Health Sciences

Background: Knee pain is one of the major sources of pain and disability in developed countries and is the primary indication for total knee replacement (TKR) in patients with Osteoarthritis (OA). Purpose: To assess myofascial trigger points (MTrPs) distribution pattern in muscles around the knee joint pre and post-treatment program in patients post TKR. Design: pre - posttest experimental design. Methods: Fifty female and male patients post TKR. Their age ranged from 50-80 years old.

Purpose: To assess the therapeutic efficacy of shock wave therapy and ultrasound therapy on healing of venous ulcer. Material and Methods: Thirty patients with Lower limb ulcer ( second degree )were selected randomly from Kasr- el aine hospitals. Patient's ages were ranged from 30-45 years. These patients were divided into two equal groups: Group A (Shock wave group): In this group, fifteen patients received unfocused Shock wave therapy (500 pulses /cm2 ,0.1 mJ/mm2)two sessions per week for six week plus routine medical treatment (emollient, corticosteroid, antibiotics).

Back ground: The prevalence of cerebral palsyin developing country is high. It is one of the most common causes of childhood physical disability. Purpose: To establish a registry of cerebral palsy in Port Said Governorate-Egypt. Subject and Methods: One hundred twenty children with cerebral palsy of both genders who were receiving physical therapy in Port Said Governorate participated in the study. Their ages ranged from one month to 18 years. They were recruited from three public hospitals and four private centers in Port Said Governorate.

Back ground: Hand hygiene is an important component of infection control, which is critical to ensuring patients’ safety in hospitals. Nurses are regarded as healthcare workers could also be vehicles of cross-contamination within the hospital. Thus study aimed to evaluate multimodal interventional health education program in improving knowledge and practicing toward correct hand hygiene manoeuvres at armed forces hospital southern region, in khamis Mushait, Saudi Arabia.

Carbohydrates are the biomolecules consisting of carbon (C), hydrogen (H) and oxygen (O) atoms which are major source of energy in the body. Brain and Red blood cell mainly utilizes the glucose. The storage form of glucose is glycogen which is stored in skeletal muscles and liver. The stored glycogen is converted into glucose and is used by body in a condition when there is low level of glucose in the body. In this review article, the author tries to cover various aspects of carbohydrates which may be helpful for the readers and researchers in research.

Background: Different studies proved that the homoeopathic medicine “Belladonna 200C” can abate the Japanese encephalitis virus infection in experimental models. The aim of this study is to find out the recent evidence based information which will be supportive to treat the Japanese Encephalitis virus infection according to severity of disease (JE) stratified in different stages.

Kawasaki disease is an acute systemic vasculitis of children. In the adult, it’s extremely rare, usually diagnosed by coronary artery aneurysms. We report the case of a 22-year-old patient with coronary artery aneurysms observed in coronary angiography evoking Kawasaki disease. We will discuss the peculiarities of this coronary disease with review of the literature.

Background: Oxford Shoulder Score is a shoulder-specific instrument designed to assess the outcome of all shoulder surgeries. It’s now used in a number of countries and has also been applied in cohort studies, audits, and national joint replacement registries. Objective: To test the face validity, the content validity, the feasibility; the internal consistency reliability and the test retest reliability of Arabic-language version of OSS in assessment of shoulder joint pain.

Introduction: it is important for the women to know when they are ovulating. Being infertile is the biggest social stigma faced by Indian women. The ability to detect the period of potential monthly fertility is of great importance for women in their reproductive years, both in terms of contraception as well as conception. There is increasing demand of women for cheap self test to predict the fertile period in each menstrual cycle.

Introduction: Thyroid cancer is considered the most frequent endocrine neoplasm, the American Association for the Study of the Thyroid (ATA), projected that by 2019 it becomes the third non-fatal cancer in the order of prevalence in women. The thyroid nodule as its most frequent form of presentation, through the use of ultrasound with high spatial resolution, can be captured in 19-67% of healthy individuals. Among the large number of thyroid nodules detected, only 5% -15% are only 5% to 7% of cases.