12 research outputs found
Morphological Status of Cadets and Pilots of the Croatian Air Force
Results of the analysis of morphological status of cadets and pilots of the Croatian Air Force are presented, in relation to the morphological status of a sample of conscripts of the Croatian Army. The results of the morphological status of body built of the flier potential of the Croatian Air Force, i.e., the potential (cadets) and active fliers (pilots), suggest a process of spontaneous (or possibly systematic) selection of flier candidates based on anthropometric criteria. Based on the obtained anthropometric data, it may be concluded that persons who choose to candidate for and are selected to join the Croatian Air Force as pilots, are of specific personal appearance and body built
Measures for Achieving Recruits\u27 Enhanced Fitness ā A Transversal Study
Because of 10.94% frequency in obese recruits in Rijeka in 2005 occupational medicine decided to study causality of
that and other most frequent diagnoses: pedes plani, myopia and astigmatism, kyphosis and scoliosis, asthma, hypertension
and branch block. Double monitoring of 1,311 recruits was carried out by a transversal study during 2005, 2000
and 1995 and within each year according to location: city, suburbs, islands. The differences in the three periods in the
city were obesity (p<0.05) with highest frequency in 2005, asthenia (p<0.05) with lowest frequency 0.99% in 2005, and
pedes plani (p<0.05) with highest frequency in 1995. Suburbs showed (p<0.05) for pedes plani, p=0.054 for obesity, and
the islands obesity (p<0.05). Myopia and astigmatism frequency went up to 25%, kyphosis to 14.13% and asthma to
5.43%. Hypertension frequency was negligible. Occupational medicine decided to react by measures increasing recruit
fitness cooperating with school medicine, teachers and parents, by check-ups, corrections, dieting and physical activities
The Structure of Body Measurements for the Determination of Shoe Sizing for Young Croatian Men
The determination and promotion of the system of shoe sizing requires accurate
knowledge of morphological properties of the foot and lower leg of the tested population.
Similarly it is necessary to establish the occurrence and regional distribution of definite
sizes in the tested population. Possible regional differences in morphological properties
must not be ignored because it has been established by means of anthropological measuring
that both foot dimensions and foot shapes differ between populations and within
the same population. This has been proven by the investigation of body measures, carried
out for the purpose of establishing a system of footwear sizes, which was executed
on a randomly selected sample of 4,268 healthy and normally developed males aged
18ā22. The investigation was carried out in 1993 on five locations each of which representing
a definite region of the Republic of Croatia: Jastrebarsko (central), Koprivnica
(northwestern), Pula (southwestern), Sinj (southern) and Po`ega (northeastern). The
measuring instrument was 31 foot and lower-leg sizes according to the existing ISO
standards for footwear. Interregional differences are significant in all body measures.
The role and the contribution of individual measures to these differences has been established
by means of discriminatory analysis with regions as a priori defined samples. In
order to constitute a convenient and purposeful standard for the footwear size system it
is necessary to work out a database with referent values for the same system
Morphological Status of Cadets and Pilots of the Croatian Air Force
Results of the analysis of morphological status of cadets and pilots of the Croatian Air Force are presented, in relation to the morphological status of a sample of conscripts of the Croatian Army. The results of the morphological status of body built of the flier potential of the Croatian Air Force, i.e., the potential (cadets) and active fliers (pilots), suggest a process of spontaneous (or possibly systematic) selection of flier candidates based on anthropometric criteria. Based on the obtained anthropometric data, it may be concluded that persons who choose to candidate for and are selected to join the Croatian Air Force as pilots, are of specific personal appearance and body built
ANTI-TNF THERAPY AND THE RISK OF MALIGNANCIES AND INFECTIONS IN INFLAMMATORY RHEUMATIC DISEASES - OUR EXPERIENCE
ANTI-TNF THERAPY AND THE RISK OF MALIGNANCIES AND INFECTIONS IN INFLAMMATORY RHEUMATIC DISEASES - OUR EXPERIENCE
Background: Early diagnosis is the key to successful treatment of inflammatory rheumatic diseases and the use of conventional
disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (csDMARD) and biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (bDMARD) or biologics
have substantially contributed to better disease control. Biological drugs have been approved for the treatment of rheumatoid
arthritis (RA), juvenile arthritis (JIA), ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and psoriatic arthritis (PsA).
Subjects and methods: The study involved 79 adult patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and ankylosing spondylitis (AS),
psoriatic arthritis (PsA) or undifferentiated spondyloarthropathy (USpA) - the last three clinical entities belong to a common group
called spondyloarthropathies (SpA); receiving anti-TNF therapy at the department of Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, Clinical
Hospital Center Zagreb. The duration of therapy was a minimum of 1 month, with the mean duration of 32.024.0 months. The
infections recorded were infections that appeared during treatment or soon after the treatment was stopped.
Results: During the course of therapy 17 patients (21.5%) experienced an infection, with the total number of 21 infections. This
resulted in an overall incidence rate (IR) of 9.9/100 patient-years. Of the patients with RA 76.5% developed an infection, which was
significantly higher than for patients with SpA (p<0.001). The IR/100 patient-years for all infections in RA patients was 23.7 compared
to 2.8 in patients with SpA. Female gender was associated with a significantly higher infection rate (70.6%, p=0.005). There were 8
infections that were considered serious, yielding an IR of 3.8/100 patient-years. There was only one malignancy case in our study.
Conclusion: Every fifth patient developed an infection during the course of anti-TNF therapy, and more than one third of all
infections were serious. RA and female gender was associated with a significantly increased number of infections
The Structure of Body Measurements for the Determination of Shoe Sizing for Young Croatian Men
The determination and promotion of the system of shoe sizing requires accurate
knowledge of morphological properties of the foot and lower leg of the tested population.
Similarly it is necessary to establish the occurrence and regional distribution of definite
sizes in the tested population. Possible regional differences in morphological properties
must not be ignored because it has been established by means of anthropological measuring
that both foot dimensions and foot shapes differ between populations and within
the same population. This has been proven by the investigation of body measures, carried
out for the purpose of establishing a system of footwear sizes, which was executed
on a randomly selected sample of 4,268 healthy and normally developed males aged
18ā22. The investigation was carried out in 1993 on five locations each of which representing
a definite region of the Republic of Croatia: Jastrebarsko (central), Koprivnica
(northwestern), Pula (southwestern), Sinj (southern) and Po`ega (northeastern). The
measuring instrument was 31 foot and lower-leg sizes according to the existing ISO
standards for footwear. Interregional differences are significant in all body measures.
The role and the contribution of individual measures to these differences has been established
by means of discriminatory analysis with regions as a priori defined samples. In
order to constitute a convenient and purposeful standard for the footwear size system it
is necessary to work out a database with referent values for the same system