Physical therapy of post-stroke patients in the residual period

The prevalence of ischemic stroke among people of working age requires a deep analysis of modern technologies of physical therapy at different periods of rehabilitation treatment. The issue of restoring working capacity and preventing repeated acute disorders of cerebral circulation is currently very acute. In modern scientific and methodological literature, more attention is paid to the effectiveness of physical rehabilitation in the acute and early periods of recovery. However, it should be noted that the duration of rehabilitation measures is not limited by time, rehabilitation treatment can occur in a later period, that is, in the residual. Rehabilitation of the effects of a stroke is the subject of close attention of physical therapists. The quality of life of patients depends on the timely and professional conduct of physical therapy at different periods of the disease. It has been proven that the basic method of physical therapy is kinesiotherapy, which must be carried out continuously. When conducting classes in the residual period, the emphasis should be on compensating for impaired functions and re-adaptation of the patient. In the classroom, it is recommended to repeat the training of isolated movements with a gradual transition from one type of movement to another, frequent repetition of complex movements that require more attention, aimed at coordination and balance. In addition to kinesiotherapy, the literature contains recommendations for the use of neurodynamic methods and high-tech robotic techniques. However, most authors note that only a differentiated approach and the complex use of kinesiotherapy with other methods of physical therapy are able to improve the quality of life of patients after an ischemic stroke.

Characteristics of Organochlorine Pesticides Residues and Research Progress of Migration and Transformation in Soil

Organochlorine pesticides (OCPs), which is widely distributed in the environment, long residual period, semi volatile, high toxicity of persistent organic pollutants (pops), can migrate for long distances through a variety of environmental medias. In this study, we introduced the OCPs on the ways of pollution in the environmental soil and its characteristics of residues. We discussed the migration and transformation of OCPs in the environmental soil.

Neurophysiological characteristics of the pyramidal tract in patients with the hyperkinetic form of infantile cerebral palsy in the late residual period

Children's cerebral palsy (cerebral palsy) occupies the main place among the causes that lead to disability from childhood. The majority of disabled patients with various forms of cerebral palsy have a late residual stage, which is characterized by stabilization of the pathological process. Hence, it is of great interest to study the central mechanisms of formation of cerebral palsy syndromes in patients in the late residual period.

Growth and development in beef cattle. 2. Direct and residual effects of plane of nutrition during early life on the chemical composition of body components

SUMMARYLow, medium and high planes of nutrition were imposed on Friesian calves from 1 to 13 weeks of age (Period 1) and factorially arranged with low and high planes of nutrition in the 13–25 week period (Period 2). In the final (residual) period, from 25 weeks to slaughter, all animals were given the same high plane diet. The different planes of nutrition were achieved by offering restricted allowances of milk replacer or concentrates with roughage ad libitum. The roughage was grass hay during the milkfeeding period and grass silage thereafter. Representative animals were slaughtered at 1, 13 and 25 weeks of age while the remaining animals were slaughtered at mean liveweights of 503 and 553 kg. The ME intake of the low plane animals in Period 1 was 0·55 that of the high plane animals and produced daily accretions of protein, fat and energy in empty body which were respectively 0·43, 0·29 and 0·36 of the gains of the high plane animals. The ME intake of the low plane in Period 2 was 0·69 of the high plane and daily accretions of protein, fat and energy in empty body were 0·46, 0·59 and 0·54 of the gains of the high plane animals.Within Period 2 compensatory protein growth was observed in both carcass and non-carcass components in response to nutritional restriction in Period 1. Compensatory protein growth was also obtained in the carcass component in the residual period as an indirect effect of nutritional restriction in Period 2.Nutritional restriction in early life produced relatively small non-significant direct effects on body and carcass composition and while early restriction subsequent produced a considerable degree of compensatory growth, there were no significant differences in carcass measurements or chemical composition of the carcass by the final slaughter weight.

The effect of the plane and pattern of concentrate feeding on milk yield and composition in dairy cows

SUMMARYNinety-six Friesian cows were used to determine the effects of pattern of allocation of a fixed amount of concentrates on milk yield during the treatment and residual periods (weeks 1–20 and 21–44 respectively) and on the whole lactation. Thirty-two were in their second and the remainder in their third or later lactation. Second-lactation cows were used to form separate blocks.Four treatments were imposed for the first 20 weeks of lactation; these were Graded (G), Woodman (W), High Fixed (HF), and Low Fixed (LF). The first three treatments involved the same total amount of concentrate but fed in different daily amounts. Treatment W received Woodman's standard (Evans, 1960) amounts of feed according to a predetermined lactation curve derived from earlier experience in the herd; treatment G reallocated the same allowance by feeding more than W in weeks 1–12 and less during weeks 13–20; the HF treatment was a fixed daily amount of 6·4 kg, in total also equal to W total. LF was a fixed daily amount of 4·0 kg/day. The maintenance allowance was the same for all cows within a block and based on hay, dried sugar-beet pulp and barley meal. During weeks 21–44 all cows within a block received the same treatment; either grazing or self-fed silage and supplementary concentrates according to the time of year.There were significant differences in milk yield during the treatment period resulting from plane of feeding (W, G and HF greater than LF; P < 0·001) but no significant differences arising from the pattern of feeding. In the residual period (weeks 21–44) there was no significant difference between the yields of second-lactation treatment groups. Thus for the whole lactation the yields of treatments G, W and HF were significantly greater than LF. However, for the older cows there were differences in the residual period and treatment groups G and LF gave significantly more milk than group W (P < 0·001 and P < 0·05 respectively). Over the whole lactation treatment group G gave significantly more milk than LF (P < 0·001), W (P < 0·01) and HF (P < 0·05). Furthermore, the increase in total lactation yield of G compared with W was 4·5 times the increase observed in weeks 1–20.Cows of both age groups on treatment HF, unlike those on treatments W and G, never achieved a distinct peak yield but their mean weekly rate of decline was significantly less.Live-weight changes varied between treatments and between age groups and were significantly correlated with milk yield in weeks 1–20.There were no significant effects of treatments on milk composition in either age group at any stage of the lactation. The minimum value for solids-not-fat content for the cows on the LF treatment was unacceptably low.It is suggested that for cows of moderate yield potential fed to Woodman's standards (Evans, 1960) the actual pattern of feeding a predetermined amount of concentrates has little effect on the yield or quality of milk. For cows of high potential a redistribution of concentrates to allow earlier more generous feeding will increase milk yield.The rate of decline of milk yield is a characteristic of both cow potential and pattern of feeding and an adoption of a standard 2½% a week should be viewed with caution.