1.Man-machine interface design of a rehabilitation training equipment
Kexuan ZHANG ; Zhijian SU ; Zhenkui GAO ; Nengtao LIN ; Huiyu ZHU
Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research 2014;(3):488-492
BACKGROUND:Rehabilitation training equipments play an important role in the rehabilitation treatment. Because of poor muscle strength and joint mobility in patients, we must guarantee the safety of rehabilitation training equipments.
OBJECTIVE:To design a new suitable man-machine interface that ensures patients can use rehabilitation equipments and even parts of fitness equipments safely.
METHODS:Through user experience research, we found the flaws of the existing rehabilitation equipment. Depending on the principles of ergonomics, we designed a new man-machine interface for upper limb exercise through survey and computer-aided design.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:The new man-machine interface program achieves the rapid wear and discharge between patients and rehabilitation training equipment, and importantly, it can automatical y separate people from the equipment when the patient's body discomforts or equipment failure appears. What’s more, this man-machine interface can be promoted to other fitness equipments. As a result, rehabilitation training for patients wil be more convenient.
2.Relationship between renal phospholipase A2 receptor expression and clinical characteristics,prognosis in idiopathic membranous nephropathy patients
Youqi LI ; Zhenzhen LIU ; Kexuan LIN ; Renhua LIU ; Li NI ; Guanxian LIU ; Yongjun SHI
Chinese Journal of Nephrology 2018;34(9):661-666
Objective To explore the relationship of phospholipase A2 receptor (PLA2R) expression in renal tissue with clinical characteristics,prognosis of idiopathic membranous nephropathy (IMN) patients.Methods 134 patients diagnosed as nephropathy proven by biopsy was selected as subjects of this research,including 98 patients with IMN patients,10 patients with secondary membranous nephropathy and 26 patients with other renal glomerular diseases.The expression of PLA2R antigen in renal tissue was detected by immuno-fluorescence chemistry staining.Results The positive rate of renal PLA2R expression in IMN patients was higher than that in SMN patients (91.84% vs 40.00%,P< 0.01),whereas there is no expression in other glomerular diseases.The PLA2R negative group were mainly stage Ⅰ membranous nephropathy,and positive group was mainly in stage Ⅱ.The distribution of pathological stage between the two groups was statistically significant (P <0.01).Compared with the positive group,the negative group was manifested with higher eGFR[(115.91± 23.32) ml· min-1 · (1.73 m2)-1 vs (94.06±27.38) ml· min-1 · (1.73 m2)-1,P=0.031],associated with the higher 12-month complete remission rate (87.50% vs 44.07%,P=0.021).Conclusions The expression of PLA2R antigen in renal tissue plays an important role in the diagnosis,disease evaluation and prognosis of IMN.The negative PLA2R in kidney tissue of IMN may indicate a good clinical prognosis.
3.Early predictive value of red cell distribution width for contrast - induced nephropathy in patients after enhanced computed tomography
Youqi LI ; Shaobin XIAO ; Kexuan LIN ; Li NI ; Chengwen HUANG ; Guanxian LIU ; Yongjun SHI
Chinese Journal of Nephrology 2019;35(6):415-420
Objective To explore the early predictive value of red cell distribution width (RDW) for contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) in patients after enhanced computed tomography (CT). Methods A total of 218 patients who underwent enhanced CT between June 2015 and June 2017 at Huizhou Central Municipal Hospital were enrolled in this study. Patients were divided into CIN group and no-CIN group. The diagnostic criteria for CIN is an increase in serum creatinine (Scr) of more than 44.2 μmol/L or 25% of the baseline value within 3 days of contrast agent use. The general information and clinical characteristics in two groups were compared. The risk factors of CIN were analyzed by logistic regression analysis. The receiver operator characteristic curve (ROC) was used to assess the value of RDW for predicting the occurrence of CIN. Results Among 218 patients, 10(4.59% ) patients had CIN. In the CIN group age, baseline Scr and baseline RDW were significantly higher, while hemoglobin, baseline estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), red blood cell, white blood cell, albumin, and high - density lipoprotein cholesterol were significantly lower than those in the no - CIN group (all P<0.05). Binary logistic regression analysis revealed that baseline RDW (OR=2.250, 95%CI 1.031-4.911, P=0.042) and eGFR (OR=0.963, 95% CI 0.928-0.999, P=0.044) were correlated with the occurrence of CIN. ROC analysis confirmed the area under the curve of RDW as a predictor of CIN was 0.798 (P<0.001). The cut - off value of RDW was 14.5% , and the diagnostic sensitivity and specificity in CIN were 70.00% and 85.58%, respectively. Conclusions Increased baseline RDW and decreased eGFR are the risk factors of the occurrence of CIN after enhanced CT. RDW has a good predictive value, and it may be a good biomarker for the early diagnosis of CIN.