Parental and Child-Reported Health-Related Quality of Life in Pediatric Patients With Vascular Malformations.

Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in pediatric patients with vascular malformations (VaM) remains challenging to measure due to an absence of disease-specific tools and limited correlation with clinical measures. In this cross-sectional study of 50 children with VaM we evaluated self and parental-reported physical and psychosocial HRQoL using the PedsQL tool and analyzed scores according to type of VaM and age categories. We found HRQoL is considerably decreased in children with VaM and perceived similarly by patients and their parents, except for those with simple VaM and ages 13-18 years, who scored physical domains better than their parents.

Sub-Chronic Peroneal Nerve Stimulation Lowers Ambulatory Blood Pressure in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats.

Acute electrical stimulation of the common peroneal nerve (cPNS) has been shown to cause an immediate reduction in systolic blood pressure (SBP) in spontaneous hypertense rats (SHR), but the effect of this treatment in sub-chronic ambulatory SBP is unknown. Here we developed an implantable wireless WNClip neural stimulator to test the efficacy of 5-week cPNS as a treatment for hypertension. Daily cPNS 2 Hz monophasic stimulation at threshold for 8 minutes every day for five weeks, reduced SBP in WKY animals by -4 mm Hg, and in SHR animals by -21 mmHg in week 5 (p < 0.

Understanding the patho-anatomy of patellofemoral pain: A crucial foundation for comprehensive management.

Patellofemoral or anterior knee pain is a common cause of medical evaluation around the globe. It affects one in four individuals and is more frequent in females. It is considered a multifactorial disease in which conservative management must focus on the alterations found in the physical exam and radiologic images.

Strategies Used by Puerto Rican Children in the Cognitive Assessment System and Their Relationship with Planning Performance.

Studies involving the Cognitive Assessment System (CAS) planning scale typically use only the subtest and scale scores without assessing the strategies employed by the participants. This study addressed this gap and examined the planning strategies used by children in the CAS2: Spanish version and their relationship with planning performance. We conducted an exploratory cross-sectional study with 26 Puerto Rican children aged 8 to 11.