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Pohlen M, Kuban J, Murphy A, Sheth R, McRae S, Ahrar J, Tam A, Gupta S. Abstract No. 691 Safety and diagnostic utility of percutaneous transcaval retroperitoneal biopsies. J Vasc Interv Radiol 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2018.01.736] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022] Open
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Yeoh J, Andrianopoulos N, Yudi M, Brennan A, Picardo S, Horrigan M, Duffy S, Freeman M, Fernando D, Sebastian M, Murphy A, O’Brien J, Oqueli E, Ajani A, Farouque O, Clark D. Outcomes After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Stable Coronary Artery Disease: A Multi-Centre Australian Registry Review. Heart Lung Circ 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2018.06.1028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Murphy A, Yudi M, Yeoh J, Farouque O, Clark D, Ramchand J, Neef P. Clinical Characteristics of Patients With Stable Coronary Artery Disease Undergoing Angiography by Trans-Femoral Versus Trans-Radial Approach. Heart Lung Circ 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2018.06.726] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Yeoh J, Andrianopoulos N, Yudi M, Brennan A, Picardo S, Horrigan M, Fernando D, Duffy S, Freeman M, Sebastian M, Murphy A, O’Brien J, Oqueli E, Ajani A, Farouque O, Clark D. Long-Term Mortality Following Percutaneous Coronary Intervention to the Proximal Left Anterior Descending Artery: A Multi-Centre Australian Registry Review. Heart Lung Circ 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2018.06.1027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Murphy A, Brennan J, Neef P. Case Study: An Interesting Case of Sporadic Legionella Infection Coinciding with Severe Left Ventricular Dysfunction. Heart Lung Circ 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2018.06.092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Price M, Cummins C, Gray A, Murphy A. A novel method to establish inter-athlete measurement uncertainty. J Sci Med Sport 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jsams.2017.09.301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Murphy A, Palafox B, O’Donnell O, Stuckler D, Perel P, Yusuf S, McKee M. Socio-economic inequality in the use of secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease. Eur J Public Health 2017. [DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckx187.246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Savulich G, Riccelli R, Passamonti L, Correia M, Deakin J, Elliott R, Flechais R, Lingford-Hughes A, McGonigle J, Murphy A, Nutt N, Orban C, Paterson L, Reed L, Smith D, Suckling J, Tait R, Taylor E, Sahakian B, Robbins T, Ersche K. S24-2THE ICCAM PLATFORM: TO INVESTIGATE THE NEUROPHARMACOLOGY OF BRAIN PROCESSES RELEVANT TO ADDICTION. Alcohol Alcohol 2017. [DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agx075.94] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Moore P, Janssen C, Murphy A, Nadra I, Della Siega A, Robinson S. CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY AND REVASCULARISATION AFTER CABG IN BRITISH COLUMBIA: INCIDENCE, PREDICTORS AND OUTCOMES. Can J Cardiol 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2017.07.277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022] Open
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Viotti M, Victor A, Brake A, Tyndall J, Murphy A, Lepkowsky L, Lal A, Griffin D, Zouves C, Barnes F. Exploring the chromosomal concordance between trophectoderm and inner cell mass reveals a 6% ‘biological false negative’ rate during preimplantation genetic screening. Fertil Steril 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2017.07.837] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Shivappa N, Wirth M, Murphy A, Hurley T, Hebert J. Association between the Dietary Inflammatory Index (DII), urinary enterolignans and C-reactive protein in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey-2003-2008. Ann Oncol 2017. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdx390.056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Storan ER, O' Gorman SM, Hawkins P, Aalto L, Murphy A, Markham T. Alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency-related panniculitis: two cases with diverse clinical courses. Clin Exp Dermatol 2017; 42:520-522. [PMID: 28512995 DOI: 10.1111/ced.13102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/20/2016] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency (AATD)-related panniculitis is an extremely rare and underdiagnosed entity, and there is a paucity of data on its treatment. We report two cases of AATD-related panniculitis. The first was a 24-year-old woman with known AATD who presented with painful leg ulcers refractory to treatment with corticosteroids and colchicine. She had a good response to α1-antitrypsin infusions but required dose adjustment due to flares in disease activity. The second case was a 38-year-old woman who presented with painful nodules on the legs refractory to corticosteroid therapy. Laboratory investigations revealed severe AATD. She had an excellent response to colchicine therapy. In both these cases of AATD, panniculitis was the first clinical manifestation of the disease. AATD-related panniculitis may have none of the typical clinical clues for AATD, such as a family history, cirrhosis or emphysema. Early identification may help prevent these complications from developing.
