WASHINGTON http://www.cheapairmax270outlet.com/ , Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- The combined physiotherapy and occupational therapy that are thought to be helpful in improving quality of life for patients with mild to moderate Parkinson's disease may not be as effective as the original thought.


A British study published Tuesday in the U.S. journal JAMA Neurology claimed that these therapies do not have a positive impact on activities of daily living, such as putting on clothes or brushing teeth, in the immediate to medium term, for patients with mild or moderate Parkinson's disease.


The University of Birmingham team behind the research said that it displays a need for the reallocation of resource towards more effective treatments for patients.


Parkinson's disease is a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system, affecting approximately 7 million people across the globe and four percent of those aged over 80.


The disease causes problems with activities of daily living that are only partially treated by medication and occasionally surgery. Current national guidelines said that patients should have access to physiotherapy and occupational therapy later in the disease.


In the new study air max 270 red outlet , 762 patients with mild to moderate Parkinson's disease were recruited from 37 British centers, making it the largest clinical trial of rehabilitation in Parkinson's disease, and follow ups were measured for 15 months.


Half of the patients were randomized to standard practice physiotherapy and occupational therapy and the other half received no therapy.


Compared to the control group, the therapy intervention failed to meaningfully influence the activities of daily living or quality of-life measures.


The researchers concluded that it is possible that mild to moderate disease may not respond to therapies, whereas more severe disease may respond air max 270 pink outlet , "although this remains to be established."


"Though these therapies can provide marginal improvements to motor function, perhaps an extra centimeter in your stride, they don't lead to benefits in the quality of day to day life," Professor Carl Clarke from the University of Birmingham, who led the study air max 270 white outlet , said in a statement.


"This shows that there is an urgent requirement to review current guidelines for patients with Parkinson's disease. The resource that is committed towards these therapies, that do not appear to be effective, could be better used in patients with more severe problems with their Parkinson's disease."


COLOMBO, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lanka is on track to achieve its growth target of 7.8 percent in 2014 and aims to hit 7,000 U.S. dollars of per capita income by 2020 air max 270 black outlet , said a top official on Tuesday.


Finance Ministry Secretary Dr. P.B. Jayasundara told an economic conference in Colombo that growth would remain steady despite a drought severely affected over 300,000 families in several key agricultural districts around the country.


"Sri Lanka has the chance to become an advanced country by 2035. When you see the slogans 'sell Singapore, buy Sri Lanka', we have confidence our vision is gaining increasing attention around the world," Dr. Jayasundara said.


He also insisted that the 7.8 percent growth prediction for 2014 will be achieved given the performance in exports air max 270 flyknit outlet , tourism, construction and domestic consumer demand during the first six months of the year.


He pointed out the service sector is moving beyond 60 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), year on year inflation is 4.9 percent and there is a steady buildup of reserves along with a fiscal deficit of around 3.7 percent of GDP.


This combined with reduced interest rates and stable exchange rate would help push debt to GDP closer to 70 percent by the end of the year, he insisted. The government is also confident of reaching 4,000 U.S. dollars of per capita income by 2016.


Sri Lanka's per capita income has increased from 2 cheap air max 270 outlet ,922 U.S. dollars in 2012 to 3,280 U.S. dollars in 2013. It is projected to reach 4,240 U.S. dollars by the end of 2015 and up to 7,000 U.S. dollars by 2020.


ACCRA, July 18 (Xinhua) -- Ghana urged leaders of the African continent here late Monday to make the creation of comprehensive policies that guide access nike air max 270 outlet , utilization and management of land a priority.


This, it said is necessary to deal with the complex land administration issues that hinder the development on the continent.


Opening the African Lands Commission Conference and the African Regional Gender Workshop here, Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Benito Owusu Bio lamented that production levels in Africa were abysmally low in spite of abundant arable lands.


"While we have the most suitable lands for agriculture, our productivity gap turns to be the highest. We see land ownership inequalities and landlessness growing in several African countries. Women as majority primary producers are constrained by customary laws air max 270 sale outlet ," the minister said.


He continued that arable lands, forests and wetlands are being degraded at an alarming rate while there is a high rise in urban slums that undermines urban development and poverty reduction efforts.


The official however lauded the recognition given to this situation by the heads of state and governments of the continent with a firm declaration by the African Union (AU) on land issues enjoining all countries to take steps to recognize the centrality of land to sustainable economic growth, development and security of the social, economic and cultural livelihoods of their peoples.


In dealing with these issues, Bio said Ghana has since 1999 embarked on reforms on land administration.


He said the project which is in the second phase recognizes the fundamental role of Customary Land administration in the country.


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