Purpose of the study: the aim of this study was to synthesize PFC fNIRS outcomes on the effects of cognitive tasks compared to resting/baseline tasks in healthy adults from studies utilizing a pre/post design.
Material and methods: original research studies were searched from seven databases (MEDLINE, EMBASE, CENTRAL, CINAHL, SCOPUS, PEDro and PubMed). Subsequently, two independent reviewers screened the titles and abstracts followed by full-text reviews to assess the studies' eligibility.
Results: eleven studies met the inclusion criteria and had data abstracted and quality assessed. Methodology varied considerably and yet cognitive tasks resulted in the ΔO2Hb increasing in 8 of the 11 and ΔHHb decreasing in 8 of 8 studies that reported this outcome. The cognitive tasks from 10 of the 11 studies were classified as “Working Memory” and “Verbal Fluency Tasks”.
Conclusions: although, the data comparison was challenging provided the heterogeneity in methodology, the results across studies were similar. 相似文献
BACKGROUND: Presently, complementary and alternative medicine, including both therapies and herbal/oral supplements, is used globally. Few studies have examined the use of specific therapies, separate from herbal/oral supplements, in cardiac rehabilitation. This paper presents a systematic evaluation of current research evidence related to use of specific complementary and alternative medicine therapies in secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease, with a view to making recommendations for cardiac rehabilitation. DESIGN AND METHODS: A literature search was conducted using complementary and alternative medicine websites, Medline, Allied and Complementary Medicine, CINAHL, Cochrane databases, EMBASE, SportDiscus, Clinical Evidence, and Evidence-Based Practice to locate research-based scientific evidence related to the use of complementary and alternative medicine in cardiac rehabilitation. Search keywords included heart, cardiac, cardiovascular, coronary, myocardial and rehabilitation, combined with particular therapies. Herbal/oral supplements were not included in this evaluation. RESULTS: Some complementary and alternative medicine therapies may be useful to patients by themselves or coupled with traditional cardiac rehabilitation. Tai chi, as a complement to existing exercise interventions, can be utilized for low and intermediate risk patients. transcendental meditation may be used as a stress reduction technique. There was insufficient evidence found for the use of acupuncture or chelation therapy in cardiac rehabilitation or secondary prevention. CONCLUSIONS: Some complementary and alternative medicine therapies hold promise for patients in cardiac rehabilitation. Further research is essential, however, in all areas of complementary and alternative medicine to confirm its usefulness as an adjunct to cardiac rehabilitation. 相似文献
The carpal regions of ten cadaver extremities were imaged by CT. The images were combined into a 3-dimensional model of the
carpus using a technique based on a dynamic programming algorithm to find an optimal estimate of the location of the bone
boundaries in the CT images. The resulting set of surface points on each bone was used to compute volumes and principal and
antipodal axes for the bones. A spatial coordinate system was established based on the positions of the centroids of three
bones in the distal carpal row. The angular orientations of all carpal bones were determined with respect to this system.
The principal axes for the same bone among ten wrist specimens proved to be more widely dispersed than the antipodal axes
for the same bones. The antipodal axes also correspond more closely to an intuitive notion of the “longest axis” of the bones.
We conclude that the antipodal axis is a more reliable and useful measure of bone orientation than the principal axis. 相似文献
The significance of life stress, coping, and social support was examined in relation to depressive symptomatology in a sample of 160 asymptomatic and mildly symptomatic HIV-antibody-positive (HIV+) men. The participants (mean age = 32 years) were interviewed about the life stress that they had experienced in the previous 6 相似文献
Summary— To investigate if the functional alterations observed in resistance arteries of spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRs) were also present at the coronary level, in vitro experiments were performed in mesenteric resistance arteries (MRA) and in right (RIC) and left interventricular coronary (LIC) arteries taken from 15–25-week-old SHR and age-matched Wistar Kyoto rats WKYs. Using a passive extension protocol, internal diameters corresponding to 100 mmHg intraluminal pressure (D100) were determined and vessels were set up to a normalized internal diameter (0.9 D100). SHR mesenteric resistance arteries had a significantly smaller diameter compared to WKY arteries, whereas both types of SHR coronary arteries had a greater diameter compared to those of WKY rats. In arteries in the absence of contracting agonist, nitro-L-arginine (NOLA, 100 μM) induced a progressive rise in basal tone, which could be reversed by subsequent addition of L-arginine (100 μM) but not D-arginine (100 μM). When expressed as percent of maximal contractions induced by agonists (noradrenaline, NA [10 μM] in MRA; serotonin, 5-HT [10 μM], in RIC and LIC), these contractions were significantly stronger in WKY compared to SHR coronary and mesenteric resistance arteries. In NA-precontracted MRA and 5HT-precontracted coronary arteries in the presence of indomethacin (10 μM), the magnitude of acetylcholine-induced maximal relaxations (expressed as percent of maximal contractions induced by agonists) was greater in WKY compared to SHR arteries. After a 30-min incubation period, NOLA (100 μM) completely inhibited relaxations induced by acetylcholine (0.01–10 μM) in all types of precontracted arteries. Subsequent additions of sodium nitroprusside, (SNP, 10 μM) induced complete relaxations in all preparations. These results show that a basal release of NO or NO-like compound by endothelial cells is present in isolated mesenteric resistance and coronary arteries of WKY rats and SHRs. The contribution of endothelium-derived relaxing factor-nitric oxide (EDRF-NO) to arterial tone was lower in MRA compared to coronary arteries in both strains and in SHR compared to WKY arteries. In the SHR preparations, the impaired relaxation induced by acetylcholine appeared to be due to a functional alteration of the endothelium in the presence of normal reactivity of the smooth muscle cells. 相似文献
In this new colorimetric assay for Factor XIII in plasma, 5-(biotinamido)pentylamine is used as the amine substrate. Factor XIII, a zymogen, is transformed by thrombin and Ca2+ to active Factor XIIIa, and the incorporation of 5-(biotinamido)pentylamine into N,N-dimethylcasein is used to measure catalytically active Factor XIIIa. The biotinylated enzymatic product is immobilized onto 96-well microtiter plates, complexed with streptavidin-beta-galactosidase, and the absorbance at 405 nm is monitored for production of p-nitrophenol from p-nitrophenyl-beta-D-galactopyranoside. Concentrations of N,N-dimethylcasein, 5-(biotinamido)pentylamine, Ca2+, and thrombin were chosen to allow near-maximum velocity of amine incorporation. A linear relationship was obtained between assay product and plasma volume, from 0.5 to 50 microL of plasma. Results correlated well (r greater than 0.924) with those from the most frequently utilized radiometric filter-paper assay for Factor XIII. The method appears to be ideal for routine diagnostic estimation of Factor XIII in plasma because of its simplicity, its lack of use of radioisotopes, and its potential for assay of large numbers of samples by use of microtiter plates and automated plate readers. 相似文献
Many health promotion approaches afford education about disease prevention
and enhancement of one's health status. But strategies for enabling older
people with chronic illness to better mobilize their resources for everyday
living still require development. This practical action research study
explored the experiences of 13 purposefully selected older persons who
participated in a health promotion intervention premised on the adult
education theory of perspective transformation. Findings illuminate health
promotion through a holistic interactive process in which professional and
chronically ill older person together evolved a caring relationship and
enhanced conscious awareness of life and health experiences. Five
health-promoting strategies were identified: building trust and meaning;
connecting; caring; mutual knowing; and mutual creating. Researchers
suggest several important directions to refine professional practice
approaches and health care delivery systems in order to promote the health
of older persons with chronic conditions. 相似文献