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Volume 4, Issue 1, March 2018

  • An Exploration of the Knowledge of Informal Caregivers on Ageing Related Health Conditions at Matero and Chawama Old People’s Homes, Zambia

    Victoria Chuni, Brian Chanda Chiluba, Moses Mwango, Esther Munalula-Nkandu, Hastings Shula

    Issue: Volume 4, Issue 1, March 2018
    Pages: 1-6
    Received: 4 December 2017
    Accepted: 19 December 2017
    Published: 8 January 2018
    DOI: 10.11648/j.ijnpt.20180401.11
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    Abstract: Caring for older adults requires a multidisciplinary approach and this includes a primary caregiver and a knowledge of the physiology and epidemiology of aging. The objective of this study was to explore the knowledge of caregivers on ageing-related health conditions at Matero and Chawama old peoples’ homes in Lusaka. A qualitative case study desig... Show More
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  • Effect of Nintendo WII Brain Training Games on Perceptual Speed, Working Memory and Spatial Orientation in Young Adults

    Garima Wadhwa, Shefali Walia

    Issue: Volume 4, Issue 1, March 2018
    Pages: 7-15
    Received: 17 December 2017
    Accepted: 5 January 2018
    Published: 19 January 2018
    DOI: 10.11648/j.ijnpt.20180401.12
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    Abstract: Young adults are presumed to be healthy but the available evidences indicates a gradual decline of about -0.02SD of fluid abilities starting in third decade of life. Brain training games are the new emerging methods for various domains of cognitive training. The purpose of this study is to identify the effectiveness of brain training games for perc... Show More
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  • Combined Effect of Group Based Exercise Versus Balance Step Training Among Geriatrics

    Karthikeyan Thangavelu, Bhadri Narayan, Dwaraknarth Srinivas

    Issue: Volume 4, Issue 1, March 2018
    Pages: 16-23
    Received: 17 December 2017
    Accepted: 4 January 2018
    Published: 29 January 2018
    DOI: 10.11648/j.ijnpt.20180401.13
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    Abstract: In non- active sports geriatric population the falls deficit, which are very common, led to significant morbidity. Therapeutic intervention includes balance training or resistive exercises have been shown to improve clinical testing of balance in non- active sports geriatric population. The particular selected geriatric specific age group those who... Show More
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  • Retrospective Study on the Safety and Efficacy of Clopidogrel in the Treatment of Acute Cerebral Infarction

    Xiufeng Xin, Anding Xu, Wanyong Yang, Zefeng Tan

    Issue: Volume 4, Issue 1, March 2018
    Pages: 24-28
    Received: 6 April 2018
    Accepted: 23 April 2018
    Published: 17 May 2018
    DOI: 10.11648/j.ijnpt.20180401.14
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    Abstract: Till now there’s no large sample, randomized and double-blinded research of clopidogrel in acute cerebral infarction. There have been some studies of combined and loading dosage of clopidogrel for antiplatelet treatment but the NIHSS is no more than 5 potints. Our study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of clopidogrel in acute ischemic stroke.... Show More
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