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Gregson CL, Hardcastle SA, Murphy A, Faber B, Fraser WD, Williams M, Davey Smith G, Tobias JH. High Bone Mass is associated with bone-forming features of osteoarthritis in non-weight bearing joints independent of body mass index. Bone 2017; 97:306-313. [PMID: 28082078 PMCID: PMC5378151 DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2017.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2016] [Revised: 11/05/2016] [Accepted: 01/06/2017] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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OBJECTIVES High Bone Mass (HBM) is associated with (a) radiographic knee osteoarthritis (OA), partly mediated by increased BMI, and (b) pelvic enthesophytes and hip osteophytes, suggestive of a bone-forming phenotype. We aimed to establish whether HBM is associated with radiographic features of OA in non-weight-bearing (hand) joints, and whether such OA demonstrates a bone-forming phenotype. METHODS HBM cases (BMD Z-scores≥+3.2) were compared with family controls. A blinded assessor graded all PA hand radiographs for: osteophytes (0-3), joint space narrowing (JSN) (0-3), subchondral sclerosis (0-1), at the index Distal Interphalangeal Joint (DIPJ) and 1st Carpometacarpal Joint (CMCJ), using an established atlas. Analyses used a random effects logistic regression model, adjusting a priori for age and gender. Mediating roles of BMI and bone turnover markers (BTMs) were explored by further adjustment. RESULTS 314 HBM cases (mean age 61.1years, 74% female) and 183 controls (54.3years, 46% female) were included. Osteophytes (grade≥1) were more common in HBM (DIPJ: 67% vs. 45%, CMCJ: 69% vs. 50%), with adjusted OR [95% CI] 1.82 [1.11, 2.97], p=0.017 and 1.89 [1.19, 3.01], p=0.007 respectively; no differences were seen in JSN. Further adjustment for BMI failed to attenuate ORs for osteophytes in HBM cases vs. controls; DIPJ 1.72 [1.05, 2.83], p=0.032, CMCJ 1.76 [1.00, 3.06], p=0.049. Adjustment for BTMs (concentrations lower amongst HBM cases) did not attenuate ORs. CONCLUSIONS HBM is positively associated with OA in non-weight-bearing joints, independent of BMI. HBM-associated OA is characterised by osteophytes, consistent with a bone-forming phenotype, rather than JSN reflecting cartilage loss. Systemic factors (e.g. genetic architecture) which govern HBM may also increase bone-forming OA risk.
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Savulich G, Riccelli R, Passamonti L, Correia M, Deakin JFW, Elliott R, Flechais RSA, Lingford-Hughes AR, McGonigle J, Murphy A, Nutt DJ, Orban C, Paterson LM, Reed LJ, Smith DG, Suckling J, Tait R, Taylor EM, Sahakian BJ, Robbins TW, Ersche KD. Effects of naltrexone are influenced by childhood adversity during negative emotional processing in addiction recovery. Transl Psychiatry 2017; 7:e1054. [PMID: 28267152 PMCID: PMC5416677 DOI: 10.1038/tp.2017.34] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2016] [Revised: 01/25/2017] [Accepted: 01/25/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Naltrexone is an opioid receptor antagonist used in the management of alcohol dependence. Although the endogenous opioid system has been implicated in emotion regulation, the effects of mu-opioid receptor blockade on brain systems underlying negative emotional processing are not clear in addiction. Individuals meeting criteria for alcohol dependence alone (n=18, alcohol) and in combination with cocaine and/or opioid dependence (n=21, alcohol/drugs) and healthy individuals without a history of alcohol or drug dependence (n=21) were recruited. Participants were alcohol and drug abstinent before entered into this double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized, crossover study. Functional magnetic resonance imaging was used to investigate brain response while viewing aversive and neutral images relative to baseline on 50 mg of naltrexone and placebo. We found that naltrexone modulated task-related activation in the medial prefrontal cortex and functional connectivity between the anterior cingulate cortex and the hippocampus as a function of childhood adversity (for aversive versus neutral images) in all groups. Furthermore, there was a group-by-treatment-by-condition interaction in the right amygdala, which was mainly driven by a normalization of response for aversive relative to neutral images under naltrexone in the alcohol/drugs group. We conclude that early childhood adversity is one environmental factor that influences pharmacological response to naltrexone. Pharmacotherapy with naltrexone may also have some ameliorative effects on negative emotional processing in combined alcohol and drug dependence, possibly due to alterations in endogenous opioid transmission or the kappa-opioid receptor antagonist actions of naltrexone.
