Wear of polyethylene (PE) tibial inserts is a significant cause of implant failure of total knee arthroplasty (TKA). PE inserts wear measurement and evaluation is the key in TKA researches. There are many methods to measure insert wear. Qualitative methods such as observation are used to determine the wear and its type. Quantitative methods such as gravimetric analysis, coordinate measuring machines (CMM) and micro-computed tomography (micro-CT) are used to measure the mass, volume and geometry of wear. In this paper, the principle, characteristics and research progress of main insert wear evaluation method were introduced and the problems and disadvantages were analyzed.
Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee ; Humans ; Knee Prosthesis ; Polyethylene ; Prosthesis Design ; Prosthesis Failure ; Tibia ; Tomography, X-Ray Computed ; X-Ray Microtomography

Objective To investigate the risk factors for delayed graft function (DGF) recovery in the recipients of kidney transplantation after the operation. Methods The data of 209 recipients who received kidney transplantation during January 2005 to March 2007 were analyzed retrospectively. The DGF group comprised of 47 cases. 162 cases without DGF constituted the control group. Chi-square analysis method was employed to look for the risk factors of DGF, including warm ischemia time ≥10min, hypovolaemia in the recipient, acute tubular necrosis (ATN), nephrotoxicity of calmodulin inhibitors, acute rejection (AR), 12h ≤ cold ischemia time ≤ 24h, sex, age ≥ 50, the modus of dialysis, the number of times of transplantation, human leucocyte antigen (HLA) zygosity, urinary fistula or obstruction of ureter during early period after operation, blood-transfusion before transplantation and hepatitis virus infection. Then Logistic regression analysis was used to assess and rank the relative risk of potential variables. Results The incidence of DGF was 22.5%(47/209). All patients recovered within 20.8?10.3 days except 2 cases due to AR and 1 case due to graft phlebothrombosis. The relative risk factors include AR, ATN, nephrotoxicity of calmodulin inhibitors, recipient hypovolaemia and warm ischaemia time ≥ 10min. Conclusion The ranking of risk factors is as following, ATN, nephrotoxicity of calmodulin inhibitors, recipient hypovolaemia, AR and warm ischaemia time ≥ 10min, according to decrement of the coefficient correlation. It is very important to comprehend the risk factors thoroughly in order to prevent them effectively.

Objective To analyze the clinical data of living related donor kidney transplantation,and to evaluate the related problems including the donor selection and safety,the surgical approach of living donor nephrectomy,preoperative intervention,and the relation of type matching with transplantation result.Methods Data of 30 cases of living donor kidney transplantation during 07/2002 to 07/2007 were studied retrospectively.29 cases were primary transplantation and only in one patient the transplantation was repeated,2 patients secured their transplants from the spouse,while in 28 cases transplants were donated by relatives.The blood type of all the patients was identical with an exception in 2 cases,in whom the blood type was compatible.The HLA matching results were:1 case with no-mismatch,3 cases with 4-loci mismatch,13 cases with 2-loci mismatch and 13 cases with 1-locus mismatch.The kidney was obtained with open nephrectomy in 21 cases,and in 9 donors the was harvested laparoscopically.In the 30 cases,one right kidney was donated,and the left kidneys were donated in other 29 cases.Triple-combined immunosuppressive protocols consisted of calcineurin inhibitors(CNI),MMF/Aza and steroid.Results Except in one case the allograft was removed for hyperacute rejection,and in one recipient who was again retransplanted with a cadaveric kidney due to dysfunction of transplanted kidney,28 recipients recovered smoothly in 6.3?8.0 days.In 4 cases infection with cytomegalovirus after the surgery occurred,but recovered after anti-virus treatment with ganciclovir.One patient suffered from urinary leakage,and recovered after adequate drainage,nutritional support and infection prevention.Two patients suffered from acute rejection in the first month after transplantation and reversed after hormone stosstheraphy.All donors recovered.The renal function also recovered.Conclusion Both the strict selection of donor and the overall preoperative evaluation of the donor and recipient are critical for the success of transplantation.Living relative donor kidney transplantation is worth of popalarizing,as it has preferable HLA match,short waiting time and renal ischemia time,and the source of donor kidney is expanded.

