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An Analysis Of Substance Abusers' Field Dependence & Time Spent In Rehabilitative Therapy, Robert Fane

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

This project was designed to determine if significant differences existed between the level of psychological differentiation, as determined by the Group Embedded Figures Test (GEFT), of individuals entering a treatment center for chemical dependency and the length of stay at the facility.

The subjects consisted of 43 white males who were seeking treatment for addiction to mood altering chemicals at a regional treatment facility in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Each subject was interviewed to collect pertinent background information pertaining to past substance abuse and was evaluated to determine psychological differentiation, utilizing the GEFT.

It was determined through an analysis of variance …

พิษเฉียบพลันของเมททิลพาราไธออนในกุ้งกุลาดำ, สถาพร สุวรรณรักษ์, สุพัฒตรา ศรีไชยรัตน์, จิรศักดิ์ ตั้งตรงไพโรจน์

The Thai Journal of Veterinary Medicine

ศึกษาความเป็นพิษของเมททิลพาราไธออนที่ขนาดความเข้มข้น 1-90 ไมโครกรัม ต่อลิตร (ppb) ในกุ้งกุลาดำขนาด 10.9 ± 0.5 เซนติเมตร 7 กลุ่ม โดยวิธีแบบแช่ พบว่าค่า LC50 ภายใน 96 ชั่วโมง เท่ากับ 54 ppb อาการแสดงของความเป็นพิษและอัตราการตายขึ้นอยู่ กับความเข้มข้นของสารเคมีกำจัดศัตรูพืชที่ให้ สมรรถนะของเอนไซม์โฆลีนเอสเทอเรสในเลือดกุ้งที่ได้รับสารเคมีกำจัดศัตรูพืชไม่สอดคล้องกับความเป็นพิษที่ได้รับ ในขณะที่สมรรถนะของเอนไซม์ โฆลีนเอสเทอเรสในเส้นประสาทและกล้ามเนื้อลดลงอย่างมีนัยสำคัญทางสถิติ (p<0.05) เปอร์เซ็นต์ ของสมรรถนะของเอนไซม์ที่ลดลงขึ้นอยู่กับความเข้มข้นของเมททิลพาราไธออนที่ได้รับ ผลทางจุลพยาธิวิทยาแสดงว่ามีการตายของเซลล์ตับและตับอ่อนและเซลล์กล้ามเนื้อ ความรุนแรงขึ้นกับความเข้มข้นของเมททิลพาราไธออนที่ได้รับ (1-50 ppb) และระยะเวลาที่สัมผัส ส่วนกลุ่มทดลอง 75-90 ppb ไม่พบริการดังกล่าว ผลการทดลองชี้ให้เห็นว่าการวัดสมรรถนะของเอนไซม์โฆลีนเอสเทอเรสในกล้ามเนื้อและในเส้นประสาทของกุ้งกุลาดำสามารถใช้เป็นตัวบ่งชี้ถึงความเป็นพิษของสารเคมีกำจัดศัตรูพืชกลุ่มออกาโนฟอสเฟตได้

Short Communication : การสำรวจโรค Vovine Viral Diarrhea จากเซรั่มในโคนมเขตมวกเหล็ก สระบุรี, สุณีรัตน์ เอี่ยมละมัย, ราตรี วงษ์วัชรดำรง, โกวิทย์ นิธิชัย, โชคชัย ชัยมงคล

The Thai Journal of Veterinary Medicine

No abstract provided.

Neurophysiologic Bases For Abnormal Muscle Coactivation Patterns In Hemiparetic Stroke, Julius P.A. Dewald

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

To study disturbed muscle activation patterns in hemiparetic stroke, the EMG activity in spastic-paretic and contralateral elbow muscles of 10 stroke subjects were compared during graded directionally varying voluntary isometric contractions. We observed significant shifts in the peak EMG angle and increases in the angular range of EMG activity in the impaired upper limb. Furthermore, we observed stereotypic coactivation of many muscles acting at the same joint or at different joints across all subjects.

