The Effect of the Cheneau Brace on Respiratory Function in Girls with Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Participating in a Schroth Exercise Program.

: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of brace use application and the Schroth intervention on lung ventilation and respiratory muscle strength in patients treated long-term with a Chaneau brace and the Schroth method. : A total of 26 post-menarche females aged 15.7 ± 1.

An association between heart rate variability and incident heart failure in an elderly cohort.

Background: Early identification of individuals at risk of developing heart failure (HF) may improve poor prognosis. A dominant sympathetic activity is common in HF and associated with worse outcomes; however, less is known about the autonomic balance before HF.

Hypothesis: A low frequency/high frequency (L-F/H-F) ratio, index of heart rate variability, and marker of the autonomic balance predict the development of HF and may improve the performance of the HF prediction model when added to traditional cardiovascular (CV) risk factors.

Interdisciplinary Cooperation in Technical, Medical, and Social Sciences: A Focus on Creating Accessibility.

Accessibility and Universal Design (UD) is an area of professional interest for architects and occupational therapists, but college curricula rarely include both broader and collaborative education in this area. This article presents the experience of the inter-university, interdisciplinary project "Joint Architecture Initiative" (JAI), with the participation of students from the University of Science and Technology, University of Health and Sport Science, and Academy of Fine Arts in Wroclaw (Poland). The JAI project is a response of the university community of Wroclaw to the social-urban campaign "Life Without Barriers" and the needs of residents-the elderly and people with disabilities-for adaptation and modification of housing.

A short P-wave duration is associated with incident heart failure in the elderly: a 15 years follow-up cohort study.

Background: Early identification of patients at risk of congestive heart failure (HF) may alter their poor prognosis. The aim was therefore to test whether simple electrocardiographic variables, the P-wave and PR-interval, could predict incident HF.

Methods: The PIVUS (Prospective Investigation of the Vasculature in Uppsala Seniors) study (1016 individuals all aged 70 years, 50% women) was used to identify predictors of HF.

Short P-Wave Duration Is Associated with Incident Atrial Fibrillation.

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is common and increases the risk for stroke and heart failure (HF). The early identification of patients at risk may prevent the development of AF and improve prognosis. This study, therefore, aimed to test the effect of the association between P-wave and PR-interval on the ECG and incident AF.

[Cardiac implantable electronic device infections; risk factors, prevention and treatment].

The infection rate associated with cardiac implantable electronic devices has increased over the past decades. A recent study found the prevalence of infection after cardiac resynchronization therapy to be more than tenfold higher than reported to the national registry. Risk factors for infection can be host-, procedure-, or device-related, the most important being recent manipulation of the device.

Prevention of cardiac implantable electronic device infections: guidelines and conventional prophylaxis.

Cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIED) are potentially life-saving treatments for several cardiac conditions, but are not without risk. Despite dissemination of recommended strategies for prevention of device infections, such as administration of antibiotics before implantation, infection rates continue to rise resulting in escalating health care costs. New trials conveying important steps for better prevention of device infection and an EHRA consensus paper were recently published.

Device infections related to cardiac resynchronization therapy in clinical practice-An analysis of its prevalence, risk factors and routine surveillance at a single center university hospital.

Background: The implantation rates of cardiac implantable electronic devices have steadily increased, accompanied by a steeper rise of device related infections (DRI).

Hypothesis: The prevalence of DRI for cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) is higher in clinical practice than reported previously, even at a university hospital, and likely higher than reported to the national device registry.

Methods: Electronic medical records of consecutive patients undergoing a CRT procedure between January 2016 and December 2017 were analyzed.

Disability of Dialysis Patients and the Condition of Blood Vessels.

The number of elderly hemodialysis patients is constantly increasing worldwide. This population has a high burden of comorbid conditions, which impair daily activities. The aim of the study was to analyze problems of disability in hemodialysis patients in the context of cardiovascular (CV) complications and vascular condition.

The Effects of Active Self-correction on Postural Control in Girls with Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: The Role of an Additional Mental Task.

Due to balance deficits that accompany adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS), the potential interaction between activities of daily living and active self-correction movements (ASC) on postural control deserves particular attention. Our purpose was to assess the effects of ASC movements with or without a secondary mental task on postural control in twenty-five girls with AIS. It is a quasi-experimental within-subject design with repeated measures ANOVA.

Postural control in girls with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis while wearing a Chêneau brace or performing active self-correction: a pilot study.

Background: It is known that adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) is often accompanied by balance deficits. This reciprocal relationship must be taken into account when prescribing new therapeutic modalities because these may differently affect postural control, interacting with therapy and influencing its results.

Objective: The purpose was to compare postural control in girls with AIS while wearing the Chêneau brace (BRA) or performing active self-correction (ASC) with their postural control in a quiet comfortable stance.

Postural instability in cognitively impaired elderly during forward and backward body leans.

