Hearing,Balance

 Audiology

Think Twice Before Using Cotton Buds to Clean Your Ears

A retained cotton bud in a man's ear resulted in necrotizing otitis externa, a serious infection, according to a recent case report (BMJ Case Rep. 2019 Mar 6;12[3]. pii: e227971). Doctors at the department of otolaryngology at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust in the United Kingdom described a 31-year-old man who presented to the emergency department with new-onset seizures and worsening left-sided otalgia and otorrhoea of several days. The patient said he had also been experiencing...

Audiology

Fri Mar 29, 2019 18:52

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 Gait & Posture

Unsupervised Gait Retraining Using a Wireless Pressure-Detecting Shoe Insole

Publication date: Available online 30 March 2019Source: Gait & PostureAuthor(s): Jade He, Kevin Lippman, Najia Shakoor, Christopher Ferrigno, Markus A WimmerAbstractBackgroundThe knee adduction moment (KAM) is a surrogate measure of mediolateral distribution of loads across the knee joint and is correlated with progression and severity of knee osteoarthritis (OA). Existing biomechanical approaches for unloading the arthritic medial knee compartment vary in their effectiveness in reducing KAM....

Gait & Posture

Sun Mar 31, 2019 15:57

Multifactorial Exercise and Dance-Based Interventions are Effective in Reducing Falls Risk in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Comparison Study

Publication date: Available online 30 March 2019Source: Gait & PostureAuthor(s): Jessica Pope, Kathryn Helwig, Steven Morrison, Amanda Estep, Shane Caswell, Jatin Ambegaonkar, Nelson CortesAbstractBackgroundFalls and injuries related to falls in older adults are a significant health care issue that affects the elderly population. Research suggests that exercise interventions can be effective in improving falls risk factors.Research question: Are there differences in falls risk reduction between...

Gait & Posture

Sun Mar 31, 2019 15:57

Effects of Robotic Rehabilitation on Walking and Balance in Pediatric Patients with Hemiparetic Cerebral Palsy

Publication date: Available online 30 March 2019Source: Gait & PostureAuthor(s): Meltem Yazıcı, Ayşe Livanelioğlu, Kıvılcım Gücüyener, Leman Tekin, Erkan Sümer, Yavuz Yakut

Gait & Posture

Sun Mar 31, 2019 15:57

The influence of childhood obesity on spatio-temporal gait parameters

Publication date: Available online 30 March 2019Source: Gait & PostureAuthor(s): Jesús Montes-Alguacil, Joaquín Páez-Moguer, Ana Ma. Jiménez Cebrián, Belén Álvarez Muñoz, Gabriel Gijón-Noguerón, José Miguel Morales-AsencioAbstractThe musculoskeletal and neurosensorial development of children can be affected by excess body weight. Studies have examined how childhood obesity affects gait, but much about the influence of this factor remains to be determined. The aim of our study is to analyse, in...

Gait & Posture

Sat Mar 30, 2019 13:53

Skipping has lower knee joint contact forces and higher metabolic cost compared to running

Publication date: Available online 28 March 2019Source: Gait & PostureAuthor(s): Jessica McDonnell, Kevin A. Zwetsloot, Joseph Houmard, Paul DeVitaABSTRACTBackgroundThe health benefits of running based exercise programs are plentiful however the high rate of injury in these programs often reduces or eliminates exercise participation. Skipping has shorter steps, reduced vertical ground reaction forces (GRFs), and lower knee extensor torques, compared to running forming the basis of the present...

Gait & Posture

Fri Mar 29, 2019 12:51

Interaction between body composition and impact-related parameters in male and female heel-toe runners

Publication date: Available online 28 March 2019Source: Gait & PostureAuthor(s): Marlene Giandolini, Simon Bartold, Nicolas HorvaisAbstractBackgroundBone fatigue resistance and more generally the ability to dissipate the stress sustained in dynamic tasks are partly affected by tissue properties. Men and women demonstrate substantial differences in body composition.Research questionTo assess whether gender, as a function of body composition, affects impact-related parameters in running.MethodsA...

Gait & Posture

Fri Mar 29, 2019 12:51

Neuromotor Control During Stair Ambulation in Individuals with Patellofemoral Osteoarthritis Compared to Asymptomatic Controls

Publication date: Available online 28 March 2019Source: Gait & PostureAuthor(s): Narelle Wyndow, Kay M. Crossley, Ryan Stafford, Bill Vicenzino, Natalie J. Collins, Kylie Tucker

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 ScienceDirect Publication: Hearing Research

Linguistic, perceptual, and cognitive factors underlying musicians' benefits in noise-degraded speech perception

Publication date: Available online 29 March 2019Source: Hearing ResearchAuthor(s): Jessica Yoo, Gavin M. BidelmanAbstractPrevious studies have reported better speech-in-noise (SIN) recognition in musicians than nonmusicians while others have failed to observe this "musician SIN advantage." Here, we aimed to clarify equivocal findings and determine the most relevant perceptual and cognitive factors that do and do not account for musicians' benefits in SIN processing. We measured performance in musicians...

ScienceDirect Publication: Hearing Research

Sat Mar 30, 2019 13:11

Vascular regeneration in adult mouse cochlea stimulated by VEGF-A₁₆₅ and driven by NG2-derived cells <em>ex vivo</em>

Publication date: Available online 29 March 2019Source: Hearing ResearchAuthor(s): Xiaohan Wang, Jinhui Zhang, Guangshuai Li, Na Sai, Jiang Han, Zhiqiang Hou, Allan Kachelmeier, Xiaorui ShiAbstractCan damaged or degenerated vessels be regenerated in the ear? The question is clinically important, as disruption of cochlear blood flow is seen in a wide variety of hearing disorders, including in loud sound-induced hearing loss (endothelial injury), ageing-related hearing loss (lost vascular density),...

ScienceDirect Publication: Hearing Research

Sat Mar 30, 2019 13:11

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