AIM: To introduce a new kind of wrist-hand orthosis.METHODS: The major frame of wrist-hand orthosis is composed of dorsal carpal guard plate and carpal bracket; while, a U-shaped anterior bracket is fixed on the anterior side of the major frame. Ferrules of index finger, middle finger, fourth finger and little finger respectively connect to dorsal carpal guard plate of the major frame via elastic brace; ferrule of thumb is fixed on one side of ferrule of index finger by using steel wires; an abduct elastic sleeve is designed on the lateral dorsal carpal guard plate of ferrule of little finger by using steel wires. According to experimental demands, wrist with the palms upward or downward puts into the major frame, which is composed of dorsal carpal guard plate and carpal bracket. The hand is anterior to the major frame; ferrules are located over rolling sleeve by forward and fingers are located below the rolling sleeve by forward; ferrules are respectively rang the index, middle, fourth and little fingers; ferrule of thumb is rang the thumb. Continuously, wrist rotates based on orthopaedic demands to realize various orthopaedic functions.RESULTS: The wrist-hand orthosis is used to help the hand maintain extension after extensor tendon injury operation in order to restrict active areas of fingers and promote healing of injured side. On the other hand, this new orthosis is also used to help wrist joint and digital joint maintain flexion after extensor tendon injury operation in order to improve flexion and extension of wrist joint, enlarge active area of flexion of wrist joint, enlarge drifting active area of radialis of wrist joint, and increase muscle strength of radial flexor muscle, ulnar flexor muscle, extensor carpi radialis muscle, extensor carpi ulnaris muscle, extensor carpi ulnaris muscle, flexor carpi ulnaris muscle, extensor digitorum communis muscle, superficial flexor muscle and deep flexor muscle.CONCLUSION: The wrist-hand orthosis refers to protection of wrist and hand after operations of nerve, tendon, muscle and vessel injuries and recovery of motor dysfunction of wrist joint and digital joint induced by wrist-hand fracture; on the other hand, this new orthosis can improve active area of wrist joint and strengthen muscle force.

To create a novel kind of orthosis to correct the dysfunction of antebrachium, wrist, metacarpus and digit and to facilitate the protection and functional training after injury of forearm and hand. The orthosis is constituted of a cardinal shelf, a stem shelf of metacarpophalangeal joint, a front bracket, finger ferrules, elastic strings and steel wires. The cardinal shelf is composed of a backplate for dorsal palm and a bracket for wrist with a U-shaped rack fixed in front of it. Ferrules of index finger, middle finger and fourth finger and little finger are connected to the backplate on the cardinal shelf through elastic strings. The thumb ferrule is set outside the ferrule of index finger on the backplate with steel wires. Another ferrule that is used to enclose the wrist and antebrachium is linked to the crossbar of the U-shaped rack through elastic strings. This orthosis plays an effective role in the protection of nerves, tendons, extremity of vascular anastomosis and the prevention of allotopia after fracture due to different trainings. It can improve the range of motion of wrist joint, metacarpophalangeal joint, and articulationes interphalangeae and strengthen the muscle power of pronator teres, pronator quadratus, supinator, wrist extensor, wrist flexor, extensor digitoium, perforans manus and musculus flexor digitorum sublimes. This orthosis could be applied for patients after the operation of antebrachium,wrist and manus to promote the recovery of their functions.

Objective To study the effectiveness of comprehensive rehabilitative therapy with paraplegic spinal cord injury (SCI) patients. Methods Forty patients with SCI-caused paraplegia were divided randomly into a rehabilitation group and a control group. The routine treatment was administered to both groups, and comprehensive rehabilitative therapy was also administered to patients in the rehabilitation group as an addition. Functional assessments and somatosensory evoked potential (SEP) tests were performed with the two groups pre-treatment and 30 days post-treatment. Results The rehabilitation group achieved, on average, greater improvement in their physical functions , as demonstrated by their much higher scores in terms of the Barthel index than those of the control group ( P

Objective The effect of leech injection on experimental therombus formation in rats was studied. Methods The method of common carotid artery-external jugular vein by accessory pathway in rats was used. leech injection to observe its antithrombotic effect. At the same, related indecex were assessed. Results The leech injection inhibited the formation of experimental thrombus obviously and reduced aggregation of plate]et and adhesiveness of platelet. Conclusion It is suggested that leech injection has the effect of antithrombosis formation.

