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@# Objective To explore the difference in lumbar proprioception between the youth and the elderly, and the male and the female. Methods From September to November, 2017, 58 elderly aged 65 to 80 years and 56 youth aged 20 to 30 years were randomly picked up from the community. Their lumbar proprioceptions were measured by Con-Trex isokinetic dynamometer. The absolute error angles of lumbar flexion and extension in passive replication test was used to assess lumbar proprioceptive function. Results The absolute error angles of passive replication test were less on youth proprioception than on elderly ones (t > 4.218, P < 0.001), either in men or women (t > 2.844, P < 0.001), and was not different between men and women neither in the elderly group nor in the youth group (t < 1.473, P > 0.05). Conclusion The lumbar proprioception in the elderly was obviously inferior to that of the youth, both men and women. There was no gender difference between men and women in lumbar proprioception, both elderly and youth.
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Low back pain (LBP) is one of the most common types of disability affecting individuals in Western countries, and the as-sessment of LBP-related disabilities represents a significant challenge. The disability assessment scales in LBP are commonly used in clini-cal diagnosis and treatment as well as evaluation system for clinical research, such as Oswestry Disability Index (ODI), Roland Morris Dis-ability Questionnaire (RMDQ), and Quebec Back Pain Disability Scale (QBPDS). This article focused on the clinical applications, reliability and validity, strength and limitations of these scales, to help the clinical application and scientific research for the LBP disability scale.
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Objective To assess the test-retest reliability of pressure biofeedback in measuring intra abdominal pressure in the lumbar region for normal subjects .Methods We choosed 33 subjects (20 to 27 years old) and asked them to do four movements (movement A :prone position ;movement B :supine position with flexion hip and knee joint ;movement C :supine position with single flexion hip and knee joint ;movement D :prone position with flexion shoulder joint ;) by using pressure biofeedback twice totally ,and the last measurement should be done after 24 h .The indicator of test-retest reliability of joint position was intraclass correlation co-efficient (ICC) .Results The test-retest reliability of intra abdominal pressure was modest in the four movements in the lumbar re-gion ,and the values of ICC were from 0 .786 - 0 .848 .The test-retest reliability of intra abdominal pressure was good in Movement A [ICC(95% CI)= 0 .817(0 .630 - 0 .910)] ,Movement B [ICC(95% CI)= 0 .848 (0 .692 - 0 .925)] ,Movement D [ICC(95% CI)= 0 .841(0 .678 - 0 .921)] .And the test-retest reliability of intra abdominal pressure was good in Movement C [ICC (95% CI) =0 .786(0 .566 - 0 .894)] .Conclusion The test-retest reliability of intra abdominal pressure was modest and good in the lumbar re-gion ,and pressure biofeedback could be useful to assess intra abdominal pressure .
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Balance dysfunction in stroke was mainly caused by proprioception disorder, visual impairment, vestibular dysfunction, poor integration function in the central nervous system, core muscle strength decrease, and decrease in muscle coordination ability and cognitive dysfunction. This article described how to improve the balance function of patients from pathological factors, and systematically reviewed the latest research progress in the treatment of balance disorder after stroke. The clinical exercise therapy and the use of computers and other high-tech treatment can effectively improve the balance function of patients. These methods should be combined according to the pathologi-cal factors of patients with balance disorders.
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Chronic low back pain is a common type of pain which is related to the dysfunction of low back muscles. In recent years, the pressure biofeedback has been widely used for the assessment and treatment of chronic low back pain. This paper reviewed the reliability and validity of pressure biofeedback unit in the evaluation of lumbar and abdominal muscles activity, as well as its application on the rehabil-itation of chronic low back pain, which mainly related to the assessment and treatment of lumbar muscle activity and lumbar spine stability.