The effect of elbow angle changes on muscle coactivation patterns was studied by examining isometric torque-angle relations under passive and active conditions in 8 stroke subjects. …

Omeprazole In Short Term Treatment Of Reflux Oesophagitis, W Jafri, Z Abbas, S Hamid, S Abid, H Shah, H Khan

Section of Gastroenterology

No abstract provided.

復健科專科醫師甄審原則, N/A

Rehabilitation Practice and Science

No abstract provided.

Quantitative Analysis Of The Effect Of Reference Electrode Position And Active Recording Electrode Size On Evoked Compound Muscle Action Potential, Yu-Lien Chou, Rai-Chi Chen, Tao-Chang Hsu

Rehabilitation Practice and Science

The purpose of this study is to quantitatively analyze the effect of reference electrode size on the amplitude, surface area, latency and duration of CMAP during routine NCV studies in median and ulnar nerves. We dilivered supramaximal stimulations over the wrist in the median and ulnar nerve examinations and obtained the data of CMAP parameters from APB and ADQ muscles. The data revealed: I)in median nerve examination: (1) The CMAP surface area and amplitude decreased markedly when the reference electrode was shifted from MP joint to IP joint of the thumb or to MP joint of the 5th finger. (2) …

New Design Functional Foot Orthosis In Flat Foot, Wen-Len Chen, Fuk-Tan Tang, May-Kuen Wong

Rehabilitation Practice and Science

The functional foot orthoses have been used as an important adjunct recently in the treatment of lower extremity dysfunction related to poor mechanics and alignment. Many different types of foot orthotics have been designed clinically. Commercially, insole materials are divided into four classes. Class I materials such as Aliplast and Plastazote provide cushioning for plantar surface while class Ⅱ materials such as PPT and Spenco act as shock absorber and provide antishearing effect. The class Ⅲ materials such as silicone and polyuethane are to absorb high energy impaction and class IV such as rigid orthosis provides foot control and support.In …

Traumatic Spinal Cord Injuries In Hualien County, Ching Lan, Jin-Shin Lai, Kwang-Hwa Chang, Yuh-Chin Jean, I-Nan Lien

Rehabilitation Practice and Science

In order to survey the epidemiological characteristics and the overall rehabilitation profile of traumatic spinal cord injuries (SCI) in Hualien county, a retrospective study was conducted from January 1987 to December 1990 in four local general hospitals. During this period, 88 traumatic SCI patients were identified. The estimated annual incidence of traumatic SCI in Hualien county was 62.3 per million population. As a result of injury 32 patients were tetraparetic, 29 were tetraplegic, 12 were paraparetic and 15 were paraplegic. The male/female ratio was 3.6:1 The mean age of onset for male patients was 44 ± 16 years, and that …

Intracavernous Injection Of Prostaglandin E1 In Spinal Cord Injured Patient With Erectile Dysfunction: A Preliminary Report, Fuk-Tan Tang, Pong-Yuen Wong, May-Kuen Wong

Rehabilitation Practice and Science

Sexual dysfunction with inadequate or poorly sustained erection is a common problem among spinal cord injured patients although reflex erection may be preserved in upper motor neuron lesion and lower motor neuron and psychogenic erection may be preserved in incomplete lesion respectively. Methods to restore erection, such as vaccum tumescense constriction therapy and penile prostheses may be useful but potentially have adverse effects. Recently, intracavernous injection of prostaglandin E1 has been found beneficial to patients with neurogenic erectile dysfunction.In our study, we administered intracavernous injection of prostaglandin E1 (PGE1), 15 μ g, to seven patients with neurogenic erectile dysfunction due …

An Investigation Of Post-Discharge Status Of Surviving Stroke Patients In Keelung, Choon-Khim Chang, Wen-Ling Chen, May-Kuen Wong

Rehabilitation Practice and Science

From April 1985, to December 1987, 1445 patients were admitted to Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung under the diagnosis of cerebral vascular accident ( hemorrhagic or infarction type). By random selection, 343 patients were analyzed by the SPSS. Of these 343 patients, 185 had died by the time this study was carried out. Thus the data available for analysis was incomplete for this deceased group. Only the data of those who survivied was analyzed in the results. The average duration of follow-up was 50.2±8.9 months (36-67 months). Among the survivors (n=158), 57% (n=90) received regular medication treatment, yet only 63% …

