Immediate Effect of Acupuncture on Electromyographic Activity of the Upper Trapezius Muscle and Pain in Patients With Nonspecific Neck Pain: A Randomized,Single-Blinded,Sham-Controlled,Crossover Study

Objective

The objective of this study was to assess changes in upper trapezius myoelectric activity and pain in patients with nonspecific neck pain after a single session of acupuncture (ACP).

股骨近端空心钉锁定板治疗股骨颈骨折13例临床疗效

目的:探讨股骨近端空心钉锁定板内固定治疗股骨颈骨折的临床疗效。方法:股骨颈骨折行股骨近端空心钉锁定板内固定术13例,观察骨折愈合时间以及髋关节功能恢复情况。结果:术后13例骨折一期愈合,随访6-20个月,无退钉及断钉,1例股骨头坏死。Harris评分优8例,良4例,优良率92.3%。结论:股骨近端空心钉锁定板内固定治疗股骨颈骨折是有效的内固定方法,固定牢靠,便于患肢早期活动,改善髋关节功能,降低并发症,是较为理想的内固定方法。     

中老年人群中颈围与血液生化指标的相关性

目的探讨中老年人颈围与血液生化指标的相关性,为血液生化指标异常的筛查探索更简便的方法。方法选择成都市参加大型免费体检的742名城乡中老年居民作为研究对象,进行体格测量、问卷调查以及血液生化指标测定。按照本课题组前期研究的颈围对肥胖的最佳预测切点(男性为37.05 cm,女性为32.73 cm)将研究对象分为颈围增大组(400名)和颈围正常组(342名),探讨颈围与血液生化指标的关系。结果不同性别人群颈围增大组的腰围、体质指数(BMI)、体重、腰臀比和小腿围均大于颈围正常组,差异均有统计学意义(P0.01)。颈围增大组空腹血糖、甘油三酯和极低密度脂蛋白胆固醇水平高于颈围正常组,高密度脂蛋白胆固醇水平低于颈围正常组,差异均有统计学意义(P0.05,P0.01)。另外,男性老年人群颈围增大组血红蛋白水平高于颈围正常组,差异有统计学意义(P0.05)。多因素logistic回归分析结果显示,男性中老年人群空腹血糖水平(OR=1.24,95%CI:1.07~1.45)、血红蛋白水平(OR=1.04,95%CI:1.01~1.06)与颈围呈正相关,高密度脂蛋白胆固醇水平(OR=0.07,95%CI:0.02~0.18)与颈围呈负相关(P0.05,P0.01),女性中老年人群甘油三酯水平(OR=1.51,95%CI:1.01~2.18)与颈围呈正相关,高密度脂蛋白胆固醇水平(OR=0.33,95%CI:0.16~0.65)与颈围呈负相关。结论颈围的测量有利于筛查发现血生化异常人群。     

Chemotherapy in head and neck cancer with bleomycin,cisplatinum, and methotrexate

Summary Results of chemotherapy in head and neck cancers are reported with a regimen of cisplatinum, bleomycin and methotrexate. In 63 previously untreated patients, the overall response rate was 73%, including 13/63 CR and 33/63 PR. The response rate in 20 previously treated tumors was 20%. The chemotherapy protocol was well tolerated without severe complications. Initial chemotherapy as a third modality in addition to radiotherapy and/or surgery is discussed.     

Development of a protocol for assessment of suicide risk in patients with head and neck cancer

Head and neck cancer (HNC) is the 7^th most prevalent cancer globally, with an increasing incidence in recent years which is expected to continue. For many patients, the experience of receiving a diagnosis of HNC and subsequent treatment is disturbing and traumatic. Evidence suggests that HNC patients have a significantly increased risk of suicide compared with other cancer patients and the general population. Multiple social and medical factors may increase suicide risk in an individual, and include smoking and alcohol misuse. Given the elevated rate of suicide among HNC patients it is prudent to routinely assess patients for suicidal ideation to prevent unnecessary deaths by suicide. However, to the authors’ knowledge, such assessments are not undertaken in most centres. This article describes the development of a suicide risk assessment protocol proposed for use in HNC patients in a major University Teaching Hospital in Leeds. The basic structure of this protocol could easily be adopted to other centres.     