[Purpose] The aim of this study was to determine whether there are differences in postural stability control while leaning forward and backward between healthy elderly participants and elderly participants with cognitive impairment. [Participants and Methods] Postural stability was analyzed in 36 participants. According to the Mini-Mental State Examination results, participants were divided into the cognitive impairment group and the control group.

The effect of a single massage based on the tensegrity principle on postural stability in young women.

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of normalized muscle tension via tensegrity-based massage on postural stability in a sample of female young adults.

Methods: Nineteen females aged 21.8 ± 1.

Repeated cryostimulation improves position sense and simple reaction time.

[Purpose] Whole body cryotherapy has been shown to have many benefits, yet nothing is known if and how this modality can improve neuromuscular performance and retain those improvements. [Subjects and Methods] Joint position sense based on the bilateral knee joint matching test and simple reaction time was investigated in 25 young healthy adults who underwent an extended period of whole body cryostimulation. The measurements were taken at baseline and after 10, 20, and 30 whole body cryotherapy sessions, with three days elapsing after the last treatment, and comparing the results with 24 control subjects.

Effect of frequent WBC treatments on the back pain therapy in elderly men.

Cryotherapy is the application of a stimulus of a cryotherapeutic temperature below -100 °C in a period of 1-3 min in order to stimulate and use physiological reactions of human body to cold. It can be applied to specific body parts or to a whole body. Whole-body cryotherapy is a treatment method applied in treatment of motor organ issues, nervous system diseases, psychiatry, dermatology and laryngology.

Effect of cryotherapy on the lumbar spine in elderly men with back pain.

Whole-body cryotherapy (WBC) is a procedure which is more and more often successfully applied in medicine. Used in physiotherapy programs improves the efficiency of physiotherapeutic exercises applied in different aliments. The aim of the research was to determine the influence of WBC treatment on the improvement of spine activity in elderly men.

Comparison of massage based on the tensegrity principle and classic massage in treating chronic shoulder pain.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to compare the clinical outcomes of classic massage to massage based on the tensegrity principle for patients with chronic idiopathic shoulder pain.

Methods: Thirty subjects with chronic shoulder pain symptoms were divided into 2 groups, 15 subjects received classic (Swedish) massage to tissues surrounding the glenohumeral joint and 15 subjects received the massage using techniques based on the tensegrity principle. The tensegrity principle is based on directing treatment to the painful area and the tissues (muscles, fascia, and ligaments) that structurally support the painful area, thus treating tissues that have direct and indirect influence on the motion segment.

Postural stability and body posture in older women: comparison between fallers and non-fallers.

Background: The study aimed to compare characteristics of postural sway and shape of anteroposterior spinal curvatures in faller and non-faller elderly women.

Material And Methods: The study enrolled 265 women aged 51-82 years (mean: 66.2) who were physically fit and free from conditions affecting sensorimotor function.

Does osteoarthritis further compromise the postural stability of women with osteoporosis?

Background: It is known that women with osteoporosis display only slight deficits in postural control. However, a condition that often co-exists with OP is osteoarthritis (OA), which has been shown to significantly compromise balance. To establish reasonable inclusion criteria for balance assessment of women with OP and investigate if specific treatment regimens are necessary for those subjects, it is important to evaluate the differences in postural control and postural strategies between the two groups.

Assessment of postural stability disorders in older adults treated at a health resort.

Background. Falls are a common and often devastating occurrence for the elderly in both home and institutional settings. The main purpose of our study was to assess disorders of postural stability in elderly patients undergoing health resort treatment, recruited at the sanatorium in Swieradów Zdrój, Poland.

Impact of physiotherapy on the functional status of elbow and knee joints and quality of life in patients with hemophilia.

Background. The objective of our research was to assess the impact of physiotherapy on the frequency of intraarticular and intramuscular hemorrhages and on elbow and knee joint function, in hemophilic patients. Material and methods.

Recovery of dynamic balance following external posture disturbance in children with idiopathic scoliosis.

Background. The aim of this study was to attempt the implementation of the method of mathematical modelling for motor properties estimation in children with idiopathic scoliosis on the process of keeping the balance in a standing position in the presence of mild disturbances. Material and methods.

The shape of anterior-posterior spinal curvature in post-menopausal women with osteoporosis.

Background. The co-occurrence of kyphotic posture and low bone density in elderly women has never been completely explained. The aim of our study was to assess postural changes (the shape of spinal curvatures) in elderly women with advanced spinal osteoporosis.

The effect of physiotherapy training programme on postural stability in men with hip osteoarthritis.

This study presents the influence of a physiotherapy training programme over the standing balance in elderly hip osteoarthritis (OA) patients. The aim of this study was to analyse the standing balance in elderly male hip OA patients, and to investigate how the physiotherapy training programme could significantly improve the balance. The tests were performed on a group of selected OA patients as well as on a group of age- and sex-matched healthy control subjects before and after the physiotherapy training programme.