Far-infrared ray patches relieve pain and improve skin sensitivity in myofascial pain syndrome: A double-blind randomized controlled study.

Objective: Myofascial pain syndrome (MPS) is a common disorder characterized by muscle pain if myofascial trigger points (MTrP) are stimulated. This study evaluated the effectiveness of far-infrared ray (FIR) patches in reducing the severity of pain in patients with MPS.

Methods: A double-blind, randomized controlled study involving 125 patients with MPS and 201 MTrPs located in the trapezius muscle.

The Effects of Upper Limb Exercise Through Yoga on Limb Swelling in Chinese Breast Cancer Survivors - A Pilot Study.

Purpose: Breast cancer is the most common female cancer. The aim of this study was to assess the impact of yoga on lymphedema in breast cancer survivors.

Design: Repeated measures before and after the intervention.

Health needs of older Aboriginal people in Taiwan: a community-based assessment using a multidimensional instrument.

Aims And Objectives: To explore the health needs of older Aboriginal people, using a multidimensional instrument. The gender differences related to their health needs were also addressed.

Background: Health status and life expectancy between Aborigines and non-Aborigines have been shown to differ.

Paeonol inhibited TNFα-induced GM-CSF expression in fibroblast-like synoviocytes.

Objectives: Granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) has been proved to be among the most important chemokines, playing a key role in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). However, the mechanism underlying the regulation of GM-CSF has not been established clearly yet. The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of paeonol in the expression of GM-CSF in fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLS).

Molecular characterization of high molecular weight glutenin subunit allele 1Bx23 in common wheat introduced from hexaploid triticale.

High molecular weight glutenin subunit (HMW-GS) 1Bx23, an x-type subset encoded by Glu-B1p, which is only distributed in Triticum turgidum, was successfully transferred from hexaploid triticale to common wheat line SY95-71. Sodium dodecyl sulphate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) shows that subunit 1Bx23 has a faster mobility than subunit 1Bx7 and 1Bx20, but slower than 1Bx17. Primers designed from the conserved regions in wheat HMW-GS gene promoter and coding sequences were used to amplify the genomic DNA of SY95-71.

[Identification and molecular cytology analysis of novel wheat germplasm expressing seven high molecular weight glutenin subunits].

This paper describes the characterization of novel wheat lines NR98116-9-2 and NR98116-9-3 derived from crosses of wheat with hexaploid triticale and expressing seven different high molecular weight glutenin subunits by SDS-PAGE analysis. The results suggested that the two lines were similar to wheat in morphological characters and were stable genetically. The chromosome number of root tip cells of the two lines were 2n=42 and 2n=44 and the configuration of the pollen mother cells at metaphase I were 21 // and 22 //, respectively.