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Objective: To evaluate the effect of minimally invasive surgery on acceleration orthodontic tooth movement by meta-analysis. Methods: All literatures about minimally invasive surgery accelerating tooth moment were searched from the database in general. The literatures were screened according to the correlation and the inclusion criteria, included literatures were analyzed by RevMan 5. 3. Results: 5 articles including 85 patients were included in this review, 4 of which reported that minimally invasive surgery can accelerate orthodontic tooth movement, but 1 reported no statistical difference in alleviating mandibular anterior crowding between minimally invasive surgery acceleration orthodontic group and conventional orthodontic group. Higher tooth movement rate was found with the minimally invasive surgical procedures by a weighted mean difference of 0. 70 mm in 1 month of canine retraction (WMD = 0. 7: 95％ CI(0. 57, 0. 82); P＜ 0. 001) and by a weighted mean difference 1. 31 mm in 2 months (WMD = 1. 31: 95％ CI (0. 69, 1. 92), P＜ 0. 001). No obvious adverse effects were observed in periodontal condition, pain, satisfaction, root resorption and anchorage control. Conclusion: According to current studies, minimally invasive surgery can accelerate single tooth movement, but the evidence is insufficient to prove that the entire orthodontic treatment time can be shortened.
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Objective:To systematically evaluate the volumetric changes of upper airway after rapid maxillary expansion using Meta analysis.Methods:All literatures about volumetric changes in the upper airway after rapid maxillary expansion were searched from the database in general.The literatures were screened according to the correlation and the inclusion criteria,included the literatures were analyzed by Rev Man 5.3.Results:11 literatures were finally selected.Meta analysis indicated that,after treatment nasopharyngeal volume increased by 0.62 cm3(P=0.000 2),palatopharyngeal volume increased by 0.62 cm3(P=0.02),glossopharyngeal volume increased by 0.39 cm3(P=0.11),oropharyneal volume increased by 0.40 cm3(P=0.27).Conclusion:The existing evidence indicates that rapid maxillary expansion can increase the volume of nasopharynx and retropalatal part of upper airway.
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The stroke rehabilitation evaluation system has been designed and developed in view of the present practice status of clinical rehabilitation medicine. The system not only implements patient information collection and rehabilitation evaluation, but also outputs individual rehabilitation program automatically according to evaluation outcome.
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Humans , Outcome Assessment, Health Care , Methods , Software Design , Stroke RehabilitationABSTRACT
This review paper presents the current design & development progress and challenges of computer rehabilitation evaluation system.