Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate the therapeutic effects of kinesiotaping on plantar fasciitis. Methods: A total of 52 patients with plantar fasciitis were randomly and equally divided into two groups. The patients in the control group received only a traditional physical therapy program daily, including ultrasound thermotherapy and low-frequency electrotherapy. The pati...

grad u ally changed in re cent years from enucle ation or ex ter nal beam ra di a tion ther apy to fo cal con ser va tive meth ods. Thermotherapy is one of the new est meth ods in this re gard. When cou pled with che mo ther apy, it pro vides sat is fac tory con trol in se lected cases. The pres ent case was a child with his left eye enucleated pre vi ously for ret i no blas toma. The multifoca...

Currently, the main methods of virus elimination fruit crops are dry-air thermotherapy, meristem culture and chemotherapy. The use a complex physical chemical makes it possible to increase efficiency elimination. Improving recovery must be carried out in relation certain types viruses, biological characteristics crop variety. purpose research is study effect Pharmaiod preparation on biometric, ...

PURPOSE To develop a model to evaluate the effects of focal pulsed ultrasound (US) waves as a source of heat for treatment of murine subcutaneous implanted Walker tumor. METHODS An experimental, controlled, comparative study was conducted. Twenty male Wistar rats (160-300 g) randomized in 2 equal groups (G-1: Control and G-2: Hyperthermia) were inoculated with Walker-256 carcinosarcoma tumor....

This study investigates a photoacoustic/ultrasound dual-modality contrast agent, including extending its applications from image-contrast enhancement to combined diagnosis and therapy with site-specific targeting. The contrast agent comprises albumin-shelled microbubbles with encapsulated gold nanorods (AuMBs). The gas-filled microbubbles, whose diameters range from submicrometer to several mic...

Objective This study investigated the efficacy of low-dose transpupillary thermotherapy in Asian eyes diagnosed with subfoveal retinal-pigment epithelial detachment. Methods Records of seven patients from different medical institutions were included in this nonrandomized retrospective series. All patients were diagnosed to have unilateral retinal-pigment epithelial detachment and underwent trea...