@misc{BruettMeisterBerngesetal.2017,
  author    = {Br{\"u}tt, Anna Levke and Meister, Ramona and Bernges, Tabea and Moritz, Steffen and H{\"a}rter, Martin and Kriston, Levente and K{\"u}hne, Franziska},
  title     = {Patient involvement in a systematic review},
  series = {Zeitschrift f{\"u}r Evidenz, Fortbildung und Qualit{\"a}t im Gesundheitswesen},
  volume    = {127-128},
  journal   = {Zeitschrift f{\"u}r Evidenz, Fortbildung und Qualit{\"a}t im Gesundheitswesen},
  publisher = {Elsevier},
  address   = {Jena},
  issn      = {1865-9217},
  doi       = {10.1016/j.zefq.2017.07.005},
  pages     = {56 -- 61},
  year      = {2017},
  abstract  = {Patient involvement (PI) in research is increasingly required as a means to improve relevance and meaningfulness of research results. PI has been widely promoted by the National Institute for Health Research in England in the last years. In Germany, widespread involvement of patients in research is still missing. The methods used to realize PI have been developed mainly in English research contexts, and detailed information on how to involve patients in systematic reviews is rare. Therefore, the aim of the study was that patients contribute and prioritize clinically relevant outcomes to a systematic review on meta-cognitive interventions, and to evaluate a patient workshop as well as patients' perceptions of research involvement. Seven patients with experience in psychiatric care participated in our workshop. They focused on outcomes pre-defined in the review protocol (e.g., meta-cognitive or cognitive changes, symptomatology, quality of life), neglected other outcomes (like satisfaction with treatment, acceptability), and added relevant new ones (e.g., scope of action/autonomy, applicability). Altogether, they valued the explicit workshop participation positively. However, some suggested to involve patients at an earlier stage and to adapt the amount of information given. Further systematic reviews would benefit from the involvement of patients in the definition of other components of the review question (like patients or interventions), in the interpretation of key findings or in drafting a lay summary.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{AlgharablyBolbrinkerLeziusetal.2017,
  author    = {Algharably, Engi A. H. and Bolbrinker, Juliane and Lezius, Susanne and Reibis, Rona Katharina and Wegscheider, Karl and V{\"o}ller, Heinz and Kreutz, Reinhold},
  title     = {Uromodulin associates with cardiorenal function in patients with hypertension and cardiovascular disease},
  series = {Journal of hypertension},
  volume    = {35},
  journal   = {Journal of hypertension},
  publisher = {Lippincott Williams \& Wilkins},
  address   = {Philadelphia},
  issn      = {0263-6352},
  doi       = {10.1097/HJH.0000000000001432},
  pages     = {2053 -- 2058},
  year      = {2017},
  abstract  = {Objective:Common genetic variants in the gene encoding uromodulin (UMOD) have been associated with renal function, blood pressure (BP) and hypertension. We investigated the associations between an important single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in UMOD, that is rs12917707-G>T, and estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), BP and cardiac organ damage as determined by echocardiography in patients with arterial hypertension.Methods:A cohort of 1218 treated high-risk patients (mean age 58.5 years, 83\% men) with documented cardiovascular disease (81\% with coronary heart disease) was analysed.Results:The mean values for 24-h SBP and DBP were 124.714.7 and 73.9 +/- 9.4mmHg; mean eGFR was 77.5 +/- 18.3ml/min per 1.73m(2), mean left ventricular ejection fraction was 59.3 +/- 9.9\% and mean left ventricular mass index in men and women was 53.9 +/- 23.2 and 54.9 +/- 23.7g/m(2.7) with 50.4\% of patients having left ventricular hypertrophy. A significant association between rs12917707 and eGFR was observed with T-allele carriers showing significantly higher eGFR values (+2.6ml/min per 1.73m(2), P=0.006) than noncarriers. This SNP associated also with left atrial diameter (P=0.007); homozygous carriers of the T-allele had smaller left atrial diameter (-1.5mm) than other genotype groups (P=0.040). No significant associations between rs12917707 and other cardiac or BP phenotypes were observed.Conclusions:These findings extend the previously documented role of UMOD for renal function also to treated high-risk patients with arterial hypertension and reveal a novel association with left atrial remodelling and thus a potential cardiorenal link modulated by UMOD.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{SixtusFischerLindemann2017,
