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Main Outcome Measures: Extensor digitorum longus maximum isometric tetanic force (Po) was measured in vitro from all extensor digitorum longus muscles and used as a functional index of muscle injury.

PTH determination should be included as a functional index of vitamin D status in future studies.

This result validates the use of sensorimotor alpha suppression over the medial channel cluster as a functional index of leg area activation in the sensorimotor cortex.

Because HSPA1A, also known as HSP70, accumulation is known as a functional index of HSP90AA1 inhibition, we also measured the protein level of HSPA1A.

This method is widely used for outcome documentation after injuries of the upper extremities [ 39], as a functional index of nutritional status, and for determination of impairment [ 40].

The data indicate that oocyte metabolism, and specifically the turnover of key amino acids, may provide a functional index of the reduction in oocyte quality in women of advancing maternal age.

Severity was judged with Brooke's scale, a functional index for use of legs and hip muscles (ranging from 1 = walking and climbing stairs without help to 10 = bedridden).

Alternatively, one might evaluate the effect of a drug on the consequences of ankylosis and/or destruction by looking at the improvement of a functional index (BASFI) [ 9], with the caveat, of course, that function is probably only well correlated with structural damage in the later stages of the disease, whereas in the first years inflammation might be the driving force.

For this reason, we calculated a "functional index" as the product of induction ratio and activity (Fig. 2C, 4C).

The relationship between a functional index or a combination of risk factors and VaD has been reported in a small number of studies.

Since the extent of complement-and contact-activation and a low functional index of their main inactivator C1-esterase-inhibitor (C1-INH) are related to outcome in sepsis, a relative deficiency of C1-INH might contribute to the development of fatal complications.