Publications by authors named "Athanasios I Triantafyllou"
Electrical injury can affect any system and organ. Central nervous system (CNS) complications are especially well recognised, causing an increased risk of morbidity, while peripheral nervous system (PNS) complications, neurourological and cognitive and psychological abnormalities are less predictable after electrical injuries. PubMed was searched for English language clinical observational, retrospective, review and case studies published in the last 30 years using the key words: electrical injury, electrocution, complications, sequelae, neurological, cognitive, psychological, urological, neuropsychological, neurourological, neurogenic, and bladder.
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- Gait analysis is an important tool for diagnosing and treating musculoskeletal disorders, utilizing methods like surface electromyography (sEMG) to assess neuromuscular responses.
- sEMG has a long history in evaluating muscle activity and is essential for developing effective rehabilitation protocols, but there are challenges like noise control and proper electrode placement that researchers need to address.
- More research is needed to better understand the relationship between recorded muscle activity through sEMG and the actual force produced by those muscles during gait analysis.
Background: B-thalassemia carrier state or thalassemia minor confers cardiovascular protection through favorable lipidemic and blood pressure profile. However, its impact on inflammatory status-a common denominator of the above conditions-has not been addressed.
Methods: We investigated a wide range of inflammatory markers [white blood cell (WBC) count, homocysteine, C-reactive protein (CRP), serum amyloid A (SAA), fibrinogen, plasminogen, fibronectin, plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1), and uric acid] in a large cohort of 15 805 newly diagnosed hypertensive patients (8299 men, 7506 women); 626 of them (4.
Gait analysis using external skin markers provides scope for the study of kinematic and kinetic parameters shown on different total knee arthroplasties (TKA). Thus an appropriate methodology is of great importance for the collection and correlation of valid data. Calibration of equipment is of great importance before measurements, to assure accuracy.
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- Total knee arthroplasties (TKAs), particularly with medial pivot (MP) and rotating-platform, posterior-stabilized (RP-PS) implants, are evaluated for their impact on polyethylene wear, specifically looking at their performance in the transverse plane of movement.
- A study comparing 24 MP and 22 RP-PS subjects using 3D gait analysis found no significant differences in kinetics or kinematics between the two implant types.
- The results suggest that while both implant designs perform similarly in terms of wear under normal walking conditions, further research is needed to understand how gait variability influences polyethylene wear in TKAs.
Arterial hypertension (AH) and diabetes mellitus (DM) are established cardiovascular risk factors. Impaired glucose homeostasis (IGH; impaired fasting glucose or/and impaired glucose tolerance) or pre-diabetes, obesity, and DM family history identify individuals at risk for type 2 DM in whom preventive interventions are necessary. The aim of this study was to determine the glycemic profile in non-diabetic Greek adult hypertensive men and women according to DM family history and the obesity status.
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