OBJECTIVES To investigate whether changes in psychosocial and physical working conditions are associated with subsequent psychotropic medication in ageing employees. METHODS Data were from the Helsinki Health Study, a cohort study of Finnish municipal employees, aged 40-60 years at phase 1 (2000-2002). Changes in psychosocial and physical working conditions were measured between phase 1 and p...

The aim of this study was to investigate mechanical sensitivity responses at the lateral elbow to repeated weekly bouts of low load exercise in healthy subjects. Thirteen young men (n=6) and women participated in 4 weeks of exercise. Arms were randomly allocated to an eccentric-only exercise protocol (ECC: 5 sets of 20 contractions) or to a concentric-eccentric protocol (CON-ECC: 5 sets of 10 e...

Since the imposition of a lipid load might uncover latent defects in lipid absorption or transport, "normal" individuals, and those with atherosclerosis, were subjected to test meals of butter fat, and qualitative and quantitative aspects of serum lipids and lipoproteins were measured. In contrast to the metabolic defects in diabetes mellitus which can be uncovered by a glucose load, the metabo...

In the mid sixties, Feldman (1966) reported on experiments on feedback control processes that stabilize the human arm. In a typical test, the elbow flexors (or extensors) would be loaded and the subject was asked to maintain a predetermined elbow angle. After a sudden decrease of the load, the forearm would settle at a new position. The experiments were repeated for the same initial elbow posit...

aim : this study aims to employ random effect model to evaluate prognostic factors of hepatitis c. background : in recent years, hepatitis c virus (hcv) infection has been a major cause of liver diseases worldwide and represents a major public health problem. evaluation of risk factors and a community intervention in order to decrease the problem is one of the solutions which help protect peopl...

BACKGROUND Mobile technology has opened opportunities within health care and research to allow for frequent monitoring of patients. This has given rise to detailed longitudinal information and new insights concerning behaviour and development of conditions over time. Responding to frequent questionnaires delivered through mobile technology has also shown good compliance, far exceeding that of t...