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Functional improvement after Total Knee Arthroplasty Revision:
New observations on the dimensional nature of outcome
Kevin J Mulhall*
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, Hassan M ... Foundation and the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. Nei-
ther of these organizations participated in study design; in the collection,
analysis, and interpreta...
... interactions for the walking data.
Nevertheless, whilst the control group demonstrated
only minor improvements throughout the testing cycle
the nandrolone group improved steadily from 6 weeks
to 6 mont ... and muscle could therefore be beneficial in the
rehabilitation of elderly patients. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of small doses of
Nandrolo...
... well
established. The positive effects of such treatment on bone and muscle could therefore be beneficial in the
rehabilitation of elderly patients. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of ... interactions for the walking data.
Nevertheless, whilst the control group demonstrated
only minor improvements throughout the testing cycle
the nandrolone g...
... prior to the start of their partici-
pation in this study. They had all stabilized medically
prior to the start of the study and their ratings on the swal-
lowing and pain subsections of the HNQOL ... voice restoration. The rela-
tionship between the ratings of quality of life and ratings
of the degree of voice handicap also was of interest. The
null hypoth...
... locating the maximum of
the log-likelihood function for person measure using an
iterative Newton-Raphson procedure [17]. This algorithm
searches for the mode (rather than the mean) of each per-
son's ... log-likelihood function through iteratively minimiz-
ing the ratio of first over second derivatives of the log-
likelihood function. The provisional person measure...
... extracellular
matrix re-organization that may begin during or after the
first stages of an acute innate immune response [6,70,71].
Although the exact functions of many of the protein prod-
ucts of these genes are ... the result used as the exponent
with a base of 2 to determine the fold change in gene
expression. The treatment conditions used in this study
did not al...
... 90
of these patients we performed electro and echocardio-
graphic examination to both parents, and to only one par-
ent in 35 cases. HCM was also found in the father or the
mother of 30 of these ... ENST00000349243.
Additional file 2 Additional table 2. Summary of the 40 HCM cases with
sarcomeric gene mutations. In each family, we indicated the mutation, the
number of mu...
... dysregulation of cytokines and pre-
vents, by enhancement of T cell apoptosis, accumulation
of non-replicative, non -functional, senescent T cells [20].
Relative size distributions of lymph cells ... Microscopical
examination of the cell preparations used indicated that >
95% were lymph node cells. Neither treatment affected
the viability of the cells. IFN-γ concentration...
... transiently after PDT. VEGF suppression after PDT resulted in
apoptotic destruction of the photoreceptor cell layer in only the irradiated area
during PDT. Under these conditions, activation of the ...
Influence of VEGF inhibition on Akt and BAX
We next analyzed the influence of VEGF inhibition on Akt activation in
PDT-treated retina. Immunoblot analysis showed th...
... speci-
men.
The slope of the linear portion of the torque-displacement
curves was calculated using linear regression analysis. The
slope is considered the interface stiffness (ε) of the bone-
prosthesis ... completion of the
preload, the test was initiated at 1 Nm of torque and car-
ried out until torsional failure. Torsional failure was
defined as either fracture o...