Tinnitus Link Roundup

Here’s some interesting links about tinnitus and tinnitus-related news:

• Resident Advisor, a web site for DJ’s, has written a Music Lover’s Guide to Tinnitus
• An old blog post in The New York Times has written about Suppressing Tinnitus with Music Therapy 
• If you haven’t already checked it out, go to Tinnitus Talk online forum – hands down the best resource online for people suffering from tinnitus
• Researchers at Ryerson University have found evidence that practicing music may help people with hearing loss to better understand speech in noisy environments
• The US military is developing a new high tech earplug & listening device called TCAPS to help protect soldiers’ hearing while still allowing them to hear softer sounds in a combat environment
• Researchers have found that tonal tinnitus is more likely to occur with a steep audiogram slope, with tone like tinnitus typically being centred 1.48 octaves above the “edge” frequency where hearing drops off

Cheers!

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Fatigue, quality of life and walking ability in adults with cerebral palsy

Publication date: March 2018
Source:Gait & Posture, Volume 61
Author(s): Sofia Lundh, Salmir Nasic, Jacques Riad
IntroductionFew studies on fatigue, quality of life and walking ability in adults with cerebral palsy (CP) are available.It is unclear whether these variables are associated.AimThe aim was to study the influence of CP on fatigue, quality of life, and gait of adult patients.Material and methodsThree-dimensional gait analysis was performed on 24 women and 26 men, mean age 32.1 (range 21.7–67.2), 23 with unilateral and 27 with bilateral CP. The Gait Profile Score was calculated; Fatigue Severity and EQ Visual Analogue scales were used.ResultsFatigue severity was higher than in controls, mean 3.8 (SD 1.8) vs 3.0 (p = 0.012). Fatigue in the unilateral group was 3.3 (SD 1.8) and in the bilateral 4.2 (SD 1.7), (p = 0.07). EQ Visual Analogue scale in the unilateral group was mean 79.5 (21.9) and in the bilateral 64.0 (20.8), p = 0.007.The group with bilateral CP tended toward crouch gait, decreased balance and low walking speed. Muscle work was shifted from the ankle to hip muscles.Fatigue correlated with the Gait Profile Score, CC = 0.31 (p = 0.038), and with knee flexion deviation, CC = 0.31 (p = 0.037).DiscussionCrouch gait, increased knee flexion in stance, contributes to increased deviation in the lower extremity associated with high fatigue and low quality of life in adults with CP, effects more pronounced in those with bilateral CP. Compensation mechanisms in gait were noted.ConclusionRational follow-up programs for CP, ideally identifying risk factors early, should be established to prevent development of fatigue and deterioration of gait in adulthood.



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Dynamic joint stiffness of the ankle in healthy and rheumatoid arthritis post-menopausal women

Publication date: February 2018
Source:Gait & Posture, Volume 60
Author(s): Pedro Aleixo, José Vaz-Patto, Helena Moreira, João Abrantes
The purpose of this study was to compare rheumatoid arthritis post-menopausal women (RAPW) with pathological involvement of the lower limb joints and age-matched healthy post-menopausal women (AHPW) in regard to the dynamic joint stiffness of the ankle (DJSankle) during the stance phase of gait. Data were collected from 18 RAPW and 18 AHPW. Gait was assessed by a three-dimensional motion analysis system synchronised with a force plate. Subjects walked barefoot at natural and self-selected speed, performing 14 valid trials (comprising 7 left and 7 right foot-steps on a force plate). The stance phase was split into three sub-phases that corresponded to the three angular displacements of the ankle that occurred during this phase, namely, controlled plantar flexion (CPF), controlled dorsiflexion (CDF), and powered plantar flexion (PPF). A linear model represented each sub-phase and computed DJSankle. Model fitting was assessed by the coefficient of determination (R²). The coefficient of variation (CV) was used to assess intra-individual variability. In all sub-phases, R² values for both groups were higher than 0.85. There were no differences in the R² values among groups. RAPW showed a higher DJSankle during the CPF (p < 0.05). CDF and PPF yielded no differences among groups. During CPF, RAPW yielded a higher CV for DJSankle (p < 0.01). RAPW also yielded lower ankle angular displacements during CPF and PPF (p < 0.05). Findings suggested that the stance phase of RAPW and AHPW can be studied by a linear ankle ‘moment of force −– angle’ relationship. During CPF, RAPW exhibited excessive ankle stiffness and presented a higher intra-individual DJSankle variability.



