Dog assisted education in children with rheumatic diseases and adolescents with chronic pain in Germany.

Objectives: Animal assisted intervention is an increasingly accepted tool to improve human well-being. The present study was performed to assess whether dog assisted education has a positive effect on children suffering from rheumatic disorders with pain and adolescents with chronic pain syndrome.

Design: Two groups of juvenile patients were recruited: 7-17-year-old children in children with rheumatic diseases and adolescents with chronic pain syndromes.

Influence of unilateral vocal fold fixation on the structure of the intrinsic laryngeal muscles.

Histomorphometric data (fiber frequencies, fiber diameters, and atrophy factors) were determined in laryngeal muscles [thyroarytenoid (VOC), posterior (PCA) and lateral (LCA) cricoarytenoids, and cricothyroid (CT) muscles]. Seventy-three muscles (43,700 fibers) from normal and carcinoma-infiltrated sides of the larynges of 11 patients were analyzed. The fiber diameters showed uniform values of 24.