-six of these species are MTR scoring taxa used in the British system, but another 40 species were recorded of which 11 species were selected as potential scoring plants for use in Poland. The revision of MTR scoring plants used in Britain was performed and resulted in the proposed elimination of 24 taxa as scoring

HPH) has been shown to correlate with macroscopic and microscopic brain disease in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). We studied the changes in MTR-HPH and in Kurtzke’s Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) scores over time in a group of patients with relapsing-remitting MS. METHODS: Twenty

, bilateral thalamus, bilateral caudate, right insula, and left Brodmann area (BA) 8. No correlation was found between local MTR decrease and Expanded Disability Status Scale score. Significant correlations between MTR and MS Functional Composite scores (Spearman rank test, P <.05) were observed

Abstract Objective: To determine whether dry needling of an active myofascial trigger point (MTrP) reduces pain and alters the status of the trigger point to either a nonespontaneously tender nodule or its resolution. Design: A prospective, nonrandomized, controlled, interventional clinical study

Postconcussional disorder after a relatively mild head injury is common. Although a partial or-ganic etiology is presumed, little imaging evidence exists for this assumption. In this study, patients with mild to moderate brain injury (median Glas-gow Coma Scale score of 14) had more parenchy

was always significantly lower than that of normal appearing whitematter (NAWM)with an overall relative reduction of10 % and decreased significantly with increasing scores ofWMH severity (P = 0.02) andWMHvolume (r =0.24, P = 0.0016). NAWM MTR was not different between subjects with very few and extensive WMH

ratio (MTR) and proton MR spectroscopy in identifying pa-tients with neuronal injury after TBI. METHODS: Thirty patients with TBI (21–77 years old; mean age, 42 years; admission Glas-gow Coma Scale (GOS) scores 3–15; mean score, 11) were studied on a 1.5-T system with magnetization transfer imaging

in our cohort of patients. Moreover, density-derived features (peak height, standard devi-ation, and skewness) of GFA and MTR along the tracts showed additional correlation with clinical scores than mean values. These findings reveal the interplay between contralateral myelin and axonal remodeling after

). Methods. Ninety-eight Caucasian patients with early RA received MTX with SSZ, hydroxychloroquine, and folate according to a standardized protocol. Efficacy was evaluated using the Disease Activity Score (DAS28) and European League Against Rheumatism response criteria at 12 months. Nine polymorphisms in 7

in patients with myofascial trigger points (MTrPs). A newmethod available for taping practitioners is cross taping (CT).Themain objective was to determine how CT, KT, andmedical adhesive tape (sham group) affect the subjective assessment of resting bioelectrical activity and pain of the upper trapezius muscle