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The correlation between PMPU and depressive symptoms was moderated by the GMV of the ACC. These results suggest that the GMV of the ACC and right FFG, as well as FA in the body of the corpus callosum, was related to PMPU, and we further found that increased GMV of the ACC could reduce the relationship between PMPU and depressive symptoms in college students.
The mini-Balance Evaluation Systems Test (BESTest) is a balance measure for assessment of the underlying physiological systems for balance control in adults. Evaluations of test-retest reliability of the mini-BESTest in larger samples of people with multiple sclerosis (MS) are lacking. The purpose of this study was to investigate test-retest reliability of the mini-BESTest total and section sum scores and individual items in people with mild to moderate overall MS disability.
This study used a test-retest design in a movement laboratory setting. Fifty-four people with mild to moderate overall MS disability according to the Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) were included, with 28 in the mild subgroup (EDSS 2.0-3.5) and 26 in the moderate subgroup (EDSS 4.0-5.5). Test-retest reliability of the mini-BESTest was evaluated by repeated measurements taken 1week apart. Reliability and measurement error were analyzed.
Test-retest reliability for the total scores was considered good to excellent, with intrag individually customized balance training with high precision and accuracy in people with MS.
Knowledge of limits of agreement and minimal detectable change contribute to the interpretability of the mini-BESTest total score. The findings of this study enhance the clinical usefulness of the test for evaluation of balance control and for designing individually customized balance training with high precision and accuracy in people with MS.
Predicting motor recovery after stroke is a key factor when planning and providing rehabilitation for individual patients. The Predict REcovery Potential (PREP2) prediction tool was developed to help clinicians predict upper limb functional outcome. In parallel to further model validation, the purpose of this study was to explore how PREP2 was implemented in clinical practice within the Auckland District Health Board (ADHB) in New Zealand.
In this case study design using semi-structured interviews, 19 interviews were conducted with clinicians involved in stroke care at ADHB. To explore factors influencing implementation, interview content was coded and analyzed using the consolidated framework for implementation research. Strategies identified by the Expert Recommendations for Implementing Change Project were used to describe how implementation was undertaken.
Implementation of PREP2 was initiated and driven by therapists. Key factors driving implementation were as follows the support given to staff froo clinical practice can be challenging and slow; however, shortly after its local validation, PREP2 was successfully implemented into clinical practice at the same site in New Zealand. In parallel to further model validation, organizations and practices can glean useful lessons to aid future implementation.Fruit developmental stage affects oviposition responses by tephritid fruit flies, but the role temperature plays in these responses to different fruit stages remains largely unknown. Here, temperature effects on oviposition rates of western cherry fruit fly, Rhagoletis indifferens Curran, in different stages of Bing sweet cherry (Prunus avium L.) were determined in no-choice experiments. Stage 1 (green), stage 2 (green-yellow to orange red), stage 3 (yellow-orange to red), and stage 4 cherries (red to burgundy) were exposed to flies at 15.6, 21.1, 26.7, and 32.2°C for 3 h and oviposition recorded. Oviposition was lower at 15.6°C than at all other test temperatures within all four cherry stages. Regression analysis using the three higher temperatures indicated there were significant cherry stage and temperature effects and a significant cherry stage × temperature interaction. The oviposition-temperature relationship was best explained by linear or curvilinear equations, depending on cherry stage. Oviposition in stage 1 cherries was lowest of the four stages and was not or linearly related to temperature. Oviposition in stage 2 cherries was greater and was related to temperature in a linear or curvilinear response. Oviposition was greatest in stage 3 and 4 cherries, with curvilinear and linear equations, respectively, best explaining oviposition-temperature relationships. Results suggest that temperatures and cherry stage together rather than cherry stage alone may have selected for behaviors leading to oviposition responses in R. indifferens.
More than one-half of gynecological cancer survivors are affected by pain during sexual intercourse, also known as dyspareunia. Oncological treatments may result in pelvic floor muscle (PFM) alterations, which are suspected to play a key role in dyspareunia. However, to our knowledge, no study has investigated PFM function and morphometry in this population. The aim of the study was to characterize and compare PFM function and morphometry between gynecological cancer survivors with dyspareunia and asymptomatic women.
Twenty-four gynecological cancer survivors with dyspareunia and 32 women with a history of total hysterectomy but without pelvic pain (asymptomatic women) participated in this comparative cross-sectional study. PFM passive forces (tone), flexibility, stiffness, maximal strength, coordination, and endurance were assessed with an intra-vaginal dynamometric speculum. Bladder neck position, levator plate angle, anorectal angle, and levator hiatal dimensions were measured at rest and on maximal coalterations in PFM function and morphometry in gynecological cancer survivors with dyspareunia. SGI-1027 These findings support the rationale for developing and assessing the efficacy of physical therapy targeting PFM alterations in this population.
Few studies have examined the relationship between language abilities and specific motor skills in toddlers with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The aim of this study was to compare the relationship of receptive language (RL) and expressive language (EL) abilities with motor functioning in toddlers with ASD aged 24 to 36months and their peers with typical development (TD). Furthermore, the study compared multidimensional motor functioning in toddlers with ASD with delayed RL and EL development and toddlers with ASD and typical RL and EL development. The predictive powers of the motor skills were examined for the group with delayed RL and EL development.
The language abilities of 38 toddlers with ASD and 38 age-matched toddlers with TD were evaluated using the Receptive and Expressive Language Subscales of the Mullen Scale of Early Learning, and their motor skills were assessed using the Peabody Developmental Motor Scales, Second Edition.
Significant correlations between language ability and motor functioning were observed in the ASD and TD groups.
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