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Objective:To observe the effect of ankle stretching on ankle biomechanics, balance, walking ability and ability in the activities of daily living among stroke survivors.Methods:Eighteen hemiplegic stroke survivors were randomly divided into an experimental group ( n=9) and a control group ( n=9). In addition to routine medication and rehabilitation training, the experimental group received 20 minutes of ankle joint stretching daily while the control group underwent an additional twenty minutes of routine rehabilitation training. Before and after the treatment, both groups′ ankle joint stiffness (K), muscle strength, active range of motion (AROM) and passive range of motion (PROM) were evaluated. They were also assessed using the modified Ashworth scale (MAS), the Fugl-Meyer lower extremity assessment (FMA-LE), the Berg balance scale (BBS), the 6-minute walking test (6MWT) and the modified Barthel Index (MBI). Results:After two weeks of treatment significant improvement was observed in the AROM and muscle strength of both groups in dorsiflexion and plantarflexion. The average BBS and FMA-LE scores of both groups had also improved significantly. Significant improvement in the average PROM of plantarflexion and the K of dorsiflexion, as well as in average MBI score was observed only in the treatment group. After two weeks the treatment group′s average muscle strength in plantarflexion and dorsiflexion was significantly better than the control group′s.Conclusions:Stretching can reduce ankle stiffness, improve the range of motion, muscle strength, and ability of in the activities of daily living after a stroke.
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Objective Through the investigation of the research funding status of returnees before and after their long-term (more than 3 months) study at abroad in a three class hospital,this paper analyzed the influence of the hospital level initial funding to help young talent to obtain scientific research funding,discussed appropriate measurement to enhance the scientific research capacity of hospital young talents to provide reference for management.Methods Long-term sponsored study abroad returnees from 2005 to 2015 of this hospital were recruited as subjects,divided into two groups according to whether they got the hospital-level initial funding after returning,comparative analysis was conducted to understand the influence of such funding to help obtaining subsequent research projects of these young talents.Results The number of subjects per capita returned to the obtained group was higher than that of the non obtained group,and the proportion of high-level subjects at provincial and ministerial levels was higher than that of the non-obtained group (P＜0.05),and the average time interval between the groups after returning home was less than that of the non-obtained group (P＜0.05).Conclusions The hospital-level initial funding for overseas returnee can obviously improve the quality and speed of the subsequent projects of the young talents in the hospital,and have a significant positive effect on mobilizing the enthusiasm for scientific research,improving their scientific re search ability,and improving the overall scientific research level and competitiveness of the hospital.
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@#Post-polio syndrome patients have limited muscle strength and endurance, and new fatigue and weakness appears at the same time, so it is necessary to save physical fitness in life. The patients are able to save their physical fitness by adjusting their lifestyle, and multidisciplinary support should be combined to alleviate symptoms and maintain function. Saving physical fitness requires the patients to achieve the following aspects, including setting up inventory of physical fitness using, consulting doctors, evaluating and improving sleep quality, weight-control, streamlining the living space, simplifying the daily work and housework, asking for help, planning rest time, attention to the weather changes, and identifying the sign of depression and isolation, etc. In family affairs such as cooking, cleaning, office, and outdoor activities, they should use the life-preserving lifestyle as much as possible.
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Objectives:This paper at measuring the inequity and its influencing factors of medical care utiliza-tion of elderly aged above 60 ( inclusive) . Methods:data comes from 2013 China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study ( CHARLS) where the population aged 60 and above was selected as the research object. Concentration index ( CI) and its decomposition or centralized curve was used to measure the inequity of medical care services utilization of the elderly, and then the influencing factors of inequity were analyzed by means of the centralized index. Results:The concentration index for outpatient and inpatient service utilization for the elderly was 0 . 0619 and 0 . 1050 , re-spectively, and the concentration curves were below the absolute fair line. The top 2 factors that showed positive con-tribution to the outpatient service utilization included annual per capita consumption expenditure and the pension a-mount. The top 2 factors that showed negative contribution and larger contribution rate to the outpatient service utiliza-tion included New Rural Cooperative Medical Insurance (NRCMI), and Physical Ability in Daily Life (PADL). The top 2 factors that positively and highly contributed to the inpatient service utilization included the household per capita consumption expenditure and the Urban Employees' Basic Medical Insurance (UEBMI). The top 2 factors that nega-tively contributed to the inpatient service utilization included the New Rural Cooperative Medical Insurance ( NRCMI) and the Physical Ability in Daily Life ( PADL) . The horizontal inequity of outpatient and inpatient service utilization was 0. 0739 and 0. 1339, respectively, indicating that there was unfairness in the use of outpatient and inpatient services among elderly. Conclusion:There is inequity of medical care service utilization among the elderly in China. The economic status contributes the largest part of inequity, meaning that it is unfair to the first contribution factor;while the Needs-based fac-tors and New Rural Cooperative Medical Insurance (NRCMI) showed an inequity, narrowing the unfair gap.
