Clinical Articles /
BY: J. Rezmovitz, MSc
November 2003
... untrained (defined as participating in exercise less than 2 hours per week) and did not meet any of the exclusion ... time the subject maintained platform stability within ± 0.2 for a maximum of 30 seconds. Each trial was terminated if ... the railing, could not maintain stability within ± 0.2 psi, completed the 30-second trial, or opened her eyes ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Judith Isaac-Renton, MD, DPH, FRCPC
November 2003
... concern following waterborne outbreaks in Walkerton [1,2] and North Battleford. [3,4] Cryptosporidiosis (long ...
Editorials /
BY: Jack Taunton, MD
November 2003
... Clinics were surveyed for incidence of injuries over a 2-year period, quantifying training limitation and training ...
Letters /
BY: A. Krisman, MD
November 2003
... 45(5):210 I agreed with Dr George Price ( BCMJ 2003; 45[2]:72-73 ) “that if good clinical teachers are to be ...
Letters /
BY: Dorothy M. Goresky, MD
November 2003
... for the lazy physician who will cream off the top with a 2-minute interview and leave the more time-consuming, ...
Letters /
BY: Edward P. Kardera, MD
November 2003
It has been 2 years since I was required to retire from medicine ... of life I enjoy. Reflecting on all the events of the last 2 years, there are several thoughts that I wish to share with ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: M. Koehle, MD
December 2003
... asthma during the course of their disease. [2] Exercise-induced asthma seems to have an increased ... asthma symptoms. These symptoms may last 1 to 2 hours following the cessation of exercise. High ventilatory ... of active patients with exertional dyspnea ( Table 2 ). Unlike exercise-induced asthma, these entities can limit ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Jiri Frohlich, MD, FRCPC
December 2003
... MRC/BHF Heart Protection Study in people with diabetes. [2] Of more than 19 000 hypertensive patients, both men and ... of follow-up, the fact that the study was stopped nearly 2 years earlier than other statin trials, that blood pressure ... MRC/BHF Heart Protection study in people with diabetes, [2] there was a significant reduction of 33% in vascular ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: T. Liu-Ambrose, MSc, PT, PhD (C)
December 2003
... humans with untreated complete ACL tears. • Group 2—12 sheep with three types of ACL reconstruction: ... (LAD); Leeds-Keio artificial ligament. • Group 3—2 humans with failed ACL (semitendinous) reconstruction. In ... absence of corpuscles and free nerve endings. In Group 2, mechanoreceptors were present in ACL reconstructions with ...
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 ... or if there is a complete rupture of the patellar tendon. [2,3] Objective Overall, the conservative and surgical ... of 2000 shocks each at maximum energy level 4 (0.17 mJ/mm 2 ). The CG received three to five treatment sessions of 2000 ...