  author    = {Sixtus, Elena and Fischer, Martin H. and Lindemann, Oliver},
  title     = {Finger posing primes number comprehension},
  series = {Cognitive processing : international quarterly of cognitive science},
  volume    = {18},
  journal   = {Cognitive processing : international quarterly of cognitive science},
  publisher = {Springer},
  address   = {Heidelberg},
  issn      = {1612-4782},
  doi       = {10.1007/s10339-017-0804-y},
  pages     = {237 -- 248},
  year      = {2017},
  abstract  = {Canonical finger postures, as used in counting, activate number knowledge, but the exact mechanism for this priming effect is unclear. Here we dissociated effects of visual versus motor priming of number concepts. In Experiment 1, participants were exposed either to pictures of canonical finger postures (visual priming) or actively produced the same finger postures (motor priming) and then used foot responses to rapidly classify auditory numbers (targets) as smaller or larger than 5. Classification times revealed that manually adopted but not visually perceived postures primed magnitude classifications. Experiment 2 obtained motor priming of number processing through finger postures also with vocal responses. Priming only occurred through canonical and not through non-canonical finger postures. Together, these results provide clear evidence for motor priming of number knowledge. Relative contributions of vision and action for embodied numerical cognition and the importance of canonicity of postures are discussed.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{HuangGuoYangetal.2017,
  author    = {Huang, Hongshi and Guo, Jianqiao and Yang, Jie and Jiang, Yanfang and Yu, Yuanyuan and Mueller, Steffen and Ren, Gexue and Ao, Yingfang},
  title     = {Isokinetic angle-specific moments and ratios characterizing hamstring and quadriceps strength in anterior cruciate ligament deficient knees},
  series = {Scientific reports},
  volume    = {7},
  journal   = {Scientific reports},
  publisher = {Nature Publ. Group},
  address   = {London},
  issn      = {2045-2322},
  doi       = {10.1038/s41598-017-06601-5},
  pages     = {11},
  year      = {2017},
  abstract  = {This study is intended to find more effective and robust clinical diagnostic indices to characterize muscle strength and coordination alternation following anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) rupture. To evaluate angle-specific moments and hamstring (H)/quadriceps (Q) ratios, 46 male subjects with unilateral chronic ACL-rupture performed isokinetic concentric (c), eccentric (e) quadriceps and hamstring muscle tests respectively at 60 degrees/s. Normalized moments and H/Q ratios were calculated for peak moment (PM) and 30 degrees, 40 degrees, 50 degrees, 60 degrees, 70 degrees, 80 degrees knee flexion angles. Furthermore, we introduced single-to-arithmetic-mean (SAM) and single-to-root-mean-square (SRMS) muscle co-contraction ratios, calculating them for specific angles and different contraction repetitions. Normalized PM and 40 degrees specific concentric quadriceps, concentric hamstring strength in the ACL-deficient knee were reduced significantly (P <= 0.05). Concentric angle-specific moments together with Qe/Qc ratios at 40 degrees (d = 0.766 vs. d = 0.654) identify more obvious differences than peak values in ACL ruptured limbs. Furthermore, we found SRMS-QeQc deficits at 40 degrees showed stronger effect than Qe/Qc ratios (d = 0.918 vs. d = 0.766), albeit other ratio differences remained basically the same effect size as the original H/Q ratios. All the newly defined SAM and SRMS indices could decrease variance. Overall, 40 degrees knee moments and SAM/ SRMS ratios might be new potential diagnosis indices for ACL rupture detection.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{SadowskaTouliHitzletal.2017,
  author    = {Sadowska, Aleksandra and Touli, Ermioni and Hitzl, Wolfgang and Greutert, Helen and Ferguson, Stephen J. and W{\"u}rtz-Kozak, Karin and Hausmann, Oliver N.},
  title     = {Inflammaging in cervical and lumbar degenerated intervertebral discs},
  series = {European Spine Journal},
  volume    = {27},
  journal   = {European Spine Journal},
  number    = {3},
  publisher = {Springer},
  address   = {New York},
  issn      = {0940-6719},
  doi       = {10.1007/s00586-017-5360-8},
  pages     = {564 -- 577},
  year      = {2017},
