Progress in Medical Research

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This book is a compendium of articles providing insights into a range of contemporary ideas concerning the core yet unsettled clinical issues. Important aspects of pulmonary disorders are tackled such as occupational respiratory health hazards, asthma, or the role of vitamin D in obstructive airway diseases. Genotyping offers a clear promise in the diagnostics of chronic pulmonary lesions of autoimmune background. Cardiac and respiratory-driven pulsation of cerebrospinal fluid content offers novel arguments in the pathophysiologic savvy of a range of brain dysfunctional conditions, including respiratory-related hypoxic pathologies. Some other articles tackle the heady topics of rehabilitation medicine, offering an insight into research-underpinned diagnostics and practical management solutions in a range of musculoskeletal disorders and injuries that affect the human body's movement, particularly those controlled by the autonomic nervous system. The book is addressed to clinicians, researchers, physiotherapists, and medical professionals engaged in patient care. Front Matter ....Pages i-viii Baker’s Asthma: Is the Ratio of Rye Flour-Specific IgE to Total IgE More Suitable to Predict the Outcome of Challenge Test Than Specific IgE Alone (V. van Kampen, I. Sander, R. Merget, T. Brüning, M. Raulf)....Pages 1-7 SERPINA1 Gene Variants in Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (Malgorzata Hadzik-Blaszczyk, Aneta Zdral, Tadeusz M. Zielonka, Ada Rozy, Renata Krupa, Andrzej Falkowski et al.)....Pages 9-18 Hyperglycemia in Children Hospitalized with Acute Asthma (Khalid F. Mobaireek, Abdulrahman Alshehri, Abdulaziz Alsadoun, Abdullah Alasmari, Abdullah Alashhab, Meshal Alrumaih et al.)....Pages 19-25 Serum Vitamin D Concentration and Markers of Bone Metabolism in Perimenopausal and Postmenopausal Women with Asthma and COPD (K. Białek-Gosk, R. Rubinsztajn, S. Białek, M. Paplińska-Goryca, R. Krenke, R. Chazan)....Pages 27-36 Oscillations of Subarachnoid Space Width as a Potential Marker of Cerebrospinal Fluid Pulsatility (Marcin Gruszecki, Magdalena K. Nuckowska, Arkadiusz Szarmach, Marek Radkowski, Dominika Szalewska, Monika Waskow et al.)....Pages 37-47 Very High Frequency Oscillations of Heart Rate Variability in Healthy Humans and in Patients with Cardiovascular Autonomic Neuropathy (Mario Estévez-Báez, Calixto Machado, Julio Montes-Brown, Javier Jas-García, Gerry Leisman, Adam Schiavi et al.)....Pages 49-70 Improvement in Hand Trajectory of Reaching Movements by Error-Augmentation (Sharon Israely, Gerry Leisman, Eli Carmeli)....Pages 71-84 Estimation of Posturographic Trajectory Using k-Nearest Neighbors Classifier in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Osteoarthritis (Beata Sokołowska, Teresa Sadura-Sieklucka, Leszek Czerwosz, Marta Hallay-Suszek, Bogdan Lesyng, Krystyna Księżopolska-Orłowska)....Pages 85-95 Effects of Manual Somatic Stimulation on the Autonomic Nervous System and Posture (Giovanni Barassi, Rosa Grazia Bellomo, Camillo Di Giulio, Giuseppe Giannuzzo, Giuseppe Irace, Claudia Barbato et al.)....Pages 97-109 Robot-Assisted Body-Weight-Supported Treadmill Training in Gait Impairment in Multiple Sclerosis Patients: A Pilot Study (Marek Łyp, Iwona Stanisławska, Bożena Witek, Ewelina Olszewska-Żaczek, Małgorzata Czarny-Działak, Ryszard Kaczor)....Pages 111-115 Back Matter ....Pages 117-118