Publications by authors named "F M Fink"
Objectives: To collaboratively develop a music-supported video-based exercise programme for people with multiple sclerosis (pwMS) with mild to severe disability.
Design And Setting: We performed this participatory mixed methods study from 15 March 2022 to 22 July 2023 at two Austrian multiple sclerosis (MS) centres.
Participants: This research included 67 pwMS, of whom 18 pwMS (including two patient representatives and five MS support group leaders/members) and an additional three family members served as stakeholders.
Objective: Deficits of dyadic social interaction seem to diminish social functioning in schizophrenia. However, most previous studies are of a limited ecological validity due to decontextualized experimental conditions far off from real-world interaction. In this pilot study, we thus exposed participants to a more real-world-like situation to generate new hypotheses for research and therapeutic interventions.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRetrospective identification of the first cord blood-transplanted severe aplastic anemia in a -associated chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis family: case report, review of literature and pathophysiologic background.
Front Immunol
August 2024
Article Synopsis
- - Severe aplastic anemia (SAA) is a serious condition where bone marrow fails, potentially triggered by environmental, autoimmune, or genetic factors, including genetic mutations linked to chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis (CMC).
- - The genetic mutations that cause CMC lead to overactivation of the STAT1 signaling pathway, which plays a key role in the immune and blood systems, and this malfunction can also contribute to some cases of idiopathic SAA.
- - The paper presents a notable case of a patient with SAA from a family with CMC and emphasizes that SAA should be recognized as a possible manifestation of mutations in CMC cases, suggesting the need for further genetic analysis during diagnosis.
The clinical presentation, organ involvement, and severity of disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 are highly variable, ranging from asymptomatic or mild infection to respiratory or multi-organ failure and, in children and young adults, the life-threatening multisystemic inflammatory disease (MIS-C). SARS-CoV-2 enters cells via the angiotensin-converting enzyme-2 receptor (ACE-2), which is expressed on the cell surfaces of all organ systems, including the gastrointestinal tract. GI manifestations have a high prevalence in children with COVID-19.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The use of drones in the health care sector is increasingly being discussed against the background of the aging population and the growing shortage of skilled workers. In particular, the use of drones to provide medication in rural areas could bring advantages for the care of people with and without a need for care. However, there are hardly any data available that focus on the interaction between humans and drones.
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