Identification on sensory attributes and children’s ratings of fruits and vegetables with and without appearance modification: A pilot study

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Tennis or Taekwondo is better for my kid? - Differential sensory organization of balance control in young tennis players and Taekwondo practitioners

Poster Presentation: PO-1531This journal suppl. entitled: Abstracts: 7th World Congress of the International Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine ...OBJECTIVE: To compare the sensory organization and standing balance control of adolescent tennis players, taekwondo (TKD) practitioners, and healthy control participants. METHOD: Sixty participants including 12 tennis players (mean age: 14.0±2.1 years; 9 males and 3 females), 21 TKD practitioners (mean age: 13.1±1.0 years; 13 males and 8 females), and 27 healthy control participants (mean age: 12.8±1.8 years; 18 males and 9 females) were tested. All of the participants underwent the Sensory Organization Test (SOT) and the ...published_or_final_versio

Teledietetics improves weight reduction by modifying eating behavior: A randomized controlled trial

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Tennis or Taekwondo is better for my kid? - Differential sensory organization of balance control in young tennis players and Taekwondo practitioners

Poster Presentation: PO-1531This journal suppl. entitled: Abstracts: 7th World Congress of the International Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine ...OBJECTIVE: To compare the sensory organization and standing balance control of adolescent tennis players, taekwondo (TKD) practitioners, and healthy control participants. METHOD: Sixty participants including 12 tennis players (mean age: 14.0±2.1 years; 9 males and 3 females), 21 TKD practitioners (mean age: 13.1±1.0 years; 13 males and 8 females), and 27 healthy control participants (mean age: 12.8±1.8 years; 18 males and 9 females) were tested. All of the participants underwent the Sensory Organization Test (SOT) and the ...published_or_final_versio

Visual stimulation as pain relief for Hong Kong Chinese patients with leg ulcers

Analgesic potential of visual stimulation was examined in 33 patients with leg ulcers in a randomized, controlled, crossover clinical trial. Patients were alternating between wearing an eyeglass display with soundless VCD broadcast (V-sessions) and a static blank screen (B-sessions) while receiving superficial debridement and wound dressing for their leg ulcers. A significant reduction in pain scores was found during V-sessions (VAS 67.7 ± 28.4 vs. 25.6 ± 29.8 when V-sessions vs. B-sessions, with p < 0.01). Age was positively correlated with the improvement in VAS, whereas gender, residency, and the underlying medical conditions were not correlated with the improvement in pain score. The use of visual stimulation might be beneficial to both genders, in an older age group regardless of the underlying medical conditions. This is the pioneer use of visual stimulation as a non-pharmacological adjuvant to pain relief among a local Chinese population. The study will certainly add knowledge to the existing pain relief methods.published_or_final_versio

A cost-effectiveness analysis of teledietetics in short-, intermediate-, and long-term weight reduction

Objective To evaluate the effectiveness of teledietetics in weight loss for 24 weeks and the cost-effectiveness of weight loss between face-to-face and teledietetics services. Study setting The study was conducted at a community health center and a community dietetics clinic. Study design The study was a quasiexperimental design. Methods Fifty adults aged 20–50 with a BMI ≥23 participated in the study. The face-to-face (FD) group received 12 dietary counselling sessions and recorded their diet in a log book. The teledietetics (TD) group attended three group nutrition seminars and recorded their diet on a Web-based platform. Changes in variables were compared using an independent t-test. Direct and indirect costs were applied to compute cost-effectiveness ratios. Results At week 6, the FD group showed greater reductions in all variables than did the TD group. At week 12, the effects reversed. At week 24, the accumulated reductions in weight and fat in the TD group were significantly higher than those in the FD group (all at p < 0.0001). The observed direct costs for 1% weight loss and 1% fat loss were USD 28.24 and USD17.09, respectively. Conclusion A dietetic service delivered as a teledietetics model is more cost-effective than the face-to-face dietetics model in weight reduction.postprin

The effect of visual stimulation via the eyeglass display and the perception of pain

Hospitalization involves anxiety and pain for many people. Unfamiliar hospital settings, various diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, and the sight and sounds of medical procedures exacerbate pain and anxiety. By blocking off the anxiety-inducing sights and sounds of the hospital surroundings and creating a pleasant environment, an eyeglass display might be able to change the sensation and perception of pain. In this randomized, controlled, crossover study, 72 healthy university student volunteers were asked to wear a light-weight eyeglass that projected a feeling of watching a 52-inch television screen at 6 1/2 feet in distance while pain was produced by a modified tourniquet technique. Subjects were randomly assigned to participate in a V-session or B-session first, with subsequent cross-over. In a V-session, subjects were instructed to wear the eyeglass and watch the soundless display of natural scenery during the inflation. In a B-session, the eyeglass that subjects wore would project a static blank screen. During V-sessions, there was a significant increase in pain threshold (p < 0.001) and pain tolerance (p < 0.001). The degree of immersion was positively correlated with improvement in pain threshold, whereas the anxiety level was negatively correlated with improvement in pain threshold. These findings have implications for using visual stimulation as a positive adjunct to other methods of pain relief and for different pain conditions. This study was considered to be the pioneer use of visual stimulation in the local Chinese community as an adjunct to pain relief.published_or_final_versio

Effects of post-exercise ice-water and room-temperature water immersion on the sensory organization of balance control and lower limb proprioception in amateur rugby players: A randomized controlled trial

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Effects of Qigong training on health-related quality of life, functioning, and cancer-related symptoms in survivors of nasopharyngeal cancer: A pilot study

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Theoretical examination of behavioral feedback in the application of teledietetics to weight reduction

Introduction Behavioural feedback can be attained through electronic self-monitoring with teledietetics. This study examined the theoretical framework of the theory of planned behaviour, which suggests that behavioural feedback contributes to the intention to initiate and maintain weight loss. Methods A quasi-experiment involving adults aged 20–50 years with a body mass index greater than 23 kg/m2 was conducted. The experimental group (EG) comprised 25 participants who used electronic dietary records for self-monitoring. The control group (CG) comprised 25 participants who used paper-format dietary records for self-monitoring. Data pertaining to the theory of planned behaviour were obtained using a self-administered questionnaire. After an initial measurement, each participant’s body weight was measured again at Week 12 and at Week 24, following a 12-week observation period. Hierarchical regression analyses of planned behaviour components were conducted for each power to predict the participants’ intentions to lose 10% of their body weight. Logistic regression analysis was performed to investigate the odds ratio of intention, perceived behavioural control (PBC) and the group effect (CG vs EG) for predicting the initiation and maintenance of 10% weight loss. Results At Week 12, the odds ratios for intention, the PBC and the group effect were 2.154, 0.330 and 0.654, respectively, and those at Week 24 were 3.255, 0.499 and 24.592, respectively. The group effect contributed significantly to weight-loss maintenance at Week 24. Discussion Behavioural feedback through electronic self-monitoring improved the intention to achieve weight-loss maintenance, which may indicate the importance of behaviour reflection in weight-loss maintenance.postprin