  abstract  = {To investigate and compare the occurrence of inflammatory processes in the sites of disc degeneration in the lumbar and cervical spine by a gene array and subsequent qPCR and to investigate the mechanistic involvement of transient receptor potential channels TRPC6 and TRPV4. The gene expression of inflammatory cytokines and TRP channels was measured in human disc samples obtained from patients undergoing discectomy at the cervical (n = 24) or lumbar (n = 27) spine for degenerative disc disease (DDD) and disc herniation (DH) and analyzed for differences with regard to spinal level, IVD degeneration grade, Modic grade, age, sex, disc region and surgical extent. Aside from genes with known implication in DDD and DH, four previously unreported genes from the interferon and TRP families (IFNA1, IFNA8, IFNB1, TRPC6) could be detected. A correlation between gene expression and age (IL-15) and IVD degeneration grade (IFNA1, IL-6, IL-15, TRPC6), but not Modic grade, was identified. Significant differences were detected between cervical and lumbar discs (IL-15), nucleus and annulus (IL-6, TNF-alpha, TRPC6), single-level and multi-level surgery (IL-6, IL-8) as well as DDD and DH (IL-8), while sex had no effect. Multiple gene-gene pair correlations, either between different cytokines or between cytokines and TRP channels, exist in the disc. This study supports the relevance of IL-6 and IL-8 in disc diseases, but furthermore points toward a possible pathological role of IL-15 and type I interferons, as well as a mechanistic role of TRPC6. With limited differences in the inflammatory profile of cervical and lumbar discs, novel anti-inflammatory or TRP-modulatory strategies for the treatment of disc pathologies may be applicable independent of the spinal region.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{BisiBalogunRector2017,
  author    = {Bisi-Balogun, Adebisi and Rector, Michael V.},
  title     = {Clinical Utility of Ultrasound Measurements of Plantar Fascia Width and Cross-Sectional Area},
  series = {Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association},
  volume    = {107},
  journal   = {Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association},
  number    = {5},
  publisher = {Amer podiatric med assoc},
  address   = {Bethesda},
  issn      = {8750-7315},
  doi       = {10.7547/16-042},
  pages     = {375 -- 381},
  year      = {2017},
  abstract  = {Background: We sought to develop a standardized protocol for ultrasound (US) measurements of plantar fascia (PF) width and cross-sectional area (CSA), which may serve as additional outcome variables during US examinations of both healthy asymptomatic PF and in plantar fasciopathy and determine its interrater and intrarater reliability. Methods: Ten healthy individuals (20 feet) were enrolled. Participants were assessed twice by two raters each to determine intrarater and interrater reliability. For each foot, three transverse scans of the central bundle of the PF were taken at its insertion at the medial calcaneal tubercle, identified in real time on the plantar surface of the foot, using a fine wire technique. Reliability was determined using intraclass correlation coefficients (ICC), standard errors of measurement (SEM), and limits of agreement (LOA) expressed as percentages of the mean. Reliability of PF width and CSA measurements was determined using PF width and CSA measurements from one sonogram measured once and the mean of three measurements from three sonograms each measured once. Results: Ultrasound measurements of PF width and CSA showed a mean of 18.6 +/- 2.0 mm and 69.20 +/- 13.6 mm(2) respectively. Intra-reliability within both raters showed an ICC. 0.84 for width and ICC. 0.92 for CSA as well as a SEM\% and LOA\%, 10\% for both width and CSA. Inter-rater reliability showed an ICC of 0.82 for width and 0.87 for CSA as well as a SEM\% and LOA\%, 10\% for width and a SEM\%, 10\% and LOA\%, 20\% for CSA. Relative and absolute reliability within and between raters were higher when using the mean of three sonographs compared to one sonograph. Conclusions: Using this novel technique, PF CSA and width may be determined reliably using measurements from one sonogram or the mean of three sonograms. Measurement of PF CSA and width in addition to already established thickness and echogenicity measurements provides additional information on structural properties of the PF for clinicians and researchers in healthy and pathologic PF.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{HoermanndosSantosMorkischetal.2017,
  author    = {H{\"o}rmann, Simon and dos Santos, Luara Ferreira and Morkisch, Nadine and Jettkowski, Katrin and Sillis, Moran and Devan, Hemakumar and Kanagasabai, Parimala S. and Schmidt, Henning and Kr{\"u}ger, J{\"o}rg and Dohle, Christian and Regenbrecht, Holger and Hale, Leigh and Cutfield, Nicholas J.},
