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Supplemental material, sj-pdf-1-eeg-10.1177_1550059420937948 for EEG Markers in Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder—A Possible Outcome Measure for Neurofeedback: A Narrative Review by Cailín Boland, Virupakshi Jalihal, Catriona Organ, Katy Oak, Brendan McLean, Richard Laugharne, Wessel Woldman, Randy Beck and Rohit Shankar in Clinical EEG and Neuroscience

The evolving nature of conflict will require the U.S. military to conduct humanitarian operations more frequently and on a larger scale than ever before. Humanitarian operations require extensive civil-military interaction, and this thesis suggests that the U.S. military is not currently postured and prepared to handle the increasing humanitarian requirement. This thesis analyzes the interactions that took place between the military, the Department of State, and non-governmental organizations throughout three case studies: Operation Unified Assistance (Indonesia, 2004), Operation Unified Response (Haiti, 2010), and Operation United Assistance (West Africa, 2014). Each case study is presented as an independent operation with its own observations and recommendations. The conclusion then identifies four significant generalized items—joint training, militaristic tendencies, integrated communications, and structural systems for collaboration—that challenged civil-military interaction at some point throughout each case. This thesis concludes that a dedicated unit designed to immediately respond and lead theUnited States Government’s humanitarian effort should be created including manpower and representation from each U.S. agency that plays a part in humanitarian operations. Legislation similar to the Goldwater-Nichols Act should pave the way for increased interagency interaction and cooperation to prepare theUnited States for the increasing demand for humanitarian response capabilities. http://archive.org/details/winningwithoutfi1094547902 Captain, United States Army Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.

To determine adherence to clinical practice guidelines in the medical, physiotherapy and chiropractic professions for acute and subacute mechanical low back pain through best-evidence synthesis of the healthcare literature.A structured best-evidence synthesis of the relevant literature through a literature search of relevant databases for peer-reviewed papers on adherence to clinical practice guidelines from 1995 to 2013. Inclusion of papers was based on selection criteria and appraisal by two reviewers who independently applied a modified DownsBlack appraisal tool. The appraised papers were summarized in tabular form and analysed by the authors.The literature search retrieved 23 potentially relevant papers that were evaluated for methodological quality, of which 11 studies met the inclusion criteria. The main finding was that no profession in the study consistently attained an overall high concordance rating. Of the three professions examined, 73% of chiropractors adhered to current clinical practice guidelines, followed by physiotherapists (62%) and then medical practitioners (52%).This review showed that quality papers in this area of research are very limited. Notwithstanding, chiropractors appear to adhere to clinical practice guidelines more so than physiotherapists and medical practitioners, although there is scope for improvement across all three professions.Évaluer la conformité, dans les professions médicale, de physiothérapie et de chiropratique, avec les directives de pratique clinique en ce qui concerne la lombalgie mécanique aiguë et subaiguë par une synthèse des données probantes de la documentation sur les soins de santé.Une synthèse structurée des données probantes provenant de la documentation pertinente, par une recherche des bases de données des publications examinées par les pairs sur le respect des directives de pratique clinique entre 1995 et 2013. Le choix des publications a été fait selon des critères de sélection et des évaluations distinctes par deux examinateurs qui ont utilisé l’outil d’évaluation DownsBlack modifié. Les documents d’évaluation ont été résumés en tableaux et ont été analysés par les auteurs.La recherche des documents a extrait 23 publications potentiellement pertinentes qui ont été examinées pour leur qualité méthodologique, et dont 11 satisfaisaient les critères de sélection. La principale conclusion était qu’aucune des professions à l’étude n’a atteint de façon consistante un taux global élevé de concordance. Parmi les trois professions à l’étude, 73 % des chiropraticiens respectaient les directives de pratique clinique, suivis par les physiothérapeutes (62 %), et les médecins (52 %).Cette étude a démontré la rareté des publications de qualité dans ce domaine de recherche. Cela dit, les chiropraticiens semblent respecter les directives de pratique clinique plus que les physiothérapeutes et les médecins, bien qu’il y ait des possibilités d’amélioration dans les trois professions.

Air Land Sea Bulletin, Issue No. 2014-2, Air Land Sea Application (ALSA) Center, June 2014. CPT Randy Beck was a Naval Postgraduate School student when this article was published. l

Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) is a term that describes a variety of chronic pain conditions that are believed to result from dysfunction in the central or peripheral nervous systems. Typical features include dramatic changes in the colour and temperature of the skin over the affected limb or body part, accompanied by an intense pain which is out of proportion to the injury thought responsible. Skin sensitivity, sweating, and swelling are also commonly involved. This case study presents subjective reports of changes in pain and extremity weight bearing capacity in an 8 year-old child with Chronic Region Pain Syndrome Type I. The changes reported occurred over a 12 week conservative course of treatment which included manipulation, nutritional supplementation and rehabilitation. The patient was able to regain full control of her legs and full weight bearing after 3 weeks of treatment.