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Clinical Trial Of A Low Temperature Plastic Afo - The Mit Afo, May-Kuen Wong, Fuk-Tan Tang, Shin-Han Wu, Chang-Ming Chen Dec 1991

Clinical Trial Of A Low Temperature Plastic Afo - The Mit Afo, May-Kuen Wong, Fuk-Tan Tang, Shin-Han Wu, Chang-Ming Chen

Rehabilitation Practice and Science

The modification of a new design in orthosis usually has its clinical indication. In this study, a low temperature thermoplastic AFO was designed in anterior leaf type, called MIT (metatarsal into tibial )AFO, basically to meet the need of indoors barefoot walking in Taiwan. It could be easily molded and remolded to fit the foot, as well as to adjust the position of foot and ankle.Sixty-eight patients with acute hemiplegia were fitted with this MIT-AFO during ambulation training, 46had good fitting (67.6%), 15 in fair grade (22.1%), and 7 in poor grade (10.3%). Two patients were observed to have ankle …


Phenol Intramuscular Neurolysis In The Management Of Spasticity, Tsui-Fen Yang, Tao-Chung Hsu Dec 1991

Phenol Intramuscular Neurolysis In The Management Of Spasticity, Tsui-Fen Yang, Tao-Chung Hsu

Rehabilitation Practice and Science

In patients with upper motor neuron dieases. they usually present with variable degrees of spasticity. Moderate and severe degree of spasticity will interfere with patients' function and cause great difficulty in daily care. The incidence of musculoskeletal deformity which requires surgical correction is also higher in patients with severe spasticity. There were 43 patients with upper motor neuron diseases, which included 34 patients with cerebral palsy. 5 patients with cerebrovascular diseases and 2 patients with head injury. Phenol intramuscular neurolysis were performed in the muscle groups with moderate to severe spasticity that interferes with function and daily care in these …


Therapeutic Trial Of Acupunture In Phantom Pain Of Amputees, Mei-Yun Liaw, May-Kuen Wong Dec 1991

Therapeutic Trial Of Acupunture In Phantom Pain Of Amputees, Mei-Yun Liaw, May-Kuen Wong

Rehabilitation Practice and Science

The treatments of phantom limb pain(PLP)by many different modalities are based on the theoretically proposed mechanisms and clinical experiences. Scientific evaluation of the therapeutic effect in phantom pain is not very easy to be done.To investigate the effectiveness of acupunture in PLD. 13 male amputees were studied, with mean age of 34.8 ±17.0 years. All subjects had suffered from severe phantom pain. Amputation of upper and lower limb were involved in 5 and 8 patients respectively, with one involved bilateral high above knee amputations. They were divided into 3 groups based on the time of receipt of acupunture therapy after …


Outcome Of Torticollis Children, Shih-Wei Chou, May-Kuen Wong Dec 1991

Outcome Of Torticollis Children, Shih-Wei Chou, May-Kuen Wong

Rehabilitation Practice and Science

A retrospective review of torticollis was carried out in the present study for total of 114 children. seen at Kee-Lung CGMH between 1985 and 1990, and Lin-Kou CGMH between 1987 and 1990. They were classified as congential muscular torticollis torticollis in 108 cases (94.7%). acute torticollis in 3 cases (2.6%), congenital cervical vertebral anomaly in 2 cases (1.8%). and habitual torticollis in 1 case (0.9%).Only 58 cases (53.7%) of congenital muscular torticollis were available in the follow-up for outcome through chart records and questionaires. In these patients, only 3 of 39 cases that primarily received conservative treatment needed further operative …


The Effect Of Lumbar Traction On The Management Of Patient With Grade I L-Spine Spondylolisthesis, Shen-Chung Chen, Tao-Chang Hsu Dec 1991

The Effect Of Lumbar Traction On The Management Of Patient With Grade I L-Spine Spondylolisthesis, Shen-Chung Chen, Tao-Chang Hsu