AIM: To provide a basis for appraising quality standard of Baohe Pill (Fructus Gataegi, Massa medicata fermentata, Rhizoma pinelliae, Pericapium citr reticulatae, Fructus forsythiae, Semen raphani, Fructus Mordei germinatus, Poria) inclusive of its RP-HPLC fingerprint chromatogram. METHODS: The chromatographic column was Kromasil C_ 18 column (4.6 mm?250 mm, i.d, 5-?m particle size). The mobile phase was 0.5% solution of ammonium dihydrogen phosphate (NH_4H_2PO_4), and the flow rate was 0.8 mL/min with UV detector at 214 nm. RESULTS: The RP-HPLC fingerprint chromatogram of Baohe Pill was established. In the experiment, for precision and repeatability, the RSD of each area of common peak was less than 3%. CONCLUSION: This method is simple and reliable.

Objective To validate the clinical performance of a domestic fibrinogen reagent by freezing method(Clauss method) on the coagulometer Japan Sysmex CA1500.Methods The domestic fibrinogen reagent as the reagent A and the Germany Siemens Dade thrombin reagent as the reagent D,the Clauss method was adopted to measure the within-run precision and between-run preci-sion in two levels of quality control respectively.The reference value range was verified by the reagent A in 165 cases of normal clin-ical samples.The fibrinogen detection results in 200 cases of clinical samples were compared between by the reagent A and the rea-gent D.The significance test and the equivalence test were performed.Results The within-run precision CV of the reagent A and D in two levels of quality control were 4.28%,6.98% and 3.45%,5.22% respectively,the between-run precision CV of the reagent A and D in two levels of quality control were 6.23%,10.34% and 6.20%,9.89% respectively,the differences had no statistical significance(P >0.05).The reference value range of the reagent A was 2.08 -3.92 g/L.The fibrinogen detection results of the clinical samples by the reagent A and D had the statistically significant differences (P =0.025).But the 90% bilateral confidence in-terval(90%CI :-0.09,0.15)of the difference in the mean detection results by these two reagents located in the equivalent interval (-0.27,0.27).Conclusion The domestic fibrinogen reagent for Clauss method has reliable detection results and is suitable for the coagulometer Japan Sysmex CA1500,which is equivalent to the clinical application of Germany Siemens Dade thrombin reagent.

This paper proposed a rehabilitation training system with electromyography (sEMG) feedback for stroke patients based on ARM embedded system and LabVIEW. The system can achieve real-time acquisition, processing and dualview of multi-channel sEMGs and compute related sEMG parameters including iEMG, RMS, MPF and co-contraction ratio. The system was detected by clinical experiments and related inspection department. The result showed that the system is functional, interactive and in accordance with the relevant standards for medical devices so that it can fully satisfy the clinical demands. In addition, the system can help doctors to master the training state of the patient more effectively in a real-time and quantitative way that is direct to improve the training programs of stroke patients.
Electromyography ; Humans ; Neurofeedback ; Stroke Rehabilitation

This study investigated the effect of prolonged walking with load carriage on body posture, muscle fatigue, heart rate and blood pressure of the tested subjects. Ten healthy volunteers performed 30 min walking trials on treadmill (speed = 1.1 m/s) with different backpack loads [0% body weight (BW), 10% BW, 15% BW and 20% BW]. The change of body posture, muscle fatigue, heart rate and blood pressure before and after walking and the recovery of muscle fatigue during the rest time (0, 5, 10 and 15 min) were collected using the Bortec AMT-8 and the NDI Optotrak Certus. Results showed that the forward trunk and head angle, muscle fatigue, heart rate and blood pressure increased with the increasing backpack loads and bearing time. With the 20% BW load, the forward angle, muscle fatigue and systolic pressure were significantly higher than with lighter weights. No significantly increased heart rate and diastolic pressure were found. Decreased muscle fatigue was found after removing the backpack in each load trial. But the recovery of the person with 20% BW load was slower than that of 0% BW, 10% BW and 15% BW. These findings indicated that the upper limit of backpack loads for college-aged students should be between 15% BW and 20% BW according to muscle fatigue and forward angle. It is suggested that backpack loads should be restricted to no more than 15% BW for walks of up to 30 min duration to avoid irreversible muscle fatigue.
Blood Pressure ; Body Weight ; Exercise Test ; Healthy Volunteers ; Heart Rate ; Humans ; Muscle Fatigue ; Posture ; Walking ; physiology ; Weight-Bearing

