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Clinical Studies Of Voiding Dysfunction Among Asymptomatic Diabetic Subjects, Liu-Ing Bih, Su-Ju Tsai, Chien-Ning Huang, Ming-Miau Tsai, Ya-Chun Lai
Clinical Studies Of Voiding Dysfunction Among Asymptomatic Diabetic Subjects, Liu-Ing Bih, Su-Ju Tsai, Chien-Ning Huang, Ming-Miau Tsai, Ya-Chun Lai
Rehabilitation Practice and Science
Uroflowmetry and ultrasonic residual urine measurements had been done to 85 urologically asymptomatic diabetic patients and 20 control subjects. The prevalence of voiding dysfunction was 60% (51/85), and increased residual urine was found in 27% (23/85) of diabetic patients. The abnormal findings included increased residual urine (23/85), interrupted urine stream (9/85), voiding with abdominal strain (31/85), low flow rate (28/85), and enlarged bladder capacity (6/85). The group with voiding dysfunction had lower maximal and average flow rate, longer voiding time, and larger residual urine amount than the diabetic patients with normal voiding function and the healthy controls. The voiding volume …
Reliability Study And Features Of Falling Tendency When Standing In Unilateral Hemispheric Stroke Patients, Ling-Fu Meng, Shi-Dong Jush, Mei-Hsiang Chen
Reliability Study And Features Of Falling Tendency When Standing In Unilateral Hemispheric Stroke Patients, Ling-Fu Meng, Shi-Dong Jush, Mei-Hsiang Chen
Rehabilitation Practice and Science
”Astasia(inability to stand)” is a popular and immediate result after onset from stroke. Health professionals usually label astasia as ”poor” standing performance. However, few studies substantiate the falling tendency of astasia. The result of inability to stand is to fall toward one specific direction; therefore, this study used ”falling direction” as a medium to analyze the falling tendency of astasia. Three major results were found in this study. Firstly, the measurement used in this study to judge falling direction demonstrated good inter-rater reliability. Two raters' kappa value was .89, .88, .87 respectively(each p value ＜ .001). Secondly, while comparing 5 …