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PubMed1989

Functional electrical stimulation bicycle ergometry: patient perceptions.

Forty-seven patients who had participated in a clinical electrical stimulation ergometry program were administered a questionnaire to determine their perceptions of the therapy. Improved endurance was reported by 62% of paraplegics and 65% of quadriplegics. Sixty-two percent of paraplegics and 56% of quadriplegics reported improved self-image, while 54% of paraplegics and 77% of quadriplegics perceived their appearance was better. Thirty-nine percent of paraplegics and 24% of quadriplegics noted decreased lower extremity edema with training. Six out of nine patients with a previous history of neurogenic pain noted an increase in pain, which caused them to leave the program.

Activities of Daily Living↗

PubMed1985

[Changes in the peripheral lymph nodes seen by ultrasonics].

Sonographic examinations of 1 416 patients performed between 1980 and 1983 with particular reference to the inguinal, axillary and neck regions have shown that it is quite possible to effect sonographic differentiation between enlarged lymph nodes with cicatricial indurations after non-specific inflammation on the one hand, and primary lymphomas or metastases of lymph nodes on the other. In many cases, it is also possible to differentiate between the enlargement of a total lymph node (acute inflammatory, primary malignant) and metastases in a lymph node. Positive findings in the soft parts were seen in 278 patients; of these, 175 were confirmed histologically and cytologically (via puncture with sonographic control). One finding was revealed as false positive. In 102 patients the sonographic finding was confirmed by means of lymphographies (n = 12), computed tomography (n = 27) or via the subsequent clinical course, proving the fact that it is also possible to detect sonographically the ability of lymphomas to respond to treatment with antibiotics, cytostatics, and radiation; the effects can be recognised and interpreted via changes of the echo patterns.

Biopsy, Needle↗