The recruitment thresholds, twitch tension, twitch contraction time and fatiguability of human
motor units have been studied in the first dorsal interosseous of the hand. Units recruited at …

The blood pressure response to the first dose of captopril (6.25 mg, 12.5 mg, or 25 mg) was
measured in 65 treated, severely hypertensive patients. Mean supine blood pressure was …

A questionnaire was designed for completion by parents of asthmatic children aged from 5-14
years that provides scales of good content validity and internal reliability for the …

Objective. The Serious and Continuing Illness Policy and Practice Study (SCIPPS) aims to
improve the care and support for patients with chronic illness and their family carers. Here we …

The Medical Outcomes Study Instrument (MOSI), a 20 item functional health status measure
was sent to all women aged 30–40 years (n = 486) in a General Practice (list size 6447). …

DURING normal voluntary muscle contractions, the pattern of discharge of a single
motoneurone is determined by the summed effects of an enormous variety of different types of …

A booklet was developed in the author's practice that provided advice for parents on the
home management of cough, fever, sore throat, diarrhoea and vomiting in children, and …

Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of the Practitioner Asthma Communication and
Education (PACE) Australia program, an innovative communication and paediatric asthma …

BACKGROUND--In 1992 about 179,000 deaths were reported to coroners in England and
Wales and these represented 32% of the total number of registered deaths. Many of these …

Fifty general practitioners replied to a survey of the advice that they would offer to a tourist
planning a package holiday in western Turkey. The range of prophylactic immunizations and …