scholarly journals Feasibility and Therapeutic Effects of a Novel Magnet-Based Device for Hand Rehabilitation: a Pilot Study

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Geon Sang Lee ◽  
Sung Hoon Kim ◽  
Dong Min Ji ◽  
Da Hye Kong ◽  
Yu Jin Jung ◽  
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2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudine Piérard-Franchimont ◽  
Gérald E. Piérard

In recent years, the treatment of moderate to severe psoriasis has benefited from the development of targeted biologicals. Assessing this new class of drugs calls for precise modalities of severity/improvement ratings of the disease. Bioengineering-driven dermometrology aims at improving objective and quantitative assessments of disease severity and treatment efficacy. Skin capacitance mapping/imaging is one of those emerging methods. Among its clinical applications, psoriasis capacitance mapping (PCM) was introduced in order to assess both skin scaliness and water trapping inside the stratum corneum (inflammatory serum deposits) on lesional skin. PCM was used for assessing the therapeutic effects of ustekinumab on target lesions of 5 psoriatic patients. The reduction in the inflammatory dampness of the stratum corneum was conveniently seen after a 1-month ustekinumab treatment. The present pilot study suggests that PCM could be used as a fast and convenient method for assessing the anti-inflammatory efficacy of ustekinumab and other biotherapies.


Author(s):  
Marta Rodríguez-Hernández ◽  
Carmen Fernández-Panadero ◽  
Olga López-Martín ◽  
Begoña Polonio-López

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