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Is relaxin a limiting factor in the conservative treatment of hallux abductus valgus?
Get PDFRESUMEN: El HAV es una deformidad musculoesquelética del pie altamente prevalente y progresiva. La prevalencia de la patología es superior en mujeres, las cuales además cursan con altos niveles de relaxina en los procesos del embarazo y la menopausia. El ejercicio de fuerza y la movilidad se postulan como principales pilares del tratamiento conservador. Objetivos Evaluar la efectividad del tratamiento conservador del HAV en mujeres con niveles elevados de relaxina. Material y métodos 51 mujeres con dolor y pérdida de funcionalidad debido a la patología HAV, divididas en grupo control n=17, grupo embarazadas n=17, y grupo postmenopausia n=17, llevan a cabo un tratamiento de fuerza y movilidad para la mejora de su sintomatología Fortalezas y debilidades Aunque con una muestra relativamente pequeña, es el primer estudio que observa la eficacia del tratamiento conservador en mujeres con altos niveles de relaxina debido al embarazo y la menopausia. Arrojará luz sobre el pronóstico del HAV en mujeres embarazadas y menopáusicas. Por otra parte, la muestra podría ser pequeña para extrapolarla a toda la población. Plan de análisis de los resultados Se espera encontrar una eficacia menor del tratamiento respecto a mujeres con HAV sin circunstancias especiales, es decir con niveles de relaxina “normales”. Discusión/Conclusión El tratamiento conservador de fuerza y movilidad es a priori la mejor opción para tratar el HAV en primera instancia, indistintamente de los niveles de relaxina aunque se necesitan más estudios al respecto.ABSTRACT: HAV is a highly prevalent and progressive musculoskeletal foot deformity. The prevalence of the pathology is higher in women, who also have high relaxin levels during pregnancy and menopause. Strength exercise and mobility are postulated as the main pillars of conservative treatment. Objectives To evaluate the effectiveness of conservative treatment of AVH in women with elevated relaxin levels. Material and methods 51 women with pain and loss of function due to HAV pathology, divided into control group n=17, pregnant group n=17, and postmenopausal group n=17, underwent strength and mobility treatment for the improvement of their symptomatology. Strengths and weaknesses Although with a relatively small sample, this is the first study to observe the efficacy of conservative treatment in women with high relaxin levels due to pregnancy and menopause. Sheds light on prognosis in HAV in pregnant and menopausal women. On the other hand, the sample may be too small to extrapolate to the entire population. Plan for analysis of the results We expect to find lower efficacy of treatment with respect to women with HAV without special circumstances, i.e. with "normal" relaxin levels. Discussion/Conclusion Conservative treatment of strength and mobility is a priori the best option for treating AVH in the first instance, regardless of relaxin levels, although further studies are needed.Grado en Fisioterapi
Is relaxin a limiting factor in the conservative treatment of hallux abductus valgus?
No full textEl HAV es una deformidad musculoesquelética del pie altamente prevalente y
progresiva. La prevalencia de la patología es superior en mujeres, las cuales además
cursan con altos niveles de relaxina en los procesos del embarazo y la menopausia. El
ejercicio de fuerza y la movilidad se postulan como principales pilares del tratamiento
conservador.
Objetivos
Evaluar la efectividad del tratamiento conservador del HAV en mujeres con niveles
elevados de relaxina.
Material y métodos
51 mujeres con dolor y pérdida de funcionalidad debido a la patología HAV, divididas
en grupo control n=17, grupo embarazadas n=17, y grupo postmenopausia n=17, llevan
a cabo un tratamiento de fuerza y movilidad para la mejora de su sintomatología
Fortalezas y debilidades
Aunque con una muestra relativamente pequeña, es el primer estudio que observa la
eficacia del tratamiento conservador en mujeres con altos niveles de relaxina debido al
embarazo y la menopausia. Arrojará luz sobre el pronóstico del HAV en mujeres
embarazadas y menopáusicas.
Por otra parte, la muestra podría ser pequeña para extrapolarla a toda la población.
Plan de análisis de los resultados
Se espera encontrar una eficacia menor del tratamiento respecto a mujeres con HAV sin
circunstancias especiales, es decir con niveles de relaxina “normales”.
Discusión/Conclusión
El tratamiento conservador de fuerza y movilidad es a priori la mejor opción para tratar
el HAV en primera instancia, indistintamente de los niveles de relaxina aunque se
necesitan más estudios al respecto.HAV is a highly prevalent and progressive musculoskeletal foot deformity. The
prevalence of the pathology is higher in women, who also have high relaxin levels
during pregnancy and menopause. Strength exercise and mobility are postulated as the
main pillars of conservative treatment.
Objectives
To evaluate the effectiveness of conservative treatment of AVH in women with elevated
relaxin levels.
Material and methods
51 women with pain and loss of function due to HAV pathology, divided into control
group n=17, pregnant group n=17, and postmenopausal group n=17, underwent strength
and mobility treatment for the improvement of their symptomatology.
Strengths and weaknesses
Although with a relatively small sample, this is the first study to observe the efficacy of
conservative treatment in women with high relaxin levels due to pregnancy and
menopause. Sheds light on prognosis in HAV in pregnant and menopausal women.
On the other hand, the sample may be too small to extrapolate to the entire population.
Plan for analysis of the results
We expect to find lower efficacy of treatment with respect to women with HAV without
special circumstances, i.e. with "normal" relaxin levels.
Discussion/Conclusion
Conservative treatment of strength and mobility is a priori the best option for treating
AVH in the first instance, regardless of relaxin levels, although further studies are
needed.Grado en Fisioterapi
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
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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