Objective To observe the effect of scalp and body acupuncture plus occupational therapy on the upper-limb function in remission stage of cerebral stroke.Method Forty patients in the remission stage of cerebral stroke were randomized into a treatment group and a control group, 20 cases in each group. The two groups both received scalp and body acupuncture plus conventional physiotherapy, while the treatment group was additionally given occupational therapy. Fugl-Meyer Assessment Scale (FMA) and Modified Barthel Index (MBI) were adopted to evaluate the upper-limb function.Result The FMA and MBI scores increased significantly in both groups after the intervention (P<0.05); the increases of FMA and MBI in the treatment group were superior to those in the control group (P<0.05).Conclusion Scalp and body acupuncture plus occupational therapy can improve the upper-limb function in the remission stage of cerebral strokeand improve the activities of daily living.

Surgery and endovascular techniques are the most important methods in treating lower limb atherosclerosis occlusion.Different strategies should be adopted according to the features of lesion in lower limb.This article reviews the latest clinical outcomes in treating lower limb atheroselerosis occlusion with surgery and endovascular techniques.

Antiplatelet therapy and stent implantation have been the dominant treatment to reduce the mortality of patients with coronary artery disease.Recently,studies have showed that adverse cardiac events still occur in part of patients with coronary artery disease after the antiplatelet treatment with aspirin and/or clopidogrel.Thus,resistance to aspirin and clopidogrel has attracted increasing attention.It will be great benefit to these patients who were identified resistance and made tailoring antiplatelet therapy So far many platelet function tests has been used in clinical to monitor the reaction of the antiplatelet drugs for prevention and treatment of thrombosis in patients with coronary artery disease.These monitoring tests may be chosen based on different antiplatelet drugs including aspirin,clopidogrel and GP Ⅱ b/Ⅲ a antagonist.The results of antiplatelet drug resistance may be different due to different platelet function methods,thus the related clinical adverse events needs further verification.

Objective To observe the changes of serum lipids ,hs‐CRP ,MFG‐E8 and Klotho gene levels after rosuvatatin treatment in elderly patients with coronary heart disease complicating hyperlipidemia for investigating the action mechanisms of ro‐suvatatin and its application value .Methods Totally 129 elderly patients with coronary artery disease complicating hyperlipidemia in our hospital were randomly divided into two groups .The control group received only conventional treatment ,while on this basis the rosuvatatin group was given rosuvastatin 10 mg everyday ,with 2 months as a treatment cycle .Blood lipids ,hs‐CRP ,MFG‐E8 and Klotho gene levels before and after treatment were compared between the two groups .The regulation effect of rosuvatatin was investigated Results The blood lipod ,hs‐CRP ,MFG‐E8 and Klotho before treatment had no obvious difference between the two groups .The levels of TC ,LDL‐C and TG after treatment in the rosuvatatin group were significantly decreased compared with the control group ,while the HDL‐C level was significantly increased ,the differences were statistically significant (P<0 .05) .In addi‐tion ,the hs‐CRP level after treatment in the rosuvatatin group was significantly lower than that in the control group (P<0 .05) . Compared with the control group ,the levels of MFG‐E8 and Klotho after treatment in the rosuvatatin group were increased ,the difference was statistically significant (P<0 .05) .Conclusion Rosuvastatin could decrease the blood lipid and hs‐CRP levels ,up‐regulates the MFG‐E8 and Klotho levels ,alleviates the inflammatory reaction and has the anti‐vascular aging effect ,thus effectively treats the patients with coronary heart disease complicating hyperlipidemia .

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OBJECTIVETo analyze the status and papers information of Chinese Journal of Applied Physiology, and provide a guide for authors, readers and editing staffs.

METHODSWe retrieved papers of Chinese Journal of Applied Physiology from 2009 to 2013 from CNKI, and performed a statistical analysis of papers information contained in the text using bibliometrics method. Papers information such as document type, found support, author affiliation type, and discipline classification, etc. was analyzed.

RESULTSSeven hundred and forty two papers including 27 full English articles in total were published in Chinese Journal of Applied Physiology from 2009 to 2013. More papers were supported by national, provincial, and the other foundation, it was about 82.6% of all papers.

CONCLUSIONChinese Journal of Applied Physiology has stable manuscript resources, various discipline papers, and play an important role for development of applied physiology in China.

