Panacea Journal of Medical Sciences

51-53

Authors: P K Surendran*

Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune based inflammatory pathology with involvement of joints that show early morning stiffness alongwith pain resulting in loss of function. It usually affects females aged 30 years or above. A total of 150 patients of Rheumatoid Arthritis were included in the present study of which 120 were females and 30 males (F:M=4:1). Serological tests were carried out in these patients. These test were analyzed for their sensitivity as well as specificity. Combination of various test were also assessed for their results. In the present, study age and sex of patient affected by Rheumatoid arthritis was analysed. Combination of serological tests provided a high specificity as can be seen from the present study. Quantitative Rheumatoid factor estimation and Anti Rheumatoidantibodies assay gave the maximum specificity of 89.8%. A combination of serological tests is advisable rather than a single diagnostic test.This allows for the early diagnosis of Rheumatoid Arthritis so as to prevent complications by the disease.

59-65

Authors: Abhijeet A. Deshmukh,Ruchi K. Humane*

Joint hypermobility is a common condition among infants and young children. Several complications like joint pain, instability, dislocation, frequent ligament injuries are commonly associated in children with joint hypermobility. Due to these complications, children may show poor control of pain, disruption of normal life, schooling as well as physical activities. Till date, very few studies evaluated school age children for joint hypermobility but no study present in central India, hence this study is proposed. Children of age 6 to 12 years (n=3019, males = 1650, females = 1369) were disintegrated into two groups: Generalized Joint Hypermobility (n= 523, males = 15.27%, females = 19.79%) and selective joint hypermobility (n= 975, males = 31.75%, females= 32.94%) according to Beighton’s criteria. Karl Pearson’s product moment was used to evaluate correlation between hypermobility, physical activity and PAQ-C was established. Step wise regression was used to calculate correlation of anthropometric data and joint hypermobility with PAQ-C. The r value -0.16 and p value = 0.0001 showed that there was high significant, negative poor correlation between joint hypermobility and physical activity in age group of 6-12 years. This study concluded that children with selective joint hypermobility showed higher physical activity level as compared to children with generalized joint hypermobility as well as children with joint hypermobility showed moderate correlation with physical activity.

70-78

Authors: Rishi Philip Mathew*,Kumar Muthukumar,Praveen Kumar Natesan,Muthukalathi Karunakaran

Meningiomas are the most common extra axial and non-glial primary neoplasms of the central nervous system. They account for nearly 15% of all intracranial neoplasms. The present study was planned to identify and describe the morphological and imaging characteristics of both typical and atypical meningiomas on CT and MRI, including Diffusion Weighted Imaging (DWI) and MR Spectroscopy (MRS). CT and MRI images of 43 patients histologically proven to have meningioma were retrospectively evaluated. The images were evaluated for- tumor location, imaging characteristics, atypical patterns of presentation and as well as advanced imaging features. Statistical analysis used included percentage and frequency. Institutional ethical committee clearance was obtained prior to commencement of the study. Our study population comprised of 23 females and 20 males. The bulk of our population belonged to 5th decade group (44%). The most common tumor site was the frontal lobe (40%). Features seen on imaging included- well defined margins (100%), broad dural base (67%), calcification-84% (n=36/43) and peritumoral edema (51%). On MRI, 84% and 67% of the lesions were T1 isointense and T2 mildly hyperintense respectively, when compared to the brain parenchyma, diffusion restriction was variable (benign meningiomas- 46% and atypical meningiomas-100%). Choline (100%) and Alanine peaks (28%) were observed on MRS. On post contrast imaging, homogeneous enhancement was seen in 95%, while a dural tail was seen in only 51% of the cases. Benign meningiomas present with typical extra-axial features (broad dural base, white matter buckling, CSF cleft, dural tail etc.), while atypical meningiomas have varied presentations which include-cystic/necrotic areas, significant vasogenic edema with mass effect and diffusion restriction on DWI.

83-87

Authors: Syed Meraj Ahmed*,Eyad Mohammed Alodhaydan,Ahmad Hamad Alhammad,Sami Suliman Alabdulqadir,Abdulaziz Abdulrahman

An increasing trend of motivated individuals joining the gym for improving their fitness is an encouraging sign. Additionally, an attitudinal change in the dietary intake should also be a part of this routine to help achieve a healthy body and mind. Studies have shown that addressing the promotion of healthy eating, particularly when combined with the practice of physical activity, show satisfactory results when it comes to the control of diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. A need was felt to conduct a baseline study to find out the attitude and behavioural preferences in terms of diet and exercise. This is a cross sectional study done on 164 male gym members. A pretested, preformed interviewee based, close ended questionnaire was used to collect data from the study participants in a time bound manner. Analysis was done through SPSS software. Intake of carbonated drinks (79.2%, p < 0>