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Medical cost savings in Sakado City and worldwide achieved by preventing disease by folic acid fortification.
Abstract The introduction of mandatory fortification of grains with folate in 1998 in the United States resulted in 767 fewer spina bifida cases annually and a cost savings of $603 million per year. However, far more significant medical cost savings result from preventing common diseases, including myocardial infarction, stroke, dementia and osteoporosis. A cost‐effectiveness analysis showed a gain of 266,649 quality‐adjusted life‐years and $3.6 billion saved annually, mainly due to the reduction of cardiac infarction. The recommended folate intake in Japan is 240 µg//d whereas it is 400 µg//d internationally. ...
Source: Congenital Anomalies - December 31, 2016 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Authors: Yasuo Kagawa, Mami Hiraoka, Mitsuyo Kageyama, Yoshiko Kontai, Mayumi Yurimoto, Chiharu Nishijima, Kaori Sakamoto Tags: Invited Review Article Source Type: research

Validity and Reliability of Skill-Related Fitness Tests for Wheelchair-Using Youth with Spina Bifida
To determine content validity of the Muscle Power Sprint Test (MPST) and construct validity and reliability of the MPST, 10x5 Meter Sprint Test (10x5MST), slalom test and one stroke push test (1SPT) in wheelchair-using youth with spina bifida (SB).
Source: Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation - September 11, 2016 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Manon AT. Bloemen, Tim Takken, Frank JG. Backx, Marleen Vos, Cas LJJ. Kruitwagen, Janke F. de Groot Source Type: research

Impact of a person-centred community rehabilitation service on outcomes for individuals with a neurological condition.
CONCLUSIONS: In the first year of operation, the community rehabilitation service made a significant impact on outcomes for individuals with a neurological condition. Further research is required to identify appropriate measures of activities of daily living and quality of life that reflect person-centred rehabilitation outcomes for restoring function, maximizing function, or preparing for functional decline. Implications for Rehabilitation Self-identified goals are an important guide for achievement of meaningful outcomes for individuals with a neurological condition. Person-centred outcome measures are required to evalua...
Source: Rural Remote Health - June 8, 2016 Category: Rural Health Authors: Barker RN, Sealey CJ, Polley ML, Mervin MC, Comans T Tags: Disabil Rehabil Source Type: research

Catching Dick: Not Why We Care About Weight
Amy Schumer said in her humorous acceptance speech at the Glamour Women of the Year Awards: "I'm like 160 pounds right now, and I can catch a dick whenever I want, and that's the truth." The line, like many in her speech, is obviously very funny. But the humor is directed at a misperception that is not so funny. With our society's superficial focus on youth and appearance, we have emphasized all the wrong reasons for maintaining a healthy body weight, which has nothing to do with "catching dick." We are sold the idea that remaining slim is primarily important as a means of attracting the opposite sex, rather than as a pa...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - June 4, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news

Pediatric Rehabilitation
In the scope of medicine overall, and even within our own specialty of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, children with disabilities represent a unique population. Pediatric rehabilitation may be the most challenging subspecialty within our field as it focuses on maximizing the function and enhancing the lives of children with a wide range of conditions such as cerebral palsy, spina bifida, stroke, brain injury, genetic abnormalities, and other developmental disabilities. As with adult rehabilitation, it is a multidisciplinary venture and it takes a certain type of personality to be able to do this.
Source: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America - December 4, 2014 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Gregory T. Carter Tags: Foreword Source Type: research

Spina Bifida
Spina bifida fact sheet compiled by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS).
Source: NINDS Disorders: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke - October 26, 2014 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

Patient reported outcomes measures in neurogenic bladder and bowel: A systematic review of the current literature
ConclusionsCurrent PRO measures (PROM) and QoL assessments are heterogeneous and several inconsistencies in clinical and PRO for various management options exist. Standardized PROM will help identify optimal bladder and bowel management for patients with neurologic conditions. Neurourol. Urodynam. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Source: Neurourology and Urodynamics - October 18, 2014 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Darshan P. Patel, Sean P. Elliott, John T. Stoffel, William O. Brant, James M. Hotaling, Jeremy B. Myers Tags: Review Article Source Type: research

What Causes Muscle Weakness?
Discussion Muscle tone is the slight tension that is felt in a muscle when it is voluntarily relaxed. It can be assessed by asking the patient to relax and then taking the muscles through a range of motion such as moving the wrists, forearm and upper arm. Muscle strength is the muscle’s force against active resistance. Impaired strength is called weakness or paresis. There are 5 levels of muscle strength. 0 = No muscle contraction detected 1 = Barely detected flicker of contraction 2 = Active movement with gravity eliminated 3 = Active movement against gravity 4 = Active movement against gravity and some resistance ...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - December 9, 2013 Category: Pediatrics Authors: pediatriceducationmin Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news

Telehealth weight management intervention for adults with physical disabilities: a randomized controlled trial.
CONCLUSIONS: A low-cost telephone intervention supported with a Web-based remote coaching tool (POWERS) can be an effective strategy for assisting overweight adults with physical disabilities in maintaining or reducing their body weight. PMID: 24257266 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Medical Physics - November 23, 2013 Category: Physics Authors: Rimmer JH, Wang E, Pellegrini CA, Lullo C, Gerber BS Tags: Am J Phys Med Rehabil Source Type: research

Health-related quality of life and economic impact of urinary incontinence due to detrusor overactivity associated with a neurologic condition: a systematic review
Conclusions: Incontinent patients with underlying neurologic conditions have impaired HRQoL as well as substantial economic burden attributable to UI due to NDO. There is a need for urgency UI treatments that improve HRQoL of these patients and alleviate the economic burden of this condition.
Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes - January 31, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Crisanta TapiaKristin KhalafKarina BerensonDenise GlobeMichael ChancellorLesley Carr Source Type: research