Sensitivity to change and responsiveness of provocative load tests among athletes with patellar tendinopathy.

Background: Pain provocation tests are recommended for assessing pain severity and as an outcome measure for individuals with patellar tendinopathy.

Objective: To evaluate floor and ceiling effects, sensitivity to change, and responsiveness cut-offs of two provocative load tests among athletes with patellar tendinopathy.

Methods: Athletes (N = 41) performed six repetitions for the single leg decline squat (SLDS) and resisted knee extension (KE) at baseline and 12 weeks.

Inertial flywheel vs heavy slow resistance training among athletes with patellar tendinopathy: A randomised trial.

Objectives: To compare the efficacy of inertial flywheel and heavy slow resistance training in reducing pain and improving function in patellar tendinopathy.

Design: Randomised clinical trial.

Methods: Fourty two participants (1 woman, 41 men) with longstanding (>3 months) patellar tendinopathy were randomised into inertial flywheel resistance (N = 21) or heavy slow resistance (N = 21) group.

Freedom Set II--a Y-set CAPD system with a novel design.

The Freedom Set II is designed with a three-way valve to control the direction of dialysate flow thus simplifying the procedure and decreasing training time. Twenty-four patients from two centers were trained on the Freedom Set II and were observed for ninety patient months. Five patients who had been on other bagless systems expressed their preference for the Freedom Set II.

Altered immune response during cadmium administration in mice.

C57BL/6 mice were administered 50 or 200 ppm of Cd as CdCl2 in the drinking water for either 3 to 4 (short term) or 9 to 11 (long term) weeks. In other experimental designs, mice were exposed orally to 300 ppm of Cd or injected with 2.5 mg/kg of Cd ip.