Month: February 2022

A Review of Combined Training Studies in Older Adults According to a New Categorization of Conventional Interventions

Physical and cognitive training are effective to attenuate age-related declines of brain and cognition. Accordingly, interest in interventions that combine physical, motor, and cognitive exercises has recently grown. In the present review, we aimed to determine whether and under which conditions combined training could be more effective than separated cognitive and physical training, thanks to […]

Published on February 1, 2022

Regional Differences of Guillain-Barré Syndrome in China: From South to North

BackgroundThe epidemiological features of Guillain-BarrĂ© syndrome (GBS) were different in different areas; a comparison of the disease was needed to identify the variation and prognosis. We compare the epidemiological features of GBS in different areas in China.MethodA total of 1,191 patients were included. Information was collected in patients diagnosed with GBS and its variants in […]

Published on February 1, 2022

Functional Assessment of Cerebral Artery Stenosis by Angiography-Based Quantitative Flow Ratio: A Pilot Study

BackgroundIncreasing attention has been paid to the hemodynamic evaluation of cerebral arterial stenosis. We aimed to demonstrate the performance of angiography-based quantitative flow ratio (QFR) to assess hemodynamic alterations caused by luminal stenoses, using invasive fractional pressure ratios (FPRs) as a reference standard.MethodsBetween March 2013 and December 2019, 29 patients undergoing the pressure gradient measurement […]

Published on February 1, 2022