Search for dissertations about: "chronic condition"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 244 swedish dissertations containing the words chronic condition.
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1. Chronic Tennis Elbow : Aspects on Pathogenesis and Treatment in a Soft Tissue Pain Condition
Abstract : Objectives: To study the treatment practice of chronic tennis elbow (TE) among general practitioners (GPs) and physiotherapists (PTs), the effects of a simple, graded home exercise regime versus expectation, the effects of eccentric versus concentric exercise, and the involvement of the substance P – NK1 receptor system in the peripheral, painful tissue of chronic TE patients by positron emission tomography (PET). Materials and methods: A postal survey regarding therapeutic methods used in patients with chronic TE was sent to 129 GPs and 77 PTs, 81 subjects with chronic TE were randomly and blindly assigned to either an exercise group or a wait list group, 120 subjects were randomly assigned to either eccentric or concentric exercise and ten subjects were examined by PET and the NK1 specific radioligand [11C]GR205171. READ MORE
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2. Chronic Gastritis : Diagnosis, natural history and consequences
Abstract : Background & alms: The main cause of chronic gastritis is Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori). Clinical manifestations of chronic gastritis are ulcer disease, gastric cancer and mucosa-associated lymphoma tissue (MALT) lymphoma in the stomach. It is uncertain whether gastritis can be diagnosed macroscopically at endoscopy. READ MORE
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3. Chronic neck pain : An epidemiological, psychological and SPECT study with emphasis on whiplash-associated disorders
Abstract : Chronic neck pain, a common cause of disability, seems to be the result of several interacting mechanisms. In addition to degenerative and inflammatory changes and trauma, psychological and psychosocial factors are also involved. READ MORE
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4. Hyperthyroidism : a chronic disease?
Abstract : During 2003-2005, approximately 3,000 de novo hyperthyroid patients were collected in Sweden and became one of the world's largest hyperthyroidism studies. This dissertation shows that many people diagnosed with hyperthyroidism live with its impacts even after excess of thyroid hormone has ended. READ MORE
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5. Chronic orofacial pain. Understanding patients from two perspectives : the clinical view and the patient's experience
Abstract : Det övergripande syftet har varit att studera patienter med långvarig ansiktssmärta dels från ett kliniskt perspektiv och dels från patientens perspektiv. Samtliga patienter som ingått i studierna var remitterade till Tandvårdshögskolan i Malmö pga långvarig ansiktssmärta. READ MORE