Imagine if you couldn’t do anything by yourself. Simple things like brushing your teeth at night‚ and making your bed in the morning. Imagine if you couldn’t button up a shirt‚ or zip your bookbag. That is the life of a person with Cerebral Palsy‚ A terrible disease that affects lives negatively everyday. Cerebral Palsy is a disability that affects about 2-3 babies in every 1‚000 births. So what is it? Cerebral Palsy‚ also known as CP‚ is a disabilty that will appear either before birth‚ during
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Osteoporosis is a debilitating bone disease. The disease makes bones abnormally porous bone and compressible. Osteoporosis also makes bones weak and fragile. The porous bones resemble sponges‚ and the damage can cause serious injuries. Healthy bones have collagen‚ protein and calcium. They are also constantly being broken and replaced. When new bones are created at a slow rate‚ osteoporosis occurs. The disease usually affects the wrists‚ hips and forearm. Osteoporosis can be present without any prior
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Does anti-Interleukin suppress of Alpha and Beta receptors stop the progression of Osteoarthritis? Osteoarthritis (OA)‚ is the most common musculoskeletal condition‚ is a long-term chronic disease involving depletion of cartilage over time. It is also the cause of bone rubbing on bone which causes pain‚ stiffness‚ immobility‚ which affects the overall quality of life. Osteoarthritis is known as “Degenerative joint disorder”. There are many factors that can cause OA: age‚ obesity‚ lack of physical
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much of it can have negative effects in both adults and children. In fact in children there is a term called “toxic stress” where some children experiences a strong or prolonged adversity which affects their development. The article called Stress Fractures by Ashley Archibald discusses toxic stress and the long-term effects from it. Archibald describes toxic stress as “the fight or flight response not turning off but instead flooding cortisol in the system‚” which is not good since too much cortisol
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remember‚ with every blow of the hammer‚ you’ve got to feel the femoral nail advancing through the bone. If you don’t‚ then for heaven’s sake‚ stop. It might be impinging on the cortex or it might be too large for the canal. Keep whacking‚ and you’ll fracture the cortex.” The trainer’s calm‚ authoritative voice boomed out across the room as a dozen orthopedic surgeons toiled away on the cadaver limbs laid out before them. Pausing to observe the technique of one of the surgeons‚ he glanced up to see his
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Fracture Liaison Service - Fracture Liaison Services (FLS)‚ the gold standard in fracture care‚ plays a significant role in diagnosing‚ assessing‚ and treating osteoporosis in patients over the age of 50 who have a fracture. Improved access to DXA (dual energy x-ray absorptiometry) scanning‚ which evaluates bone density‚ and pharmacological treatment support through a FLS can help lower the risk of additional fractures. In most circumstances‚ patients are referred to or identified by a FLS‚ which
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Hypothesis. The hypothesis is that the use of AFOs will increase dynamic stability while performing reach tests in all directions. The researchers hypothesized this would occur due to the increase in ankle stability that the AFO provides when performing functional movement. Method. The study was performed with 23 participants that had suffered a stroke. The participants consisted of 12 left hemisphere infarcts and 11 right hemisphere infarct patients. There were additional criteria including
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Influence of neutral zone in complete denture fabrication– A Case Report Abstract Completely edentulous patients wearing dentures since long time have a problem with decreased stability of their mandibular complete dentures because of severe resorption of lower edentulous ridge & altered neuromuscular control. By incorporating neutral zone technique in complete denture fabrication can overcome this problem. Keywords:- Condensation Silicone‚ Neutral Zone‚ Denture stability Introduction In edentulous
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Early Ambulation After Hip Surgery Accelerates Recovery Colleen Peters Azusa Pacific University GNRS 507: Scientific Writing Diana Amaya Rodriquez‚ PhD‚ MS‚ CNS‚ RN July 3‚ 2013 Research studies conducted all over the world‚ including Japan‚ Italy‚ Ireland‚ Denmark‚ Australia‚ and the United States‚ have explored the effects of early ambulation. Early ambulation is defined as less than 48 hours after surgery. The purpose of this paper is to review current research
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