Rehabilitation Practice and Science

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of lumbar traction on the management of grade I L-spine spondylolisthesis. 45 patients diagnosed as grade I L-spine spondylolisthesis by x-ray were studied and divided into two groups. 19 patients as control group, received short wave diathermy and William's flexion exercise, five times per week for 2 months' period. 26 patients as experimental group, in addition to receive the same programs as the control group, the intermittent lumbar traction with 1/3-5/12 body weight was prescribed.The assessments were taken at initial (before treatment), 2 weeks and 2 months after treatment. 8 …


Low Back Pain In Geriatric Patients: Ct Scan Assessment, Huan-Chou Lin, Chorng-Song Chou, Tao-Chang Hsu, Wuh-Jong Sheen Dec 1991

Low Back Pain In Geriatric Patients: Ct Scan Assessment, Huan-Chou Lin, Chorng-Song Chou, Tao-Chang Hsu, Wuh-Jong Sheen

Rehabilitation Practice and Science

Low back pain is the most common clinical complaint next to upper respiratory tract infection in aged people. Previous episodes of low back pain in young adults predispose to exacerbation and chronic problems in the elderly. This study was carried out on 478 cases aged above 65 who took computerized tomography of lumbar spine at Taichung Veterans General Hospital from Sep. 1988 to Sep. 1990. These cases consisted of 391 males and 81 females. According to the final statistics, the most prominent changes in lumbar spine were degeneration disc 941 segments and facets joint spurs 203 segments, followed by vertebral …


Cervical F Wave Dispersion In Cerebral Stroke Patients, Yu-Chung Chen, Rai-Chi Chan, Tao-Chang Hsu Dec 1991

Cervical F Wave Dispersion In Cerebral Stroke Patients, Yu-Chung Chen, Rai-Chi Chan, Tao-Chang Hsu

Rehabilitation Practice and Science

Cervical F wave dispersion was studied in 40 cerebral stroke patients with spastic hemiparesis (Lt hemi 13. Rt hemi 27. onset duration average 10.7 months ). Twenty consecutive supramaximal electrical stimulations on median nerve and recorded the F wave simultaneously from anterior deltoid (C5), biceps brachii (C6),flexor carpi radialis (C7), and abductor pollicis brevis (C) muscles.These muscles were performed at lesion and sound sides in each patient. The frequency, mean latency and amplitude of F waves in different C-levels were calculated and compared on both sides. The results showed no consistency on the frequency, mean latency and amplitude of F …


A Preliminary Study In Post-Stroke Depression, Wang-Lin Su, Baii-Jia Yang Dec 1991

A Preliminary Study In Post-Stroke Depression, Wang-Lin Su, Baii-Jia Yang

Rehabilitation Practice and Science

Although post-stroke depression is well recognized as a barrier to recovery after stroke, there remains uncertainty about it's prevalence. etiology and associated factors.Sixty one patients admitted to Mackay Memorial Hospital with the first CVA attack and consulted with rehabilitation were studied. Mood assessment was made 2 weeks after stroke with Zung's depression scale. We sued the ZDS score 55 as a cut-off point for depresion and found the prevalence of post- stroke depression is 37.7%. with 13.1% being severe depression. The functional disability is significantly correlated with post-stroke depression, but age, sex. whether medical insurance or not, weakness side and …


Abbreviated Version Of The Chinese Wisc-R--A Multiple Regression Study, Ling-Yee Cheng, Pai-Fan Wang, Nai-Wen Quo, Tao-Chang Hsu Dec 1991

Abbreviated Version Of The Chinese Wisc-R--A Multiple Regression Study, Ling-Yee Cheng, Pai-Fan Wang, Nai-Wen Quo, Tao-Chang Hsu

Rehabilitation Practice and Science

While the WISC-R is the most widely adopted measurement of intelligence in various eductaional and clinical settings, administering and scoring the ten-subtest battery could be time-consuming, and thus uneconomical, for certain purposes of patient placement or classification. Hence to construct an abbreviated form of WISC-R with satisfactory reliability and validity would be productive for improving efficiency and cutting expenses.The present study analyzed 98 WISC-R protocols with an stepwise multiple regression analysis to identify, from the whole battery, an minimal pool of subtests for making up an abbreviated test such that scores of which would predict the full scale IQ score …


