[Vertebral Body Height after Balloon Kyphoplasty vs. Radiofrequency Kyphoplasty].

Background: Kyphoplasty is used to alleviate pain and to restore the initial height of osteoporotic vertebral fractures (OVF). One of the most recent procedures is radiofrequency-targeted vertebral augmentation (RFTVA). We investigated whether restoration with this method is similar and as adequate as with the established procedure of balloon kyphoplasty (BKP), as assessed by the anatomical height of the vertebral body.

Efficacy of different types of aerobic exercise in fibromyalgia syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.

Introduction: The efficacy and the optimal type and volume of aerobic exercise (AE) in fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) are not established. We therefore assessed the efficacy of different types and volumes of AE in FMS.

Methods: The Cochrane Library, EMBASE, MEDLINE, PsychInfo and SPORTDISCUS (through April 2009) and the reference sections of original studies and systematic reviews on AE in FMS were systematically reviewed.

Hypertension induces somatic cellular senescence in rats and humans by induction of cell cycle inhibitor p16INK4a.

There is increasing evidence for a role of somatic cellular senescence in physiological aging but also in injury and disease. Cell cycle inhibitor p16(INK4a) is the key mediator for stress and aberrant signaling induced senescence. Here we report that elevated blood pressure markedly induced p16(INK4a) expression in rat kidneys and hearts, as well as in human kidneys.