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Working hypothesis
- 1. Patients who receive a Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (HSCT) who follow a comprehensive rehabilitation program, have fewer post-transplant complications, reduce the number of hospital stay days, and return to their daily lives more quickly.
- 2. The economic costs
Protocol
1. Introduction:
Sarcopenia, a condition of skeletal muscle mass depletion and reduction of muscle strength, is the most important aspect of malnutrition secondary to liver cirrhosis. Sarcopenia is recognized to be an independent factor of morbidity and mortality befor and after liver
Malnutrition is characterized by a negative energy balance due to a deep skeletal muscular loss, which is itself secondary to the reduction of intake and metabolic abnormalities aggravating the loss of weight. Sarcopenia is defined as the loss of muscle mass, the consequences of which are a decrease
Stroke leads to profound cardiovascular deconditioning and secondary abnormalities in paretic skeletal muscle that worsen cardiovascular health. Conventional rehabilitation focuses on restoration of daily function, without an adequate exercise stimulus to address deconditioning or the muscle
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Stroke is the leading cause of disability in the United States. Biological changes in hemiparetic skeletal muscle may further propagate the disability. The investigators report gross muscular atrophy and major shift to fast myosin heavy chain (MHC) isoform distribution in hemiparetic thigh that are
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