  title     = {Computerised mirror therapy with Augmented Reflection Technology for early stroke rehabilitation},
  series = {Disability and rehabilitation : an international, multidisciplinary journal},
  volume    = {39},
  journal   = {Disability and rehabilitation : an international, multidisciplinary journal},
  publisher = {Routledge, Taylor \& Francis Group},
  address   = {Abingdon},
  issn      = {0963-8288},
  doi       = {10.1080/09638288.2017.1291765},
  pages     = {1503 -- 1514},
  year      = {2017},
  abstract  = {Purpose: New rehabilitation strategies for post-stroke upper limb rehabilitation employing visual stimulation show promising results, however, cost-efficient and clinically feasible ways to provide these interventions are still lacking. An integral step is to translate recent technological advances, such as in virtual and augmented reality, into therapeutic practice to improve outcomes for patients. This requires research on the adaptation of the technology for clinical use as well as on the appropriate guidelines and protocols for sustainable integration into therapeutic routines. Here, we present and evaluate a novel and affordable augmented reality system (Augmented Reflection Technology, ART) in combination with a validated mirror therapy protocol for upper limb rehabilitation after stroke. Results: The results showed that the combination and application of the Berlin Protocol for Mirror Therapy together with ART was feasible for clinical use. This combination was integrated into the therapeutic plan of subacute stroke patients at the two clinical locations where the second part of this research was conducted. Conclusions: Our findings pave the way for using technology to provide mirror therapy in clinical settings and show potential for the more effective use of inpatient time and enhanced recoveries for patients. IMPLICATIONS FOR REHABILITATION Computerised Mirror Therapy is feasible for clinical use Augmented Reflection Technology can be integrated as an adjunctive therapeutic intervention for subacute stroke patients in an inpatient setting Virtual Rehabilitation devices such as Augmented Reflection Technology have considerable potential to enhance stroke rehabilitation},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{FliesserDeWittHubertsWippert2017,
  author    = {Fliesser, Michael and De Witt Huberts, Jessie and Wippert, Pia-Maria},
  title     = {The choice that matters: the relative influence of socioeconomic status indicators on chronic back pain},
  series = {BMC health services research},
  volume    = {17},
  journal   = {BMC health services research},
  publisher = {BioMed Central},
  address   = {London},
  issn      = {1472-6963},
  doi       = {10.1186/s12913-017-2735-9},
  year      = {2017},
  abstract  = {Background In health research, indicators of socioeconomic status (SES) are often used interchangeably and often lack theoretical foundation. This makes it difficult to compare results from different studies and to explore the relationship between SES and health outcomes. To aid researchers in choosing appropriate indicators of SES, this article proposes and tests a theory-based selection of SES indicators using chronic back pain as a health outcome. Methods Strength of relationship predictions were made using Brunner \& Marmot's model of 'social determinants of health'. Subsequently, a longitudinal study was conducted with 66 patients receiving in-patient treatment for chronic back pain. Sociodemographic variables, four SES indicators (education, job position, income, multidimensional index) and back pain intensity and disability were obtained at baseline. Both pain dimensions were assessed again 6 months later. Using linear regression, the predictive strength of each SES indicator on pain intensity and disability was estimated and compared to the theory based prediction. Results Chronic back pain intensity was best predicted by the multidimensional index (beta = 0.31, p < 0.05), followed by job position (beta = 0.29, p < 0.05) and education (beta = -0.29, p < 0.05); whereas, income exerted no significant influence. Back pain disability was predicted strongest by education (beta = -0.30, p < 0.05) and job position (beta = 0.29, p < 0.05). Here, multidimensional index and income had no significant influence. Conclusions The choice of SES indicators influences predictive power on both back pain dimensions, suggesting SES predictors cannot be used interchangeably. Therefore, researchers should carefully consider prior to each study which SES indicator to use. The introduced framework can be valuable in supporting this decision because it allows for a stable prediction of SES indicator influence and their hierarchy on a specific health outcomes.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{FliesserDeWittHubertsWippert2017,