Evaluation Of Private Long-Term Care Facilities In Kaohsiung, Gwo-Jau Chen, Hsin-Ying Chen, Tseu-Zu Guo, Hsing-Zong Wu Dec 1991

Evaluation Of Private Long-Term Care Facilities In Kaohsiung, Gwo-Jau Chen, Hsin-Ying Chen, Tseu-Zu Guo, Hsing-Zong Wu

Rehabilitation Practice and Science

In recent years, the upgrading of both quality of medical care and standard of living in Taiwan has resulted in the rapid growth of elderly population. The care of such diseases associated with aging as cerebrovascular disease, senile dementia, cardiovascular disease and degenerative neurological changes has thus became major medical and social problems in our country. Those elderly individuals who suffer from the diseases mentioned above, usually require bedrest and consequently lose their selfcare abilities. The demand for caregivers, which is a relatively big burden on society and its economics, will thus increase.In responding to this practical need, several private …


Wheelchair Modification For Ambulation Training: Case Experience, Yiu-Chung Lau, Chau-Peng Leong, Pong-Yuen Wong, May-Kuen Wong, Liang-Chieng Wu Dec 1991

Wheelchair Modification For Ambulation Training: Case Experience, Yiu-Chung Lau, Chau-Peng Leong, Pong-Yuen Wong, May-Kuen Wong, Liang-Chieng Wu

Rehabilitation Practice and Science

Wheelchair is a common ambulatatory device for handicapped person. After simple modification, it could be used as a kind of ambulation training aid. It the study, a standard wheelchair was modified by adding a pair of axillary crutches on the back and brakers on the rear wheel. It was used by a 32 years old male patient with C5 incomplete spinal cord injury in Frankel class C. as ambulation training device 10month after injury. After a period of home program for ambulation training, he could walk with walkeratter.This modificatory wheelchair as a case experience is very simple in design, and …


Spinal Epidural Hemorrhage Three Cases Report And Literature Review, Huey-Jen Lay, Chein-Wei Chang, I-Nan Lien Dec 1991

Spinal Epidural Hemorrhage Three Cases Report And Literature Review, Huey-Jen Lay, Chein-Wei Chang, I-Nan Lien

Rehabilitation Practice and Science

Spinal epidure hemorrhage is rare. It is often misdiagnosed and mistreated, and may result in severe paraplegia or death. Abort half of the cases reported in the literature had identifiable causes. Among these, trauma and anticoagulant therapy were most frequently encountered. The others were known as spontaneous spinal epidural hemorrhage. We report here 3 cases treated in NTUH. Their symptoms included sudden onset of severe localized back pain and flaccid paralysis of lower extremities which progressed within minutes to days. In case 1, early spinal decompression minimized the possible neurological sequelae. In case 2, hematoma occurred in the lower thoracic …


Sciatica Combined With Brain Tumor: Casereport, Jong-Chyuan Heh, Yau-Jen Tseng Dec 1991

Sciatica Combined With Brain Tumor: Casereport, Jong-Chyuan Heh, Yau-Jen Tseng

Rehabilitation Practice and Science

There are so many causes of sciatica, and most cases are due to lesions of the lumbar intervertebral disc. lumbar spondylosis or sacroiliac disease. Sensory and motor abnormalities are common in the parietal lobe brain tumor. The impairment of sensory and motor functions in leg and thigh due to the herniation of intervertebral disc or spondylosis combined with the parietal lobe brain tumor is rarely found. Of the two proposed cases, they all had the symptom of sciatica, and HIVD and spondylosis were diagnosed by a series of examinations including CT scan. Their symptoms and signs got no improvement after …


The Malignant Neoplasm Of Head Complicating With Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction/Disorder: Two Cases Report, Shin-Tsu Chang, Yau-Jen Tseng Dec 1991