Objective To compare the image quality of diffusion-weighted MR neurography (DW-MRN) of the tibial nerve and the common peroneal nerve prospectively using different motion probing gradients (MPGs).Methods A total of 21 healthy volunteers underwent DW-MRN at the knee (unilateral imaging) on a 3.0 T magnetic resonance system with unidirectional MPGs.The protocol included anteriorposterior unidirectional,right-left unidirectional,three-directional and six-directional MPGs.The apparent SNR and CNR of tibial nerve and common peroneal nerve were calculated.Three-dimensional MIP images of the nerves were evaluated blindly by two radiologists using a four-point grading scale on basis of entirety depiction and the signal intensity.Significance was determined by using Friedman and paired Wilcoxon tests.Results The SNR of tibial nerves on DW-MRN with anterior-posterior,right-left,three directional and six directional MPGs were 4.17 (2.70-5.65),4.35 (0.47-4.69),3.46 (2.27-4.62) and 3.30 (2.06-4.43),respectively.CNR were 0.61 (0.46-0.70),0.63 (0.36-0.73),0.55 (0.39-0.64) and 0.53(0.35-0.63),respectively.The scores of tibial nerve image quality were 4.0 (2.0-4.0),4.0 (3.0-4.0),2.5 (2.0-3.5),2.0 (1.0-2.5),respectively.Interobserver agreement was good and the Kappa value was 0.69 (P ＜ 0.05).The SNR of the common peroneal nerves on DW-MRN with anteriorposterior,right-left,three directional and six directional MPGs were 3.05 (2.30-4.20),3.05 (2.26-4.34),2.72 (1.84-13.80) and 2.68 (1.87-3.67),respectively.CNR were 0.51 (0.39-0.62),0.51 (0.39-0.63),0.46(0.30-0.86) and 0.46(0.30-0.57),respectively.The scores of the common peroneal nerve image quality were 3.5 (2.0-4.0),4.0 (2.0-4.0),2.0 (1.0-3.0) and 2.0 (1.0-2.5),respectively.Interobserver agreement was good and the Kappa value was 0.70(P ＜0.05).For SNR,CNR and nerve image quality of the tibial nerves and the common peroneal nerves,there were significant differences among different MPGs (x2 =215.01,215.01,60.49 and 182.82,182.82,60.22,respectively,P ＜ 0.05).SNR,CNR and nerve image quality of the tibial nerves and the common peroneal nerves on DW-MRN with unidirectional MPGs were better than those with three-directional and sixdirectional MPGs (Z =-6.90-4.03,P ＜ 0.05).The SNR and CNR of the tibial nerves on DW-MRN with right-left direction were better than those with anterior-posterior unidirectional MPGs (Z =-3.53,-3.41,P ＜ 0.05),but there was no significant difference of image quality between right-left and anteriorposterior directional MPGs (Z =-0.58,P ＞ 0.05).DW-MRN of the tibial nerves with three-directional MPGs was better than that with six-directional MPGs (Z =-3.00,-2.80,-3.92,P ＜ 0.05).There were no significant differences between right-left and anterior-posterior unidirectional MPGs,or between three-directional and six-directional MPGs of common peroneal nerves (Z =-1.94--0.31,P ＞ 0.05).Conclusions DW-MRN has capability to provide three-dimensional visualization of the tibial and common peroneal nerves,and the image quality with unidirectional MPGs is better than that with three or six directional MPGs.

Erythropoietin (EPO),which is routinely used in clinic to treat anemia,has been implicated in a wide range of activities on diverse tissues.Recently,accumulating evidence shows that EPO has antidepressant-like effects and may be a po-tential drug candidate for treating mood symptoms and memory dysfunction in depression.This review summarizes the current progress on EPO’s antidepressant-like effects,and explores its potential mechanism and clinical application in the future,provi-ding a general view of the research and application status of EPO in depression.

Objective To study the relationship of soluble LAIR (sCD305 and CD3060) expression in recipient serum with cytomegalovirus (CMV) pneumonitis after renal transplantation. Methods Nineteen serum specimens from recipients were divided into CMV pneumonitis group (n=10) and control group (n=9). Then the concentrations of sCD305 and CD3060 were quantitated with sandwich ELISA. The data were analyzed by using student t test. Results sCD305 was skewness distributed in both 2 groups, was 0.000-3.039 μg/L in CMV pneumonitis group and 0.000-8.375 μg/L in con-trol group. CD3060 was skewness distributed in CMV pneumonitis group and the concentration was 0.000-0.017μg/L. CD3060 was mormally distributed in control group and the concentration was 0.046±0.035 μg/L. There was significant difference of CD3060 (P=0.000) concentrations and no sig-nificant difference of sCD305(P=0.316) concentrations in 2 groups, respectively. Conclusions The concentration of CD3060 is low in CMV pneumonitis patients. The combination of CMV PP65 antigen detection and CD3060 detection is helpful for the early and precise diagnosis of CMV pneumonitis in renal transplantation patients.