneous lesions that follow subcutaneous lymphatics. Typically, this is observed when an infection starts at a site ... -
Three-Dimensional Comparison of Fibular Motion After Syndesmosis Fixation Using Combined Suture-Button and Internal Brace Constructs
(2019-03-05)Purpose The purpose of this study was to evaluate the ability of an internal brace to add sagittal plane translational and transverse plane rotational constraint to suture-button constructs with syndesmosis injuries. Methods 11 ... -
Visual context relates to impairments in both dynamic and static postural control in individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) relative to typical development
(2019-03-05)Purpose: Currently, 1 in 59 children are diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)1. Children with ASD rely more on visual input for balance compared to typically-developing (TD) children2-3, but balance assessment ...