The Malignant Neoplasm Of Head Complicating With Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction/Disorder: Two Cases Report, Shin-Tsu Chang, Yau-Jen Tseng

Rehabilitation Practice and Science

The temporomandibular joint dysfunction/disorder(TMD) is a complexity of facial occulsional abnormality, manifested as symptoms of trismus, opening noisy, limitation of range of motion, painful swelling around periarticular area, and local spasm or tenderness over masticatory musculacture. The TMD is now regarded as being multifactorial in its aetiology. The tumor invasion is a rare cause and is often neglected. Two cases of malignant neoplasm of head complicating with TMD which masking the original lesion are reported. The one is cancer of maxillary sinus and the other nasopharyngeal carcinoma. The two cases could not be detected earlier, ensuing with bony metastasis after …


中華民國復健醫學會章程, N/A Dec 1991

中華民國復健醫學會章程, N/A

Rehabilitation Practice and Science

No abstract provided.


復健科專科醫師甄審原則, N/A Dec 1991

復健科專科醫師甄審原則, N/A

Rehabilitation Practice and Science

No abstract provided.


復健醫學會雜誌Submission_Guideline, N/A Dec 1991

復健醫學會雜誌Submission_Guideline, N/A

Rehabilitation Practice and Science

No abstract provided.


การเจริญเติบโตของตัวอ่อนสุกรหลังเพาะเลี้ยงและย้ายฝากในสุกรตัวรับ, มงคล เดชะกำพุ, วิชัย ทันตศุภารัก Dec 1991

การเจริญเติบโตของตัวอ่อนสุกรหลังเพาะเลี้ยงและย้ายฝากในสุกรตัวรับ, มงคล เดชะกำพุ, วิชัย ทันตศุภารัก

The Thai Journal of Veterinary Medicine

นำตัวอ่อนระยะ 1-2 เซลล์ จำนวน 122 ตัวอ่อน มาเลี้ยงในน้ำยาเพาะเลี้ยงชนิด Modified Kreb's Ringer เป็นเวลา 24 ชม. พบว่ามีอัตราการเจริญเป็นตัวอ่อนระยะ 4 เซลล์ จำ นวน 96 ตัวอ่อน คิดเป็น 78.7 % (96/122) หลังจากนั้นนำตัวอ่อนที่เพาะเลี้ยงจำนวน 40 ตัว อ่อน ไปฝากในสุกรตัวรับ จำนวน 3 ตัว ที่มีวงจรการเป็นสัดใกล้เคียงกับอายุตัวอ่อน ผลได้อัตรา การตั้งท้อง 100% (3/3), อัตราการเจริญเป็นตัวฟิตัสเท่ากับ 42.5% (17/40) และอัตราการ เจริญเป็นลูกสุกรปกติเท่ากับ 40% (16/40) ซึ่งพบว่าไม่ต่างกับกลุ่มควบคุมที่ได้รับตัวอ่อนที่ไม่ได้ เพาะเลี้ยง โดยมีอัตราต่าง ๆ เท่ากับ 75% (3/4), 46% (29/62) และ 35.5% (22/62) ตามลำ ดับ ลูกสุกรที่เกิดมาจากตัวอ่อนที่ผ่านการเพาะเลี้ยงมีน้ำหนักแรกคลอด และการเจริญเติบโตตั้งแต่ 1 ถึง 8 สัปดาห์ ใกล้เคียงกับกลุ่มควบคุม การศึกษาครั้งนี้ชี้ให้เห็นว่าตัวอ่อนสุกรสามารถพัฒนาตัว เองได้ หลังนำมาเลี้ยงนอกร่างกายนาน 24 ชม.