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@#Lumbar dysfunction closely relates to the weakness or deficiency of lumbar proprioception, and accurate and comprehensive lumbar proprioception test is the important basis of training program formulation, efficacy assessment and prognostic evaluation. Comprehensive lumbar proprioception test includes position sense test, kinesthesia test and vibration sense test. It has been widely used in clinic at abroad, and is rich in test equipments and methods. Domestic research is still at the preliminary stage in this field, and is lack of accurate, objective and unified test methods. According to an overview of relevant literature, this article discussed the lumbar proprioception test methods, the influential factors and reliability of the test, finally, put forward the prospects about the research direction in this field.
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BACKGROUND:Acute exercise is believed to regulate appetite and influence feeding behaviors by controling the synthesis and secretion of gastrointestinal peptide hormones to regulate appetite and feeding behavior influence, but the smal sample size leads to widely different results. OBJECTIVE:To clarify the effect of acute exercise on peptide YY levels in adults using Meta-analysis method. METHODS:A computer-based search of PubMed, Google Scholar, Sport Discus, Web of Knowledge and CNKI was performed for relevant articles published before January 2014. The literatures eligible were studied by evaluating the publication bias, checking the heterogeneity and analyzing the sensitivity by software of RevMan5.1. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:(1) There were a total of 188 participants in the 18 trials reported in 11 articles. The Meta-analysis results revealed a mean effect for acute exercise to increase peptide YY values (standardized mean difference=0.25, 95% confidence interval =0.05-0.46,P=0.01), and therefore, there was a significantly statistical difference in the peptide YY levels between the acute exercise group and control group (P< 0.05). Moreover, results from the sensitivity analysis showed no influences on the findings of Meta-analysis. (2) Five randomized controled trails in the three included articles were related to peptide YY (3-36). There was a maximal heterogeneity among these studies; therefore, a random-effect model was utilized. The result revealed a mean effect for acute exercise to increase peptide YY (3-36) values (standardized mean difference =1.80, 95% confidence interval =0.27-3.32,P=0.02). The findings from this meta-analysis show that acute exercise may influence appetite by increasing levels of peptide YY in adults.
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BACKGROUND:In rehabilitation therapy teaching, it is crucial to cultivate professional knowledge and clinical skil s of rehabilitation therapy for students. SOAP (Subjective, Objective, Assessment, Plan) is the international most commonly used and accepted in the medical records of problem oriented method. SOAP is used to develop clinical thinking ability, improve analysis, judgment and the ability of solving clinical problem for students. OBJECTIVE:To retrospectively analyze the composition, teaching benefit and problems of SOAP in China. METHODS:Published articles about SOAP note were searched from PubMed, Web of Science and China National Knowledge Infrastructure, and the articles were retrieved from database building to September 2014. The key words were“SOAP note, rehabilitation, teaching”in Chinese and English. We excluded the repetitive researches. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:After screening, we included 20 articles in the review. SOAP note was helpful to promote students’ independent thinking, strengthened the standardization of the records, rehabilitation treatment, and developed the students’ clinical thinking and the ability to deal with the problem. SOAP note has several chal enges in the rehabilitation teaching, however, with the popularity of SOAP teaching concept, and deep research and gradual generalization of SOAP teaching methods, SOAP has a wide application prospect for the rehabilitation education in China.
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Lumbar dysfunction closely relates to the weakness or deficiency of lumbar proprioception, and accurate and comprehensive lumbar proprioception test is the important basis of training program formulation, efficacy assessment and prognostic evaluation. Compre-hensive lumbar proprioception test includes position sense test, kinesthesia test and vibration sense test. It has been widely used in clinic at abroad, and is rich in test equipments and methods. Domestic research is still at the preliminary stage in this field, and is lack of accurate, ob-jective and unified test methods. According to an overview of relevant literature, this article discussed the lumbar proprioception test meth-ods, the influential factors and reliability of the test, finally, put forward the prospects about the research direction in this field.