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Cox P, Marton T, Hargitai B, Coetzee A, Bowen C, Penman D, Evans M, Gannon C, French P, Cohen M, Holden S, Allotey J, Evans C, Murphy A, Turner K, Cullinane C, Stahlschmidt J, Kokai G, Al Adnani M, Marnerides A, Vadgama B, McPartland J. Re: Stillbirth collection by Man et al. ULTRASOUND IN OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY : THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF ULTRASOUND IN OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY 2017; 49:281-282. [PMID: 28169497 DOI: 10.1002/uog.17380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2016] [Accepted: 11/28/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Murphy A, Yeoh J, Kong Y, Sharma A, Oqueli E. Case Study: Unique Presentation of Cerebral Thromboembolism Secondary to Left Ventricular Thrombus Formation in the Setting of Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy. Heart Lung Circ 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2017.06.199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Fang L, Ellims A, Beale A, Taylor A, Murphy A, Dart A. Relationships Between Systemic Inflammation and Myocardial Fibrosis, Diastolic Dysfunction, and Cardiac Hypertrophy in Patients with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. Heart Lung Circ 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2017.06.155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Arutyunov KY, Ramos-Álvarez A, Semenov AV, Korneeva YP, An PP, Korneev AA, Murphy A, Bezryadin A, Gol'tsman GN. Superconductivity in highly disordered NbN nanowires. NANOTECHNOLOGY 2016; 27:47LT02. [PMID: 27782000 DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/27/47/47lt02] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The topic of superconductivity in strongly disordered materials has attracted significant attention. These materials appear to be rather promising for fabrication of various nanoscale devices such as bolometers and transition edge sensors of electromagnetic radiation. The vividly debated subject of intrinsic spatial inhomogeneity responsible for the non-Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer relation between the superconducting gap and the pairing potential is crucial both for understanding the fundamental issues of superconductivity in highly disordered superconductors, and for the operation of corresponding nanoelectronic devices. Here we report an experimental study of the electron transport properties of narrow NbN nanowires with effective cross sections of the order of the debated inhomogeneity scales. The temperature dependence of the critical current follows the textbook Ginzburg-Landau prediction for the quasi-one-dimensional superconducting channel I c ∼ (1-T/T c)3/2. We find that conventional models based on the the phase slip mechanism provide reasonable fits for the shape of R(T) transitions. Better agreement with R(T) data can be achieved assuming the existence of short 'weak links' with slightly reduced local critical temperature T c. Hence, one may conclude that an 'exotic' intrinsic electronic inhomogeneity either does not exist in our structures, or, if it does exist, it does not affect their resistive state properties, or does not provide any specific impact distinguishable from conventional weak links.
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Logan PA, Murphy A, Drummond AER, Bailey S, Radford KA, Gladman JRF, Walker MF, Robertson K, Edmans JA, Conroy S. An Investigation of the Number and Cost of Assistive Devices Used by Older People Who Had Fallen and Called a 999 Ambulance. Br J Occup Ther 2016. [DOI: 10.1177/030802260707001104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Stolz L, Gaskin K, Murphy A, Conroy K, Stears-Ellis S, Javedani P, Friedman L, Adhikari S. 363 Sonographic Appearance of Peripheral Nerves: Visualizing Success. Ann Emerg Med 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2016.08.380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Patel P, Dahab M, Tanabe M, Murphy A, Ettema L, Guy S, Roberts B. Tracking official development assistance for reproductive health in conflict-affected countries: 2002-2011. BJOG 2016; 123:1693-704. [PMID: 26817807 PMCID: PMC5066640 DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.13851] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/08/2015] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To provide information on trends on official development assistance (ODA) disbursement patterns for reproductive health activities in 18 conflict-affected countries. DESIGN Secondary data analysis. SAMPLE 18 conflict-affected countries and 36 non-conflict-affected countries. METHODS The Creditor Reporting System (CRS) database was analyzed for ODA disbursement for direct and indirect reproductive health activities to 18 conflict-affected countries (2002-2011). A comparative analysis was also made with 36 non-conflict-affected counties in the same 'least-developed' income category. Multivariate regression analyses examined associations between conflict status and reproductive health ODA and between reproductive needs and ODA disbursements. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Patterns of ODA disbursements (constant U.S. dollars) for reproductive health activities. RESULTS The average annual ODA disbursed for reproductive health to 18 conflict-affected countries from 2002 to 2011 was US$ 1.93 per person per year. There was an increase of 298% in ODA for reproductive health activities to the conflict-affected countries between 2002 and 2011; 56% of this increase was due to increases in HIV/AIDS funding. The average annual per capita reproductive health ODA disbursed to least-developed non-conflict-affected countries was 57% higher than to least-developed conflict-affected countries. Regression analyses confirmed disparities in ODA to and between conflict-affected countries. CONCLUSIONS Despite increases in ODA for reproductive health for conflict-affected countries (albeit largely for HIV/AIDS activities), considerable disparities remains. TWEETABLE ABSTRACT Study tracking 10 years of aid for reproductive aid shows major disparities for conflict-affected countries.
