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Axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) is a chronic inflammatory rheumatic disease that mainly affects the axial bones, and dementia is characterized by a decline in cognitive function, leading to dependence in everyday activity. Although the association between dementia and ankylosing spondylitis has been investigated, the influence of axSpA medication o...
Purpose
Major depressive disorder (MDD) affects a person’s function of daily activities, including work participation. Such functional impairments often persist even when other symptoms of MDD are remitted. Increasing evidence highlights the health-promoting effects of returning to work (RTW) in various diseases. However, limited data are available...
Background:
Electrical stimulation has been employed as a safe and effective therapy for improving arm function after stroke. Contralaterally controlled functional electrical stimulation (CCFES) is a unique method that has progressed from application in small feasibility studies to implementation in several randomized controlled trials. However, n...
Introduction:
Osteoporosis has been demonstrated to be a risk factor for rotator cuff retears after surgery; however, no studies have directly investigated the association between osteoporosis and the development of rotator cuff tears. To investigate whether osteoporosis is associated with an increased risk of rotator cuff tears.
Materials and me...
Background:
Serum total 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25[OH]D) and physical activity (PA) both play important roles in maternal-fetal health. However, a high prevalence of vitamin D and PA insufficiency has been observed in women of childbearing age. Active transportation may increase overall PA levels and potentially boost serum 25(OH)D levels.
Methods:...
Study design:
Retrospective longitudinal cohort study.
Objective:
To investigate the incidence and risk of axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) in patients with scoliosis in Taiwan.
Summary of background data:
Scoliosis and axSpA causes back pain which reduces quality of life in many patients. Both scoliosis and axSpA had attracted numerous researc...
Hemiplegic shoulder pain and impairment are common poststroke outcomes, for which arm slings constitute long-used treatments. Although multiple studies have suggested association between gait pattern and sling application, results have varied. Accordingly, we conducted this meta-analysis to determine how arm sling use affects the gait and balance o...
Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) refers to the symptoms and signs caused by the compression of the median nerve in the carpal tunnel. It can be treated by corticosteroid injection into the carpal tunnel. Two methods for injection have been employed, namely ultrasound-guided and landmark-guided injection. This systematic review and meta-analysis was con...
Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) refers to the symptoms and signs caused by the compression of the median nerve in the carpal tunnel. It can be treated by corticosteroid injection into the carpal tunnel. Two methods for injection have been employed, namely ultrasound-guided and landmark-guided injection. This systematic review and meta-analysis was con...
Background:
Vitamin D supplementation is recommended for patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). However, a recent meta-analysis based on low-quality trials suggested no evidence of supplementation benefit. A systematic review and meta-analysis of high-quality observational cohort studies should provide us further evidences.
Methods:
MEDLINE, EMB...
Objective:
To explore how post-acute care (PAC) for stroke patients delivered by per-diem payment system in varying hospitalization paths affects medical care utilization and functional status.
Design, setting and patients:
A longitudinal prospective cohort study of 181 acute stroke patients in a southern Taiwan hospital and patients were separa...
Stroke patients are at particular risk for developing pulmonary embolism (PE), which is a cardiovascular emergency associated with a high mortality rate. Little information is available on symptomatic PE in Asian stroke patients.
To determine the frequency of symptomatic PE in ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke patients; to identify common characteris...
Blinded, placebo-controlled, prospective clinical trial.
To examine the effects of botulinum toxin type A (BTX-A) injections into plantar flexor muscles in stroke patients with equinovarus gait.
15 post-stroke and 10 matched neurologically intact subjects.
Modified Ashworth Scale (MAS) and Fugl-Meyer assessment of physical function scale scores alo...
To evaluate the effects of swimming on upper extremity motor control, and balance in elderly population.
Cross-sectional study.
The biomechanical laboratory in a tertiary hospital.
The swimming group consisted of 20 swimmers (n_20, 65.4 ± 5.5 years) who received regular swimming exercise for more than 2 years. The control group consisted of 34 heal...
The traditional diagnostic criteria of cervicogenic headache (CEH) are mainly subjective symptoms, thus making its differential diagnosis difficult. This study aimed to evaluate the diagnostic validity of functional plain radiograms, based on the clinical diagnostic criteria of CEH.
Twenty-two patients with subjectively diagnosed cervicogenic heada...
The aim of this study was to investigate longitudinal changes in the developmental profiles of children with spastic quadriplegic (SQ) cerebral palsy (CP). Additionally, the relationship of developmental functions between the initial and final stages was determined.
This prospective study enrolled forty-six children with SQ CP between 2-6 years old...