Objective The purpose of this study is to determine whether the TransAtlantic InterSociety Consensus (TASC) criteria (Ⅱ-2007 versions), the Society of Vascular Surgery (SVS) runoff score or risk factors for peripheral arterial disease were correlated with postoperative outcome of superficial femoral artery occlusive disease. Methods From January 2006 to September 2009, patients who suffered from lower extremity atherosclerosis occlusion disease and underwent endovascular or surgical therapy in superficial femoral artery segment were reviewed retrospectively at Beijing Tongren Hospital. Femoralpopliteal artery lesions were graded according to the TASC Ⅱ criteria. Runoff scores were determined in infrapopliteal artery segment lesions. All patients were followed up. Kaplan-Meier method was applied to calculate primary patency rate, and COX regression analysis was used to determine if TASC Ⅱ classification,runoff score, or factors for peripheral arterial disease affected primary patency rate. Results 142 patients (197 limbs) were followed up after treatment at 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, and every 6 months thereafter. Median follow-up time was 13 months. By Cox regression analysis, TASC Ⅱ classification(RR =1.471,P = 0. 012 ), runoff score ( RR = 1.190, P = 0. 004 ), and type 2 diabetic mellitus ( RR = 2. 320, P =0.019) significantly affected primary patency. Conclusions Postoperative poor patency rates are associated with higher degree of the TASC Ⅱ lesions, poor initial runoff score, and type 2 diabetic mellitus in patients of superfical femoral artery occlusive disease.

Objective To investigate the clinical features of young female patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) who were referred to Peking Union Medical College Hospital. Methods A total of 24 consecutive AMI female patients (age≤44 years) who underwent coronary angiography were retrospectively retrieved from the database, and 70 AMI patients whose age ≥ 65 years and who also underwent coronary angiography were enrolled as a control (elderly) group. Clinical features were compared between the two groups. Results Of the 24 young female AMI patients, MI from non-atherosclerosis was identiifed in 9 patients (non-ATS group). Compared to the remaining 15 young female AMI patients (ATS-group), non-ATS group was younger (P<0.05), with lower BMI (P<0.05) and less traditional risk factors of coronary heart disease (P<0.05). Coronary angiography showed more normal artery (P<0.05) and lesions on left main (P<0.05). However, when compared to the elderly group, the young female ATS-group was associated with less hypertension (P<0.01), smoking (P<0.05), traditional risk factors (P<0.01) and lower level of blood pressure (P<0.05), fasting glucose (P<0.05), serum creatine (P<0.01), TC (P<0.05), and LDL-C (P<0.01) at admission. Coronary angiography showed single vessel disease was the most common lesion. Conclusions Acute myocardial infarction in young female might be caused by non-atherosclerosis. Those due to atherosclerosis differ in coronary risk factors and angiographic features from the elderly female AMI patients.

BACKGROUND:Polylactic acid(PLA)surface is hydrophobic and there are no nataral recognition sites,so its application is limited.Many different strategies have been studied such as composition and chemical Drafting,to produce hydrophilic groups.However,these traditional methods are always involved in complex process and many organic reagents,resulting in decrease of biocompatibility.OBJECTIVE:To conduct the surfacr modification of PL.A and improve its hydrophilicity with low temperature plasma treatment.DESIGN:Controlled observation.SETTING:Department of Materials Science and Engineering in Jinan University.MATERIAIS:The experiment was processed from October 2004 to October 2005 at Guangzhou Research Center of Artificial Organs and Materials Engineering(Ministry of Education).The mainly used materials were:Poly-D,L-lactic acid(Mr 2.9×104,Shandong Medical Instrument Institute),N-vinyl-pyrrolidone(NVP,Acros Company,purified before use).METHODS:The materials were treated in the plasma reactor under different conditions(power=150 W,t=3,2,1 minutes;power=30 W,t=10,8,5,3,1 minutes)to choose the optimal condition,and then PLA were grafted with NVP by gas phase polymerization and liquid polymerization,respectively.MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES:THe surface morphology of the films was observed with scanning electron microscopy and atomic force microscopy.The hydrophilicity of native and treated material surfaces was measured using a water contact angle meter.Surface composition was detected with Fourier transform infrared spectrometer.Mass changesmeasurement was applied to characterize the grafting efficiency.RESULTS:Scanning electron microscopy and atomic force microscopy showed that the plasma medified materials possessed coarse surface with pores and notches.Water contact angles decreased obviously from 78°to 50°after grafting,Fourier transform infrared spectrometer showed a new absorption peak at 1 637.19 cm-1,which corresponded to the carbonyl stretch vibration absorption of amide group in poly-N-vinyl-pyrrolidone.After the plasma treatmerlt at low temperature.the mass change ratio of PLA film material was-0.6.CONCLUSION:The plasma treatment and polymerization can improve the hydrophilicity and cause coarsr surface of PLA material,which will be helpful for the cell attachment.

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