Active clinical trials for "Syndrome"

The aim of this study was to assess the impact of a physician-supervised non-surgical medical weight management program on prevalence of metabolic syndrome and to examine the relationship between program retention and levels of key indicators of metabolic syndrome among participants that self-enrolled to the program. A total of 479 overweight or obese participants aged 19 years or older were observed. The revised National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III (NCEP ATP III) criteria were used to define metabolic syndrome.

Myofascial pain syndrome (MPS) is a chronic pain syndrome characterized by the presence of trigger points in muscles and fascia in various parts of the body. Due to the pain, it has negative effects on function, restricting movements and daily life activities. Several invasive and non-invasive methods with proven effectiveness are described in the management of myofascial pain syndrome. In this study, investigators aimed to compare the effect of kinesiotaping with dry needling and lidocaine injection treatment. İnvestigators hypothesized, that the effect of kinesiotaping have similar results compared to the invasiv treatment methods in the treatment of MPS. Sixty-six patients diagnosed with myofascial pain syndrome in the upper trapezius were included in this retrospective study. Patients were divided into three groups. Twenty-two patients were randomly selected among patients who received kinesiotaping treatment (n:22). Twenty-two patients who received dry needling treatment (group 2) and 22 patients who received lidocaine injection treatment were randomly selected as controls. Patients were evaluated using the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) and the Short Form (SF-36) scales, which were completed before and 3 weeks after the treatment.

The purpose of this study was to examine the impacts of a 12-week resistance band exercise program on insulin resistance, blood lipid profiles, body composition, and blood pressure in postmenopausal women with obesity. Thirty-six postmenopausal women participated in this study. Participants were randomly allocated into the resistance band training group (EX, n = 18) or the control group (CON, n = 18). The EX group performed a resistance band exercise training program 60 minutes per day, 3 times per week, for 12 weeks. The CON group did not participate in any exercise, dietary, or behavioral intervention. Blood glucose, insulin, homeostatic model of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR), blood lipids, blood pressure, and body composition were measured before and after 12 weeks of EX or CON.

The aim of this study is to investigate serum SCUBE-1 and SCUBE-3 levels in PCOS and non-PCOS cases compared with non-PCOS healthy controls with similar age and body mass index

Plasma exchange procedures remove procoagulant and anticoagulant factors. Every procedure increases the risk of bleeding and repeated procedures increase the risk of bleeding mostly because lower fibrinogen levels. The aim of study is to define coagulation status of patient after plasmapheresis with different laboratory tests and to investigate the possibility of fibrinogen concentrate replacement for the correction of induced coagulation disorder.

Ninety women with PCOS candidate for ICSI were randomized to 2 groups:Group A: fresh samples of PCOS patients undergoing IVF (no= 45) and Group B: frozen samples of PCOS patients undergoing IVF (no= 45). Morphologically good embryos will be cultured in a culture dish and the supernatants will be collected freshly from culture system at day 3 and stored at -20 ̊ c until being tested. Morphologically good embryos scheduled for freezing will be cryopreserved for less than one year and thawed, the supernatant will be collected and stored at -20 ̊ c until being tested. Quantification of mtDNA in fresh and frozen culture media using qPCR technique.The template DNA prepared and the dilution standards prepared will be used for qPCR to determine the amount of MtDNA and nuclear DNA in the sample using QuantiTect SYBR Green PCR Kit

The role of drug-induced sleep endoscopy (DISE) in the management of obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS) is not precisely defined for children. The primary objective of this study was to describe the consequences of DISE in the therapeutic management for children with OSAHS. The secondary objectives were to analyze the correlation between the number of obstructive sites found during DISE, the value of apnea-hypopnea index (AHI), and the type of OSAHS.

Purpose: This study aimed to compare the ocular surface disease test results, anterior segment parameters, and ocular response analyzer (ORA) findings of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) patients with those of healthy reproductive age female controls.

Dravet syndrome is a severe infantile onset epilepsy syndrome with a prevalence of 1/15.000 to 1/30.000. An infant with an apparently normal development presents around 6 months of age with a convulsive status epilepticus. Seizures can be triggered by fever, illness or vaccination. Because of its drug-resistance, in the past, most attention has been paid to seizure control. However, developmental and behavioural problems also become a serious concern during the second year of life. Outcome is poor, with intellectual disability and ongoing seizures. On the long term, the deterioration in gait is very characteristic. A crouch gait pattern develops that largely impacts the daily life functioning. Most children maintain the ability to walk around the house, but for longer distances they must rely on wheelchair use, which further negatively affects their mobility. Gait analysis, when combined with physical examination, provides quantitative information to guide treatment of gait disorders and assess its outcome. The goal of this project is the development of a clinical decision framework based upon 3D gait analysis to diagnose and treat mobility problems in children with Dravet syndrome. Two major university hospitals in Flanders (UZA and UZ Leuven) are partners in this project. The parent organisation "Stichting Dravetsyndroom Nederland/Vlaanderen" will also participate, as intermediate partner to facilitate contacts between all parties being patients and their caregivers, clinical gait labs and treating physicians.

The purpose of this multi-center observational study (utilizing the sites enrolling patients for the Pediatric Adenotonsillectomy Trial for Snoring (PATS) [1U011HL125307-O1A1]) is to gather data regarding children with Down syndrome (DS) and Sleep Disordered Breathing (SDB) referred for treatment with adenotonsillectomy to inform a future randomized controlled trial in this population.