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A cluster of high psychological and somatic symptoms in children with idiopathic scoliosis predicts persistent pain and analgesic use 1 year after spine fusion.

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BACKGROUND Persistent postoperative pain is a significant problem for many children, particularly for those undergoing major surgery such as posterior spine fusion. More than two-thirds report persistent pain after spine fusion, yet factors that may contribute to poorer outcomes remain poorly

Natural history of untreated idiopathic scoliosis after skeletal maturity.

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A total of 187 random cases of untreated idiopathic scoliosis, seen from a minimum of 15 to a maximum of 47 years after the end of growth, were reviewed. All curves increased after skeletal maturity (average progression: 0.4 degrees per year). Thoracic curves tend to progress more than lumbar,

Changes in histochemical profile of muscle after long-term electrical stimulation in patients with idiopathic scoliosis.

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Adolescent patients with idiopathic scoliosis were treated with long-term electrical stimulation (30 Hz) at the posterior axillary line on the convex side of the curvature in order to correct the spinal deformity. The patients were also followed with muscle biopsies from the latissimus dorsi of the

A High Preoperative Pain and Symptom Profile Predicts Worse Pain Outcomes for Children After Spine Fusion Surgery.

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Preoperative pain predicts persistent pain after spine fusion, yet little is understood about the nature of that pain, related symptoms, and how these symptoms relate to postoperative pain outcomes. This prospective study examined children's baseline pain and symptom profiles and the association

The Relationship between Parental Factors, Child Symptom Profile and Persistent Postoperative Pain Interference and Analgesic Use in Children

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Objectives: Both parental and child factors have been previously associated with persistent or recurrent postoperative pain in children. Yet, little is known about the relative contribution of parent factors or whether child symptom

The media as an approach to adolescent health education.

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A series of eight 60-second dialogues was cooperatively produced by the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department's Adolescent Clinic and KTAC Radio, Tacoma, Washington. The format was one in which the radio announcer made a statement concerning adolescent health, followed by an adolescent's asking a

Postoperative malnutrition in Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

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Dysphagia and aspiration seem to be rare in Duchenne muscular dystrophy, but cachexia can be associated with early death. Commonly, weight loss can be attributed to inadequate caloric intake caused by loss of ability to self-feed and/or fatigue. Our objective was to determine whether scoliosis

Clinical features of children and adults with a muscular dystrophy using powered indoor/outdoor wheelchairs: disease features, comorbidities and complications of disability.

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OBJECTIVE To describe the clinical features of electric powered indoor/outdoor wheelchair users with a muscular dystrophy, likely to influence optimal prescription; reflecting features of muscular dystrophies, conditions secondary to disability, and comorbidities impacting on equipment

Perioperative care of an adolescent with postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome.

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Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) is a disorder characterized by postural tachycardia in combination with orthostatic symptoms without associated hypotension. Symptoms include light-headedness, palpitations, fatigue, confusion, and anxiety, which are brought on by assuming the upright

Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva

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Clinical characteristics: Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) is characterized by congenital bilateral hallux valgus malformations and early-onset heterotopic ossification, which may be spontaneous or precipitated by trauma

[Bone abnormalities. Muscular dystrophy and lithiasis: lithogenic factors and therapeutic difficulties].

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Duchenne's muscular dystrophy with kypho-scoliosis, progressive muscle weakness and abnormal fatigue of the muscles results in an immobilisation syndrome with increased bone resorption and hypercalciuria. The accompanying chest deformity alters the respiratory capacity, causing pulmonary

Back pain during growth.

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It is wrong to believe that back pain only burdens adults: the yearly incidence during growth ranges from 10-20%, continuously increasing from childhood to adolescence. Rapid growth-related muscular dysbalance and insufficiency, poor physical condition in an increasingly sedentary adolescent

A rare c.183_187dupCTCAC mutation of the acetylcholine receptor CHRNE gene in a South Asian female with congenital myasthenic syndrome: a case report.

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BACKGROUND Congenital myasthenic syndromes (CMSs) occur as a result of genetic mutations that cause aberrations in structure and/or function of proteins involved in neuromuscular transmission. Acetylcholine receptor epsilon (ε) subunit (CHRNE) gene mutations account for about 30-50 % of genetically

Defective endoplasmic reticulum-mitochondria contacts and bioenergetics in SEPN1-related myopathy

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SEPN1-related myopathy (SEPN1-RM) is a muscle disorder due to mutations of the SEPN1 gene, which is characterized by muscle weakness and fatigue leading to scoliosis and life-threatening respiratory failure. Core lesions, focal areas of mitochondria depletion in skeletal muscle fibers, are the most

Post-Polio Syndrome.

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Post-polio syndrome (PPS) is the term used for the new late manifestations that occur in patients 30 to 40 years after the occurrence of acute poliomyelitis. PPS has been recognized for over 100 years, but is more common at the present time because of the large epidemics of poliomyelitis in the

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