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Fatigue, quality of life and walking ability in adults with cerebral palsy

Publication date: March 2018
Source:Gait & Posture, Volume 61
Author(s): Sofia Lundh, Salmir Nasic, Jacques Riad
IntroductionFew studies on fatigue, quality of life and walking ability in adults with cerebral palsy (CP) are available.It is unclear whether these variables are associated.AimThe aim was to study the influence of CP on fatigue, quality of life, and gait of adult patients.Material and methodsThree-dimensional gait analysis was performed on 24 women and 26 men, mean age 32.1 (range 21.7–67.2), 23 with unilateral and 27 with bilateral CP. The Gait Profile Score was calculated; Fatigue Severity and EQ Visual Analogue scales were used.ResultsFatigue severity was higher than in controls, mean 3.8 (SD 1.8) vs 3.0 (p = 0.012). Fatigue in the unilateral group was 3.3 (SD 1.8) and in the bilateral 4.2 (SD 1.7), (p = 0.07). EQ Visual Analogue scale in the unilateral group was mean 79.5 (21.9) and in the bilateral 64.0 (20.8), p = 0.007.The group with bilateral CP tended toward crouch gait, decreased balance and low walking speed. Muscle work was shifted from the ankle to hip muscles.Fatigue correlated with the Gait Profile Score, CC = 0.31 (p = 0.038), and with knee flexion deviation, CC = 0.31 (p = 0.037).DiscussionCrouch gait, increased knee flexion in stance, contributes to increased deviation in the lower extremity associated with high fatigue and low quality of life in adults with CP, effects more pronounced in those with bilateral CP. Compensation mechanisms in gait were noted.ConclusionRational follow-up programs for CP, ideally identifying risk factors early, should be established to prevent development of fatigue and deterioration of gait in adulthood.



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Dynamic joint stiffness of the ankle in healthy and rheumatoid arthritis post-menopausal women

Publication date: February 2018
Source:Gait & Posture, Volume 60
Author(s): Pedro Aleixo, José Vaz-Patto, Helena Moreira, João Abrantes
The purpose of this study was to compare rheumatoid arthritis post-menopausal women (RAPW) with pathological involvement of the lower limb joints and age-matched healthy post-menopausal women (AHPW) in regard to the dynamic joint stiffness of the ankle (DJSankle) during the stance phase of gait. Data were collected from 18 RAPW and 18 AHPW. Gait was assessed by a three-dimensional motion analysis system synchronised with a force plate. Subjects walked barefoot at natural and self-selected speed, performing 14 valid trials (comprising 7 left and 7 right foot-steps on a force plate). The stance phase was split into three sub-phases that corresponded to the three angular displacements of the ankle that occurred during this phase, namely, controlled plantar flexion (CPF), controlled dorsiflexion (CDF), and powered plantar flexion (PPF). A linear model represented each sub-phase and computed DJSankle. Model fitting was assessed by the coefficient of determination (R²). The coefficient of variation (CV) was used to assess intra-individual variability. In all sub-phases, R² values for both groups were higher than 0.85. There were no differences in the R² values among groups. RAPW showed a higher DJSankle during the CPF (p < 0.05). CDF and PPF yielded no differences among groups. During CPF, RAPW yielded a higher CV for DJSankle (p < 0.01). RAPW also yielded lower ankle angular displacements during CPF and PPF (p < 0.05). Findings suggested that the stance phase of RAPW and AHPW can be studied by a linear ankle ‘moment of force −– angle’ relationship. During CPF, RAPW exhibited excessive ankle stiffness and presented a higher intra-individual DJSankle variability.



