ObjectiveTo observe the hindlimb motor end-plate morphology and activity of acetyl cholinesterase (AChE) in different types of muscle fiber end-plate areas after spinal cord injury and spinal cord reconstruction tubes inducing spinal cord regeneration. Methods43 adult Wistar rats were randomly divided into spinal cord transected group at T8 (Cx group), spinal cord transected with transplantation of reconstruction tubes group (CxTp group) and control group (Co group). 2 weeks, 4 weeks, 3 months, 6 months and 12 months after operation, gastrocnemius, soleus and extensor digitorum longus were dissected respectively, and stained with gold chloride to observe the motor end-plate and stained with Karnovsky-Roots to detect AChE. ResultsIn Cx group, the end-plates degenerated since 3 months after operation, while the AChE activity declined. In CxTp group, end-plate structure and morphology were relatively stable and there were no signs of degeneration. ConclusionAfter spinal cord injury, motor end-plates undergo degeneration. The spinal cord reconstruction tubes graft can prevent end-plate degeneration and benefit for AChE reactivation and motor end-plate morphological and structural plasticity towards the direction of neurological rehabilitation.

Objective To evaluate the effects of psychological nursing process on the quality of life and its related factors in maintenance hemodialysis patients.Methods Ninety maintenance hemodialysis patients from September 2013 to September 2014 were selected as research object,and they were divided into control group 45 cases and observation group 45 cases by random digits table method.The patients in control group received routine psychological intervention,while the patients in observation group received psychological intervention with nursing process.The two groups were evaluated and compared with Short Form 36 Health Survey Questionnaire score (SF-36), Self-Efficacy for Managing Chronic Disease(SEMCD) and Perceived Social Support Scale(PSSS) before and after the intervention at 6th and 12th month.The score changes of each scale were analyzed by repeated-measures analysis of variance and multivariate analysis of variance.Results The number of patients that had completed the whole intervention process was 42 in control group and 44 in observation group.The SF-36 scores of two groups were all increased gradually with the extension of intervention time (time effect, all P＜0.01), but compared with control group, observation group had a trend towards better SF-36 score except for the dimension of physical functioning(interactive effect, all P＜0.01).In all dimensions of SF-36, the scores of physical role,general health,vitality and social function in observation group as a whole were higher than those in control group (group effect, all P＜0.05).Similarly, the SEMCD and PSSS scores of two groups were all increased gradually with the extension of intervention time (time effect, all P＜0.01), but the increasing trend of observation group was more obvious than control group (interactive effect, all P＜0.01).Conclusions The application of psychological nursing process can effectively improve the life quality of maintenance hemodialysis patients, and have a satisfied long-term effect,which may be related to the continuous improvement of psychological nursing process on the self-efficacy and perceived social support of the patients.

Objective To introduce the method and experience of the setting of psychological care nurses,to discuss its effect on high-quality nursing and on amelioration of the patients' negative moods.Methods Psychological care nurses were set up in all the clinical departments,after systemic training of psychological knowledge and became qualified psychological consultant via national certification examination.We took psychological care nurses as the leading role,assisted with other nursing modes.By the means of mental status scale in non-psychiatric settings (MSSNS) and the satisfaction questionnaire of psychological care to evaluate the patients' mental status and satisfaction degrees before and after the intervention in 297 cases.Results Patients'scores of anxiety scale,depression,anger,loneliness factor and the total score of the MSSNS after the psychological nursing intervention were significant differences than those before the psychological nursing intervention,[(39.66±4.70)vs (45.59±6.45),(23.31±2.28)vs (26.59±3.35),(13.91 ±3.01) vs (15.12±2.58),(17.58±3.74)vs (20.29 ±4.67),(92.09±6.85)vs (106.66±8.58),t values was 14.376,15.213,23.992,13.974,13.641 respectively,P＜0.05].The satisfaction rate of patients for psychological nursing intervention after the intervention was 96.97％(288/297),which was significant higher than that before the intervention,69.70％(207/297),x2=79.53,P＜0.05.Conclusions Psychological care demands professional qualities.Only through systemic training,can grasp the nurses master professional psychological knowledge and skill,so as to apply scientific psychological care to the patients and help them to solve their psychological perplexities and maintain physical and psychological well-beings.