Objective To study the curative effect and adverse reactions in patients with chronic nephritis by two treatment methods.Methods 1 00 cases with chronic nephritis were randomly divided into alone western medicine group(control group)50 cases and traditional Chinese combination western medicine group(treatment group)50cases,The index of efficacy,urinary protein of 24h,serum albumin(Alb),serum creatinine(Scr),blood urea nitrogen (BUN)were observed.Results The total effective rate 78.0%in treatment group was significantly higher than 52.0%in control group(x2=3.841,P＜0.05);Three sub-types showed no significant efficacy difference(x2=1.841,P＞0.05);The contents of urine protein,BUN,Scr levels after treatment were lower than before treatment in two groups(t=2.231,2.245,2.311,all P＜0.05).The content of Alb after treatment was higher than before treatment(t=2.241,P＜0.05);The contents of urinary protein,BUN,Scr,Alb after treatment were significantly different in two groups(t=2.241,2.285,2.301,2.295,all P＜0.05);The adverse reactions in 2 cases(2.4%)in treatment group were significantly lower than 8 patients(16.0%)in control group(x2=6.941,P＜0.01).Conclusion Traditional Chinese and western medicine could delay progression and obtain better clinical results in patients with chronic nephritis.

Objective To observe the effects of training on intrinsic hand muscles after digital flexor tendonrepair. Methods A total of 60 patients with digital flexor tendon repair were randomly assigned into an experimentgroup (n = 30) and a control group (n = 30). Patients in the experiment group received intrinsic hand muscles train-ing, in addition to the passive mobilization of the flexor tendons and active mobilization of the extensor tendons admin-istered to those in the control group. Minnesota manual dexterity test and Purdue pegboard test were adopted to as-sessment the outcome after 3 months of training. Results After 3 months of training, there were significant differ-ences between the two groups in terms of the results of Minnesota manual dexterity test and Purdue pegboard test( P < 0.01 ). Conclusion Intrinsic hand muscles training after digital flexor tendon repair can improve fine move-ment and coordination of hand.

Objective To determine the characteristics of early cognitive dysfunction and N300 event-related potentials(ERPs)in patients with acute cerebral infarction(ACI).Methods Thirty patients with ACI and thirty normal healthy elderly people were studied.The two groups were examined with a picture recognition test and EEG waveforms were recorded.The ERPs were analysed statistically.The mini-mental state examination(MMSE) was used to evaluate cognitive function,and the results were correlated with the ERPs. Results The average MMSE scores of the ACI and control groups were significantly different.Reaction times(RTs)in the picture recognition test were(798.63±49.32)ms in the ACI group and(765.21±35.67)ms in the control group,a difference significant at the 5% confidence level.The average accuracy rates,(59.75±8.45)%and(65.26±9.28)%,were also significantly different.Average N300 ERPs the in the ACI group were significantly lower than those in the control group,and the average latencies were significantly longer.Both latency and amplitude in the ACI group showed a linear correlation with MMSE scores. Conclusion The ERPs of ACI patients have some clinical significance,and can be used as a scale-based assessment of cognitive function.

BACKGROUND: The traditional ankle-foot orthosis focuses on the protection, correction, stability, and compensation;therefore, it is important to explore a new rehabilitation method for ankle joint dysfunction.OBJECTIVE: To explore the effect of computer-aided movable and measurable ankle-foot orthosis that designed by the Department of Rehabilitation in Longgang Central Hospital of Shenzhen on postoperative dysfunction after ankle fracture.METHODS: Fifty-two patients with ankle fractures at 3 weeks after internal fixation were selected and equivalently randomized into two groups. Both groups received conventional oral medication and rehabilitation therapy. In addition,the patients in control group were given joint mobilization treatment, while those in experimental group were given computer-aided movable and measurable of ankle-foot orthosis, 20 minutes daily, 6 days weekly for consecutive 4 weeks. The efficacy was evaluated by muscle strength, active range of motion, Kofoed ankle score and visual analogue scale on computer at baseline, 7, 14, and 28 days after training.RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: (1) There were no significant differences in baseline data and ankle function scores between two groups before training (P > 0.05), and all above indicators were significantly improved in both two groups at 4 weeks after training (P < 0.05). (2) Compared with the control group, the muscle strength, Kofoed ankle score and visual analogue scale scores on computer in the experimental group were significantly improved at 7, 14 and 28 days after training (P < 0.05). (3) The active plantar flexion angle in the experimental group was significantly larger than that in the control group at 28 days after training (P < 0.05).The active plantar flexion and dorsiflexion angles at 7 and 14 days after training, and active dorsiflexion angle at 28 days after training did not differ significantly between two groups (P >0.05). To conclude, the unique ankle-foot orthosis can reduce postoperative pain, enhance muscle strength and improve ankle mobility after ankle fracture.

