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Efficacy of Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment (OMT) Vs Physiotherapy in Chronic Lateral Epicondylitis
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Background: Several rehabilitative treatments have been proposed for Lateral Elbow Tendinopathy (LET). Therapeutic exercise showed the
greatest beneficial effects together with patient education, and multimodal treatment subject specific. In recent years, osteopathic manipulative
treatment (OMT) has been proposed as treatment for LET. The aim of the study was to focus on this emerging approach by comparing it to more
traditional physiotherapy.
Methods: Thirty-two patients with a diagnosis of LET were enrolled and randomly assigned to two groups: the OMT group and the physiotherapy
group. In the former, patients underwent OMT according to the common techniques. In the latter, patients underwent a physiotherapy protocol
consisting in stretching and strengthening exercises, and laser therapy. Outcome measures included the Patient-Rated Tennis Elbow Evaluation
(PRTEE), the Mayo Elbow Performance, and VAS for pain. Assessment was carried out at baseline (T0), after 1 (T1) and 3 (T2) months. In addition,
an ultrasound assessment of the elbow common extensor tendon was performed at T0 and T2.
Results: Both the OMT and the Physiotherapy group showed a statistically significant improvement along the follow-up for VAS for pain and
PRTEE score. No significant difference was found for the Mayo Score in the Physiotherapy group. Ultrasound assessment confirmed the presence
of abnormalities of vascularization, echogenicity, and thickness of the tendon at T0, partially reduced at T2.
Conclusion: OMT and physiotherapy resulted both effective in the treatment of LET, offering a significant clinical improvement which helped
patients recovering their functional activities in the short-term follow-up
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Get PDFWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
Second-generation arthroscopic autologous chondrocyte implantation for the treatment of degenerative cartilage lesions
No full textPurpose: Degenerative cartilage lesions present a negative joint environment, which may have a negative effect on the process of cartilage regeneration. The aim of this study is to analyze the clinical outcome obtained with the treatment for isolated degenerative knee cartilage lesions by second-generation arthroscopic autologous chondrocyte implantation (ACI). Methods: Fifty-eight consecutive patients affected by focal degenerative chondral lesions of the femoral condyles and trochlea were treated by second-generation arthroscopic ACI. The mean age at surgery was 34. 7 ± 9. 1 years and the average defect size was 2. 3 ± 0. 9 cm2. The patients were prospectively evaluated with IKDC, EQ-VAS, and Tegner scores preoperatively, at 2 and 6 years. Results: A statistically significant improvement was observed in all scores from the basal evaluation to the final follow-up. The IKDC subjective score improved from 39. 3 ± 13. 6 to 68. 8 ± 22. 7 and 68. 5 ± 23. 9 at the 2- and 6-year follow-ups, respectively, with a significant improvement (P < 0. 0005) and stable results over time; the same trend was confirmed by the EQ-VAS and Tegner scores. The worst results were found in patients with a low physical activity level, women, and those having undergone previous surgery, whereas the symptom duration before surgery did not influence the final outcome. The failure rate was 18. 5%. Conclusions: Despite a significant improvement, the results were lower with respect to the outcome reported in different study populations, and the number of failures was markedly higher, too. Tissue-engineered cartilage implantation is a promising approach for the treatment of degenerative chondral lesions, but graft properties, besides mechanical and biochemical joint environment, have to be improv
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
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