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Pulmonary Rehabilitation with balance training for fall reduction in Chronic Ob...
Hao, Q.; Brooks, D.; Ellerton, C.; Goldstein, R. S.; Ma, J.; Lee, A. L.; Alison, J. A.; Camp, P.; Dechman, G.; Haines, K. J.; Harrison, S. L.Introduction: Patients with Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have an increased fallrisk in part due to impaired balance and other comorbidities. Traditional pulmonary rehabilitation(PR) primarily focuses on exercise, education and psychosocial support. Long-term effects ofadding balance training to traditional PR on falls is not well understood. Methods: To determine theeffect of a tailored balance ...
Neurofilament proteins in neurodegenerative diseases
Liu, Q.; Xie, F.; Siedlak, S. L.; Nunomura, A.; Honda, K.; Moreira, P. I.; Zhua, X.; Smith, M. A.; Perry, G.The function of neurofilaments, the major component in large myelinated neurons, is not well understood even though they were discovered as structures over 100 years ago. Recent studies have suggested that neuro-filaments are closely related to many neurodegenerative diseases, such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Parkinson disease Alzheimer disease, and diabetes. Using in vitro assays, cultures and transgenic...