Publications by authors named "J P Weir"
Purpose: Workers' compensation claims can negatively affect the wellbeing of injured workers. For some, these negative effects continue beyond finalisation of the workers' compensation claim. It is unclear what factors influence wellbeing following finalisation of a workers' compensation claim.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWell-being After Finalization of a Workers' Compensation Claim: A Cross-Sectional Survey.
J Occup Environ Med
January 2025
Objective: Injured workers can be disadvantaged after a workers' compensation claims ends. This study investigated the association of a range of variables with well-being in injured workers who had finalized a workers' compensation claim >3 months prior.
Methods: On-line, cross-sectional survey (n = 129, 55.
Reciprocal structure-function relationships underlie both healthy and pathological behaviours in complex neural networks. Thus, understanding neuropathology and network dysfunction requires a thorough investigation of the complex interactions between structural and functional network reconfigurations in response to perturbation. Such adaptations are often difficult to study in vivo.
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- - Individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI) above T6 often experience issues with blood pressure regulation, leading to persistent low blood pressure.
- - A study tested the effects of daily midodrine (10 mg) versus placebo over 30 days on blood pressure, cerebral blood flow velocity (CBFv), and cognitive performance in hypotensive SCI patients.
- - Results showed that midodrine significantly increased systolic blood pressure and diastolic CBFv compared to placebo, but did not significantly affect cognitive performance, indicating a need for further research on effective treatments.
Article Synopsis
- The study focuses on soft-tissue balancing in total knee arthroplasty (TKA), emphasizing a new method called the modified pendulum knee drop (PKD) test to quantitatively assess knee stiffness rather than relying on subjective observations.
- Eleven cadaver specimens were used in robotic-assisted TKA procedures, with some receiving cruciate-retaining and others posterior-stabilized implants, while the PKD test was applied to analyze the stiffness changes due to varying insert thicknesses.
- An inertial measurement unit (IMU) sensor recorded the knee's range of motion and oscillation characteristics to calculate stiffness, with results averaged over multiple trials for each insert thickness tested.