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Assessment of Temporal Somatosensory Discrimination in Females With Fibromyalgia: Reliability and Discriminative Ability of a New Assessment Tool

Sensors
We assessed the test–retest reliability and discriminative ability of a somatosensory temporal discrimination (SSTD) assessment tool for fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) and determined if pain-related variables were associated with SSTD performance.
Christophe Demoulin, Jean-François Kaux, Léonore Jodogne   +2 more
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New Specific Kinesthetic Differentiation Tests for Female Volleyball Players: Reliability, Discriminative Ability, and Usefulness

Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology, 2023
This study aimed to determine the test-retest reliability and discriminative ability of five sport-specific kinesthetic differentiation ability tests in female volleyball players.
Goran Kuvačić, Karla Đolo
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Development and validation of the patient reported outcomes questionnaire of children with asthma in China: A Caregiver's proxy-reported measure

Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2023
BackgroundResearch on asthma control levels and quality of life is essential for children with asthma during their growth stage. Therefore, it is necessary to develop a questionnaire that can be used for monitoring and evaluating the disease control ...
Tong Xu, Haiyue Zhang, Yuhai Zhang, Peng Yang, Zhe Yang, Xun Jiang, Lei Shang   +6 more
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Hyperspectral Image Classification via Deep Structure Dictionary Learning

Remote Sensing, 2022
The construction of diverse dictionaries for sparse representation of hyperspectral image (HSI) classification has been a hot topic over the past few years.
Wenzheng Wang, Yuqi Han, Chenwei Deng, Zhen Li   +3 more
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Accurate SARC-F Score in Patients with Liver Disease

Diagnostics, 2023
SARC-F is a well-accepted screening tool for sarcopenia. A SARC-F value of 1 point is reported to be more discriminating in identifying sarcopenia than 4 points (recommended cutoff point).
Masahiro Matsui, Akira Asai, Kosuke Ushiro, Saori Onishi, Tomohiro Nishikawa, Keisuke Yokohama, Hideko Ohama, Yusuke Tsuchimoto, Soo Ki Kim, Hiroki Nishikawa   +9 more
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Prognostic Nutritional Index Correlates with Liver Function and Prognosis in Chronic Liver Disease Patients

Diagnostics, 2023
The Prognostic Nutritional Index (PNI) is widely recognized as a screening tool for nutrition. We retrospectively examined the impact of PNI in patients with chronic liver disease (CLD, n = 319, median age = 71 years, 153 hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC ...
Masahiro Matsui, Akira Asai, Kosuke Ushiro, Saori Onishi, Tomohiro Nishikawa, Hideko Ohama, Yusuke Tsuchimoto, Soo Ki Kim, Hiroki Nishikawa   +8 more
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Reliability and validity of sit-to-stand test protocols in patients with coronary artery disease

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2022
BackgroundSit-To-Stand (STS) tests are reported as feasible alternatives for the assessment of functional fitness but the reliability of these tests in people with coronary artery disease (CAD) has not been reported.
Zheng Wang, Jianhua Yan, Shu Meng, Jiajia Li, Yi Yu, Tingting Zhang, Raymond C. C. Tsang, Doa El-Ansary, Doa El-Ansary, Doa El-Ansary, Jia Han, Alice Y. M. Jones   +11 more
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Ferritin-haemoglobin ratio as a predictor of severity and fatal outcome in patients with Covid-19 [PDF]

Scripta Medica, 2023
Background/Aim: Although ferritin and haemoglobin were well-studied for adverse outcome prediction in COVID-19 patients, a ferritin-haemoglobin ratio (FHR) was studied poorly.
Skakun Oleksiy, Seredyuk Nestor, Fedorov Sergiy, Verbovska Olha   +3 more
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Discriminative Ability for Adverse Outcomes in Traumatic Ankle Fracture: A Comparison of the Modified Charlson Comorbidity Index, Elixhauser Comorbidity Measure, and Modified Frailty Index

Foot & Ankle Orthopaedics, 2022
Category: Trauma; Ankle Introduction/Purpose: The modified Charlson Comorbidity Index (mCCI), Elixhauser comorbidity measure (ECM), and 5- factor modified Frailty Index (mFI-5) have been validated for the purpose of outcome prediction in foot and ankle ...
Sanket Mehta, Nicholas C. Danford, Venkat Boddapati, Bonnie Y. Chien MD, Justin K. Greisberg MD   +4 more
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Clinical Utility of the 6-Item CTS, Boston-CTS, and Hand-Diagram for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Frontiers in Neurology, 2021
Background: Self-reported measures are often used in research and clinical practice to diagnose carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) and guide therapeutic choices.
Daniel Gregor Schulze, Daniel Gregor Schulze, Daniel Gregor Schulze, Kristian Bernhard Nilsen, Kristian Bernhard Nilsen, Rikke Munk Killingmo, John Anker Zwart, John Anker Zwart, Margreth Grotle, Margreth Grotle   +9 more
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