Application of a wearable switch to perform a mouse left click for a child with mix type of cerebral palsy: a single case study.

Children with cerebral palsy may face difficulties using handheld pointing devices, due to involuntary muscle movements. This study aimed at describing the idea of the new wearable sensor switch and assessing its feasibility as an access solution in a case of mixed-type cerebral palsy. The study participant was a 17-year-old male with mixed-type cerebral palsy characterized by chorea-athetotic movements and bilateral spasticity with gross motor function classification system level V.

Relationship between stature and tibial length for children with moderate-to-severe cerebral palsy.

Objective: To derive the equation for estimating stature, based on tibial length, for children with moderate-to-severe cerebral palsy (CP) and lower limb joint contracture or scoliosis.

Methods: The participants (3-12-years-old) included 50 children with moderate-to-severe CP (mean age, 8.3±2.

[Reliability of the measurement of stature in subjects with severe motor and intellectual disabilities].

Objective: The objective of this study was to examine the reliability of the measurement of stature in individuals with severe motor and intellectual disabilities.

Methods: Using a stratified sampling method 12 subjects (mean age of 28.7 +/- 11.

Snake fetuin: isolation and structural analysis of new fetuin family proteins from the sera of venomous snakes.

Novel proteins were isolated from the sera of Chinese Mamushi (Gloydius blomhoffi brevicaudus) and Habu (Trimeresurus flavoviridis). The primary structures of these proteins were determined by protein sequencing, and the nucleotide sequences were established by cDNA cloning from the liver mRNAs. They belonged to the fetuin family having a double-headed cystatin-like domain and a His-rich domain, akin to HSF, an antihemorrhagic factor isolated from Habu serum.

Effects of hyperbaric oxygen exposure on experimental hepatic ischemia reperfusion injury: relationship between its timing and neutrophil sequestration.

Recent studies have shown that hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) reduces neutrophil endothelial adherence in venules and also blocks the progressive arteriolar vasoconstriction associated with ischemia-reperfusion (I-R) injury in the extremities and the brain. In order to elucidate the effects of HBOT after I-R in digestive organs, particularly in the liver, we evaluated the following: 1) the relationship between timing of HBOT and tissue damage; and 2) HBOT's effects on neutrophil sequestration. Using a hepatic I-R (45 minute) model in male rats, survival rate, liver tissue damage, and neutrophil accumulation within the sinusoids in the HBOT-treated group (Group H) were compared to those in the nontreated group (Group C).

A potential role of hyperbaric oxygen exposure through intestinal nuclear factor-kappaB.

Objective: Recent studies have demonstrated the therapeutic effectiveness and pharmacologic mechanisms of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) in the treatment of a systemic shock state. To elucidate the in vivo role of HBOT during sepsis, we evaluated the effects of HBOT on intestinal mucosal injury and bacterial translocation after lipopolysaccharide challenge.

Design: Experimental study.

Quality of life after hepatectomy in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma: implication of change in hepatic protein synthesis.

Background/aims: Surgical removal has been accepted as a therapeutic option for hepatocellular carcinoma. However, little is known about the quality of life after hepatectomy for hepatocellular carcinoma. In this report, we describe the risk factors most affecting impaired quality of life after partial hepatectomy in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma.