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Ventricular repolarization in the human heart : effects of pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions
(2001-11-02)
Ventricular arrhythmias is the main cause of sudden cardiac death. A
prolonged repolarization might cause such arrhythmias, and an increased
understanding about mechanisms is therefore important for their primary
and ...
Physical activity in men and relation to prostate cancer
(2004-05-07)
questionnaire and activity records (validity) (r=0.69 when deattenuated for random error in the questionnaire) and 0.65 between the first and a second repeated questionnaire (reproducibility). Significantly higher validity correlations were observed in men...
Synthesis of heterocycles from anthranilic acid and its derivatives
(2004-05-07)
products were more or less complex 1,3-benzoxazinones, one of which required X-ray crystallography confirm its structure. During the work on preparation of N-substituted derivatives of Aa, necessary for synthesis of 1,4-benzodiazepine-3,5-diones...
Local anesthesia for pain relief after surgery
(2001-11-16)
Postoperative pain is a common problem in spite of increased awareness
among patients and healthcare professionals. The prevailing practice is
still to administer opiates, which have a good painrelieving potential
but ...
Minimally invasive hernia surgery
(2003-04-25)
Lichtenstein (5 vs. 7 days). The time of rehabilitation was shorter after TEP than mesh-plug or Lichtenstein (14 vs. 24.5 vs. 28.5 days). There was a tendency of more pain after Lichtenstein than after TEP or mesh-plug at follow-up. Laparoscopic hernioplasty...
Sacroiliac pain-provocation testing in physiotherapy : time and force recording
(2004-08-27)
Introduction: Some of the tests used for examining pain arising from the
sacroiliac region are intended to provoke pain by using manually applied
forces. Previous reliability and validity studies of sacroiliac
pain-provocation ...
Endocrine and metabolic aspects of adult Prader Willi syndrome with special emphasis on the effect of growth hormone treatment
(2003-09-05)
Prader Willi Syndrome (PWS) is a complex genetic disorder characterized by muscular hypotonia, hyperphagia, obesity and behavioural problems. Partial growth hormone (GH) deficiency and hypogonadism are common. Results of ...
Indoor environment and recurrent wheezing in young children
(2003-02-21)
/concrete slab foundation, compared with those living in buildings erected before 1940, OR 2.5 (1.3-4.8) and OR 2.5 (1.1-5.4). This was not primarily explained by differences in type of ventilation systems, measured ventilation rate, occurrence of house dust mite...
Quality of life and femoral neck fractures
(2002-11-27)
prospective studies the EQ-5D was validated and it appeared to be an appropriate quality of life instrument in elderly patients with femoral neck fractures. There was a good correlation between the quality of life (EQ-5D index scores) and other outcome...
Methods for measurement of vocal fold vibration and viscoelasticity
(2009-05-08)
The overall aim of the thesis was to develop new methods for analysis of vocal fold vibrations and viscoelasticity and to test them in human subjects.
In Study I the onset of vibration and irregular vocal fold ...