The effects of inspiratory muscle training on balance and functional mobility: a systematic review.

Introduction: Inspiratory muscle training (IMT) has been widely used in both healthy and diseased populations especially in older adults, and its effects have been proven not only on inspiratory muscle strength but also on dyspnea, exercise capacity, quality of life, and other health parameters.

Aim: This study aims to review the effects of IMT on balance and functional ability of healthy and diseased populations.

Methods: A systematic literature search was conducted on MEDLINE, EMBASE, AMED, and Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL).

Physical therapy as a profession and its educational development in Pakistan.

Physical therapists work in different medical and related settings and serve to maintain and restore functional capability. Pakistan has a disability rate of 2.65% with a total of around 5.

Comparison of awareness about precautions for needle stick injuries: a survey among health care workers at a tertiary care center in Pakistan.

Background: Needle stick injuries (NSIs) have the potential of causing Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C, which is constantly adding to the burden of chronic liver disease in our country. It poses a risk to Health Care Workers (HCWs) and the patients they deal with. In order to limit the spread of these viruses, it is imperative that these HCWs be fully equipped with knowledge regarding prevention of NSIs and dealing with one, regardless of their designation.

Saphenous vein graft near-infrared spectroscopy imaging insights from the lipid core plaque association with clinical events near-infrared spectroscopy (ORACLE-NIRS) registry.

Objectives: We sought to examine near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) imaging findings of aortocoronary saphenous vein grafts (SVGs).

Background: SVGs are prone to develop atherosclerosis similar to native coronary arteries. They have received little study using NIRS.

Recombinant granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor in the treatment of indolent ulcers with Klippel-Trénaunay-Weber syndrome: a case report.

Klippel-Trénaunay-Weber syndrome (KTWS) is a rare congenital disease characterized by cutaneous hemangiomata, venous varicosities and osseous soft tissue hypertrophy of the affected limb. We report a case of a patient with KTWS who had developed severe chronic, non-healing cutaneous ulcers resulting from several angiography procedures with embolization by various agents. The ulcers were treated with perilesional granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating-factor (GM-CSF) with gratifying results.