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McGrath E, Espie C, Power A, Murphy A, Newell J, Kelly C, Duffy N, Gunning P, Gibson I, O’Donnell M. [OP.4C.06] SLEEP TO LOWER ELEVATED BLOOD PRESSURE. J Hypertens 2016. [DOI: 10.1097/01.hjh.0000491462.58358.ca] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Cartland S, Murphy A, Kavurma M. TNF-Related Apoptosis Inducing Ligand (TRAIL) Deletion Modulates Macrophage Phenotype to Exacerbate Atherosclerosis. Heart Lung Circ 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2016.06.155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Lowry D, Burke T, Galvin Z, Ryan JD, Russell J, Murphy A, Hegarty J, Stewart S, Crowe J. Is psychosocial and cognitive dysfunction misattributed to the virus in hepatitis C infection? Select psychosocial contributors identified. J Viral Hepat 2016; 23:584-95. [PMID: 27167497 DOI: 10.1111/jvh.12544] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2015] [Accepted: 03/29/2016] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Chronic hepatitis C is associated with health-related quality of life and cognitive impairments, even in mild disease. Recent evidence demonstrating hepatitis C virus (HCV) neurotropism has strengthened a neuropathophysiological hypothesis. However, sample heterogeneity confounds study outcomes. A uniquely homogeneous cohort of Irish women, following an iatrogenic HCV outbreak, offers a rare opportunity to control for HCV chronicity and the virus' purported impact on quality of life and cognition. A multi site, three-group, cross-sectional design was employed. Noncirrhotic, iatrogenically infected women, developing either acute or chronic infection, were recruited from prospective tertiary-care liver clinics and the community. Well-matched healthy controls were also recruited. All participants completed a psychosocial survey and were invited to undergo a comprehensive neuropsychological test battery. Significantly distressed psychosocial symptom profiles were observed in those with an iatrogenic HCV exposure history, which was independent of viral chronicity. Chronic and cleared HCV cohorts were not differentiated from each other. Two distinct subgroups, demarcated along 'impaired' vs 'nonimpaired' quality-of-life reports, were clearly identified and logistic regression analysis identified depressed mood and cognitive fatigue, rather than viral status, as statistically significant predictors of group membership. Compared with matched controls, significant cognitive impairments were not observed in either HCV cohort. Our findings provide strong evidence of nonviral factors accounting for quality of life impairment in chronic HCV and they also appear to question existing reports of cognitive dysfunction in mild disease. Depressed mood and cognitive fatigue appear to be critical psychosocial mediators of reduced quality-of-life and we hypothesize that metabolite abnormalities reported in HCV samples may also be confounded by these factors, given the associated literature.
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Morgan P, Murphy A, Opheim A, McGinley J. Gait characteristics, balance performance and falls in ambulant adults with cerebral palsy: An observational study. Gait Posture 2016; 48:243-248. [PMID: 27341531 DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2016.06.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2015] [Revised: 04/07/2016] [Accepted: 06/11/2016] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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The relationship between spatiotemporal gait parameters, balance performance and falls history was investigated in ambulant adults with cerebral palsy (CP). Participants completed a single assessment of gait using an instrumented walkway at preferred and fast speeds, balance testing (Balance Evaluation Systems Test; BESTest), and reported falls history. Seventeen ambulatory adults with CP, mean age 37 years, participated. Gait speed was typically slow at both preferred and fast speeds (mean 0.97 and 1.21m/s, respectively), with short stride length and high cadence relative to speed. There was a significant, large positive relationship between preferred gait speed and BESTest total score (ρ=0.573; p<0.05) and fast gait speed and BESTest total score (ρ=0.647, p<0.01). The stride lengths of fallers at both preferred and fast speeds differed significantly from non-fallers (p=0.032 and p=0.025, respectively), with those with a prior history of falls taking shorter strides. Faster gait speed was associated with better performance on tests of anticipatory and postural response components of the BESTest, suggesting potential therapeutic training targets to address either gait speed or balance performance. Future exploration of the implications of slow walking speed and reduced stride length on falls and community engagement, and the potential prognostic value of stride length on identifying falls risk is recommended.
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