Effect of Adding Virtual Reality Training to Traditional Exercise Program on Pain, Mental Status and Psychological Status in Unilateral Traumatic Lower Limb Amputees: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Lower limb amputation is an emotionally devastating condition that causes a complete change in the quality of life, may lead to phantom limb pain in most of the cases, and puts the individual in a high risk of developing psychological disorders. The objective of this study is to evaluate the consequence of adding virtual reality (VR) to a traditional exercise program on pain, mental status, and psychological status in traumatic unilateral lower limb amputees (LLAs). Thirty-two traumatic LLAs were randomly assigned into two equal groups in this randomized control trial.

Immediate Neurophysiological effect of electrical stimulation via dry needling on H-reflex in post stroke spasticity.

Background: Many non-pharmacological interventions have been proposed for spasticity modulation in spastic stroke subjects.

Objective: To investigate the immediate effect of dry needling (DN), electrical stimulation (ES), and dry needling with intramuscular electrical stimulation (DN+IMES) on H-reflex in post-stroke spasticity.

Methods: Spastic subjects with stroke (N = 90) (55-85 years) were evaluated after 1 month of stroke onset using Modified Ashworth Scale (MAS) score ≥1.

Differentiating tracheobronchial involvement in granulomatosis with polyangiitis and relapsing polychondritis on chest CT: a cohort study.

Background: In patients with tracheobronchial involvement, the differential diagnosis between granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) and relapsing polychondritis (RP) can be challenging. The aim of this study was to describe the characteristics of airway abnormalities on chest computed tomography (CT) in patients with GPA or RP and to determine whether specific imaging criteria could be used to differentiate them.

Methods: GPA and RP patients with tracheobronchial involvement referred to a national referral center from 2008 to 2020 were evaluated.

Trends in Food Allergy Research, Regulations and Patient Care.

This review provides an overview of food allergies, their impact on affected individuals and caregivers, regulatory activities, and current research efforts to improve allergen management and patient care. Food allergies have been reported to affect up to 32 million Americans, including approximately 6 million children. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that food allergies in children have clearly increased by 50% between 1997 and 2011.

Effect of Adding Motorized Cycle Ergometer Over Exercise Training on Balance in Older Adults with Dementia: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Background: Falls secondary to balance disturbances have been considered as a burden on health systems in people with dementia aged above 65. Exercise has been increasingly recommended to address such problem and the main challenges being the commitment and supervision of training. The study's aim was to investigate the effect of adding motorized cycle ergometer (MCE) on high intensity functional exercise (HIFE) training on balance and cognition in older adults with dementia.