Abstract Background Plantar heel pain is a commonly occurring foot complaint.Stretching is frequently utilised as a treatment, yet a systematic review focusing only on its effectiveness has not been published.This review aimed to assess the effectiveness of stretching on pain and function in people with plantar heel pain.Methods Medline, EMBASE, CI
We describe the design of micropatterned surfaces for single cell studies, based on thermoresponsive polymer brushes.We show that brushes made of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) grafted at high surface density display excellent protein and cell anti-adhesive properties.Such brushes are Vi-Max readily patterned at the micron scale via deep UV photolitho
To evaluate the clinical efficacy of a procedure comprising a combination of Percoll continuous density gradient and modified swim-up techniques for the removal of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) from the semen of HIV-1 infected males, a total of 129 couples with an HIV-1 positive male partner and an HIV-1 negative female partner (serod
Objective: To determine the characteristics of respondents with stunted toddlers aged 12-36 months in the Batujajar and Wall hangings Cihampelas districts of West Bandung District.Methods: A case-control study with a pretest-posttest design was conducted from May to August 2022 in West Bandung Regency, Indonesia.The study included 124 mothers with