Objective To detect the change of serum cystatine C ( cys C ) level in Parkinson ’ s disease ( PD ) patients with obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome ( OSAHS ) and explore its influencing factors .Methods Fifty-six PD patients with polysomnography examination from July 2011 to December 2013 in the Department of Neurology , the Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University were collected.Eighteen healthy controls who took the polysomnography examination during the same period were included.According to the apnea-hypopnea index ( AHI) , PD patients were further divided into two groups:PD with OSAHS group ( n=26 ) , and PD group ( n=30 ).The general conditions , movement function , biochemistry parameters , and sleep parameters were assessed.Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS ver 17.0 software.Results The mean serum levels of cys C in PD with OSAHS group , PD group and control group were (1.05 ±0.17) mg/L, (0.96 ±0.12) mg/L and (0.84 ±0.20) mg/L, respectively.Statistical analysis showed that there was significant difference in the three groups (F=9.184,P<0.05), and the mean serum level of cys C in PD with OSAHS group was the highest.In PD with OSAHS group , Spearman correlation analysis showed a positive and significant correlation between cys C levels and creatinine levels (r=0.459,P =0.018), urea levels (r =0.405,P =0.040), AHI (r =0.482,P =0.013), the oxygen desaturation index (r=0.408,P=0.038), the arousal index (r=0.392,P=0.047) as well as Hoehn and Yahr (H-Y) stage (r=0.467,P=0.016).Correlation was not observed between cys C levels and other clinical parameters (P>0.05).Multivariate analysis showed that creatinine levels (B=0.007,P=0.005), AHI (B=0.004,P=0.013) , H-Y stage (B=0.102,P=0.026) may be influencing factors of cys C levels in PD patients (P<0.05).Conclusions Cys C level is elevated in PD patients, especially in PD patients with OSAHS.The degree of hypoxia and severity of PD is related to the level of cys C in PD patients with OSAHS .

ObjectiveToinvestigatetherelationshipbetweenserumcystatinC(CysC)leveland hypertensive intracerebral hemorrhage (HICH). Methods The patients w ith HICH and healthy controls w ere enroled. The demographic and clinical data were colected. Immunoturbidimetric assay was used to detect serum CysC level. Results A total of 94 consecutive patients w ith HICH and 131 healthy controls w ere enroled. The baseline systolic blood pressure ( 168.57 ±28.64 mmHg vs.128.13 ±16.23 mmHg; t=-13.442, P<0.001;1 mmHg=0.133 kPa), diastolic blood pressure ( 95.56 ±14.68 mmHg vs.76.80 ± 8.76 mmHg; t= -11.965, P<0.001 ), fasting plasma glucose ( 6.24 ±1.83 mmol/L vs.5.22 ± 1.13 mmol/L; t= -4.234, P<0.001), and serum CysC level (1.02 ±0.26 mg/L vs.0.91 ±0.13 mg/L, P<0.001) in the HICH group w ere significantly higher than those in the control group. Multivariable logistic regression analysis show ed that baseline systolic blood pressure≥140 mmHg ( odds ratio [ OR] 12.523, 95% confidence interval [CI] 5.353-29.299; P<0.01), diastolic blood pressure ≥90 mmHg (OR 3.968, 95%CI 1.792-8.784; P<0.01 ) and serum CysC level≥1.09 mg/L ( OR 3.279, 95%CI 1.336-8.050; P<0.05) w ere the independent risk factors for HICH. In patients w ith HICH, the CysC serum level (1.13 ±0.26 mg/L) in the bleeding ≥30 ml group w as higher than that in the bleeding <30 ml group (0.99 ±0.25 mg/L; P<0.001) and the control group ( 0.91 ±0.13 mg/L; P<0.001). The serum CysC level in the bleeding volume <30 ml w as higher than that in the control group ( P=0.004). There w ere positive correlations betw een serum CysC and age, creatinine, urea, and uric acid (al P<0.01);there w ere negative correlations betw een serum CysC level and the estimated glomerular filtration rate ( P<0.01). Multivariable linear regression analysis show ed that age, creatinine, urea and uric acid w ere independent associated w ith the serum CysC level ( al P<0.05 ). Conclusions The increased serum CysC level is correlated w ith the amount of bleeding in patients w ith HICH. The increased serum CysC level is an independent risk factor for HICH.