Need Of Caring Enviromrnt Of Stroke In South Taiwan, Chau-Peng Leong, Cheng-Yueh Chen, Yiu-Chuag Lau, Ruey-Kuen Chang, May-Kuen Wong

Rehabilitation Practice and Science

In order to understand the caring environment of the stroke patients and the utilization, need, demand and congition of the rehabilitation resoures, 225 stroke patients, who admitted to Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital from January 1986 to December 1990, 117 males (52%) and 108 females (48.0%) with the ages from 31 to 89 (mean 63.45 ±10.87) were evaluated by questionaires, telephone and home visit. From the view point of the patients, the rehabilitation resources were insufficient for them in communities (76.4%), and it was one of the main reasons causing loss of follow-up. The patients' cognition of the importance of …

Cerebral Palsy Investigation In South Taiwan, Chin-Man Wang, Cheng-Yueh Chen, Chau-Peng Leong, May-Kuen Wong

Rehabilitation Practice and Science

In this retrospective study, 199 cases of cerebral palsy who lived in South Taiwan and once visited O.P.D of rehabilitation department from July 1986 to Sep. 1991 was collected.The etiology of cerebral palsy were divided into prenatal, perinatal, postnatal factors by time series. The classifications of cerebral palsy were according to type, topography and severity of neuromuscular involvements. The most common etiology in this study was prenatal factor, it was different from some previous studies ten years ago, in which perinatal cause was the majority. In the types of neuromuscular involvements, the spastic type (75.4%) was the major type and …

Early Intervention Program For The High-Risk Prematurity, Tsui-Fen Yang, Wen Ling, Woei-Nan Bair, Chih-Chuan Kao, Ling-Yee Cheng, Tao-Chung Hsu, Shu-Jen Chen, Wen-Jen Soong

Rehabilitation Practice and Science

The survival rate of high-risk premature baby is increasing in recent years because of improvement in medical technology for newborn care. Unfortunately, since many of them were born with one or some risk factors, the incidence to complicate with developmental disability, learning disability, emotional or behavior problems will be higher than general population. We started early intervention program for the prematurity in PICU and SBR in Oct., 1990 especially for those high-risk prematurity who combined with one or more risk factors as below: birth weight less than 1500 gm, gestational age below 32 weeks, ventilator requirment, grade III or IV …

Selective Postetior Rhixotomy In The Management Of Spastic Cerebral Palsy, Tsui-Fen Yang, Sheau-Ping Pan, Woei-Nan Bair, Shu-Er Lee, Rai-Chi Chan, Jan-Wei Chiu, Chih-Chuan Kao, Ling-Yee Cheng, Tai-Tong Wong, Tao-Chung Hsu

Rehabilitation Practice and Science

Severe muscular spasticity in cerebral palsy not only causes functional impairment and difficulty in daily care, but also increases the incidence of musculoskeletal complication which includes joint contracture and deformity. Clinically, many ways are used to reduce muscle spasticity, such as therapeutic exercise, antispastic medication, orthosis, phenol intramuscular neuroloysis and orthopedic surgery, etc. Basically, their effects are transient and can last for variable duration. To reduce spasticity efficiently and for long term period if not permenantly is the issue many professionals have been working on. Selective posterior rhizotomy for two spastic diplegic cerebral palsy were performed in August, 1991. They …

Follw-Up Of Children With Development Language Delay: A Preliminary Report, Sung-Hui Tseng, Baii-Jia Yang, Chi-Ren Pan

Rehabilitation Practice and Science

Developmental language delay is one of the most common developmental problem found in preschool children. There is increasing evidence showing that early language delay is associated with later learning and behavior problems, and the language problem may also persist into later childhood. We followed 33 cases who had been diagnosed as language delay, at least 5 years ago, by questionnair. If the children had no neurological symptom and sign except language delay, the prognosis for achieving ADL independence and average performance in school works is good. All of the children who had neurological deficit have residual language problems, and more …