A comparison between flexible electrogoniometers,inclinometers and three-dimensional video analysis system for recording neck movement

This study compared neck range of movement recording using three different methods goniometers (EGM), inclinometers (INC) and a three-dimensional video analysis system (IMG) in simultaneous and synchronized data collection. Twelve females performed neck flexion-extension, lateral flexion, rotation and circumduction. The differences between EGM, INC, and IMG were calculated sample by sample. For flexion-extension movement, IMG underestimated the amplitude by 13%; moreover, EGM showed a crosstalk of about 20% for lateral flexion and rotation axes. In lateral flexion movement, all systems showed similar amplitude and the inter-system differences were moderate (4–7%). For rotation movement, EGM showed a high crosstalk (13%) for flexion-extension axis. During the circumduction movement, IMG underestimated the amplitude of flexion-extension movements by about 11%, and the inter-system differences were high (about 17%) except for INC–IMG regarding lateral flexion (7%) and EGM–INC regarding flexion-extension (10%). For application in workplace, INC presents good results compared to IMG and EGM though INC cannot record rotation. EGM should be improved in order to reduce its crosstalk errors and allow recording of the full neck range of movement. Due to non-optimal positioning of the cameras for recording flexion–extension, IMG underestimated the amplitude of these movements.     

The Relationship between Neck Pain and Cervical Alignment in Young Female Nursing Staff

Objective

Degenerative changes in the cervical spine are commonly accompanied by cervical kyphosis which can cause neck pain. This study examined the relationship between neck pain and cervical alignment.

Methods

A total of 323 female nursing staff from our hospital were enrolled. Sagittal radiographs of the cervical spine, Body Mass Index (BMI), Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) measures of neck and arm pain, Neck Disability Index (NDI) and the Short Form (36) Health Survey (SF-36 scores) were obtained and reviewed retrospectively. Global lordosis (GL) of the cervical spine was measured on radiograph images. Correlations between GL and questionnaire scores were investigated using the following three methods : 1) correlation between GL and questionnaire scores among the entire sample; 2) subgroup analysis of patients with "kyphosis (KYP) : GL scores<0" vs. those with "lordosis (LOR) : GL scores>0" on questionnaire measures; and 3) subgroup analysis of patients with pain vs. those without pain, on GL and questionnaire measures.

Results

There was no significant correlation between GL and any questionnaire measure. There was a significant difference between the mean GLs of the KYP and LOR groups, but there were no group differences in BMI, age or any questionnaire measures. There was no difference between the pain (n=92) and pain-free (n=231) groups in age, BMI or GL, but there were differences in neck, and arm pain, and physical function and NDI scores.

Conclusions

Our data suggest that kyphotic deformity was not associated with neck pain.     

碘131配合选择性颈淋巴结清除术对甲状腺癌的疗效及唾液腺功能的影响

目的:探讨I131配合选择性颈淋巴结清除术治疗甲状腺癌(TC)的疗效和对患者唾液腺功能的影响。方法:选取2009年1月—2013年9月期间确诊治疗的TC患者60例,随机分均分为对照与观察组,对照组患者给予常规甲状腺切除术,观察组患者在此基础上给予选择性颈淋巴结清除术与I131治疗,其中又根据I131摄入量均分为高剂量亚组(3 500 m Bq)和低剂量亚组(1 000 m Bq),分析患者疗效和唾液腺功能指标及术后生存情况。结果:观察组首次清甲成功率与治疗总有效率均明显高于对照组(均P0.05);唾液腺功能参数方面,手术组优于低剂量亚组,低剂量亚组优于高剂量亚组(均P0.05);观察组中高、低剂量亚组5年生存率无明显差异,但均高于对照组(均P0.05)。结论:I131配合选择性颈淋巴结清除术治疗可有效提高对TC手术患者的疗效并改善预后,虽有唾液腺功能方面不良反应,但低剂量治疗症状较轻,在患者接受范围内。