Trend change analysis of postural balance in Parkinson's disease discriminates between medication state.

Background: Maintaining static balance is relevant and common in everyday life and it depends on a correct intersegmental coordination. A change or reduction in postural capacity has been linked to increased risk of falls. People with Parkinson's disease (pwPD) experience motor symptoms affecting the maintenance of a stable posture.

Trend change analysis in the assessment of body balance during posture adjustment in reaction to anterior-posterior ground perturbation.

Postural adjustments (PA) occur to counteract predictable perturbations and can be impaired as a result of musculoskeletal and neurological dysfunctions. The most common way to detect PA is through electromyography measurements or center of pressure (COP) position measurements, where analysis in time domain and frequency domain are the most common. Aim of the research was to determine whether a new method of analyzing stabilographic measurements-the COP trend change analysis (TCI) of temporary posture corrections- can expand understanding of changes in balance strategy connected with PA.

A scoping review of the ethical impacts of international medical electives on local students and patient care.

Background: International electives are often considered a valuable learning opportunity for medical students. Yet, as travelling to lower and middle income countries (LMICs) becomes more common, ethical considerations of such practices emerge. We conducted a scoping review to assess the extent to which five ethical themes were addressed in existing literature about electives, with the aim of investigating the ethical impacts of medical student electives on local resources, patients and clinicians in LMICs.

Delayed Surgical Intervention After Chemoradiotherapy in Esophageal Cancer: (DICE) Study.

Objective: To determine the impact of delayed surgical intervention following chemoradiotherapy (CRT) on survival from esophageal cancer.

Background: CRT is a core component of multimodality treatment for locally advanced esophageal cancer. The timing of surgery following CRT may influence the probability of performing an oncological resection and the associated operative morbidity.

The effect of selected lower limb muscle activities on a level of imbalance in reaction on anterior-posterior ground perturbation.

Purpose: We investigated whether an increase in muscular tone induced by the information about imminent posture destabilisation brings a positive result and prevents such destabilisation.

Methods: We measured forward and backwards movements of 38 participates (27 females and 11 males, aged 23 (SD 2.6)) on the treadmill (forward and backward movements).