Ependmoma Of The Cauda Equina, Mei-Yu Wei, Chrong-Sonq Chou, Chinn-Dong Chung, Tao-Chang Hsu

Rehabilitation Practice and Science

Low back pain is a frequent complaint in PM&R OPD. Tumors of the cauda equina play an uncommon but nevertheless important role in the ”sciatic syndrome”. Early detection will lower the risk of neurological sequelae. However, on clinical grounds alone, it is sometimes difficult to differentiate between a cauda equina tumor and a prolapsed interver-tebral disc. Recent advances in imaging techniques had increased the diagnostic rates. This study was based on 6 cases of ependymoma of the cauda equina, collected from January 1986 to May 1992 at VGHTC. Three of them were detected at PM&R OPD. The clinical symptoms, physical …

Polyneuropathy In Lithium Intoxication: A Casereport, Yi-Shiung Horng, Chein-Wei Chang, I-Nan Lien

Rehabilitation Practice and Science

Intoxication of lithium carbonate may present as a multiple systematic dysfunction, but central and peripheral nervous involvement is rare and more troublesome. In the past, there was only one case of lithium intoxication with polyneuroparhy reported by Chang et al in Taiwan. We report here an additional 49 year-old man with manic-depressive psychosis. He received lithium carbonate medication treatment for 5 years and developed a severe cerebellar dysfunction and a mild sensori-motor polyneuropathy. Blood lithium level was 1.80meq/l two days after quitting lithium. Nerve conduction velocity studied, electromyography and sural nerve biopsy confirmed the peripheral neuropathy with marked evidence of …

The Diagnosis And Treatment Of A Spinal Cord Atrophy: Casereport, Yun-Yee Chen, Din-E Shan, Min-The Cheng, Tao-Chang Hsu

Rehabilitation Practice and Science

This is a case of a 64-year-old male with difficulty in ambulation for 40 years. Physical examination revealed a defect in vibration and positional sense over the lower extremities. Muscle power of the upper extremities was normal. The lower extremities could still resist force, but there was a little atrophic change in the quadriceps muscle and weakness over the iliopsoas muscle.Laboratory data were all negative, including CSF, routine blood, urine and stool specimens. However, MRI revealed hypertrophy of the ligamentum flavum with spinal cord compression. CT with myelogram revealed T2-T10 spinal cord atrophy. SSEP revealed T-myelopathy. EMG revealed upper motor …

Fantasy Proneness And Psychological Coping, Kenneth D. Huff

Theses and Dissertations

In this study, objective measures of self-esteem, satisfaction with life, trait anxiety, and schizotypal psychopathology were administered to 493 subjects representing the full range of fantasy proneness as determined by their scores on the Inventory of Childhood Memories and Imaginings (ICMI); in addition, subjects selected for high, medium, and low levels of fantasy proneness were administered measures of state anxiety and coping skills during a stressful laboratory condition. This was done in order to contribute to the construct validity of fantasy proneness and to provide empirical inquiry into the nature of fantasy proneness as a psychological coping strategy.

In replication …

Examination Of Community Mental Health Services For Persons With Serious Mental Illness: A Descriptive Study Of 31 Counties In Michigan, Pamela C. Werner

Masters Theses

Thirty-one out of 55 Community Mental Health Boards participated in a survey conducted by the Alliance for the Mentally Ill of Michigan. This study examined a number of variables in the questionnaire using a product-moment correlational analysis.

Results indicated that family and consumer input is modestly correlated with comprehensive service delivery and staff/consumer education and training. Budget and the active number of mentally ill cases had a low correlation with comprehensive service delivery and staff/consumer education and training. Interagency collaboration was modestly correlated with program evaluation, and comprehensive services available to consumers. Weaknesses were noted in the management structure of …

The Effect Of Varying Weightload Intensities On Biceps Curl Technique, Jeffrey C. Gailhouse

Masters Theses

This study described biomechanical deviations from proper biceps curl technique specifically in the shoulder, trunk, body and knee angles, that occurred in response to varying intensities of an individual's 1 RM (repetition maximum). Ten college age males participated in the study. Subjects were required to perform one repetition at 60%, 70%, 80%, 90% and 100% of his 1 RM. The only differentiating factor was the order in which the five intensities were performed. Condition order was randomized to minimize bias. Movement was filmed with a high-speed motion picture camera, digitized and then analyzed with computer software.

