Medicine
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Chronic pain (CP) has been a major area of interest in the field of knee osteoarthritis (KOA), further aggravating the dysthymia, stiffness, and dysfunction of KOA patients. As an important part of complementary and alternative medicine, Tai Chi has a positive effect on KOA patients. The systematic review is to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of Tai Chi for KOA patients with CP. ⋯ INPLASY2021120020.
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To study the correlation between calcaneal quantitative ultrasound (QUS) and dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA), and analyze the diagnostic value of calcaneal QUS in the evaluation of middle-aged and elderly osteoporosis. We assessed bone mineral density (BMD) at the femoral neck and intertrochanteric of left hip and lumbar spine (L1-L4) sites with DXA and QUS parameters of the right and left calcanei in a cohort of 82 patients over the age of 50 years. Using DXA parameters as the gold standard for the diagnosis of osteoporosis, the correlation coefficient between BMD and QUS parameters was calculated. ⋯ Calcaneal QUS can be used to predict proximal femoral BMD in middle-aged and elderly people, as well as lumbar BMD in women. As a screening method for osteoporosis, calcaneal QUS has good specificity, so it can be recommended to use it as a pre-screening tool to reduce the number of DXA screening. When the QUS T-score of calcaneum is -1.8, it has the greatest diagnostic efficiency for osteoporosis; when the QUS T-score of calcaneum is ≤-2.35, it can be diagnosed as osteoporosis.
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Since 2019, corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has become a new round of "epidemic," which has brought about a major crisis to the world from national development, to people's life safety and mental health. Faced with the constant variation of viruses, from COVID-19 to Delta to Omicron. How to curb its further deterioration and enhance human defense against viruses is the focus of scientific researchers. From previous studies, we found that in addition to basic medical treatment, swimming with a certain amount of load and intensity can promote the ventilator of the human body, thereby playing an auxiliary and preventive role in the treatment of COVID-19 and its variant strains. ⋯ INPLASY2021120075.
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From the end of 2019 to now, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has put enormous strain on the world's health systems, causing significant deaths and economic losses worldwide. Nasal congestion, one of the symptoms of COVID-19, poses considerable problems for patients. In China, acupuncture has been widely used to treat nasal congestion caused by COVID-19, but there is still a lack of evidence-based medical evaluation. ⋯ NO.CRD42021299482.
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Investigate polymorphisms and expressions of human leukocyte antigen-G (HLA-G), galectin-1 (Gal-1), and interleukin-10 (IL-10) in people living with HIV (PLHIV) with and without comorbidities to help understanding the mechanisms involved in triggering these disorders in PLHIV and in their prognosis. ⋯ These data suggested that the high expression of sHLA-G and IL-10 or Gal-1 could be associated and could be associated with the development or not of comorbidities in PLHIV.