Objective To understand and to grasp the basic situation on blood donors who were ineligible by ALT dry chemistry testing before blood donation.Methods The ALT rejection ratios used in initial screening and not used in two blood collection point were compared at the same time.The relativity between the dry chemistry testing and rate method were compared.An association was explored in various influencing factors on the activity of ALT.Results The use of ALT initial screening in blood donation had a significantly lower unqualified rate than not using it in early screening (P＜0.05).Dry chemical,biological method and the results had good correlation rates (r=0.993,P＜0.05).The B MI,drinking,sleeping,sports,diabetes,liver disease were independent factors affecting ALT activity (P＜0.05).Conclusion ALT initial screening can significantly reduce the unqualified rates and disposal of blood.

Objective To investigate the effect of silicone oil on the corneal endothelium in experimental animal models,while the silicone oil in the anterior chamber of the experimental animals will be taken out so as to explore their corneal changes.Methods Forty healthy white rabbits were randomly divided into three groups : silicone oil in the anterior chamber group (SIG),silicone oil in and out of the anterior chamber group (SIOG) and control group(CG).The cornea of rabbit was investigated at different times by slit-lamp,corneal thickness instrument,endothelial cell count instrument,histology and electromicroscopy.The time of silicone oil in the anterior chamber without keratpathy and the pathological changes of cornea with taking out of the silicone oil were observed.Results The density of the corneal endothelium in SIOG and SIG decreased more obviously by endothelial cell count instrument from 8 weeks to 16 weeks compared with control group (P

Objective To discuss the significance of near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) in evaluation of intrapartum hypoxic-ischemic cerebral injury, and to provide a method to evaluate neonatal brain damage objectively and quantitatively. Methods A total of 63 neonates with fetal distress were divided into hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy(HIE) group and non-HIE group. Thirtyfive newborns with no fetal distress were chosen as controls. Using NIRS, the brain regional oxygen saturation(rSO2) in these neonates were measured. Evaluation of brain rSO2 in the diagnosis of HIE was analyzed with receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve. Results At the time of fetal head visible on vulval gapping and 5 min after birth, the HIE group showed decreased brain rSO2[(36. 6±5.0)% and (52. 0±4. 2)%], comparing with control group[(45. 9±4. 6)% and (59. 6±4. 4)%]and non-HIE group[(44.1±3.1) % and (57. 6±3. 5) %](P<0. 01) . The brain rSO2 was positively correlated with the pH and oxygen saturation of umbilical artery blood in all groups (P<0. 01). When the cut-off value of brain rSO2 was <39. 5% at fetal head visible on vulval gapping, the sensitivity and specificity of assessing HIE were 67% and 93%, respectively, while 70% and 86% when the cut-off value was <53. 5% at 5 min after birth. Conclusions The brain rSO2 obtained by NIRS could be used to evaluate brain oxygenation, and may be useful in predicting HIE in neonates with fetal distress.

To better evaluate neuromuscular function of patients with stroke related motor dysfunction, we proposed an effective corticomuscular coherence analysis and coherent significant judgment method. Firstly, the related functional frequency bands in the electroencephalogram (EEG) were extracted via wavelet decomposition. Secondly, coherence were analysed between surface electromyography (sEMG) and sub-bands extracted from EEG. Further more, a coherent significant indicator was defined to quantitatively describe the similarity in certain frequency domain and phase lock activity between EEG and sEMG. Through the analysis of corticomuscular coherence during knee flexion-extension of stroke patients and healthy controls, we found that the stroke patients exhibited significantly lower gamma-band corticomuscular coherence in performing the task with their affected leg, and there was no statistically significant difference between their unaffected lag and the healthy controls, but with the rehabilitation training, the bilateral difference of corticomuscular coherence in patients decreased gradually.
Case-Control Studies ; Electroencephalography ; Electromyography ; Exercise Therapy ; Humans ; Knee ; physiology ; Muscle, Skeletal ; physiology ; Range of Motion, Articular ; Stroke Rehabilitation

