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M Lewandowska

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Physical rehabilitation and risk of atherosclerosis after successful kidney transplantation.

Regular physical activity is usually associated with significant health benefits, but therapeutic exercise is seldom routine in renal transplant recipients. We report a randomized clinical trial of exercise training after renal transplantation. Sixty-nine patients were randomly recruited on the first or second day after kidney transplantation into two groups: exercise intervention (PT) and standard care (CT) as controls. The exercise training program consisted of tailored exercises to be performed under a physiotherapist's supervision for 15 to 30 minutes every second hospital day. At that time, biochemical markers of graft function were assessed including specific tests for atherosclerosis. Repeated measures analysis of variance was performed to determine differences between the two groups. We found an inverse correlation between total homocysteine as well as interleukin-18 (IL:18) levels and muscle strength of the upper limbs (r = -.78, P < .0001). There was a positive correlation between muscle strength and improved graft function in the PT group versus CT groups (r = .05; P < .05). Hyperhomocysteinemia and high IL-18 expression in renal allograft recipients may be independent markers of early atherosclerosis development.

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[Assessment of the condition of the stomatognathic system in the students of the High Navy School in Szczecin. 1. Study before one-year cruise].

The authors carried out clinical examination of 227 students of the first year of the High Navy School in Szczecin. The aim was to assess the condition of the stomatognathic system at the beginning of the study and to compare the local conditions of the oral cavity after one year cruise in a ship. On the basis of the study it was found that most students had normal occlusion, bite with canine covering, and mixed. The mean DMF score was 10.84. Functional changes in the temporomandibular joints were disclosed in 9.1% and parafunctions in 40.08%. Teeth attrition was found in 36% of the students.

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[State of periodontium in patients using partial removable dentures].

The authors have examined 63 patients whom 86 partial removable dentures: functionally unstable dentures and supported ones in all have been made. The state of paradontium basing on G-I gingival index and Pl-I plaque index has been estimated. It has been found that the state of paradontium in the group of supported dentures irrespective of the utilization life was better than in the group of functionally unstable dentures.

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