[Exercise capacity of adolescent girls with mild idiopathic scoliosis after direct correction with using of the Cheneau brace. Preliminary study]. / Wydolnosc wysilkowa dziewczat ze skolioza idiopatyczna typu mlodzienczego po zalozeniu gorsetu Cheneau. Doniesienie wstepne.

INTRODUCTION: Idiopathic scoliosis is that kind of structural deformation, for which there was no reasonable cause based on the temporary level of science. The conservative treatment of the idiopathic scoliosis is based on a rigid brace. The aim of the study is to establish if Cheneau brace decreases exercise capacity in adolescent patients with mild idiopathic scoliosis. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The research was done in 31 girls aged 11 to 18 years with diagnosed idiopathic adolescent scoliosis. These patients were qualified to conservative treatment with using Cheneau brace. RESULTS: Exercise test with using cycle ergometer proved hightly statistically significant greater end workload at girls without using Cheneau brace in comparison to girls which used Cheneau brace. The study showed also the statistically significant longer distance of the walking test, which was made by patients without direct correction of Cheneau's brace in comparison to patients with direct correction of Cheneau's brace. CONCLUSIONS: The initially study showed, that Chenau brace essentially diminishes exercice capacity at patients with idiopathic adolescent scoliosis.

[Principles of the practices of electrocardiographic stress test in patients before and after pacemaker implantation]. / Zasady przeprowadzania elektrokardiograficznej próby wysilkowej u chorych przed i po wszczepieniu stymulatora serca.

Electrocardiographic stress test EKG is the basic, diagnostic test in the heart failure, it is also used for patients with implanted pacemaker.

[Rehabilitation of children after craniocerebral injuries with particular attention paid to the reflex stimulation Powiertowski's method. Preliminary study]. / Usprawnianie dzieci po przebytych urazach czaszkowo-mózgowych ze szczególnym uwzglednieniem metody stymulacji odruchowej Hieronima Powiertowskiego. Doniesienie wstepne.

INTRODUCTION: An increasing number of craniocerebral injuries among children is becoming a serious therapeutic problem for emergency wards and for chronic treatment wards. The most important problem among these patients is a lengthening period of consciousness disorders. The aim of the study is to present a sample method of rehabilitation of children with brain injury. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The rehabilitation process comprised 15 children with brain injury, including 8 with cerebral hemisphere injury and 7 with brain stem injury. The method of early motion rehabilitation was applied. It was developed by H. Powiertowski in 1970's. In the years 1991-1999 the method was used at the Children's Ward of the Department of Rehabilitation by Professor Krystyna Dobosiewicz. RESULTS: As a result of the applied method, 13 out of 15 children with brain injuries regained consciousness. 2 girls with severe lesion of the brain, still unconscious were transferred to the intensive care ward in the place of residence. CONCLUSIONS: Powiertowski's method of motion stimulation, which is presented in this paper, turned out to be successful in the process of rehabilitation children with brain injury treated in the Department of Rehabilitation.

[Identity of the cardiological rehabilitation with patients with implanted cardioverter-defibrillator]. / Odrebnosc rehabilitacji kardiologicznej u pacjentów po implantacji kardiowertera-defibrylatora.

Implantable cardioverter defibrylator - ICD saves people's life and it protections against sudden cardiac death. Myocardial infarction in the past is the most often factor of the sudden cardiac death risk. The controlled physical activity and psychologists therapeuthical sessions are very important in improvement of quality of life for patients who have implanted ICD.

Matrix-isolation FT-IR spectroscopic study and theoretical DFT(B3LYP)/6-31++G** calculations of the vibrational and conformational properties of tyrosine.

The complicated conformational isomerism of tyrosine is studied by experimental matrix-isolation FT-IR spectroscopy combined with theoretical DFT(B3LYP)/6-31++G** calculations. Not less than 18 possible conformations of tyrosine have been considered theoretically. The results revealed that the most and the less stable forms of neutral tyrosine have the same conformation of the main part of amino acid (conformation II) but they differ in orientation of the phenyl ring. The calculated values of the relative energies suggest that all conformations would be detectable in the experimental spectrum. However, it appeared that it is not possible to distinguish in the experimental spectrum between the bands due to the forms with the same conformation of the main part of amino acid but a different orientation of the phenol ring.

Neutral and zwitterionic glycine.H(2)O complexes: A theoretical and matrix-isolation Fourier transform infrared study.

The H-bond interaction between glycine and H2O has been studied by a combined theoretical (DFT(B3LYP)/6-31++G(**)) and experimental (matrix-isolation FT-IR) methodology. The 1:1 and 1:2 complexes of the most stable conformation (I) of glycine appear to be neutral complexes which have been vibrationally characterized in detail. The higher stoichiometry complexes (glycine).(H2O)n with n larger than 3 are demonstrated to be zwitterionic H-bonded complexes. A set of characteristic IR absorption bands for this zwitterionic structure has been observed in low-temperature Ar matrices. This would be the first experimental IR evidence for proton transfer occurring between the NH2 and COOH groups of amino acids by a H-bonded water molecular channel in isolated conditions.