Sauna Yoga Superiorly Improves Flexibility, Strength, and Balance: A Two-Armed Randomized Controlled Trial in Healthy Older Adults.

Besides strength and balance, flexibility is an important indicator of health-related physical fitness. Thus, the aim of this two-armed randomized controlled pilot trial was to investigate whether sauna yoga at a moderate temperature (50 °C) beneficially affects flexibility, strength, balance, and quality of life (QOL) in healthy elderly community dwellers. Participants were randomly assigned to an intervention group (INT, = 11, age: 68.

Effects of Exercise Training on Handgrip Strength in Older Adults: A Meta-Analytical Review.

Background: Handgrip strength measurements are feasible with older adults and a reliable indicator for vitality, physical function, and several risk factors in the ageing process. Interventions with exercise training induce a variety of strength, balance, and endurance improvements. The pooled transfer effects of exercise training on handgrip strength has not been investigated to date.

Deterioration of GFR in IgA nephropathy as measured by 51Cr-EDTA clearance.

In 191 patients with mesangial IgA nephropathy, GFR was determined as clearance of 51Cr-EDTA. 86 (45%) of them had subnormal renal function 7.3 +/- 4.

Deterioration rate in hypertensive IgA nephropathy: comparison of a converting enzyme inhibitor and beta-blocking agents.

The effect of beta-blocking agents and enalapril as antihypertensive drugs has been compared in 47 patients with IgA nephropathy. The deterioration rate was calculated from the regression line of 51Cr-EDTA clearance and expressed in ml/min/year. The annual loss in glomerular filtration rate (GFR) was greater in patients treated with different beta-blocking agents (-4.

Development of hypertension in IgA nephropathy as a marker of a poor prognosis.

We have studied 209 patients with IgA nephropathy. 26 were hypertensive at the time of renal biopsy, and 59 patients developed hypertension during follow-up. Survival statistics show that only 45% of the patients will remain normotensive 10 years after renal biopsy.

Stockholm clinical study on progression of chronic renal failure--an interim report.

Fifty-seven patients with chronic renal failure (CRF) of diverse etiology entered a prospective, randomized study to evaluate the effect of a low protein diet on the progression rate of CRF. All patients were followed for a control period of 12 or 24 months before randomization into two groups, one permitted unrestricted protein intake and the other prescribed a diet containing 0.4 g/kg body wt/day of protein and 0.

IGA nephropathy: a retrospective evaluation of prognostic indices in 176 patients.

One hundred and seventy-six patients with mesangial IgA nephropathy have been studied retrospectively. Mean follow up from apparent onset of the disease was 9.3 years and with follow up from the diagnostic renal biopsy of 4.

Reduction of blood pressure retards the progression of chronic renal failure in man.

The effect of blood pressure reduction on the progression rate of chronic renal failure (CRF) was studied in 28 patients with CRF of diverse aetiology entering a prospective study (observation time 7-24 months, mean 16 months). Endogenous creatinine clearance was 12-66 ml/min (mean 30 +/- 3 ml/min). We aimed to keep the blood pressure below 160/90 mmHg.

What is the role of controls in an outpatient department on progression of renal disease?

Evidence that protein restriction retards the progression of chronic renal failure in man is mostly derived from anecdotic data and retrospective studies with inappropriate controls and inferior methodology for evaluating renal function. Data from a prospective randomized study in Stockholm demonstrate that more frequent clinical follow-ups without changing the dietary intake of protein significantly retards the progression of renal failure and that the degree of retardation is correlated to improvement in blood pressure control.

Cytotoxic drug treatment of reactive amyloidosis in rheumatoid arthritis with special reference to renal insufficiency.

Twenty-two patients with amyloidosis secondary to rheumatoid arthritis were randomised and followed prospectively in order to determine whether treatment with cytotoxic drugs could postpone the development of end-stage renal failure. The diagnosis of amyloidosis was based on albuminuria, amyloid-positive rectal and/or abdominal fat aspiration and/or renal biopsies. Renal function was followed by repeated 51Cr-EDTA measurements of the glomerular filtration rate (GFR).

Progression of chronic renal failure in man is retarded with more frequent clinical follow-ups and better blood pressure control.

In 17 patients with chronic renal failure (creatinine clearance 12-66 ml/min) who entered a prospective study, clinical and laboratory check-ups were made once a month. This was much more frequent than during the preceding 2-year period. The progression rate of renal failure evaluated from the change with time in the reciprocal of serum creatinine and creatinine clearance, respectively, was significantly slower after entering the study than before, without any dietary intervention having been instituted.

Are beta-haemolytic streptococci involved in the pathogenesis of mesangial IgA-nephropathy?

In retrospect we have found that 38 of 187 patients who fulfilled the criteria of mesangial IgA-nephropathy had possible acute glomerulonephritis at the onset of their disease. We have therefore studied anti-streptococcal antibodies (ASO and ADNAseB) prospectively. Forty-three per cent of the patients had ADNAseB greater than 800 units.

Nitrogen balance studies in patients with uremia during treatment with protein-reduced diet and supplementation with essential amino acids or keto acids.

Nitrogen balance was studied in 4 patients with uremia during treatment with a protein-reduced diet (20 g) supplemented with either essential amino acids and histidine or a mixture of keto analogues of five of the essential amino acids and essential amino acids. 3 patients completed the study. Nitrogen balance was negative on the diet only and was improved with both forms of supplementation.

Protein-reduced diet in diabetic renal failure.

The effect of treatment with a protein-reduced diet (20-30 g/day) and essential amino acids was studied in 21 patients with diabetes mellitus and renal failure. The mean treatment time was 5.0 (0.

Three-day treatment of acute lower urinary tract infections in women. A double-blind study with amoxycillin and co-trimazine.

The aim of this study was to determine if a three-day treatment of lower urinary tract infection (UTI) is effective. 215 women with symptoms of lower UTI, seen in general practice, were randomly allocated to a double-blind study and given either amoxycillin 1000 mg twice a day for three days or trimethoprim 90 mg/sulphadiazine 410 mg (co-trimazine) 2 tablets initially, then one tablet twice daily for three days. 157 women (73%) had significant bacteriuria.

Effect of a three-day course of nalidixic acid in the frequency-dysuria syndrome with significant bacteriuria in women.

The effect of a 3-day course of nalidixic acid was studied in 82 women, presenting with the dysuria-frequency syndrome and significant bacteriuria, mostly Escherichia coli sensitive to nalidixic acid. 62/76 patients (82%) that could be evaluated about 1 week after initiation of therapy were subjectively cured. Negative urinary cultures were found in 64/76 patients (84%).

Mesangial IgA glomerulonephritis in adults. Clinical and histopathological observations.

This report evaluates 29 patients with IgA glomerulonephritis. Patients with the least intensity of immunofluorescent staining for IgA had the highest glomerular filtration rate. The pattern or intensity of the staining gave little or no indication of the severity of the morphological changes or of the short-term prognosis.

Active treatment of uremia in the city of Göteborg 1966-1977.

137 patients were actively treated because of chronic uremia, during 1966 to 1977 in the city of Göteborg. One year patient survival increased from 51% (1966 to 1968) to 81% (1975 to 1977). Peritoneal dialysis decreased as the initial mode of treatment, and only 3% of the patients started dialysis treatment with this mode of therapy in the last 3-year period.