Research Report Abstracts - Gesundheit

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up than 80% for analysis. For the statistical analysis, an analysis
of variance was performed, followed by the Tukey’s
post hoc test. A p-value of less than 0.05 was considered
significant.
Results: The ECDmu-synch location was significantly deviated
medial than ECDm, and was significantly deviated
lateral than ECDu. The ECDmu-asynch location was significantly
deviated medial than ECDm.
Conclusions: When the orientations of the ECDs evoked by
median and ulnar nerve stimulation are same (condition 3),
the ECDmu-synch was observed between ECDm and ECDu.
In contrast, when the orientations of the ECDs evoked by
median and ulnar nerve stimulation are inverse (condition 4),
the ECDmu-asynch was observed at the vicinity of ECDu.
Since the observed location of the ECD is affected by multiple
factors, the analysis of the ECD locations during voluntary
movement would require great caution.
Implications: The results of this study indicate that variety
in timing of the activation in somatosensory areas may have
different effect on the generator of voluntary movement.
Keywords: Electrical stimulation; Magnetoencephalography;
Somatosensory evoked magnetic fields
Funding acknowledgements: This study was supported by
a Grant-in-Aid for scientific research (22700551) from Japan
Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) and a Grand-in-
Aid program (H22B20) from Niigata University of Health
and Welfare.
Ethics approval: All study protocols were approved by the
ethics committee at Niigata University of Health and Welfare.
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SHOULD RESEARCH ON FUNCTIONAL TESTING
FROM DEVELOPED COUNTRIES BE APPLIED IN
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES? A REVIEW USING
THE BERG BALANCE SCALE
Sommermeyer Z.
Purpose: To explore the implications of using research
results on clinical measures of balance and function in developing
countries using the Berg Balance Scale (BBS) as an
example.
Relevance: Clinical measures of balance and function are
widely used in both developed and developing countries to
determine level of function, fall risk, need for an assistive
device, to measure improvement following an intervention,
etc. Since home and community barriers and hazards vary
worldwide, potential danger exists in judging an individual
to be a low fall risk using research from areas that have better
community access.
Participants: The BBS was chosen because of its popularity,
longevity, and international usage. All articles found through
a Medline search that used the BBS as a test were included.
Methods: A Medline search for “Berg Balance Scale”
through 2009 was performed. Articles were eliminated if they
did not use the BBS as a test in the study.
Analysis: Each article was evaluated for its country of origin
and categorized into levels of development based on their
country’s rating on the United Nations Human Development
Index (UNHDI) and also into levels of community access
based on the International Disability Rights Monitor Report
(IDRM). Articles from a “developing” country by UNHDI
standards or “basic/poor” community access by IDRM standards
were reviewed for study design and outcomes.
Results: Of the 370 articles included in this study, 12.43%
came from developing countries and 10.04% came from
countries with basic/poor community access ratings. 52 articles
came from a developing country or from a country rated
basic/poor for community access. Of these articles, 50% used
the BBS as an outcome measure, 23% were correlational
studies, 12% used the BBS to make comparisons between
groups, 12% validated the BBS for a specific population or
language, and 2% were for other uses. One study from Turkey
identified a cut-off score for judging fall risk (