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Fateme Khorramroo, Seyed Hamed Mousavi, Hooman Minoonejad,
Volume 9, Issue 3 (7-2024)
Abstract
Aims: This case study aims to manage the post-operative complications in a patient with excessive ankle stiffness using Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization (IASTM) and Faradic Electrical Stimulation (FES) and investigate the effects on knee and hip kinematics during gait.
Method and Materials: A 41-year-old female with post-operation complications including decreased right ankle Range of Motion (ROM) and strength, underwent a 12-week of IASTM and FES. Gait analysis was performed before and after the intervention. Knee and hip angles and velocities in 3 dimensions were measured using a motion analysis system before and after the intervention.
Findings: Results showed increased knee adduction, decreased peak knee external rotation at the late swing phase, increased peak frontal plane knee velocity, frontal and transverse plane hip excursion, and peak velocities in the transverse and frontal plane.
Conclusion: A 12-week IASTM and FES can improve knee and hip gait mechanics in a patient with excessive ankle stiffness.
Volume 13, Issue 3 (5-2011)
Abstract
The incidence of grapevine virus A (GVA) is reported from almost all of the major
grapevine growing regions in Iran. Grapevine is vegetatively propagated by rooting of
cuttings or grafting. In such plants, viral diseases are transmitted from stock plants to the
progeny. Therefore, the control of grapevine viruses can be achieved primarily through
production of healthy stock plants. In the present research, cryotherapy and
electrotherapy were employed for elimination of GVA from naturally infected vine (Vitis
vinifera L. cv Black) and their efficiency was compared. In cryotherapy, 59% of the shoot
tips survived and regenerated into whole plants, of which 42% were free of GVA detected
by RT-PCR. In the electrotherapy, the effects of electric current value and treatment
duration were investigated on plant survival and virus elimination. The best results were
obtained by using 30 milliamps (mA) for 15 minutes. With this treatment, survival and
virus-free frequencies were about 62% and 40%, respectively. This is the first report of
electrotherapy of grapevine shoot tips as a potential tool for GVA elimination. The results
showed that cryotherapy was a more efficient and convenient protocol than
electrotherapy for elimination of GVA from infected grapevine.