Abstract Although patients with facial palsy often complain of disturbed eye blinking which may lead to visual impairment, a blinking analysis is not part of routine grading of facial palsy.Twenty minutes of spontaneous Drinks eye blinking at rest of 30 patients with facial palsy (6 with acute palsy; 24 patients with facial synkinesis; median age:
BackgroundAt the beginning of a sprint, the acceleration of the body center of mass (COM) is driven mostly forward and vertically in order to move from an initial crouched position to a more forward-leaning position.Individual muscle contributions to COM accelerations have not been previously studied in a sprint with induced acceleration analysis,
Molecular targeted therapies have been the focus of recent clinical trials for the treatment of patients with recurrent epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC).The majority have not fared well as monotherapies for improving survival of these patients.Poor bioavailability, lack of predictive biomarkers, and the presence of multiple survival pathways can all
Ana Sofia Carvalho,1 Paulo Santos1,2 1Department of Medicine of Community, Information and Health Decision Sciences (MEDCIDS), Drinks Faculty of Medicine of University of Porto, Porto, Portugal; 2Centre for Health Technology and Services Research (CINTESIS), University of Porto, Porto, PortugalCorrespondence: Ana Sofia CarvalhoFaculty of Medicine o