The findings indicated that …

Sheep And Cattle Disorders Reported At Abattoirs, Michael Paton Dr

Bulletins 4000 -

Meat inspectors at abattoirs record a lot of information about diseases and disorders of sheep and cattle. This information is mentioned briefly in stock health reports that are sent to producers who consign animals to Robb Jetty or E.G. Green abattoirs.

Department of Agriculture veterinarians have compiled information on these disorders and diseases for this publication.

This Bulletin provides information on the cause and appearance of each disorder, its economic significance, and how to prevent or treat it. Producers who need further information should contact a veterinarian.

Can Ethnography Save The Life Of Medical Ethics?, Barry Hoffmaster

C. Barry Hoffmaster

Since its inception contemporary medical ethics has been regarded by many of its practitioners as ‘applied ethics’, that is, the application of philosophical theories to the moral problems that arise in health care. This ‘applied ethics’ model of medical ethics is, however, beset with internal and external difficulties. The internal difficulties point out that the model is intrinsically flawed. The external difficulties arise because the model does not fit work in the field. Indeed, the strengths of that work are its highly nuanced, particularized analyses of cases and issues and its appreciation of the circumstances and contexts that generate and …

Demarcating Research And Treatment: A Systematic Approach For The Analysis Of The Ethics Of Clinical Research, Benjamin Freedman, Abraham Fuks, Charles Weijer

Charles Weijer

No abstract provided.

Trip Report On Initial Consortium Visit To Areas Effected By Chernobyl Accident, Armin Weinberg

Works on Radiation Effects: 1990-2020

Armin's impressions of first visit to former USSR Russia, Ukraine and Israel by our group at that time referred to as International Consortium for Research and Treatment of Radiation... sent to Admiral Zumwalt (who also traveled to Moscow and Bryansk but not to Ukraine where Armin went with Boris Yoffe, also Larry Laufman and Phil McCarthy went from Russia to Israel with our Hadassah colleagues.) See more at Armin Weinberg, PhD Papers and its finding aid.

Evidence For The Alternative Pathway Of Complement Activation In The Nurse Shark, Lieneke Cecile Culbreath

FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Complement is activated via two pathways: classical (CCP) and alternative (ACP). The CCP has been demonstrated in the nurse shark. The ACP has not been demonstrated in any cartilagenous fish. Nurse shark serum was evaluated for complement activity by its ability to lyse heterologous erythrocytes. As CCP activity requires calcium and magnesium, activity of shark serum chelated with EGTA (a selective calcium chelator) or EDTA (a chelator of calcium and magnesium) was assessed. Activity remained in serum chelated with EGTA but not EDTA. Furthermore, activity of chelated serum was enhanced by added magnesium. Activation of shark complement by activators of …

Stated Versus Observed Performance Levels In Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain, Alma R. Abdel-Moty

FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This study examined the relationship between chronic low back pain (CLBP) patients' perceived (stated) levels of function and their measured (observed) performance in squatting and stair climbing activities as compared to healthy volunteers. Twenty patients with CLBP and 20 healthy subjects were asked through an interview to self-assess their ability to comfortably perform stair climbing and squatting as well as other tolerances. The subjects were then asked to perform the activities and their performance levels were recorded. Results of the t-tests and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) procedures revealed that patients' estimate of squatting and stair climbing abilities as well as …

Bryansk Early If Not Initial Visit, Armin Weinberg

Works on Radiation Effects: 1990-2020

This may be my (Armin) initial trip notes/report from Bryansk and Kyiv. See more at Armin Weinberg, PhD Papers and its finding aid.

What's Happening: November 18, 1992, Maine Medical Center

What's Happening

No abstract provided.