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BACKGROUND:Treatment programs for low back pain are of great varieties, but there is stil no a definite treatment. Pressure biofeedback instrument is a tool to measure abdominal muscle activity, and its reliability in the treatment of low back pain is less reported. OBJECTIVE:To explore the reliability and feasibility of the pressure biofeedback instrument for assessment of low back pain. METHODS:Thirty patients with chronic low back pain were enrol ed and subject to four kinds of postures:posture A was prone position;posture B was supine position with flexion of the knee joints, posture C was supine position with unilateral flexion of the hip and knee joint, posture D was prone position with unilateral shoulder flexion. Intra-abdominal pressure values under the different postures were measured twice within a week in the same subject. Intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) was used to assess the reliability. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:Posture A had good test-retest reliability, and the value of ICC was 0.853 (95%confidence interval:0.691-0.930);posture B showed moderate test-retest reliability, and the ICC value was 0.751 (95%confidence interval:0.477-0.882);posture C also had moderate test-retest reliability, and the ICC value was 0.789 (95%confidence interval:0.557-0.900), posture D had good test-retest reliability, and the value of ICC was 0.892 (95%confidence interval:0.641-0.919). Therefore, the pressure biofeedback for evaluation of low back pain has good reliability, which can be used for the evaluation of low back pain.
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Objective To explore any changes in surface electromyogram (sEMG) signals from the lumboabdominal muscles during exercise on stable and unstable surfaces. Methods sEMG signals from the lumbo-abdominal muscles of 33 healthy young persons [18 male and 12 female; average age (26.5 ± 4.3 ) years] were measured with the FlexComp Infiniti apparatus.Each subject performed 5 exercises on and off a Swiss ball:sit,bridge,bridge with both knees flexed,reverse bridge as well as press-up. Results ①In bridging there was a significant increase in the activation of the erector spinae during exercise on the ball compared with on the stable surface.②Bridging with both knees flexed gave a significant increase in activations of the erector spinae,the external obliques and the transverses abdominus/internal obliques during exercise on the unstable surface compared with the stable surface.③During reverse bridging there was a significant increase in activation of the erector spinae and rectus abdominus during exercise on the unstable surface compared with the stable surface.④During press-ups there was a significant increase in activation of the rectus abdominus,the external obliques and the transverses abdominus/internal obliques during exercise on the ball compared with the stable surface. Conclusion The unstable surface provides better training stimulus for the activation of the lumbo-abdominal muscles.
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Objective To investigate the effect of a dual regulation of replicating adenovirus vector carrying human endostatin gene (AdTPHre-hEndo) on pancreatic cancer. Methods Human endostatin (hEndo) gene was cloned into the genome of replicating adenovirus specific for the tumor cells by virus recombination technology. The virus titer was 3.25 × 1010pfu/ml. A Balb/c nude mouse model carring sw1990 cells pancreatic cancer was established, the expression of human endostain and inhibition of tumor cells in vivo were detected. Results We successfully constructed AdTPHre-hEndo. The inhibition on pancreatic cancer cell line SW-1990 of AdTPHre-hEndo is better than Ad-hEndo (P ＜0. 01 ), and ONYX-015 ( P ＜ 0. 05 ). The endostatin expression of AdTPHre-hEndo group was significantly higher than Ad-hEndo group and the control group (P ＜ 0. 01 ). The intratumoral MVD also decreased significantly in the treated tumors(6. 8 ±2. 5 vs. 16. 0 ±4. 6、47. 2 ± 10. 0, P ＜0. 01 ). Conclusions The recombination adenovirus can express biologically active hEndo effectively, which results in inhibiting the growth of micro-blood vessels and proliferation slowly.
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@#In recent years, the treatment and prevention of lumbar disc herniation has advanced greatly. This paper reviewed the researches of Taichi Quan therapy for lumbar disc herniation in terms of three model stability, pose stability, adaptability, contraindications and follow-up, etc. Since the patients underwent different courses, the Taichi Quan therapy need to be selected to meet the patients status. The mechanism of the effects need further study.