1.Indoor transfer lift.
Wo BO ; Cai PING ; Ji XIAOJUN ; Liu DONGCAI
Chinese Journal of Medical Instrumentation 2010;34(1):24-26
Indoor transfer lift is a useful technical assistant to assist the nursing of mobility impaired person, and the high-end product even make it possible that the disabled to live an independent living. The features of market available transfer lifts are discussed and the standard ISO 10535 (Hoists for the transfer of disabled persons--Requirements and test methods) is briefly introduced. The component parts and their function of rail lift are introduced in detail.
Disabled Persons
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rehabilitation
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Humans
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Moving and Lifting Patients
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instrumentation
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Self Care
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instrumentation
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Self-Help Devices
2. Comparison of adjacent segment degeneration following single-segment minimally invasive and open transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion
Jun JIA ; Xinyu LIU ; Suomao YUAN ; Yonghao TIAN ; Jun YAN ; Wanlong XU ; Xingshuai GAO ; Yiwei ZHAO ; Wubo LIU
Chinese Journal of Orthopaedics 2019;39(12):766-773
Objective:
To compare the incidence of adjacent segment degeneration (ASDeg) and clinical outcomes of minimally invasive versus traditional transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) in the treatment of L 4,5 single-segment lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) and explore the risk factors of ASDeg.
Methods:
All of 115 patients with LSS who were treated by the same group of doctors from 2009 to 2013, with a minimum follow-up of 5 years. Thirty-eight patients underwent minimally invasive trans-foraminal lumbar interbody fusion (MIS-TLIF) and 77 patients underwent traditional TLIF. Standing radiographs at the preopera-tive period and the final follow-up were assessed. Radiological parameters included lumbar lordosis (LL), fused segment angle (FSA), disc height (DH) and range of motion (ROM). Babu classification was used to identify facet joint violation (FJV) in patients at 5-year follow-up. Clinical outcomes were assessed according to visual analog scale (VAS) score, Japanese Orthopaedic Associa-tion (JOA) score and Oswestry Disability Index (ODI). Student's