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Fatigue, quality of life and walking ability in adults with cerebral palsy

Publication date: March 2018
Source:Gait & Posture, Volume 61
Author(s): Sofia Lundh, Salmir Nasic, Jacques Riad
IntroductionFew studies on fatigue, quality of life and walking ability in adults with cerebral palsy (CP) are available.It is unclear whether these variables are associated.AimThe aim was to study the influence of CP on fatigue, quality of life, and gait of adult patients.Material and methodsThree-dimensional gait analysis was performed on 24 women and 26 men, mean age 32.1 (range 21.7–67.2), 23 with unilateral and 27 with bilateral CP. The Gait Profile Score was calculated; Fatigue Severity and EQ Visual Analogue scales were used.ResultsFatigue severity was higher than in controls, mean 3.8 (SD 1.8) vs 3.0 (p = 0.012). Fatigue in the unilateral group was 3.3 (SD 1.8) and in the bilateral 4.2 (SD 1.7), (p = 0.07). EQ Visual Analogue scale in the unilateral group was mean 79.5 (21.9) and in the bilateral 64.0 (20.8), p = 0.007.The group with bilateral CP tended toward crouch gait, decreased balance and low walking speed. Muscle work was shifted from the ankle to hip muscles.Fatigue correlated with the Gait Profile Score, CC = 0.31 (p = 0.038), and with knee flexion deviation, CC = 0.31 (p = 0.037).DiscussionCrouch gait, increased knee flexion in stance, contributes to increased deviation in the lower extremity associated with high fatigue and low quality of life in adults with CP, effects more pronounced in those with bilateral CP. Compensation mechanisms in gait were noted.ConclusionRational follow-up programs for CP, ideally identifying risk factors early, should be established to prevent development of fatigue and deterioration of gait in adulthood.



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Dynamic joint stiffness of the ankle in healthy and rheumatoid arthritis post-menopausal women

Publication date: February 2018
Source:Gait & Posture, Volume 60
Author(s): Pedro Aleixo, José Vaz-Patto, Helena Moreira, João Abrantes
The purpose of this study was to compare rheumatoid arthritis post-menopausal women (RAPW) with pathological involvement of the lower limb joints and age-matched healthy post-menopausal women (AHPW) in regard to the dynamic joint stiffness of the ankle (DJSankle) during the stance phase of gait. Data were collected from 18 RAPW and 18 AHPW. Gait was assessed by a three-dimensional motion analysis system synchronised with a force plate. Subjects walked barefoot at natural and self-selected speed, performing 14 valid trials (comprising 7 left and 7 right foot-steps on a force plate). The stance phase was split into three sub-phases that corresponded to the three angular displacements of the ankle that occurred during this phase, namely, controlled plantar flexion (CPF), controlled dorsiflexion (CDF), and powered plantar flexion (PPF). A linear model represented each sub-phase and computed DJSankle. Model fitting was assessed by the coefficient of determination (R²). The coefficient of variation (CV) was used to assess intra-individual variability. In all sub-phases, R² values for both groups were higher than 0.85. There were no differences in the R² values among groups. RAPW showed a higher DJSankle during the CPF (p < 0.05). CDF and PPF yielded no differences among groups. During CPF, RAPW yielded a higher CV for DJSankle (p < 0.01). RAPW also yielded lower ankle angular displacements during CPF and PPF (p < 0.05). Findings suggested that the stance phase of RAPW and AHPW can be studied by a linear ankle ‘moment of force −– angle’ relationship. During CPF, RAPW exhibited excessive ankle stiffness and presented a higher intra-individual DJSankle variability.



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