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Combined Rehabilitation with Alpha Lipoic Acid, Acetyl-L-Carnitine, Resveratrol, and Cholecalciferolin Discogenic Sciatica in Young People: A randomized Clinical Trial
Full text linkBackground and Objectives: In the Western world, back pain and sciatica are among the
main causes of disability and absence from work with significant personal, social, and economic
costs. This prospective observational study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a rehabilitation
program combined with the administration of Alpha Lipoic Acid, Acetyl-L-Carnitine, Resveratrol,
and Cholecalciferol in the treatment of sciatica due to herniated discs in young patients in terms of
pain resolution, postural alterations, taking painkillers, and quality of life. Materials and Methods: A
prospective observational study was conducted on 128 patients with sciatica. We divided the sample
into 3 groups: the Combo group, which received a combination of rehabilitation protocol and daily
therapy with 600 mg Alpha Lipoic Acid, 1000 mg Acetyl-L-Carnitine, 50 mg Resveratrol, and 800 UI
Cholecalciferol for 30 days; the Reha group, which received only a rehabilitation protocol; and the
Supplement group, which received only oral supplementation with 600 mg Alpha Lipoic Acid, 1000
mg Acetyl-L-Carnitine, 50 mg Resveratrol, and 800 UI Cholecalciferol. Clinical assessments were
made at the time of recruitment (T0), 30 days after the start of treatment (T1), and 60 days after the end
of treatment (T2). The rating scales were as follows: the Numeric Rating Scale (NRS); the Oswestry
Disability Questionnaire (ODQ); and the 36-item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36). All patients
also underwent an instrumental stabilometric evaluation. Results: At T1, the Combo group showed
statistically superior results compared to the other groups for pain (p < 0.05), disability (p < 0.05), and
quality of life (p < 0.05). At T2, the Combo group showed statistically superior results compared
to the other groups only for pain (p < 0.05) and quality of life (p < 0.05). From the analysis of the
stabilometric evaluation data, we only observed a statistically significant improvement at T2 in the
Combo group for the average X (p < 0.05) compared to the other groups. Conclusions: The combined
treatment of rehabilitation and supplements with anti-inflammatory, pain-relieving, and antioxidant
action is effective in the treatment of sciatica and can be useful in improving postural stabilit
Effect of Telerehabilitation and Outpatient Rehabilitation in Women with Breast Cancer
Full text linkTelemedicine was shown to be indispensable during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic to ensure
continuity of care for fragile patients. We compared a telerehabilitation program versus an outpatient
rehabilitation program in women with breast cancer undergoing quadrantectomy surgery. There
were 56 women with breast cancer divided into two groups: the treatment group (TG), made up
of 24 patients undergoing a remote rehabilitation project program; and the control group (CG),
composed of 32 patients subjected to the same rehabilitation project program in an outpatient setting.
At the time of enrollment (T0) and the end of the 8 weeks of treatment (T1), the following questionnaire
scores were considered: numerical rating scale (NRS), Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand
questionnaire (Quick-DASH), Piper fatigue scale (PFS)m and Breast Cancer Therapy Functional Rating
Scale (FACT-B).We observed that the CG showed greater improvements than the TG in upper limb
function (7.8 4.2 vs. 10.9 4.9; p < 0.05) and quality of life (27.9 7.2 vs. 40.0 3.3; p < 0.05). No
difference in efficacy between the two groups was observed for pain (2.2 0.6 vs. 2.3 0.9; p = 0.64)
and fatigue (3.2 1.1 vs. 3.2 0.6; p = 0.66). Telerehabilitation is a valid tool in the management of
women with breast cancer in the postoperative phase. However, face-to-face rehabilitation treatment
may be preferred because it is more effective as it allows the construction of a specific, personalized,
and targeted rehabilitation program.
In some cases, before surgery, radiological investigations are performed to confirm that
the disease is only localized in the breast and has not affected the axillary lymph node
stations (lymphoscintigraphy). The subsequent surgical treatment checks the status of the
lymph nodes in the ipsilateral axillary cavity and reveals the extent of the tumor and its
characteristics, helping to define the therapeutic program. The most-used techniques for
this purpose are sentinel lymph node biopsy (removal of only the lymph node closest to
the tumor) and axillary dissection (removal of all lymph nodes)
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
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
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
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