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Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) in managing pain and recovery: A clinical case of radial capitellum fracture
Full text linkIntroduction: The management of pain and functional recovery following a radial capitellum fracture poses a significant clinical challenge, especially in individuals whose professions, such as physiotherapy, demand optimal joint functionality. Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) emerges as a potential nonpharmacological intervention for pain management, necessitating exploration in the context of orthopedic injuries.
Case presentation: A 41-year-old male physiotherapist presented with a MASON 2 radial capitellum fracture following a fall, experiencing notable pain (NPRS 6/7) and functional impairment (DASH 45/100, PRTEE 43/100). Conservative management, involving immobilization and potential surgical consideration, was employed, followed by tDCS for pain management. Post-tDCS, significant improvements were observed in pain and functional scores (NPRS to 0, DASH to 14.2, PRTEE to 7), alongside enhancements in range of motion and muscle strength.
Clinical discussion: The application of tDCS showcased notable efficacy in pain reduction and functional improvement, highlighting its potential in augmenting pain management strategies post-fracture. However, the variability in responses and lack of standardized application protocols necessitate further research to optimize its clinical utility. The balance between immobilization for fracture healing and mobilization for preventing stiffness and facilitating recovery was pivotal in managing the fracture and ensuring functional improvement.
Conclusions: This case underscores the potential of tDCS in managing pain and facilitating functional recovery in radial capitellum fractures, warranting further exploration and standardization of its application in clinical practice. The integrated, patient-centric approach, involving interdisciplinary collaboration and personalized care, was crucial in ensuring positive outcomes and provides a framework for managing similar orthopedic case
Tele-Rehabilitation for Knee Osteoarthritis: Evaluating Efficacy, Compliance, and Patient Outcomes
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Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe 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
Gait analysis with a multi-segment foot model for the biomechanical validation of hinged foot-ankle orthoses
No full textHinged Ankle Foot Orthoses (HAFO) are largely prescribed for the treatment of ankle joint deficits, within a variety of neurological and orthopedic disorders. These are intended to control motion of this joint, to compensate for weakness, to correct deformities or to reduce mobility in the sagittal plane only. Quantitative assessment of their functional efficacy is still very limited. The aim of this study is to assess by means of state-of-the-art gait analysis the effect of the position of the mechanical axis of rotation in unlocked HAFO. Unfortunately, in routine custom-made manufacturing, this axis of rotation is positioned exactly mediolaterally, and also a few centimeters above the malleoli, very far from the intermalleolar physiological location.Apossible better axis location for more physiological foot joint rotations was sought by looking at multi-segment foot kinematic
Variations on the Author
Full text link“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
Full text linkWe 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
Full text linkWe 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
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
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