de Zoete, Rutger Mj Armfield, Nigel R McAuley, James H Chen, Kenneth Sterling, Michele
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British journal of sports medicine
To compare the effectiveness of different physical exercise interventions for chronic non-specific neck pain. Systematic review and network meta-analysis. Electronic databases: AMED, CINAHL, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Embase, MEDLINE, Physiotherapy Evidence Database, PsycINFO, Scopus and SPORTDiscus. Randomised controlled trial...
de Leeuw, Thomas G. van der Zanden, Tjitske Ravera, Simona Felisi, Mariagrazia Bonifazi, Donato Tibboel, Dick Ceci, Adriana Kaguelidou, Florentia de Wildt, Saskia N.
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Children
Validated diagnostic tools to diagnose chronic neuropathic and mixed pain in children are missing. Therapeutic options are often derived from therapeutics for adults. To investigate the international practice amongst practitioners for the diagnosis and treatment of chronic, neuropathic pain in children and adolescents, we performed a survey study a...
Cinamon, Udi Albukrek, Dov Dvir, David Marom, Tal
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Disability and rehabilitation
Purpose: Rehabilitation of patients with severe traumatic brain injury may include auditory stimuli. Hampering the function of the external, middle ear or Eustachian tube generates a conductive auditory deficit up to 35 dB that may potentially hinder auditory rehabilitation. The objective was to evaluate the incidence of conductive hearing impedime...
Oyamada, Naofumi Hamanaka, Ichiro Fujioka, Ayumu Iwasaku, Toshihiro Minami, Takeya Fujie, Hiroaki Ueda, Kinzo
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Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions
We analyzed the effect of high flow-volume intermittent hemodiafiltration (HF-IHDF) on patients with advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) undergoing procedures requiring administration of contrast medium. There is no effective method for preventing contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN), especially in patients with advanced CKD. We established HF-IHDF...
Alsayed Hassan, Diana Curtis, Amy Kerver, Jean Vangsnes, Eric
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Journal of Primary Care & Community Health
Background Although evidence shows that diabetes self-management education and support (DSMES) is an effective tool to help individuals with type 2 diabetes (T2DM) improve their health outcomes, there remains a large number of individuals not attending DSMES. Understanding how frequently patients receive referrals to DSMES and the number of DSMES h...
Bleakley, Chris Wagemans, Jente Netterström-Wedin, Fredh
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British journal of sports medicine
Du, Xuqin Zheng, Wei Ye, Qiao
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Toxicology and industrial health
Background: Chronic long-term, low-dose environmental and occupational exposure to lead (Pb) has been extensively studied in large cohorts worldwide among general populations, miners, smelters, or battery workers. However, studies on severe life-threatening Pb poisoning due to accidental or chronic occupational exposure to Pb and manganese (Mn) wer...
D'Souza, Deepak Cyril Ganesh, Suhas Cortes-Briones, Jose Campbell, Michael H Emmanuel, Maisha K
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Psychological medicine
The literature on psychosis-relevant outcomes in cannabis users does not adequately address the confounding effects of other substance use/misuse and psychiatric disorders. We studied a unique population for whom cannabis use is central and necessary to their way of life. They are forbidden from using other substances, including tobacco and alcohol...
Nam,, Yun Jung Hwang,, So Yeon Kim,, Da Won Kim,, Dongryul Shin,, Seok Joon Yoon, Hye Eun
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Kidney Research and Clinical Practice
Background Vascular calcification (VC) is a major component of mineral bone disorders in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Bone metabolism is affected by various factors, including sex hormones. This study investigated whether there was a sex-specific relationship between VC and incident fracture in patients with ESRD. Methods This was ...
Owusu, Dorcas Ohui Owusu, Michael Owusu, Bright Afriyie
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The Pan African Medical Journal
Introduction active or chronic exacerbated forms of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection subsequently progress to liver disease and human defensins has been determined to have some level of anti-viral properties invitro whilst the expression of T helper-1 cytokines is known to promote complete recovery from acute HCV infection. The study sought to det...