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Either injury or reconstruction of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) may damage proprioceptive sense, remodel central ner-vous system and impair motor control. It is necessary to systematically remodel neuromuscular function, including proprioceptive sense cor-rection, central nervous system remodeling and motor control strengthening etc., for patients after ACL reconstruction.
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Neurogenic bowel is a syndrome that resulted from the denervation after spinal cord injury (SCI), and may influence the quality of life of SCI patients for the constipation and incontinence. It might be benefit of multidimensional bowel management including nu-trition, medicine and liquid, as well as stimulation, clyster etc. Surgery could be considered if necessary.
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@#Spinal cord injury has changed the function of human body and the way of life, and reduced the reserve capacity of the organs of various systems, which exceeded the body's repair ability itself, and overlapped with physiological aging and premature senescence appeared. This paper reviewed recent studies and analyzed the relation of the injured age, the chronological age, number of years after injury with dysfunction, predicted the function changes of them, and identified the factors related with their quality of life.
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Spinal cord injury has changed the function of human body and the way of life, and reduced the reserve capacity of the or-gans of various systems, which exceeded the body's repair ability itself, and overlapped with physiological aging and premature senescence appeared. This paper reviewed recent studies and analyzed the relation of the injured age, the chronological age, number of years after injury with dysfunction, predicted the function changes of them, and identified the factors related with their quality of life.
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@#Objective To initially understand the condition of quality of life (QOL) and depression as well as the correlation between them in the stroke inpatients. Methods 56 stroke patients from September 2014 to January 2015 in our hospital were included. Their QOL and depression status were evaluated with Stroke-Specific Quality of Life Scale (SS-QOL) and Self-rating Depression Scale (SDS). The de-pression was as the dependent variable, the score of SS-QOL, gender, age, education background, and the duration of stroke were as the inde-pendent variables, and analyzed with Logistic regression. Results Depression correlated with SS-QOL score (OR=0.955, P<0.05), but not with gender, age, education background, and the duration of stroke (P>0.05). Conclusion The depression status correlated with the QOL of stroke patients, but did not with gender, age, education background and the duration of stroke.
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Although previous studies have shown functional efficacy of myelotomy for the treatment of spinal cord injury (SCI), the underlying mechanism remained unknown. This study aimed to determine the relationship between myelotomy-mediated neuroprotection and autophagy following SCI by evaluating the expression of microtubule-associated protein light chain 3 (LC3-II) and mammalian target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1). Ninety-nine adult female rats were randomly assigned to either sham-operated group (SG), model group (MG), or 24 h-myelotomy group (MTG). SCI at T10 was induced with a New York University impactor, and myelotomy was performed 24 h after SCI. Functional recovery was evaluated via the open-field test. The protein expression of LC3-II was analyzed by Western blot, and the mRNA expression of LC3-II and mTORC1 were detected by real-time quantitative reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction. Rats in the MTG exhibited significantly better performance in the hind limbs compared to those in the MG on day seven and fourteen post-injury. Myelotomy suppressed the protein and mRNA expression of LC3-II on day three, seven and fourteen post-injury and increased the mRNA expression of mTORC1 in the MTG on day three and seven post-injury. The LC3-II protein expression was significantly and negatively correlated with BBB scores at day seven and fourteen post-injury. These results showed that myelotomy-induced neuroprotection in a rat model of SCI was likely mediated by inhibition of autophagy by activation of the mTORC1 signaling pathway