  author    = {Fliesser, Michael and De Witt Huberts, Jessie and Wippert, Pia-Maria},
  title     = {The choice that matters: the relative influence of socioeconomic status indicators on chronic back pain- a longitudinal study},
  series = {BMC health services research},
  volume    = {17},
  journal   = {BMC health services research},
  publisher = {BioMed Central},
  address   = {London},
  issn      = {1472-6963},
  doi       = {10.1186/s12913-017-2735-9},
  pages     = {8},
  year      = {2017},
  abstract  = {Background: In health research, indicators of socioeconomic status (SES) are often used interchangeably and often lack theoretical foundation. This makes it difficult to compare results from different studies and to explore the relationship between SES and health outcomes. To aid researchers in choosing appropriate indicators of SES, this article proposes and tests a theory-based selection of SES indicators using chronic back pain as a health outcome. Results: Chronic back pain intensity was best predicted by the multidimensional index (beta = 0.31, p < 0.05), followed by job position (beta = 0.29, p < 0.05) and education (beta = -0.29, p < 0.05); whereas, income exerted no significant influence. Back pain disability was predicted strongest by education (beta = -0.30, p < 0.05) and job position (beta = 0. 29, p < 0.05). Here, multidimensional index and income had no significant influence. Conclusions: The choice of SES indicators influences predictive power on both back pain dimensions, suggesting SES predictors cannot be used interchangeably. Therefore, researchers should carefully consider prior to each study which SES indicator to use. The introduced framework can be valuable in supporting this decision because it allows for a stable prediction of SES indicator influence and their hierarchy on a specific health outcomes.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{RadbruchPischonOstrowskietal.2017,
  author    = {Radbruch, Moritz and Pischon, Hannah and Ostrowski, Anja and Volz, Pierre and Brodwolf, Robert and Neumann, Falko and Unbehauen, Michael and Kleuser, Burkhard and Haag, Rainer and Ma, Nan and Alexiev, Ulrike and Mundhenk, Lars and Gruber, Achim D.},
  title     = {Dendritic core-multishell nanocarriers in murine models of healthy and atopic skin},
  series = {Nanoscale Research Letters},
  volume    = {12},
  journal   = {Nanoscale Research Letters},
  number    = {64},
  publisher = {Springer},
  address   = {New York},
  issn      = {1556-276X},
  doi       = {10.1186/s11671-017-1835-0},
  pages     = {12},
  year      = {2017},
  abstract  = {Dendritic hPG-amid-C18-mPEG core-multishell nanocarriers (CMS) represent a novel class of unimolecular micelles that hold great potential as drug transporters, e. g., to facilitate topical therapy in skin diseases. Atopic dermatitis is among the most common inflammatory skin disorders with complex barrier alterations which may affect the efficacy of topical treatment. Here, we tested the penetration behavior and identified target structures of unloaded CMS after topical administration in healthy mice and in mice with oxazolone-induced atopic dermatitis. We further examined whole body distribution and possible systemic side effects after simulating high dosage dermal penetration by subcutaneous injection. Following topical administration, CMS accumulated in the stratum corneum without penetration into deeper viable epidermal layers. The same was observed in atopic dermatitis mice, indicating that barrier alterations in atopic dermatitis had no influence on the penetration of CMS. Following subcutaneous injection, CMS were deposited in the regional lymph nodes as well as in liver, spleen, lung, and kidney. However, in vitro toxicity tests, clinical data, and morphometry-assisted histopathological analyses yielded no evidence of any toxic or otherwise adverse local or systemic effects of CMS, nor did they affect the severity or course of atopic dermatitis. Taken together, CMS accumulate in the stratum corneum in both healthy and inflammatory skin and appear to be highly biocompatible in the mouse even under conditions of atopic dermatitis and thus could potentially serve to create a depot for anti-inflammatory drugs in the skin.},
  language  = {en}
}