Jan 21st, 2022 - In this initial pilot study, we plan to recruit 20 adult or pediatric patients who have sustained facial burns or who have sustained a facial injury resulting in scarring, tightness, limited range of motion of facial skin or musculature, or fibrosis to complete the 8 week treatment. Participants will need to be able to attend a weekly telehealth or in person session with the investigators and c...

Jan 21st, 2022 - Participants will randomly be assigned to 1 of 2 groups. This means that neither the participant or their doctor will not choose the treatment, but that the treatment will be randomly selected (like a coin toss). The study treatments is blood flow restriction training (BFRT). BFRT uses an air cuff that is inflated around the top of the thigh. This temporarily limits blood flow to the muscles an...

Jan 21st, 2022 - PURPOSE OF PROJECT: To study the effect expressed by persons with TBI through assessment of buspirone effectiveness for post-traumatic irritability and aggression and development of an irritability/aggression impact measure. SUMMARY OF PROJECT: It is anticipated that 74 subjects with 74 corresponding subject observers will be recruited for the treatment study. Subjects will be recruited from co...

Jan 21st, 2022 - The PI will identify potential participants from his clinical practice. Evaluation of symptoms will be by exam, questionnaires, and ultrasound of the median nerve. These will document baseline/change in the size of the median nerve and improvement in function/symptoms. The questionnaires are 1.) Boston Carpal Tunnel (BCT). 2.) Carpal Tunnel-6 (CTS-6); and 3.) Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder a...

Jan 21st, 2022 - The purpose of this study is to determine the feasibility and potential efficacy to implement high cardiovascular intensity training parameters (70-80% heart rate reserve) with the use of overground wearable robotic exoskeletons in an inpatient rehabilitation setting for locomotor recovery. The second aim is to investigate the potential functional improvements in gait after receiving high-inten...

Jan 21st, 2022 - Acetal fractures are joint fractures that occur in the hip. These fractures affect the functional prognosis of the hip in the short, medium and long term. In the acetabulum fractures operated on, there is a radiological score in the literature allowing the prognosis to be predicted depending on the quality of the postoperative reduction. This score is based on the quality of postoperative reduc...

Jan 21st, 2022 - Background - The investigators contend that for Veterans with SCI to stand enough to impact health outcomes, the standing device must enhance utility while integrating into their everyday life; at home, at work, and in the community. For this integration to occur, the investigators believe the standing device must fulfill the following criteria: 1. Easy access, 2. Straightforward standing mecha...

Jan 21st, 2022 - This randomized trial will use a Negative Pressure Wound Therapy device or standard wound closure, in participants with gastrointestinal neoplasms, to measure the rate of surgical site infections

Jan 21st, 2022 - This study will consist of a dose escalation (single ascending dose - SAD and multiple ascending dose- MAD) and dose expansion (single dose expansion and/or multiple dose expansion). Dose escalation will consist of up to 4 cohorts for single ascending dose (SAD) and up to 2 cohorts for multiple ascending dose (MAD) with different dose levels. For SAD, after randomization on Day 1, participants ...

Jan 21st, 2022 - After informing the patient and obtaining his or her consent to surgical extrusion treatment, a model of the pre-treatment situation will be obtained by intraoral scanning and the attachment levels will be recorded by periodontal probing at 6 points around the tooth. The dimensional and positional changes of the soft tissue will be analyzed by superimposing both digital impressions in each pati...

Jan 21st, 2022 - This longitudinal observational study is part of the Transforming Research and Clinical Knowledge in Traumatic Brain Injury (TRACK-TBI) initiative, a multi-institutional project designed to characterize the acute and longer-term clinical, neuroimaging, and blood biomarker features of TBI. TRACK-TBI enrolled TBI patients at 18 Level 1 Trauma Centers in the US, across the age and injury spectrum....

Jan 21st, 2022 - The study aims to compare the effectiveness of pain treatment during the suturing of postpartum perineal lacerations with lidocaine spray vs skin infiltration. The hypothesis of the study is that the treatment of perineal pain with nebulization demonstrates greater efficacy vs the infiltration of mepivacaine hydrochloride in a population of patients subjected to suturing of postpartum laceratio...

Jan 21st, 2022 - The investigators propose a prospective longitudinal cohort of prostate cancer patients treated with Androgen Deprivation Therapy (ADT) to determine the associations between social determinants of health (SDOH) and cardiotoxicity risk and to determine wither associations between SDOH and cardiotoxicity risk differs according to race. Patients will be followed with serial echo, blood draw, and s...

Jan 21st, 2022 - Each participant will undergo one VR session and two control sessions. The VR session will take place in a VR environment developed in our own Shock Trauma Blended Reality Center and last 20-30 minutes. The environment is based upon literature reviews on chromotherapy. The control sessions will include a 2D-tablet based session that mimics the VR content and a content-less placement of the VR h...

Jan 21st, 2022 - The investigators propose a prospective longitudinal cohort of breast cancer patients treated with anthracyclines and/or trastuzumab to determine the associations between social determinants of health (SDOH) and cardiotoxicity risk and to determine whether associations between SDOH and cardiotoxicity risk differ according to race. Patients will be followed with serial echo, blood draw, and surv...

Jan 21st, 2022 - Chemoreceptive regulatory feedback is crucial for precise ventilatory control, especially during exercise. However, individuals with high-level SCI have a reduced chemoreceptive drive to breathe. Studies have shown lesser increases in minute ventilation and mouth pressure during hypercapnia in those with tetraplegia. Peripheral factors rather than central factors appear to cause the reduction o...

Jan 21st, 2022 - The goals of rehabilitation are to improve functional level, decrease secondary morbidity and enhance health-related quality of life. The costs associated with pressure injury are considerable. In addition to direct treatment- related costs, pressure injury also impact the hospital performance metrics. On top of the financial implications, pressure injury have a significant impact on patient mo...

Jan 21st, 2022 - The purpose of the Spinal Cord Injury Program in Exercise (SCIPE) study is to examine two 8-week, remotely delivered exercise interventions: Movement-to-Music (M2M) and Standard Exercise Training (SET), with 327 adults with SCI. The primary aim is to examine change in physical activity level after the 8-week M2M and SET interventions. We hypothesize that participants in M2M and SET will have si...

Jan 21st, 2022 - Ventilator-induced lung injury (VILI) is known to cause significant morbidity and mortality in patients with acute respiratory failure. Most studies on VILI have involved the effects of inappropriate (often excessive) mechanical ventilator settings. More recently, it has been noted that similar lung damage can be caused by large, patient generated, uncontrolled tidal volumes and driving pressur...

Jan 20th, 2022 - With the onset of prosthesis use following lower extremity amputations, body shows biomechanical changes according to the amputation level and consequently develops adaptation mechanisms both on the healthy and ampute side. The aim of this study is to determine the static postural adaptations that appear at different amputation levels.