Poxvirus Infection In A Tucuman Amazon Parrtot (Amazona Tucumata) : A Case Report, Jiroj Sasipreeyajan Dec 1991

Poxvirus Infection In A Tucuman Amazon Parrtot (Amazona Tucumata) : A Case Report, Jiroj Sasipreeyajan

The Thai Journal of Veterinary Medicine

Eosinophilic intracytoplasmic inclusion bodies or Bollinger bodies were visualized histologically in hypertrophied epithelial cells of epidermis of an eyelid of a tucuman Amazon parrot (Amazona tucumata). Material prepared from an eyelid was inoculated onto the chorio-allantoic membrance (CAM) of ten-day-old embryonated hen eggs. Bollinger bodies were visualized histologically from pock-like lesions on the CAM. Electron microscopy revealed typical poxvirus in the inclusions.


[Book Review Of] The Singer-Affaire, By Hiram Caton, D.Litt., Director, The Bonhoeffer Institute, Catholic Physicians' Guild Nov 1991

[Book Review Of] The Singer-Affaire, By Hiram Caton, D.Litt., Director, The Bonhoeffer Institute, Catholic Physicians' Guild

The Linacre Quarterly

No abstract provided.


Abdominal Tuberculosis In Children, W. Wangprasertkul, S. Chittmittrapap Nov 1991

Abdominal Tuberculosis In Children, W. Wangprasertkul, S. Chittmittrapap

Chulalongkorn Medical Journal

No abstract provided.


Surgical Injuries Of The Ureter, Samrit Laornual, Reungchai Vajarapong, Pichai Bunyaratavej, Pichat Kongkanand, Kreangsak Prasopsanti, Ravit Smavatkul Nov 1991

Surgical Injuries Of The Ureter, Samrit Laornual, Reungchai Vajarapong, Pichai Bunyaratavej, Pichat Kongkanand, Kreangsak Prasopsanti, Ravit Smavatkul

Chulalongkorn Medical Journal

No abstract provided.


The Infected Vascular Graft, Suvit Sriussadaporn Nov 1991

The Infected Vascular Graft, Suvit Sriussadaporn

Chulalongkorn Medical Journal

No abstract provided.


Surgical Management Of Stab Wounds Of The Colon, Suvit Sriussadaporn, Chanvit Tanphiphat Nov 1991

Surgical Management Of Stab Wounds Of The Colon, Suvit Sriussadaporn, Chanvit Tanphiphat

Chulalongkorn Medical Journal

No abstract provided.


Common Epithelial Cancers Of The Ovary Atchulalongkorn Hospital (1985-1989), Somchai Niruthisard Nov 1991

Common Epithelial Cancers Of The Ovary Atchulalongkorn Hospital (1985-1989), Somchai Niruthisard

Chulalongkorn Medical Journal

No abstract provided.


Gastrointestinal Anastomosis Using One Layer Ofabsorbable Polydioxanone Suture Material, Praphan Kitisin, Patpong Navicharoer, Soottiporn Chittmittrapap Nov 1991

Gastrointestinal Anastomosis Using One Layer Ofabsorbable Polydioxanone Suture Material, Praphan Kitisin, Patpong Navicharoer, Soottiporn Chittmittrapap

Chulalongkorn Medical Journal

No abstract provided.


Insecticides Optic Neuritis, Siripash Ubolsing Nov 1991

Insecticides Optic Neuritis, Siripash Ubolsing

Chulalongkorn Medical Journal

No abstract provided.


ศัลยกรรม: พื้นฐานจากอดีต...สู่การเปลี่ยนแปลงในอนาคต, Soottiporn Chittmittrapap Nov 1991

ศัลยกรรม: พื้นฐานจากอดีต...สู่การเปลี่ยนแปลงในอนาคต, Soottiporn Chittmittrapap

Chulalongkorn Medical Journal

No abstract provided.


The Treatment Of Left Color Obstruction From Cancer, T. Vajarabukka, P. Navicharoen Nov 1991

The Treatment Of Left Color Obstruction From Cancer, T. Vajarabukka, P. Navicharoen

Chulalongkorn Medical Journal

No abstract provided.


Osteocalcin - A New Index Of Bone Formation, S. Kraisuwan, V. Sridama Oct 1991

Osteocalcin - A New Index Of Bone Formation, S. Kraisuwan, V. Sridama

Chulalongkorn Medical Journal

No abstract provided.