Adapted with permission from Fletcher CM, Elmes PC, Fairbairn MB, et al. The significance of respiratory symptoms and the diagnosis of chronic bronchitis in a working population. Br Med J 1959; 2∶257–
The criteria are meant to be applied in patients with at least one swollen joint, after the exclusion of other causes of synovitis. Patients with a score ≥6 are classified as having RA. Also subjects
INTRODUCTION: When there is a change in the physiological pattern of nasal breathing, mouth breathing may already be present. The diagnosis of mouth breathing is related to nasal patency. One way to a
Means and standard errors (SE). BMI body mass index, FVC forced vital capacity, FEV1 forced expiratory volume during 1 s; PEF peak expiratory flow. % of expected values for age and sex [40] or of indi
Presence of kinematic abnormality or muscle strength score under 3/5 on the Medical Research Council (MRC) scale [12] is noted by X, while a possible but not essential presence is noted by (X).
