Walking on a Balance Beam as a New Measure of Dynamic Balance to Predict Falls in Older Adults and Patients with Neurological Conditions.

Background: Beam walking is a new test to estimate dynamic balance. We characterized dynamic balance measured by the distance walked on beams of different widths in five age groups of healthy adults (20, 30, 40, 50, 60 years) and individuals with neurological conditions (i.e.

Effects of 2-Year-Long Maintenance Training and Detraining on 558 Subacute Ischemic Stroke Patients' Clinical-Motor Symptoms.

Purpose: This study aimed to determine the effects of a 2-yr-long maintenance training (MT) exergaming and detraining (DT) on clinical-motor symptoms in subacute ischemic patients with stroke (PwST). The hypothesis was that MT motor rehabilitation program would further increase the effects of the initial rehabilitation.

Methods: After high-intensity and high-frequency exergaming twice or once a day, 5 times per week for 5 wk (EX2: 50 sessions; EX1: 25 sessions, results reported previously), 558 PwST were randomized to EX2-MT, EX2-DT, EX1-MT, and EX1-DT.

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Case Report: The first case was a 77-year-old man with 5.6 cm juxtarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm who presented with multiple comorbidities. The patient had a single left kidney.

[Hybrid repair for a ruptured aortic arch and descending aortic aneurysm in a kidney-transplanted patient].

Case Report: We present a case of a 53 year old male renal transplanted patient, who presented with severe dyspnea. Chest X-ray and CT angiography showed a left sided haemothorax caused by an aortic arch aneurysm rupture. Acute operation was carried out, an ascendo-anonymo-carotid "Y" bypass was performed from sternotomy and a stent graft implantation through femoral artery.

[Successful cardiac surgical removal of migrated Kirschner wires used for fixation of the surgical neck of the humerus].

Dislocation and migration of two Kirschner wires were found 13 days after fixation of the surgical neck of the humerus. One of the wires was located between the lateral thoracic muscles, while the other one has perforated the apex of the heart, showing a synchronous motion with heart contractions. An anterolateral thoracotomy was performed and the wires were removed successfully.