Publications by authors named "J Garrison"
Clinical predictors of surgical selection for individuals with neck pain.
Musculoskelet Sci Pract
November 2024
Background: Neck pain is one of the leading causes of disability in the United States. However, the nature of cervical spine surgery is multi-factorial and often based upon clinical opinions, leaving clinical indications still to be clearly defined.
Objective: To predict which clinical variables most influenced trends toward surgical or conservative management for individuals with neck pain.
Article Synopsis
- Neural communication relies on both quick neurotransmitters and slower-acting neuromodulators, with neuropeptides being key players that influence behavior and physiology across species.
- Enzymes called neuropeptidases can deactivate these neuropeptides, shaping how long and where they signal in the body.
- In this study, researchers identified the neuropeptidase NEP-2 in C. elegans, which is essential for regulating specific neuropeptides linked to reproductive behavior and health, highlighting the importance of peptidases in neuropeptide signaling.
Chronic dehydration is a leading cause of morbidity for the elderly, but how aging alters the fluid homeostasis system is not well understood. Here, we used a combination of physiologic, behavioral and circuit analyses to characterize how fluid balance is affected by aging in mice. We found that old mice have a primary defect in sensing and producing the anti-diuretic hormone vasopressin, which results in chronic dehydration.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFreshwater turtles face numerous anthropogenic threats worldwide. Health assessments are a key component of chelonian population assessment and monitoring but are under reported in many species. The purpose of this study was to characterize the health of spotted turtles (; n = 30) and painted turtles (; n = 24) at Camp Edwards, a military base in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, using physical examinations, hematology, plasma heavy metal analyses, and pathogen surveillance via PCR.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Differences in rotational range of motion (ROM) compared to humeral retrotorsion (HRT)-corrected rotational ROM exist in healthy baseball athletes, but it is unclear whether these differences exist in a pathological population.
Purpose/hypothesis: The purpose of this study was to determine if there are disparities between objectively measured differences in ROM and HRT-corrected deficits in injured baseball players. It was hypothesized that disparities would exist between (1) the side-to-side difference in glenohumeral external rotation (GER) and the HRT-corrected glenohumeral external rotation deficit (GERD) and (2) the side-to-side difference in glenohumeral internal rotation (GIR) and the HRT-corrected glenohumeral internal rotation deficit (GIRD).