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Clinical Articles / BY: Daniel W.L. Lai, PhD October 2003
... significant predictors of a poorer health status. Table 4  presents the results of the multivariate analysis of ... education  Elementary Secondary Post sec. & above 10.7 23.4 41.0 24.8 13.4  23.0 36.6 27.0 5.2 24.3 50.2 20.3 χ2 = 21.52 P  <.001 ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Brian McGowan, MD October 2003
... group patients were half as likely to be readmitted (4% versus 8%). Since the advent of the program there have ...
Clinical Articles / BY: M. Ryan, MSc November 2003
... 635 (75.2%) females and 205 (24.3%) males participating (4 runners did not indicate their gender). A significantly ... females had body mass index (BMI) less than 19 (F = 4.3%, M = 1.0%;  P  = .002), and a BMI between 20 and 26 (F ... categories: 14.3% had shoes between 3 and 6 months old, 22.4% wore shoes that were 6 to 12 months old, and 15.4% had ...
Clinical Articles / BY: N. Miller, BSc/BPHE November 2003
... a Kangoo Jumps group (designated KG; n = 12; age 25.4 ± 5.3 years; weight 67.4 ± 18.0 kg) and a group using normal running shoes (designated NG; n = 13; age 28.8 ± 4.7 years; weight 75.1 ± 25.2 kg). Both groups completed the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: J. Rezmovitz, MSc November 2003
... of people older than 80 fall at least once per year. [1-4]  Research indicates that the decrease in functional ... balance has been identified as a risk factor for falling, [4,16]  and that balance relies on three main inputs: visual, ... A Eyes open, 1.0 psi  B Eyes open, 2.5 psi  C Eyes open, 4.0 psi  D Eyes closed, 1.0 psi  E Eyes closed, 2.5 psi  F ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Judith Isaac-Renton, MD, DPH, FRCPC November 2003
... outbreaks in Walkerton [1,2]  and North Battleford. [3,4] Cryptosporidiosis (long known to farmers to cause ...
Clinical Articles / BY: M. Koehle, MD December 2003
... demonstrates improved sensitivity and specificity. [4]  Research has recently been done with respect to osmotic ... The patient also had a history of pneumonia approximately 4 years earlier that had been resolved with outpatient ... use from less than 1 per 10 000 woman-years to 3 to 4 per 10 000 woman-years. [17,18]  The relative risk of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jiri Frohlich, MD, FRCPC December 2003
... below 6.5 mmol (average TC was 5.5 mmol/L, LDL-C 3.4 mmol/L and HDL-C 1.3 mmol/L) were assigned to either ... appeared recently in Canadian Medical Association Journal [4]  and focuses on the possible underestimation of the ... of statin treatment (40 mg simvastatin over an average of 4.6 years) was significant with P <0.0003 and <0.0007, ...
Clinical Articles / BY: T. Liu-Ambrose, MSc, PT, PhD (C) December 2003
... key factor in functional instability after ACL injuries. [4,5] Both proprioception and kinesthesia are specialized ... the knee joint by contributing to neuromuscular control. [4]  Borsa [15]  proposed that the functional instability ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jack Taunton, MD December 2003
... have been recommended for patellar tendinopathy. [2-4]  The most effective of these treatments to date is a ... physiotherapy (eccentric loading/stretching, etc.) within 4 weeks of randomization visit. • Receiving NSAIDs or ... sessions of 2000 shocks each at maximum energy level 4 (0.17 mJ/mm 2 ). The CG received three to five treatment ...