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Ankle-foot orthoses for improving walking in adults with calf muscle weakness due to neuromuscular disorders.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev
January 2025
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Amsterdam UMC, location University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Background: Calf muscle weakness is a common symptom in slowly progressive neuromuscular disorders that lead to walking problems like instability and increased walking effort. The mainstay of treatment to improve walking in this population is the provision of ankle-foot-orthoses (AFOs). Since we are not aware of an up-to-date and complete overview of the effects of AFOs used for calf muscle weakness in slowly progressive neuromuscular disorders, we reviewed the evidence for the effectiveness of AFOs to improve walking in this patient group, in order to support clinical decision-making.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEfficacy, safety and treatment satisfaction of transition to a regimen of insulin degludec/aspart: A pilot study.
World J Diabetes
January 2025
Department of Endocrinology, Key Laboratory of Endocrinology of National Health Commission, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China.
Background: There is a lack of clinical evidence on the efficacy and safety of transitioning from a thrice-daily pre-mixed insulin or basal-prandial regimen to insulin deglu-dec/aspart (IDegAsp) therapy, with insufficient data from the Chinese popu-lation.
Aim: To demonstrate the efficacy, safety, and treatment satisfaction associated with the transition to IDegAsp in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).
Methods: In this 12-week open-label, non-randomized, single-center, pilot study, patients with T2DM receiving thrice-daily insulin or intensive insulin treatment were transitioned to twice-daily injections of insulin IDegAsp.
The effect of art therapy on cognitive status and psychological well-being in elderly people in institutional care.
Psychogeriatrics
January 2025
Department of Nursing, Department of Psychiatric Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ondokuz Mayis University, Samsun, Turkey.
Background: Cognitive decline seen in old age manifests itself as a decrease in reasoning ability that is not related to intelligence. This situation, together with many other problems, can affect the psychological well-being of the elderly. Especially the elderly living in institutional care constitute a special group that needs to be protected.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTotal joint arthroplasty of the thumb CMC joint.
Arch Orthop Trauma Surg
January 2025
Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Second Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and University Hospital Motol, Prague, Czech Republic.
Purpose Of The Study: Rhizarthrosis-osteoarthritis of the thumb carpometacarpal (CMC) joint is usually a primary idiopathic disease. Total joint arthroplasty (TJA) is one of the surgical treatment options for symptomatic advanced thumb CMC arthritis. This retrospective study aims to evaluate the mid-term functional and radiological results of TJA with the minimum follow-up period of 3 years after the surgery.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRanolazine effectively improves clinical symptoms in patients with slow flow coronary arteries: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial.
Naunyn Schmiedebergs Arch Pharmacol
January 2025
Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
The coronary slow flow phenomenon (CSF) causes persistent chest pains that can affect patients' quality of life. We aimed to examine the ranolazine impacts on clinical symptoms in CSF patients. The present randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial consisted of 44 patients with CSF.
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