BACKGROUND:There are a lot of adipose-derived stem cel s in the vascular stroma. These cel s are shown to play a very important role in the fat granule transplantation.
OBJECTIVE:To explore the role of adipose-derived stem cel s in the fat granule transplantation.
METHODS:Normal adipose tissues were obtained from 10 male BALB/C mice, SPF grade. Adipose-derived stem cel s and fat granules were extracted from the abdominal fat tissues. Another 24 nude mice acted as recipients and were assigned into control, fat granule transplantation or mixed transplantation (adipose-derived stem cel s+fat granules) groups. In the latter two groups, fat granule suspension and suspension of fat granules and adipose-derived stem cel s were injected into the shoulder of rats, respectively. In the control group, the same volume of cel medium was injected. Four weeks later, separated plasma and grafts were taken out for indicator measurement.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:Compared with the fat granule transplantation group, the mixed transplantation could remarkably increase the weight of grafts, while reduce the absorption of grafted fat tissues (P<0.01). After transplantation, the highest level of vascular endothelial growth factor in the plasma was obtained in the mixed transplantation group fol owed by fat granule transplantation group and control group (P<0.01). Level of basic fibroblast growth factor and microvessel density were significantly higher in the mixed transplantation group than the fat granule transplantation group (P<0.01). Better cel morphology and higher number of fat droplets were found in the mixed transplantation group compared with the fat granule transplantation group. Al these results indicate that adipose-derived stem cel transplantation can remarkably promote the expression of basic fibroblast growth factor, improve graft microcirculation, and improve morphology and function of fat granules.

Objective To observe the effects of buccal acupuncture therapy and body acupuncture therapy on plasma metabolomites of rheumatoid arthritis rabbits model; To search for the metabolites related to the mechanism of buccal acupuncture and body acupuncture. Methods Sixteen rabbits were made into rheumatoid arthritis models by complete freund's adjuvant before the treatment. The buccal acupuncture group was treated by buccal acupuncture on the knee acupoint; 13 mm × 0.32 mm needle straight 0.2–0.5 mm, twist the main points of stimulation 15 s, once a day. The body acupuncture group was treated by body acupuncture on the Xiyan and Zusanli acupoints; with 13 mm × 0.32 mm needle straight 2–3 mm, every 5 min each time, twisting needle method, 100 times/min for 15 s, once a day. After the continuous treatment for 5 days, UPLC-QTOF/MS was applied to test metabolite from the plasma sample of all groups. Similarity analysis, hierarchical cluster analysis (HCA), principal component analysis (PCA), orthogonal partial least squares-discriminant analysis (OPLS-DA) were applied in this research; meanwhile load analysis method was used to identify the meaningful metabolites. Results The similarity analysis, HCA and PCA all showed the significant difference of endogenous metabolites in plasma samples among the buccal acupuncture group, the body acupuncture, the model group and the blank group. The 4 groups of different plasma sample metabolite were completely separated in three dimensions by OPLS-DA and all the samples were gathered respectively. The load analysis indicated that there were 19 kinds of endogenous metabolites which showed the significant differences between buccal acupuncture group and model group, and also happened between the body acupuncture group and the model group; N-cetyl-L-phenylalanine and 2-phenyl propionate in metabolism of phenylalanine and tyrosine decreased significantly in the buccal acupuncture group while significantly increased in the body acupuncture group. Conclusion There are relative similarity on the mechanism of treating rheumatoid arthritis between buccal acupuncture and body acupuncture. However, N-acetyl-L-phenylalanine and 2-phenyl propionate, as the main potential biomarkers of the difference, indicate that the dissimilarity can be significant.

Objective To investigate the prevention of stroke-associated pneumonia (SAP) with Ramipril.Methods 404 acute stroke patients with primary hypertension were randomized into two groups.Group A received ramipril 2.5 mg once daily orally,and then were titrated up to 5 mg/d after a week.Group B received Candesartan 4 mg once daily orally,and then were titrated up to 8 mg/d after a week.The treatment course was 28 days.All patients received examination of Standardized Swallowing Assessment (SSA).The amelioration of swallow function and incidence of SAP after treatment were compared between the two groups.Results There were 10 patients suffering from SAP in group A and 21 patients in group B.The incidence of SAP was lower in group A(5.0％)than in group B(10.4％)(P＜0.05).The positive rate of SSA was 87.1 ％ in patients with SAP,higher than the total rate (47.5％).Dysphagia was improved in both groups after treatment.The rate of dysphagia improvement in group A and group B was 81.4％ and 66.3％ respectively.There was significant statistics difference in the positive case of SSA between two group (P＜ 0.05).Conclusions Orally treatment with ramipril is effective to prevent stroke-associated pneumonia and toimprove swallow function.