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Ageing with Cerebral Palsy after being treated with Orthopaedic Interval Surgery Approach during childhood
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University., 2020-03)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: No abstract available.
Prevalence of a postoperative troponin leak in patients with cardiac risk factors undergoing knee and hip arthroplasty in a South African population
(Health & Medical Publishing Group, 2020)
Background. Patients undergoing arthroplasty may have comorbidities that put them at risk of myocardial injury after non-cardiac surgery (MINS). MINS, a new clinical concept that has a different pathophysiology from ...
Water-wise hand preparation – the true impact of our practice : a controlled before-and-after study
(Health & Medical Publishing Group, 2020)
Background. South Africa (SA) and other countries worldwide are experiencing extreme drought conditions. Since the start of the drought in SA, many ways of saving water have been proposed and innovative water-saving ...
Financial burden of orthopaedic gunshot-related injury management at a major trauma centre
(Health & Medical Publishing Group, 2020-08-31)
Background: Violence and injuries are a significant global public health concern, and have a substantial emotional, physical and economic impact on society. In South Africa (SA), the Western Cape Injury Mortality Profile ...
COVID-19 pandemic… what about the obesity and inactivity "pandemics"?
(Medpharm Publications, 2020)
With South Africa and the rest of the globe in lockdown for COVID-19, every citizen is finally grasping the meaning and extent of the word “pandemic”. Yet, there are other “silent pandemics” that receive insufficient media ...
The confinement of athletes by COVID-19 : effects on training, wellbeing and the challenges when returning to competition
(Spanish Association of Sport Science, 2020)
The current COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a global health emergency of unprecedented magnitude. Most governments around the world have enforced isolation strategies in an effort to curb the spread of the virus and, in ...
Prevalence of sarcopenia in older South African patients following surgery for fragility fractures of the hip
(SAGE Publications, 2020)
Introduction: Geriatric patients with a fragility fracture of the hip (FFH) are especially prone to sarcopenia with poor functional
outcomes and quality of life. We assessed the prevalence of sarcopenia in older South ...
Patient-reported outcome measures in key African languages to promote diversity in research and clinical practice (PROUD)—protocol for a systematic review of measurement properties
(BMC (part of Springer Nature), 2021-06-05)
Introduction: Sub-Saharan Africa is a subcontinent with a proud cultural richness and diversity, yet inexplicably also
a region with severe health care challenges and inequity. To challenge this health equity gap and ...
Antibiogram profiles and efficacy of antibiotic regimens of bacterial isolates from chronic osteomyelitis of the appendicular skeleton: A developing-world perspective
(Health & Medical Publishing Group, 2021-06-30)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Chronic osteomyelitis is notoriously difficult to eradicate, and high treatment failure rates have been reported in the literature.[1,2] Although no evidence-based treatment guidelines exist ...
“I was like intoxicated with this positivity”: the politics of hope amongst participants in a trial of a novel spinal cord injury rehabilitation technology in South Africa
(Taylor and Francis, 2020-09)
Purpose: This study discussed the reports by participants in a randomised controlled trial of a novel intervention for spinal cord injury (SCI) rehabilitation in Cape Town, South Africa.
Materials and methods: Sixteen ...